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Our research provides project-based learning opportunities and hands-on experience for graduate and PhD students. We also thrive to support postdocs who are interested in working in a highly collaborative team environment.
Our research provides project-based learning opportunities and hands-on experience for graduate and PhD students. We also thrive to support postdocs who are interested in working in a highly collaborative team environment.
Student Project Highlights
Student Project Highlights
Developing tools to prevent and understand invasive species spread
Developing tools to prevent and understand invasive species spread
Patrick Pragman, MS Engineering 2024, used computer vision to detect entangled aquatic vegetation on rudders of floatplanes. Strut-mounted GoPro cameras monitor floatplane rudders by collecting images during flight. The images are being read by a fine-tuned version of ResNet-18, a neural network model applied here to computer vision. Resulting statistics quantify vegetation entanglement, accurately detecting entangled vegetation in 84% of images. A real-time detection and alert system for pilots can be built with this approach using GoPro cameras and tablet computing devices commonly used by pilots. Chair: Dr. Frank Witmer, UAA Engineering.
Graduate students
Graduate students
Serving on graduate committees:
Elizabeth Williamson (M. Northern Studies, 2022 – present)
Patrick Pragman (MS Computer Science, 2022 – 2024)
Ariane Glover (MS Northern Studies, 2021 – 2022)
Other graduate mentees:
Jesse Hansen (MA Geography, 2024 - present)
Michele Remer (PhD Environmental Science & Policy, 2021 – 2024)
Ridwan Akgun (M. Public Policy, 2022 – 2023)
Rachel Robertson (M. Public Policy, 2021 – 2023)
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