Mid-South Region Conference 2025

ASPRS Mid-South Region Conference 2025

Dates: April 24-25, 2025

Location: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee or Zoom

Registration: https://my.asprs.org/ASPRSMember/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=MIDSOUTH25
*All the recordings can be accessed through ProLearn.  Once you register for the event , you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the recordings.

Presentations


April 24, 2025

Big Data and Techniques
Presentation Title Presenters
Grading Automatic Image Matches Orrin Thomas, PhD
Automatic Image Matching Christopher Tate, PhD
Super-Resolution Synthesis of Full-Band FMCW Radar for Snow Thickness Measurement Dr. Sara Neshani
Illuminating the Night: Multimodal Fusion Approach to Super-Resolving Nighttime Light Images Haley Duba-Sullivan, Tony G. Allen, and Emma Reid
Hydrologic Challenges SAR Approaches for Flood Extent and Depth Mapping Amanda O'Connor
Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll-a in Rivers: A Comprehensive Literature Review Anna Sherrill, Nicklaus Kuntzman, Maia Shields, Connor Firat, and Azad Hossain
Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Shrinking of Lake Milh in Karbala, Iraq Albany Zavarce, Dr. Ignatius
Understanding the Historical Dynamics of Turbidity in the Tennessee River Using Remote Sensing AKM Azad Hossain, Ph.D,  and Connor Firat, M.S.
Keynotes ASPRS Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Dr. Alvan "Al" Karlin, GISP, CMS
Welcome! ASPRS Mid-South Region Conference 2025 AKM Azad Hossain, and Kayla Stan
Space-time models from sequential image data J.L. Mundy
Land Cover and Biomass An evaluation of machine learning and Bayesian-based frameworks for forest aboveground biomass mapping and uncertainty quantification using airborne lidar and PlanetScope imagery Nisham Thapa PhD student
Modeling Habitat Suitability for Kudzu in Hamilton County, TN - A Novel Citizen Science Study Using GIS Sydney Fuhrig, and AKM Azad Hossain
Landscape or Founder Effect? Dryver Finch, Hannah V. Herrero, Caroline Petersen, Bryn Nurczyk, Morgan A. Walker, Diansy Zincke, Ted Hadfield, Jane Southworth, Michael H. Norris, and Jason K. Blackburn
Simulating Future Land Cover Trends in Tennessee: A Machine Learning Approach Across Four Counties Rezaul Bari Ishan
Spectral Acquisitions and Collections
Orbital Sidekick | 2025 Alicia Williams, MGIS
Advancements in Field UV-VIS-NIR Spectroradiometers McKenzie Woodman 
Hyperspectral fata from NASA Airborne platforms at the ORNL DAAC Scott M. Pearson, Michele Thornton, Yaxing Wei, and Rupesh Shrestha


April 25, 2025

Presentation Title Presenters
Disaster Management GIS-based model for prediction and assessment of tornado damage Nicklaus Kuntzman, Ewan Collins, and Laurel Warner
Automated Post-Disaster Mapping of Hurricane Helene: Assessing Erosion and Sediment Deposition Along the Nolichucky River Olatayo Abimbola
Okefenokee Wildfire Risk, Resilience and Recovery: 2017 West Mims Fire Abigail Hightower
Historical Global Application of Geomatic Technology in Desert Locust Management: A Bibliometric Review Gachie Eliud Baraka, PhD
Forestry Applications Assessing the Synergistic Potential of GEDI and ICESat-2 for Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation Janaki Sandamali, Lana L. Narine, Nisham Thapa, and Adam Maggard
A bibliometric analysis of remote sensing applications for Brown Spot Needle Blight detection Dr. Lana L. Narine, and Swati Singh
Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning to Evaluate the Impacts of Forestry Management Practices on the Understory Complexity of a Longleaf Pine Savana in Southern Mississippi Noah Williamson
Mapping & Monitoring Ecological Health through Satellite Technology: Hiking Trails as Conservation Corridors Amber R. Ignatius, Ashley N. Annis, Casey A. Helton, Alec W. Reeb, and Dylan F. Ricke
GIS Remote Sensing Applications

Reality Mapping for Counterproliferation Stephanie Dockstader, and Jonah Hall
Assessing Geothermal Energy Capacity In Tanzania Ed. Merem, M. Shenge, J. Offiah, Y Babalola, Y. Twumasi, and S. Emeakpor
Web Scraping & the Wayback Machine Kayla Stan, Nina Kallaus, and Elizabeth LaBeaud

Key Notes

Geospatial Assessment of Bull Elephant Behavior to Mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict in Southern Africa Marguerite Madden
Mapping and Monitoring the Coral Growth and Dynamics Utilizing High-Resolution Drone (UAV) Imagery and Machine Learning Techniques Dr. George Raber
Helping to Land a Mars Rover Trent Hare
Land Management Low-Cost Soil Sensing System for Estimating SOC Stocks in Coastal Wetlands Rajneesh Sharma
Using UAVs to Evaluate the Impact of Wrack Disturbance on Planet Recovery Tyler Lynn, John Schalles, Merryl Alber, and Deepak Mishra
Classification Feature Optimization for Global Wetlands Mapping Xin Yan
Monitoring Through Deep Learning: Poultry AFO Detection Savannah B. Jobkar, Emine Fidan, Drs Hao Gan, Shawn Hawkins, and Phillipe Ambrozio
Marine Applications Automated Satellite-Derived Coastal Bathymetry Dr. Matt McCarthy, Dr. Dariusz Stramski, Dr. David Hughes, Dr. Rick A. Reynolds, Dr. Ishan D. Joshi, and Heidi Tubbs
Microplastic Analysis in TN Environments Using Standard Reflectance Spectroscopy Jake Carr and Michael Mckinney
Low0cost Sensor to Strengthen CyanoHAB Monitoring with New Gen Ocean Color Satellites for Underrepresented Regions Chintan B. Maniyar, Abhishek Kumar, Keshav Raviprakash, Mark A. Seferian, Isabella R. Fiorentino, Deepak R. Mishra
Habitat Anaysis of the Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis Pectinata) Along the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico Hannah Parker
UAV Aerial Imagery Above and Below Ground Digital Twin Modeling Zach Pace
02InPerson_Xu_ASPRS_Talk_Final_V2.pptx Dr. Yaping Xu (
Evaluating NASA Ames Stereo Pipeline for Automated Processing of High-Resolution Historical Remotely Sensed Datasets: Case Studies from 1970 Corona KH-4B and 1969 Flight HB-PF Stereo Imagery Gilberto Maldonado, Jordan Brown, and Dr. Yushin Ahn