Research

This page is an overview of the research areas I am focused in. For any given subheading there is a seperate page for more information; these specific pages will contain links to relevant documents or websites

Geography as Disruptive Innovation

Current reseach focuses on how Convergence, Neogeography and FOSS4G will impact Business Models, Return on Investment Metrics and New Product Development

Ph.D proposal outline

Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program

For the last 4 years I have been employed as a Graduate Research Assistant at KARS. I've worked on several interesting projects including the KansasView program, an EPA hydrologic modeling project, the Kansas Satellite Image Database and currently on an EPSCoR-funded grant entitled "Forecasting Ecological Change in the Central Great Plains".

WebGIS and FOSS4G

The concept of using the web for geographic analysis has been a favored topic of mine lately. As a result, I have been focused on learning how to do it using both proprietary and open-source tools.

Archaeological Modeling

Link to a copy of my thesis: Archaeological Predictive Model of Southwestern Kansas

Geoarchaeology

Wind Power

KARS teamed up with Horizon Wind Energy to determine optimal wind farm locations in Kansas.