ACADEMIC WORK

Spatial inquiry, map design, and technical exploration.

A place for graduate and undergraduate GIS, cartography, remote sensing, programming, and spatial-analysis projects.

Multispectral UAV on landing pad with drone controller at an agricultural field

FEATURED RESEARCH · INDEPENDENT SENIOR RESEARCH

Multiscale Remote Sensing of Crop Health Using UAV and Sentinel-2 Imagery

Remote Sensing · UAV Data Collection · GIS · Precision Agriculture

Year-long independent research investigating crop-health assessment using high-resolution UAV multispectral imagery and Sentinel-2 satellite data. The project involved research design, primary field data collection, UAV flight operations, multispectral imagery processing, NDVI analysis, GIS workflows, quantitative comparison, and preparation of a comprehensive research report.

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Drone on an orange landing pad in an agricultural field

SPATIAL ANALYSIS · GIS · DATA SCIENCE

Drone Mapping for Agricultural Analysis

SPATIAL ANALYSIS · GIS · DATA SCIENCE

Drone Mapping for Agricultural Analysis

GIS · SPATIAL DATA PROCESSING

Dane County Fishing Suitability Analysis

GIS · SPATIAL DATA PROCESSING

Dane County Fishing Suitability Analysis

REMOTE SENSING · PRECISION AGRICULTURE · GIS

Crater Lake Geographic StoryMap

REMOTE SENSING · PRECISION AGRICULTURE · GIS

Crater Lake Geographic StoryMap

Centennial Bridge across the Mississippi River at dusk

CARTOGRAPHY · VISUALIZATION · GIS

Geographic StoryMap Project

CARTOGRAPHY · VISUALIZATION · GIS

Geographic StoryMap Project

Relevant Coursework

University of Wisconsin–Madison

M.S. in Cartography & GIS

Graduate-level training in cartography, geospatial programming, web GIS, quantitative methods, spatial analysis, and geospatial technologies.

GEOG 370 — Introduction to Cartography

GEOG 378 — Introduction to Geocomputing

GEOG 560 — Advanced Quantitative Methods

GEOG 575 — Interactive Cartography & Geovisualization

GEOG 576 — Spatial Web and Mobile Programming

GEOG 579 — GIS & Spatial Analysis

Augustana College

GIS & Geography Coursework

Undergraduate foundation in GIS, cartography, UAV mapping, geographic inquiry, environmental systems, and human and physical geography.

GEOG 106 — Landscape Dynamics

GEOG 130 — Geography of World Regions

GIS 274 — Introduction to GIS for Social Sciences

GEOG 270 — Geographic Perspectives

GEOG 303 — Natural Resource Management

GEOG 372 — Digital Cartography

GIST 375 — Drone Mapping & GIS

International Academic Experience

STUDY ABROAD · JAPAN

JPST 250 — Japan Culture & Society