We are a group of multi-cultural students from diverse backgrounds. The team is composed of undergraduate and graduate students from many disciplines, however we are all focused on geospatial research.
Our areas of expertise include Archeaology, Geography, Remote Sensing, Spatial Data Analysis, Spatial Statistics, among others.
Students on the team have various levels of expereince in programming and GIS and we welcome all who wish to better themselves in the field.
Below is the list of current and past team members, click see profile to learn more.
Faculty
May Yuan, Ph.D.
Ashbel Smith Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences
Her research centers on temporal GIS and its applications to geographic dynamics.
Graduate Students
Brent Dell
Ph.D. Student – GIS
(Programming & Computation Track)
Yogita Karale
Ph.D. Student – GIS
(Programming & Computation Track)
Arlo Mckee
Ph.D. Student – GIS
Yanan Wu
Ph.D. Student – GIS
Sam Levin
M.S. Student – GIS
Kiley Holbert
M.S. Student – GIS
Undergraduate
All of our undergraduates have graduated. We await the next interns in Fall 2018. If you are interested in an internship with GAIA please connect with us.
Benjamin Acker
Graduated M.S. GIS – Spring 2018
Dylan Campbell
Graduated M.S. GIS – Spring 2018
Justin Moore
Graduated M.S. GIS – Spring 2018
Adam Sawyer
Graduated M.S. GIS – Spring 2018
Bryan Coan
Graduated B.S. GIS – Fall 2017
Vicky Liau
Ph.D. Student – GIS
Xianglong Zhou
Graduated M.S. GIS – Spring 2016
Jiaxu Fang
Graduated B.S GIS – Spring 2017
Emily Gold
M.S Student – GIS
Rutvick Velaga
B.A Student – Accounting
Brandon Johnson
B.S. Student – GIS
Cruz Deleon
B.S. Student – GIS
Interested in joining?
We are currently offering competitive internships (unpaid) for undergraduate and graduate students. Students will receive course credit for their contribution to various projects. If you are interested in contributing, refer to our internships page or email Dr. Yuan with your resume and the project you would like to work on.
We also accept graduate students whom are interested in developing a research project concurrently with our research goals. Please refer to our connect page, or email Dr. Yuan myuan@utdallas.edu with a resume and your research goals