Fall 2025 MS GIS/GEOINT Capstone Presentations and Symposium

The Department of Geographical Sciences will celebrate the outstanding work of our MS GIS and MS GEOINT students at two upcoming events this November.

MS GIS/GEOINT Capstone Presentations

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 18
Time: 5–7 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
Zoom link: See the Department Calendar

This year’s capstone cohort will showcase innovative projects spanning remote sensing, environmental analysis, climate change, public safety and advanced geospatial modeling. Presentations include:

• Automating Acoustic Leak Survey Coverage Analysis in Municipal Water Systems — Jonathan Adkins
• Remote Sensing and Geospatial Approaches to Monitoring Chinese-Backed Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — Harley Emery, Jennifer Koch, Meghan Touat
• Assessing Alpine Vegetation Change Across Eastern U.S. Summits in Response to Climate Change — Kevin Ganjon
• GIS Integration for Climate Migration Modeling in Oaxaca, Mexico — Anna Harmon
• Post-Wildfire Hydro-Geomorphic Hazards and Critical Infrastructure Cascades in California — Emily Harris
• A Spatial Analysis of Anthrax Infection Risk in Kruger National Park — Matthew Hunt
• A Spatial Analysis of Safe Residential Environments in the State of North Carolina — Charlie Loya
• Automating Change Detection during Severe Weather Events Using Remote Sensing — Jacoby Miles
• Spatial Modeling of the Drivers of Wildfire Susceptibility in Lebanon — Jessica Peakes
• A Predictive Model Using Vulture Movement Data to Understand Anthrax Risk in Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park — Alexis Roccia
• Vegetation Change Analysis of Hurricane Helene on Rutherford County, North Carolina — Justin Salz
• Automated Spatial Data Correction: Negative H Value Normalization for NOAA Marine Cartography — David Strickler
• A Spherical Fuzzy Analytic Network Process (SF-ANP) Methodology Applied to Biorefinery Site Suitability on Switchgrass-Suitable Marginal Land in the Southern United States — Anthony Vershov

MS GIS/GEOINT Capstone Poster Symposium – Group II Posters and Demos

Date: Thursday, Nov. 20
Time: 5–7:00 p.m.
Location: 4600 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737, Room 325

Eighteen students from Group II will present posters and live demos highlighting their applied geospatial research and hands-on technical work.

Image: Spring 2025 MS GIS/GEOINT Capstone Poster Symposium (more formal)