Honors & Awards
- Superior Research Award for Career-Line Faculty. University of Utah, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 03/21/2022
- Graduate Student Excellence in Research Award. University of Utah, Department of Geography, 04/21/2017
- ERDAS Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing (1st place). American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 07/01/2016
In the Media
- Wildfire escape routes? There’s (almost) an app for that. High Country News. 05/23/2019. https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.10/technology-wildfi...
- More precise and accurate travel time for firefighters crossing rough terrain. Utah Public Radio. 04/11/2019. https://www.upr.org/science/2019-04-11/more-precis...
- Geographers use big data to predict how slope affects human travel rates. Pys.org. 04/03/2019. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-geographers-big-slop...
- The mathematics of hill walking. Cosmos Magazine. 04/03/2019. https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/mathematics/the...
- Colorado professor developing app for firefighters battling wildfires. Fox 31 Denver. 11/02/2018. https://kdvr.com/on-air/colorado-professor-develop...
- Fort Lewis College professor developing an app for firefighter safety. The Durango Herald. 10/15/2018. https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/fort-lewis-...
- Interactive map shows evacuation status of homes, proximity to 416 Fire. The Durango Herald. 06/15/2018. https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/interactive...
- Researchers working on new technology to help firefighters plan escape route. KJZZ. 10/23/2017. https://kjzz.org/content/555498/researchers-workin...
- This mapping tool could help wilderness firefighters plan escape routes. Smithsonian. 10/13/2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-map...
- U of U study maps out escape route for wildland firefighters. ABC 4 Utah. 09/26/2017. https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/u-of-u-study-...
- New study the first to map escape routes for wildland firefighters from the air. Phys.org. 09/26/2017. https://phys.org/news/2017-09-routes-wildland-fire...
- Wildfire dangers. KSL News. 06/29/2017. https://content.csbs.utah.edu/~pdennison/KSL%20saf...