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Kansas State University

GISSAL Research and Projects

 

As a university resource, GISSAL works extensively with faculty and students from a wide spectrum of disciplines, and has recently initiated projects with national and international researchers.  Since 2000, GISSAL has officially collaborated with over 35 academic departments, research units, or state/federal agencies across the nation and world.  Key work includes the SSURGO soils digitizing effort (USDA), Kansas GAP Project (USGS), and collaborative work with the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center (NABC), USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST), U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Geographical Society, and the Kansas Forest Service.

Current Projects

A total of six major funded projects are currently underway in the laboratory with GISSAL research staff serving as principal or co-principal investigator.  These projects represent nearly $2 million in extramural funding:

 

Validating the Kinematic Wave Approach for Rapid Soil Erosion Assessment and Improved BMP Site Selection to Enhance Training Land Sustainability
Funding:  $676,431 from the DoD Environmental Science & Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)
Duration:  2008-2010

Applying Landscape Connectivity to Model the Spread of Plant Pathogens
 Funding:  $64,176 from USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST
Duration:  2008-2009
Collaborators:  USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST

Conserving, Renovating, and Establishing Working Field Windbreaks
 Funding:  $78,202 from U.S. Forest Service Western Competitive Grant Program
Duration:  2008-2010
Collaborators:  Kansas Forest Service

GIScience Infrastructure Enhancement Program
 Funding:  $330,000 from KSU Targeted Excellence Program
Duration:  2004-2009

GIScience Infrastructure Enhancement Program – Phase II
 Funding:  $550,000 from KSU Targeted Excellence Program
Duration:  2005-2008

Vegetation Mapping of Parks in the Southwestern United States
 Funding:  $118,000 from US Dept. of Interior National Park Service
Duration:  2004-2008
Collaborators:  U.S. Dept. of Interior National Park Service

 

Recent Past Projects

Several major funded projects have been recently completed where GISSAL research staff served as principal or co-principal investigator.  These projects represented total in nearly $5 million in extramural funding:

 

Kansas Forest Stewardship Assessment (SAP) Program
 Funding:  $76,000 from Kansas Forest Service
Duration:  2005-2008
Collaborators:  Kansas Forest Service
Bowman Expedition:  Global GIS Place-Based Field Research in the Antilles
Funding:  $76,716 from the American Geographical Society and Radiance Technologies
Duration:  2006-2008

Impact of Rapid Anthropogenic Landcover Change on Hantavirus Ecology
Funding:  $1.8 million from National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center
Duration:  2004-2008
Collaborators:  Southern Research Institute, Texas Tech University, New Mexico State University, National University of Asuncion (Paraguay)

Impact of Military Training on Nonpoint Source Pollution/Water Quality
 Funding:  $1.2 million from Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
Duration:  2003-2008
Collaborators:  Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engg, Dept. of Geology