Training of Graduate Students

As Principle Advisor

PhD Degree (1 PhD)

• Dajun Dai (2007). Doctorate of Philosophy in Environmental Resources and Policy—Exploring the computational and implementation characteristics of an improved genetic algorithm for cluster detection (Algorithms and GIS; GIScience Specialization), Awarded Dissertation Research Fellowship

Master's Degree (10 Masters)

• David Burke (2006). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Analysis of the spatial distribution of blood lead levels among children in the city of Chicago, Illinois 1997–2003. (Public Health and GIS; GIScience Specialization)
• Patrick McDonald (2006). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Habitat affiliations of sympatric carnivores in Southern Illinois (Ecology and GIS specialization)
• Payal Singh (2006). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Accounting for spatial autocorrelation and fuzzy classifiers algorithm (GIS and Geocomputational Methods; GIScience Specialization).
• Lalit Mohan Bhatt (2006). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Investigating the appropriateness of Gastner-Newman’s cartogram versus conventional maps in visual representation and modeling of health data. (GIS and Geocomputational Methods; GIScience Specialization)
• Jessica Gaffney (2006). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Lyme Disease in Southern Illinois: A Hybrid Approach to Assessing Risk (GIS and Spatial Epidemiology), Scholar of SIU Master Fellowship.
• Kara E. Scott  (2007). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Evaluating an improved algorithm for segregating large geospatial data (GIScience Specialization), National Science Foundation (NSF) Bridge to Doctorate Program Fellow
• Mike Weiand (2007). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—An Evaluation of Interoperability challenges in location-based technologies and related web services with implications for GIScience (GIScience Specialization).
• Olga Guajardo (2008). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—A critical assessment of geographic clusters of breast and lung cancer incidences among residents living near the Tittabawassee River, Michigan (GIScience Specialization).
• Jack Millar (2008). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Beer fronts and crime waves: A GIS analysis of weather, alcohol, and violent Crime (GIScience Specialization).
• Chamaporn Paiboonvorachat (2008). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Using remote sensing and GIS techniques to assess land use/land cover changes in Nan watershed, Thailand (GIScience Specialization).

Other Graduate Supervision (As a Committee Member: 7 Masters, 1PhD)

• Yousif Malik (2008). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Urban and Rural Water Infrastructure Systems Using GIS: A case of Two Counties in Kentucky.
• Michelle LaRue (2007). Master of Science (Department of Zoology)—Using GIS to predict potential Habitat and Dispersal Corridors for Cougars in Midwestern North America.
• Laura J. Shirley (2006). Master of Science (Department of Plant Biology)—Land-Cover Change in Coastal Wetlands along the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
• Poonthip Sirikulchayanon (2006). Master of Science (Department of Geography)—Assessing the Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami on Mangroves using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques: A Case Study of Phang Nga, Thailand.
• Deepthi Boppidi, Research Assistant (2004–2005): Master of Science (Department of Computer Science)—Implementation and Automation of Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) Algorithm for Bio-Data Management.
• Abinash Moharana (2004). Master in Science (Department of Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering): Working title—Development and Application of a User-Friendly Production and Cost Planning Model for Room-and-Pillar Coal Mining.
• Mamadou Coulibaly (2004). PhD in GIS (Department of Geography): Working title—Identification of Urban Flash Flood Areas: GIS Assessment vs. Perception by Residents.
• Scott A. Dunn (2004). Master of Science (Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education)—Geography and Geographers in Selected Community Colleges.