{"id":9540,"date":"2019-11-25T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=9540"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:04:02","slug":"gis-2019-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/25\/gis-2019-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue GIS Day Conference 2019 Research Poster Competition Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Purdue University students&#8217; research projects were honored at the 2019 Purdue University GIS Day Conference. The students&#8217; projects were reviewed by a panel of faculty and staff judges during the one-day event, which was held November 8 in Stewart Center. First-, second- and third-place winners received $100, $75, and $50 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The winning students and their projects are listed below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9545\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Undergrads-wp.jpg?resize=434%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2019 Purdue GIS Day Conference Undergraduate Research Project Winners\" width=\"434\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Undergrads-wp.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Undergrads-wp.jpg?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Undergrads-wp.jpg?resize=1024%2C698&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Undergrads-wp.jpg?resize=1126%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Undergrads-wp.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 Purdue GIS Day Conference Undergraduate Research Project Winners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Student Winners<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place: <strong>Ryan Riley<\/strong>; major: aviation and transportation technology; project name: &#8220;Implementation of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Search and Rescue&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Second Place: <strong>Alan Pecor<\/strong> (Hammond, IN), senior, major: unmanned aerial systems [UAS]; project name: &#8220;Using GIS to Help Plan UAS Missions&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Third Place: <strong>Yi Qui (Echo) Yan<\/strong> (Shenzhen, China), senior, major: retail management; project name: &#8220;Mapping Post-Colonial Literature&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9549\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Grads.jpg?resize=424%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2019 Purdue GIS Day Conference Graduate Student Winners\" width=\"424\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Grads.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Grads.jpg?resize=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Grads.jpg?resize=1024%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Grads.jpg?resize=1178%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1178w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/11\/GIS-Grads.jpg?w=1380&amp;ssl=1 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 Purdue GIS Day Conference Graduate Student Winners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place: <strong>Aishwarya Chandrasekaran<\/strong> (Chennai, India), master&#8217;s candidate: forestry and natural resources; project name: &#8220;UAS Imagery for Automatic Measurement of Tree Canopies in a Red Oak Plantation&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Second Place: <strong>Ana Morales<\/strong> (Quito, Ecuador), master&#8217;s candidate: agronomy; project name: &#8220;Effects of Removing Background Soil and Shadow Reflectance Pixels from RGB and NIR-based Vegetative Index Maps&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Third Place: <strong>Danielli De Melo Moura<\/strong> (Recife, Brazil), Ph.D. candidate: civil engineering; project name: &#8220;Soil Erosion Analysis of the Monroe county&#8217;s Watersheds in Indiana Using GIS&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each year, the Purdue University GIS Day Conference is organized by Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies (PULSIS) Associate Professor and GIS Specialist <strong>Nicole Kong<\/strong> and GIS Instructional Coordinator <strong>Shirley Li<\/strong>, as well as a multidisciplinary team of faculty and staff from PULSIS and other departments on campus. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.purdue.edu\/gis\">www.lib.purdue.edu\/gis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Purdue University students&#8217; research projects were honored at the 2019 Purdue University GIS Day Conference. The students&#8217; projects were reviewed by a panel of faculty and staff judges during the one-day event, which was held November 8 in Stewart Center. First-, second- and third-place winners received $100, $75, and $50 respectively. 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