Dr. Wu teaches courses in GIS, remote sensing, geospatial data science, and software development at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also mentors graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
Courses at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville¶
Graduated: Spring 2022. Thesis: Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Hurricane-Induced Power Outage and Restoration. Placement: Geospatial Data Engineer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Kenny Moss
Graduated: Summer 2020. Thesis: Identifying Smokestacks in Remotely Sensed Imagery via Deep Learning Algorithms. Placement: Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Past M.A. Thesis Committees at UTK (7)
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Jacob Dein
Graduated: Summer 2025. Department of Geography. Dissertation: Scale Dependence of Bird Distributions in London
Angela Price
Graduated: Spring 2025. Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science. Thesis: The Food Desert Reduction Roadmap: A Food-Energy-Water Nexus Guide for the Appalachian Region
Nathan Sturgill
Graduated: Spring 2025. Thesis: Effects of the Opioid Epidemic on Urban and Rural Counties in Appalachia
Zachary Dorminey
Graduated: Summer 2024. Thesis: A multi-metric approach to Fay-Herriot small area estimation of forests
Aakriti Sapkota
Graduated: Summer 2023. Thesis: Understanding wildfire susceptibility in Nepal in the pre-monsoon season using the Maxent model
Morgan Steckler
Graduated: Spring 2023. Thesis: Unsupervised machine learning of tornado-producing storms in the southeastern United States
Alyssa Cannistraci
Graduated: Fall 2020. Thesis: Tweet diffusion over space and time: A comparison of a winter-weather and tornado-outbreak case study
Past Ph.D. Dissertation Committees at UTK (6)
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Russ Limber
Graduated: Spring 2025. UTK Bredesen Center. Dissertation: Modeling River Ice Breakup Throughout Interior Alaska
Matthew Longmire
Graduated: Summer 2024. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. Dissertation: Ecological Impact Assessment of Laurel Wilt Disease and Insect Diversity of Sassafras and Northern Spicebush
Stephanie Insalaco
Graduated: Spring 2024. Department of Geography. Dissertation: A Holistic Approach to Understanding Ecosystem Decline in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida
Probal Saha
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dissertation: Using satellite-derived and model soil moisture to estimate the irrigation withdrawal
Jimmy Feng
Graduated: Fall 2022. Dissertation: Access beyond geographic accessibility: understanding opportunities to human needs in physical and mental space
Adam Alsamadisi
Graduated: Summer 2020. Dissertation: The Nexus of Biogeography and GIScience: Using Emerging Big Data Sources and Multiscale Analysis for Species Distribution Models
Past Ph.D. Dissertation Committees at Other Universities (2)
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Di Wu
Graduated: Summer 2024. Southern Illinois University. Dissertation: Improving Hydrologic Connectivity Delineation Based on High-Resolution DEMs and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence
Sarigai Sarigai
Graduated: Spring 2024. University of New Mexico. Dissertation: UniGeoaptialEye: A universal computational and visual framework for sensing geospatial big data using geoAI and geovisualization
Visiting Scholars (1)
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Donghui Shi
Tongji University, Shanghai, China (2019–2021)
Past M.A. Advisees at Binghamton University (12)
Name
Details
Duoduo Li
2018–2019
Abraham Redie
2018–2019
Huihai Wang
2018–2019
Yurui Zhang
2018–2019
Jian Xu
M.A., 2019. Thesis: Mapping vegetation dynamics (1985–2017) using Google Earth Engine: A case study in Wuhan, China. Placement: PhD student at San Diego State University
Yanan Wu
M.A., 2019. Thesis: Integration of Earth observations and in situ data for analyzing lake level changes in Minnesota (1990–2016). Placement: PhD student at the University of Texas at Dallas
Zeliu Zheng
M.A., 2018. Thesis: Evaluation of migrants’ socio-spatial segregation in cities of China. Placement: PhD student at Louisiana State University
Bryan Goodrich
M.A., 2018. Thesis: Characterizing sectors of the economy in the United States using nighttime light data.
Courtney Zirkel
M.A., 2018. Thesis: After the Paint Dries: The Geography of Art in a Gentrifying Bushwick, Brooklyn. Placement: Tax Mapper at Nassau County, NY
Jiaxin Jiang
M.A., 2017. Thesis: Vernal pool detection using high-resolution LiDAR data and aerial imagery in Hubbardston, Massachusetts.
Zhengjie Xie
M.A., 2017. Thesis: Mapping solar radiation potential: A case study in the midtown Manhattan of New York City. Placement: Consultant at Futurmaster
Qi Zuo
M.A., 2017. Thesis: The impacts of climate and land use changes on streamflow in Minnesota. Placement: China Science Map-Universe Technology
Past M.A. Thesis Committees at Binghamton University (12)
Name
Graduated
Winnie Ngare
Fall 2019
Brianna Mcadams
Spring 2019
Amber Jacobson
Spring 2019
Xiaoxu Pan
Spring 2019
Yalin Yang
Spring 2019
Juan Cordova
Spring 2018
Daniella Madubuike
Spring 2018
Shane Tripp
Spring 2017
Jorge Zambrana
Spring 2017
Huiyu Lin
Spring 2016
Yiding Cao
Spring 2016
Alex Simmons
Spring 2016
Past Undergraduate Advisees at Binghamton University (1)