MaRS: Mapping & Remote Sensing
What is the ambitious goal of this project?
Join this team to learn how to apply remote sensing toward social-ecological resilience in response to disturbances such as wildfire, invasive species, and drought.
Experience Gained
- Understand how disturbances – including wildfire, invasive species, and drought – affect social-ecological resilience.
- Become familiar with commonly-used datasets that represent disturbance, ecological states, and social-economic variables.
- Gain exposure to Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS), or drone, workflows.
- Increase proficiency in GIS for processing and analyzing spatial data.
- Improve skills in interdisciplinary, team-based research.
- For the 400 level VIP, students are recommended to have taken Introductory GIS courses (or have equivalent proficiency).
- Methodologies used in this project: coding and coding software, case studies, fieldwork, qualitative research methods, quantitative research methods.
Majors or Interests Needed
- All majors welcome
- Anthropology
- Art
- Bachelor of Applied Science
- Biological Sciences
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies Program
- Gaming and Interactive Mobile Media (GIMM)
- Geosciences
- Global Studies
- History
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Multidisciplinary Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Sociology
VIP Coach Information
Dr. Megan Cattau is Core Faculty and an Assistant Professor in the Human-Environment Systems Program.
Contact Dr. Cattau at megancattau@boisestate.edu
Course Information
LAUNCHING FALL 2022
VIP 200, VIP 400 or VIP 500
Full semester course. Choose to enroll in 1 or 2 credits.
Fall 2022 meetings: TBD
Interested in joining this team?
For more information and to request a permission number to register contact Dr. Cattau at megancattau@boisestate.edu OR complete this interest form and we will follow up with you. Check out this page for tips on contacting a professor.
To register, search by Subject: Vertically Integrated Projects, read the project description to find the right section of VIP 200, 400, or 500.
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