| Funded Research |
| 2001-2002 |
Integrating Light Distance and Ranging (LIDAR)
technology with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
Virtual Reality Principal Investigator Sponsor: The State of West Virginia Research Challenge Grant Competition, $150,000 |
| 2001-2002 |
Application of GIS software to occupational lung
disease health and hazard surveillance data Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, $24,900 |
| 2001-2002 |
A framework and implementation strategy for
integrating GIS within WV Department of Transportation Principal investigator Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Transportation $18031 |
| 2001-2002 |
Integrating Internet Mapping Systems and oil and gas
databases Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: Appalachian Oil and Natural Gas Research Consortium, $34,500 |
| 2000-2002 |
Integrating GIS and Immersive
Technologies Principal Investigator Sponsor: National Science Foundation EPSCoR ($499,927) |
| 2000-2001 |
Support of the State GIS Technical
Support Center Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: The State of West Virginia ($95,000) |
| 2000-2001 |
Conversion of 1:24,000 analog planimetric
and hypsographic map coverages into digital DLG data Co-Principal
Investigator Sponsor: The State of West Virginia and United States Geological Survey ($325,000) |
| 2000-2001 |
GIS database maintenance for the proposed
765kV transmission line reinforcement project Principal Investigator Sponsor: American Electric Power ($127,055) |
| 2000-2001 |
Automated feature extraction from
commercial satellite multi-spectral and panchromatic
imagery Co-Principal Investigator (with T. Warner) Sponsor: National Imagery and Mapping Agency ($138,865) |
| 1995-2000 |
Conversion of 1:24,000 analog planimetric
and hypsographic map coverages into digital DLG data Co-Principal
Investigator Sponsor: The State of West Virginia and United States Geological Survey ($2,500,000) |
| 1995-2000 |
Establishment of the Statewide GIS
Technical Support Center Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: The State of West Virginia ($450,000) |
| 1995-2000 |
Innovative Partnership for
digital map conversion Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: USGS ($396,650) |
| 1999-2000 | 1999-2000 Automated feature extraction
from commercial satellite multi-spectral and panchromatic
imagery Co-Principal Investigator (with C. Desai and T. Warner) Sponsor: National Imagery and Mapping Agency ($143,000) |
| 1999 |
Development of spatial data compression
and real-time display of large spatial datasets Principal Investigator Sponsor: American Electric Power ($9,668) |
| 1999 |
1999 Development of satellite imagery and
GIS database for optimal siting Principal Investigator Sponsor: American Electric Power ($76,000) |
| 1999 |
Developing the electronic cultural atlas
initiative in West Virginia Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: West Virginia Humanities Council ($850) |
| 1989-1999 |
Optimal routing and environmental impact
assessment of proposed AEP 765kV Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry
transmission line Principal Investigator Sponsor: American Electric Power ($212,000) |
| 1989-1999 |
1998-1999 To develop a digital campus map
and a virtual map display Principal Investigator Sponsor: West Virginia University ($15,000 per year for three years) |
| 1989-1999 |
1998-1999 Automated feature extraction
from commercial satellite multi-spectral and panchromatic
imagery Co-Principal Investigator (with C. Desai and T. Warner) Sponsor: National Imagery and Mapping Agency ($137, 783) |
| 1997-1999 |
Integrating regional political ecology
and GIS for rural reconstruction in the South African
Lowveld Co-Principal Investigator (with D. Weiner) Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Division of Anthropological and Geographic Sciences ($150,000) |
| 1998 |
1998 Implementing the
Foundation of an operational Framework for West Virginia Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Elmes, C. Desai, J. Sewash) Sponsor: Competitive Cooperative Award, USGS ($100,000 and $100,000 cost sharing). |
| 1998 |
Developing a dynamic multimedia-based
educational outreach software for presentation of NSDI
concepts Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Elmes, C. Desai, J. Sewash) Sponsor: Competitive Cooperative Award, Federal Geographic Data Committee, USGS ($40,000) |
| 1997-1998 |
National and regional-level area
integrator concepts using multi-scale, feature-based
digital transportation data in West Virginia Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: NSDI Competitive Cooperative Agreements Program ($65,000) |
| 1997-1998 |
WVU-USGS Innovative Partnership Co-principal Investigator Sponsor: USGS ($470,650) |
| 1996-1997 |
Establishing an NSDI
Clearinghouse Node for West Virginia and advancing
metadata standards through educational seminars Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: National Spatial Data Infrastructure Competitive Cooperative Agreements Program ($36,500) |
| 1997 |
To undertake optimal routing and
environmental impact assessment of AEP 765kV transmission
line Principal Investigator Sponsor: American Electric Power ($202,732) |
| 1996-1997 |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Virtual Data System Development Principal Investigator Sponsor: NOAA and MARADA Corporation ($100,000) |
| 1995-1997 |
Development of an Abandoned Mined Lands
Spatial Information System (AMLSIS) Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: WV Division of Environmental Protection ($145,000) |
| 1996 |
GIS database development and
environmental impact assessment for 765kV high power
transmission line siting Principal Investigator Sponsor: AEP ($91,905) |
| 1996 |
GIS and Society: the Kanawha (Chemical)
Valley study Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: NSF - National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis ($16,000) |
| 1995-1996 |
Integrating theoretical ecology and GIS
in the River Continuum Concept Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: Water Research Institute, Virginia Endowment for the Environment, Natural Heritage Foundation ($89,398) |
| 1995-1996 |
Integration of GIS and WWW for query,
retrieval, and extraction of spatial data. Principal Investigator Sponsor: NASA EPSCoR ($15,000) |
| 1994-1995 |
To maintain and augment GIS database and
produce route selection maps and documentation for state
filing process: 765kV transmission line project Principal Investigator Sponsor: Appalachian Power Company ($67,664) |
| 1994-1996 |
Integrating regional political ecology
with GIS and remote sensing for land and agrarian reform
in post-apartheid South Africa Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: Regional Research Institute, WVU, competitive research award ($19,000) |
| 1994-1996 | Combining Highway construction with ecosystem restoration: the Blackwater River watershed, West Virginia Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency ($500,000) |
| 1994-1995 |
Wheeling Creek Water Quality Assessment:
monitoring protocol for Ohio River watershed studies Co-Principal
Investigator Sponsors: Virginia Environmental Endowment West Virginia Water Research Institute ($75,395) |
| 1993-1994 |
Update GIS database and produce
environmental impact matrix for 765kV transmission line
project Principal Investigator Sponsor: Appalachian Power Company ($105,154) |
| 1992-1993 |
To verify, update and augment
the GIS digital database for the proposed APCo Oceana to
Cloverdale 765kV transmission line August 19 1992 to
March 31 1993: Phase II of the APCo research grant Principal Investigator Sponsor: Appalachian Power Company and American Electric Power ($114,675) |
| 1991-1993 |
To modernize the facilities and building
infrastructure of the Laboratory for Geographic
Information Systems and Spatial Analysis in the
Department of Geology and Geography, WVU. Principal Investigator Sponsor: National Science Foundation ($180,000), WVU ($212,000) |
| 1992 |
4D analytical lab for remote sensing, GIS
and Geophysical data. Co-investigator Sponsor: National Research Center for Coal and Energy ($139,000) |
| 1990-1992 |
The delineation of alternative corridors,
preferred right-of-way, and generation of an
environmental impact assessment for a proposed 765 kV
bulk transmission line between Oceana, West Virginia, and
Cloverdale, Virginia. Principal Investigator Sponsor: Appalachian Power Company and American Electric Power ($518,370) |
| 1990-1992 |
To establish a prototype operational GIS
database for economic development planning in Putnam
County, West Virginia. Co-Principal investigator Sponsor: West Virginia University Extension Service Economic Development Fund ($28,500) |
| 1991-1992 |
Hydrogeologic evaluation of the proposed
APCo Wyoming to Cloverdale 765 kV electric power
transmission line. Co-investigator Sponsor: Appalachian Power Company ($136,632) |
| 1991-1992 |
To determine minor and major hydrologic
watershed basins from USGS 1:250,000 and 1:24,000 DEM
within a raster GIS; integrate EPA REACH (RF3) into the
GIS database for verification and product enhancement;
and develop networked surface water drainage features for
pollution monitoring and control for the state of West
Virginia. Principal investigator Sponsor: WV Environmental Protection Agency ($10,000) |
| 1985-1987 |
GIS design and implementation of a
temporal ecological survey of West Sussex 1971-1981, for
West Sussex County Council Principal Investigator Sponsor: West Sussex County Council ($15,000) |
| 1984-1987 |
Graduate course on Computer
Graphics and Digital Mapping Co-investigator Sponsor: Manpower Services Commission ($60,000) |
| 1985-1987 |
Graduate course on Computer Skills and
Information Processing Co-investigator Sponsor: European Community ($100,000) |
| 1987 |
Environmental and amenity management
plans for Adur District South Downs Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty Co-Principal Investigator Sponsor: West Sussex County Council ($10,000) |
| 1985 |
Data analysis and digital mapping of an
ecological study for Milton Keynes Development
Corporation. Principal Investigator Sponsor: Cobham Associates ($2,000) |