Alumni

Ph.D. Students

	Zachary Jared Bortolot (2004) Thesis Title: An Adaptive Computer Vision Technique for Determining the Biomass of Loblolly Pine Plantations using Digital Orthophotography and LiDAR Imagery Current Position: Assistant Professor, Morehead State University
	Sorin Cristian Popescu (2002) Thesis Title: Estimating Plot-Level Forest Biophysical Parameters Using Small_Footprint Airborne Lidar Measurements Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Texas A&M University
	Jan Andreas Nicholas Van Aardt (2004) Thesis Title: An Object-Oriented Approach to Forest Volume and Aboveground Biomass Modeling using Small-Footprint Lidar Data for Segmentation, Estimation, and Classification Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences Katholieke Universiteit Leuve

M.S. Students

	Rebecca Forest Musy (2003) Thesis Title: Refinement of Automated Forest Area Estimation via Iterative Guided Spectral Class Rejection Current Position: Information Technology Specialist II, Virginia Tech Department of Forestry
	Paul Bartholomew (2003) Thesis Title: Mapping and Modeling Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in the Lake Manassas Reservoir Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery Current Position: High School Teacher Pennsauken High School Pennsauken, New Jersey
	Neil Adam Clark (1998) Thesis Title: An Assessment of the Utility of a Non-Metric Digital Camera for Measuring Standing Trees Current Position: Research Forester USDA Forest Service Blacksburg, Virginia
	Matthew F. Winn (2002) Thesis Title: Analysis of Red Oak Timber Defects and Associated Internal Defect Area for the Generation of Simulated Logs Current Position: Forestry Technician, USDA Forest Service, Blacksburg, Virginia
	Jared Paul Wayman (2000) Thesis Title: Landsat TM-Based Forest Area Estimation Using Iterative Guided Spectral Class Rejection Current Position: In transitio
	Jan Andreas Nicholas Van Aardt (2000) Thesis Title: Spectral Separability among Six Southern Tree Species Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences Katholieke Universiteit Leuve
	Garrett Lauren Schairer (1999) Thesis Title: Landscape Level Evaluation of Northern Bobwhite Habitats in Eastern Virginia Using Landsat TM Imagery Current Position: Wildlife Biologist, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
	Christine Elizabeth (2000) Thesis Title: Estimation of Important Scenic Beauty Covariates from Remotely Sensed Data Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech