University of Texas at Dallas

Program in Geographic Information Sciences

 

GISC 6387 Geographic Information Systems Workshop

Student Projects

 

Disclaimer: These projects were produced by students as a class requirement. No warranty is made as to the accuracy of the data or the legitimacy of the conclusions. Any use of materials contained herein must conform with standard practices for intellectual property.

 

2007 Projects

1.       Ahn, Mike B.: The Relationship Between Part I Crimes and Public High School Proximity

2.       Arifin, Romana R.: Locating Pollutant Zones in Michigan: Analyzing Health and Environmental Justice Problems

3.       Attaway, David: City of Grand Prairie Tree Inventory 2006-2007

4.       Basquin, Jason: Gerrymandering Congressional Districts in Texas

5.       Carey, Olivia: A Case Study of Multi-Attribute Utility Analysis for Commuter Rail Alternatives

6.       Copeland, Sam: Census Vs. Appraisal Data: A Study in Owner Estimation

7.       Feighny, Gene: Application of Technology: ArcGIS .Net Support

8.       Gunasekaran, Arunkumar: Districts for Residential Trash Pickup Crew: City of Garland

9.       Hamblen, Elizabeth : Crime Analysis of Ohio State University

10.   Howe, Jakob: Appraised Property Values near Rail Lines in Tarrant County, Texas

11.   Idowu, Adetunji O.: Effects of Rail Road Proximity on Property Value

12.   Jadhav, Ajay D. V.: Transit Oriented Developmental Study of Trinity Railway Express

13.   Jangkakul, Tanakorn: Comparison of Urban Road Extraction using Pixel-based and Object-oriented Classification Approaches from High Spatial Resolution Imagery

14.   Johnson, William: Bathymetry of Joe Pool Lake

15.   Joshi, Sarojani: Spatial Visualization of Socio-Economic Data

16. Ladenson, Michele: Current and Future Admissi2007/Ladenson/GIS_in_Admissions.mhton Yield Rates at UTD

17.   Lu, Zhixiang: Spatial Clustering Analysis using LISA Implemented by VBA and ArcObject

18.   Mendoza, Fernando J.: Automating the Collection of Morphometric Parameters of the Dipilto Watershed, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua

19.   Oyun, Gerel: Accessibility Assessment of WIC Clinics

20.   Scruggs, Travis: Planning Database Tool for the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA)

21. Vaka, Vasavi: Creating Geodatabase for UTD Emergency Management

22.   Warren, Elizabeth: Brownfield Site Evaluation of Dallas

23.   White, Lionel: GIS Support for an Archeological Survey of Sites in Northwestern Argentina

 

 

2006 Projects

1.       Adhikari, Binod: 3D Model of UTD

2.       Ahmed, M.I: Zonal Analysis: Determining   Racial Access to Taxpayer-Funded Facilities

3.       Alsahhar, Sami: School Performance and Housing Values in the Mesquite Independent School District

4.       Bishop, Jeff: GIS Internship at Greystone Communities – Site Selection for CCRC’s

5.       Chen, Shaofei: The Impact of Administrative Annexation in Jiangsu Province, China---A Perspective on GIS

6.       Clinton, Laurence P.: Utilization of GIS for Facility Management: Case study of UTD

7.       Dean, Nathan: The Correlation Between Alcohol Outlet Density and Violent Crime Rates in San Antonio, Texas

8.       Denton, Jonathan C.: Examining Residential Patterns of Disabled Individuals Near Mass Transit Systems

9.       Dougherty, Philip: Calculating a Pollution Potential Index for Storm Water Runoff at the Watershed Scale

10.   Garcia, Sergio: Dealing With Crime Activity in Juarez, Mexico. 1999-2004

11.   Getachew, Yoseph: Compare Housing Values as Reported by Census with Assessed Values from Appraisal Districts

12.   Gidney, Pam: Land Parcels vs. Tax Roll Data

13.   Girmay, Chanyalew: Locating the Most Suitable Land File Site in Dallas County Using GIS

14.   Gonsalvez, Warren J.:

15.   Graham, Sandra: Companion Animal Overpopulation

16.   Gunn, Alan: Building an Interface for Altering School District Attendance Zones

17.   Hodges, Kristina: Trans-Texas Corridor Impact Assessment Study

18.   Holliday, David: City of San Antonio---Sidewalk Database Creation and Custom Query Tool

19.   Hubenig, Jennifer: Bringing Tim Hortons to Dallas County

20.   Jain, Shantnu: Simplifying the Process of Identification of Desired Digital Ortho Quad Image and then Downing it from UTD GIS Server

21.   Jakab, Heather: Distance as a Factor in Student College Choice

22.   Kim, Hoyoung: Pathways in Auto Dependence: Associations with Population density, Income, and Land-Use Balance in Selected Cities

23.   Li, Jianghong: Sex Offender Distribution Interactive Map

24.   Mays Judy: GIS for Fair Park Research Initiative

25.   McElroy, Jill: Creating Small Area Population Estimates

26.   Nazia, Nushrat: Geostatistical Approach in Identifying Cholera Risk Areas in Space and Time in an Endemic Area of Bangladesh

27.   Snowbarger, Robert: El Paso Scrap Tire Project

28.   Stone, Suzette: Geodatabase Design for The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary

29.   Thompson, Steve: Evaluation of Industrial Emission Events Impacts on Local Air Quality

30.   Xiao, Fengxia: Linking Air Pollution to School Absenteeism

31.   Young Patrick: Using ArcObject to Develop Market Research Tools

 

2005 Projects

1. Aemisegger, Eric: 911 Response Analyses

2. Ayres, Jeffrey: Determine which community banks and thrifts are most at risk from a potential housing bubble collapse based on proximity to unaffordable areas

3. Basu, Neil: Preliminary GIS Data Acquisition for Hydrocarbon Exploration in Offshore Cameroon

4. Bello, Tope: Conversion of CAD data to GIS layers: Challenges and Techniques

5. Bourdier, Jeff: School Performance and Housing Values: A Geographic Approach

6. Bradley, Cheryl: Comparative Property Value Growth Patterns & Tax Increment Financing

7. Conover, Jason: Tornado Siren Coverage and Population

8. Fell, John: Data Integrity and Accuracy Methodology for the City of Grapevine

9. Huang, Jian: Waste to Energy

10. Jett, Janice: Developing Historic Census Tracts for Austin, Texas

11. Kamran, Azmath: Changes in Water Table Levels: Travis County

12. Kinnaird, John: Is It worth Repairing Floodwater Retarding Structure No.18A

13. Meigs, Stephen: Developing a GIS Program

14. Miller, Cheryl: Brush and Bulky Item Collection Routing Program Comparison- Richardson, Texas

15. Paine, Julie: Estimated Impact Fees for Vacant Land – City of Grapevine, Texas

16. Patel, Uchit: Sanitary Sewer Network Generation: GPS and GIS technology for waste water management: City of Richardson, Texas

17. Rardon, David: Population Growth and Affluence Distribution: Dallas-Forth Worth 1970-2000

18. Stough, Norris: Juvenile Arrests and Neighborhood Characteristics

 

2004 Projects

  1. Agrawal, Varsha: Using GIS Technology To Assess Tree Canopy Benefits
  2. Akinfenwa, Akingbade: Inflow & Infiltration Analysis For Sanitary Sewer Network Using GPS& GIS
  3. Castillo, Juliana: Spatial Analysis of Displaced Persons in Colombia
  4. Cooper, Judy: Modeling Bison Jump Dynamics at Bonfire Shelter
  5. Crews, John: Using An Artificial Neural Network To Determine Geospatial  Feature Influences On Land Values
  6. DeWilde, Daniel: Developing a GIS application to Identify Water Segments Whose Quality is Potentially Impacted by Runoff from Texas Urban Areas
  7. Dzuck, Paula: Site Selection Analysis For Lincoln Property Company
  8. Firth, Russell: Considerations of the Presence of Gerrymandering of Texas' U.S. Congressional Districts
  9. Haworth, Curt: Dallas ISD School Performance:  Real Estate Appraisals and Household Income
  10. Horton, John: Utilizing GIS for Locating Thermophile Microorganisms: In Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
  11. Johnson, David: Environmental Impacts and Future Exploration of Natural Gas in Denton County, TX
  12. Li, Ning: Integrating ArcSDE with Oracle Spatial/Oracle DBMS
  13. Li, Yan: Map Translation and Editing  Application With VBA Programming
  14. Ma, Jielai : Healthcare Accessibility in California’s South Coast Air Basin
  15. Maples, Stace: Characterizing the Visual Landscape of the Chaves / Hummingbird Site
  16. Ren, Dianwei: Tracing the Structural Continuation by Applying Synergistic Processing Techniques to ASTER Images: PCA and FFT
  17. Schubert, Janis:  Identifying Crime Hot Spots In Space And Time
  18. Thakkar, Pathik: Fuzzy Suitability Analysis Extension
  19. Turner, Daniel: Spatial Autocorrelation
  20. Varghese, Shibu: Environmental Code Violations for the City of Mesquite
  21. Velavan, Kamali: A Prediction Model for Impact of Proposed New Turnpike on The City of Rowlett, Texas
  22. Wilcox, Ella Mae: Residential Build-Out Analysis
  23. Xiao, Guang: Spatial And Temporal Relationship : Between Asthma And Its Two Potential Triggers
  24. Ye, Yimin: Predicting Spatial Patterns of Housing price in Dallas County
  25. Zou, Zhijun: Modeling of D/FW Development Patterns

 

2003 Projects

  1. Baciu, Georgetta: Texas Schools
  2. Bauer, Adam: Creating Specific Use ArcIMS Sites
  3. Biba, Steve : Transportation and Historical Urban Development in Dallas 1915-30
  4. Ford, Jason : An Analysis of Spatial Data for D/FW Applied Geographic Solutions
  5. Foreman, Melissa: The Impact of Multi-Family Housing on the Appraisal Value of Single-Family Housing
  6. Ge, Rui: Hydrological Analysis in Espanola Basin using Arc Hydro and Spatial Analyst Tools
  7. Ibrahim, Sulafa: 3D visualization of Downtown Dallas CBD
  8. Kinsey, Scott : Relationship of Registered Sex Offenders to Area Schools
  9. Long, Ma: Import Data into Oracle 9i Spatial Database
  10. Madrid, George: Procedure to Locate potential Brownfield Sites Using GIS
  11. Nicoara, Greta: Urban Hydrology Modeling: GIS for Storm Water Management
  12. Robinson, Adam: XYZ Railroad Analysis
  13. Russell, Courtney: Mapping the City of Allen 100 year Floodplain and its Implication for Urbanization
  14. Siluvairajam, Capton: Water and Sanitary Sewer Network for the City of  Rowlett
  15. Solanki , Tushar: Wilmer Subdivision Design
  16. Williams, Daniel: Creating Census Tracts for Tarrant County 1950,1960, 1970  
  17. Williams, Tim: Line-of-Sight Analysis Study for City of Irving Traffic Management System
  18. Wolde Michael, Alex: Creating Accurate City Limit for the City of Dallas
  19. Wurtz, Michelle: Downtown Dallas Historical/Cultural Resources
  20. Yang, Rui: Corridor Applications on Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis
  21. Yang,X: Window based software for Neuro-Fuzzy Classification of remotely sensed Image

 

2002 Projects

  1. Alfarhan, Mohammed : Population Growth Trend in DFW
  2. Andersen, Jennifer : Youth Crimes and School Achievement

·                                 PDFS

  1. Baccellieri, John : Hurricane Storm Surge Impacts along the Upper Texas Gulf Coast
  2. Burson, Elizabeth :3D Recordation and Visualization in an Archaeological GIS   
  3. Eger, Stefanu: Locating a Prospective Drill Site
  4. Eleswarapu, Usha: GIS for managing public utilities in the City of Frisco, A Demonstration
  5. Engmann, Wilkens : GIS as a tool in communicating to City Council District members and the citizens of Dallas about the road and alley projects that need rehabilitation.
  6. Foster, Stephen :   GPS data Capture and Storage as a Shapefile
  7. Haley, Danielle : Garland Independent School District: exam test scores and demographics in the district.
  8. Hatcher, Chris: Potential Infill Development Denton Texas
  9. Janning, James : Spatial Analysis of Dog Bite occurrences in the City of Fort Worth, Texas.
  10. Lu, Hua: Web Based Interactive Maps for the City of Allen
  11. Mukherjee, Falguni : Editing the Sanitary Sewer Data for the City of Addison and developing an ARCIMS Website.
  12. Olariu, Iulia: Using 3D Analyst to drape images on vertical terrain surfaces Big Rock Quarry, Arkansas
  13. Sipos, Ovidiu: A Case Study in Maps: Evolution of Frisco 1970 -2000
  14. Sundar, Mathura : School Bus Routing for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
  15. Winkle, Rosalyn : Analysis of the DFW Region to Determine Future Alignments for DART
  16. Wright, Karen: Water main Pipeline breaks
  17. Yoon, Hee Jo: Storm Water Modeling for the City of Richardson

 

2001 Project

1. Allberg, Tessa: GIS for Water Meters: Using GPS and Map Objects

2. Chambers, Thomas: High Grading Prospective Hydrocarbon Areas using ArcView

3. Conner, Eric: Hydrologic Analysis Project

4. Galimberatti, Marisa: High School Dropouts and Student’s Performance Analysis

5. Gonzalez, Rick: Conducting an Analytical Comparison of Publicly Available Digital Terrain Models for the DFW Area

6. Kalmbacher, Mark: Catalog Desk Impact and Opportunity Analysis

7. Limerick, Sam: Proximity of Dallas-Ft. Worth Area School Children to Toxic Chemical Air Releases

8. Miller, Nathan: A Lithochemical GIS for Assessing Origins of Dissolved Solids in the Wichita River Watershed, North Texas

9. Soutner, Jane: School Traffic Zones for the City of Richardson

10. Tarango, Ricardo: Dallas Love Field: Noise Pollution Model

Disclaimer: These projects were produced by students as a class requirement. No warranty is made as to the accuracy of the data or the legitimacy of the conclusions. Any use of materials contained herein must conform with standard practices for intellectual property.