Environmental Visualization Stream Accomplishments

BOLD = undergraduate
italics = faculty
* = student presenter

Research publications

  • Baur, J., Steinberg, G., Nikulin, A., Chiu, K. and de Smet, T.S., 2020.  Applying Deep Learning to Automate UAV-Based Detection of Scatterable Landmines.  Remote Sensing, 12(5), P.859.
  • A. Nikulin, T.S. de Smet, A. Puliaiev, V. Zhurakhov, S Fasullo, G. Chen, I. Spiegel, and K. Cappuccio. 2020  The Journal of Conventional Weapons Detruction.
  • T.S. de Smet, A. Nikulin, W.D. Frazer, J. Baur, J,C. Abramowitz., D. Finan, S. Denara, N. Aglietti, G. Campos. Nov 2018. The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction.
  • A. Nikulin, T.S. de Smet, J. Baur, W.D. Frazer, J,C. Abramowitz. 2018. Remote Sensing 10: 1672.

Research presentations

All FRI students present their research posters at campus events. Each team presents a research poster at the annual FRI Research Day in December. Those poster titles can be found on the "Research Projects" page. Below are presentations made outside of annual FRI public session.

  • J. Li*, J. Hvizdos*, N. Anichich*, M. Brown*, M. Owen*, G. Lee*, A. Nikulin, J. Pietras, and T.S. de Smet. (2019). A Statistical Approach to Modeling Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma Using Multiple Linear Regression. First prize winning poster presented at ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Department of Geography GIS Day, February 15, 2019.
  • S. Wong*, J. Li*, E.M. Penner*, K.N. Reilly*, N.N. Romanzo*, T.S. de Smet, A. Nikulin, J.T. Pietras. (2019). Deploying a UAV-Based System to Identify Methane-Emitting Oil and Gas Wells. Poster presented at ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Department of Geography GIS Day, February 15, 2019.
  • J. Abramowitz, A. Petrov, M. Sherrard, Analyzing the Impact of Wind Turbines on Crop Condition in Story County, Iowa Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging. Third prize winning poster presented at ßÙßÇÂþ»­ University Department of Geography GIS Day, February 15, 2019.
  • J. Baur*, L. Zheng*, W. Frazer*, A. Nikulin, T.S. de Smet. (2018b). Improved Detection of Plastic Landmines with Aerial Polarized Thermal Imaging. Poster presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14, 2018.
  • S.J. Bayer*, N. Chacko*, V. Boos*, L. Garvey*, and Timothy S. de Smet. (2018). Using Multispectral Imaging to Detect Tree Distress Due to Woolly Adelgid Infestation. Poster presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. December 10-14, 2018.
  • A. Nikulin, T.S. de Smet, J. Baur*, W. Frazer*. (2018). Opportunities, challenges and social implications of emerging UAV-based infrared plastic landmine detection systems. Paper presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14, 2018.
  • S. Wong, J. Li, E.M. Penner, K.N. Reilly, N.N. Romanzo, T.S. de Smet, A. Nikulin, J.T. Pietras. (2018). Deploying a UAV-Based System to Identify Methane-Emitting Oil and Gas Wells. Poster presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14, 2018.
  • A. Nikulin, T.S. de Smet, J. Baur*, W. Frazer*. (2018). Opportunities, challenges and social implications of emerging UAV-based infrared plastic landmine detection systems. Paper presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14, 2018.
  • A. Nikulin, T.S. de Smet, J. Baur*, and W. Frazer*. 2018. Detection of Plastic Landmines Using a Low-Cost UAV Platform. Invited presentation at Swissnex Aerial Futures at HUBweek, in Boston, MA on October 8-9, 2018.
  • R.A. Hunt*, W. Frazer*, T. Raymond*, A.L. Patchen*, S.K. Gilleland*, M.C. Sanger, T.S. de Smet, and C. Lipo. (2018). Geophysical surveys of Poverty Point UNESCO World Heritage Site Mound A. Poster presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C., April 11-15, 2018.
  • W. Frazer, T.S. de Smet, J. Bourke, A. Nikulin. (2018). Seismic surveys on Poverty Point UNESCO World Heritage Site Mound A. Poster presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C., April 11-15, 2018.
  • W. Frazer*, J. Giunta, R. Schaake, E. Wilenski, D. Witt, T. de Smet, Alternatives to Ground Penetrating Radar for the Detection of Clandestine Graves, Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, March 2018
  • J. Baur*, W. Frazer, J. Abramowitz, S. Denara, N. Aglietti, D. Finan, G. Campos, T. de Smet, Aerial Infrared Detection of PFM-1 Plastic Butterfly Mines, Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, March 2018
  • J. Baur*, T de Smet, A Nikulin. Detecting Plastic PFM-1 Butterfly Mines Using Thermal Infrared Sensing. American Geophysical Union, Dec 2017, New Orleans
  • W. Frazer*, T de Smet, A Nikulin. Geophysical Survey of Poverty Point UNESCO World Heritage Site Mound A. American Geophysical Union, Dec 2017, New Orleans

News Articles

Environmental Visualization as a Research Stream

  • T. de Smet. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) in Geospatial Remote Sensing, University of Alabama-Huntsville Department of Atmospheric Science/NASA Space Science and Technology Center, ATA/NASA Seminar Series, November 8, 2017

Funds acquired

  • Drone-based Thermal Infrared Detection of Plastic Antipersonnel Landmines. Harpur College Faculty Research Grant, Fall 2018, T.S. de Smet, A. Nikulin.
  • Hyperspectral Drone Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms: Ground truthing new approaches for water quality assessment, United States Geological Survey 104(b) grant, T.S. de Smet, K. Chiu.
  • Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo) seed grant, Landmine Detection via R-CNN Processing of UAV-based Imagery, T.S. de Smet, K. Chiu, A. Nikulin.