WKU GIS Students To Present
Research At Kentucky Capitol
January 30, 2004
Bowling Green, Ky. - A group of geoscience graduate students from Western Kentucky University's Department of Geography and Geology will present research next week at the Kentucky State Capitol.
The GIS Map Gallery, set for Feb. 2-6, displays to the Kentucky General Assembly and the general public the many productive uses of Geographic Information Systems.
The students' research projects were completed as part of a GIS Modeling and Analysis class under the supervision of Dr. Katie Algeo and Kevin Cary, GIS Lab manager. The projects being presented in Frankfort are:
"An Examination of Industrial Air Emissions and Environmental Justice in Warren County, Kentucky" by Michael Briggs of Hendersonville, Tenn.; Mark Graham of Penzance, England; Christina Henry of Sumter, S.C.; Pat Kambesis of Chicago; and Jenna Medlin of Bowling Green.
"A Preliminary Analysis of Western Kentucky University Safety Infrastructure" by Briggs, Graham, Henry, Kambesis, Medlin and Joseph Islas of Clarksville, Tenn.,
"GIS is profoundly changing the way we analyze human-environment problems both locally and globally," said Dr. David J. Keeling, head of the Department of Geography and Geology. "The GIS program at WKU is the first of its kind in the state and is designed to provide students with theoretical, ethical and practical knowledge of how GIS can help solve many of society's most pressing problems."
Nineteen students have earned the 12-hour GIS certificate at WKU since the program's inception in August 2002, and another 60 students are currently enrolled.
For more information about the GIS program at WKU, contact Kevin Cary at (270) 745-2981 or David Keeling at (270) 745-4555.
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