Staff involved in teaching and research:
Majority of Academic
and Research staff in School of Geography & Environmental
Science use GIS technology at various levels of teaching and research.
Foundation Director Associate
Professor
J A Peterson , PhD
Director: Senior Lecturer
Dr.
Xuan Zhu , PhD
Professional Officer GIS & IT :
Dr.
Shobhit Chandra , PhD
Research Fellow : Ms.
Margaret Reynolds , MA
Honorary Research Associate:
Dr.
Dave Bulman , PhD
Honorary Research Associate:
Ms. Lynette Peterson, BA
(Hons), MA
Current Students enrolled in GIS Honours/Graduate Certificate in GIS/Postgraduate Diploma in GIS/Masters/PhD programs:
Cynthia Tsang (BAHons 2008)
Mahfuzul Haque
(PhD 2008)
Sultana Nasrim Nury (MEnvSc 2008)
Reza Amiri (PhD 2008)
John Pearce (PhD 2008)
Carol Hensley (Phd 2007)
Thi Hong Thu Phan (PhD 2007)
Michael McBain (PhD 2007)
Courtney Leigh (
Postgraduate Diploma in GIS 2007)
Christopher
Blazkow (Postgraduate Diploma in GIS 2007)
Kevin Haddow
( Postgraduate Diploma in GIS 2007)
Uri Gilad (Phd 2006)
Peter Wheeler (PhD 2006)
Fei Xue (PhD 2006)
Zhenyu Zhang (PhD 2005)
Kasturi Kanniah (PhD 2005)
Tadhg O’Loingsigh (PhD 2005)
Sarah
Burns (PhD 2005)
Steven Cyphers (M.Sc 2005)
Lucia
Lancellotti (PhD 2004)
Xiaoye Liu (PhD 2004)
Narsimha
Garlapati (M.Sc 2004)
Edward Cheng (M.Sc 2003)
Chronological List of Completed Honours, Masters and Doctoral thesis or project (authors and titles):
- Joshua Martin 2008 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: An environmental and economic GIS scenario-based analysis of ecosytem services performed by urban tress in Ringwood and Greensborough, Melbourne, Australia.
- Joshphar Kunapo 2008 (PhD) Modelling hydrological impacts of residential development within an administratively-divided catchment:Exemplification using Cranbourne/Lyndhurstdevelopment plan, Victoria,Australia.
- Margaret Loughnan 2008 (PhD) The heart of the matter:Geographical insights into the environmental and social epidemiology of acute myocardial infarcation in Melbourne, Australia.
- Lisa Carpenter 2008 MEng Practicality of the index of stream condition field survey sampling program
- Matt Okurowski 2007 BEnvSc Hons Thesis:. Predicting the potential habitat for the toothed Leionema using a GIS-based weights-of-evidence model
- Jacinta DeLang 2006 BA Hons Thesis: Marina Development: An evolving typology of the many pathways to success (andfailure), Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.
- Pauline Byrt 2006 MA thesis: Spatial patterns of patients attending the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital: a search for explanations.
- Anupam Mishra 2005 Postgraduate Diploma in GIS Project Title: Data and Information Integration for Facilities Management: A Web GIS Approach
- Karen Jones 2005 BSc Hons Thesis: Scratching the surface: Local analysis of erosion gully impact on farmers in Highland Madagascar
- Emma Platt 2005 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: The use of time-series imagery in decision support for catchment management: Exemplification from Crystal and Settlers Creek, West Gippsland
- Peter Wheeler BA Hons 2005 Thesis: Morphometric change in the Entrance and Reeves Channels of the Gippsland Lakes (1889-2005): Implications for integrated coastal zone management, Vols 1 & 2
- Nicole Kindler 2005 Postgraduate Diploma in GIS Project Title: Spatial data preparation for a project designed to select sites for native bird habitat restoration: making the best of the archival data in East Gippsland
- Dave Bulman 2005 (PhD) The application of remote sensing imagery to weed mapping: a case study of Paterson's Curse ( Echium plantagineum L .)
- JaeYong Yoo 2005 (PhD) Spatial modelling approaches to storm-water management:tests from contrasting suburban and semi-rural areas in two countries
- Michael McMohan 2005 Postgraduate Diploma in GIS Project Title: Effects of changing landform elevations on flood modelling within the Eumemmerring Creek and Hallam Valley Catchment area, using Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems.
- Steven Cyphers 2004 M.Qual Thesis: Archaeological site modelling using geospatial raster calculations, Mua, Badu and Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait, Qld.
- Sarah Burns 2004 MSc Prelim Thesis: The temporal and spatial distribution of dry season fires on indigenous lands of North-Central Arnhem Land: A feasibility study using MODIS satellite imagery.
- Andrew Ireson 2004 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: Coastal geomorphology in Port Phillip Bay, Australia: A case study from Green point to Picnic Point.
- Musa Kilinc 2004 BSc Hons Thunderstruck: Thesis: The spatial and temporal distribution of lightning strikes in the Northern Territory.
- Elouise Andrieux 2003 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: Salt marsh vegetation: Factors attributing to its degradation, status and protection: A case study from Rutherford Inlet, Western Port Bay, Victoria.
- Andrew Rathjen 2003 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: Application of the catena concept to the deployment of the pasture GrassGro model.
- Alison Capper 2003 BSc(Env) Hons Thesis: Time series orthophotomosaics: The scope for application in the search for the Mahogany Ship.
- Nadiya Shatska 2003 BA Hons Thesis: Testing the potential of the digital spatial data infrastructure and remote sensing techniques for irrigation channel segmentation (a case study: Donald Main Channel in the area of the Lake Buloke).
- Helen Campbell 2003 BA Hons Thesis: An investigation of relationships between the normalised difference vegetation index and key themes in south-eastern Australia using GIS
- Vincent Grinter 2003 Postgraduate Diploma in GIS Project Title: GIS and the whole farm plan: prelude to adopting precision agriculture.
- Daniel Lane 2003 Postgraduate Diploma in GIS Project Title: Documenting landfill and landscape transformation at Clayton Campus (Monash University) using time series method.
- Margaret Guat Hee Ang 2003 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: Land use conflict in the City of Greater Dandenong: Lyndhurst landfill case study
- Penelope Flanningan 2002 BA Hons Thesis: Alternative approaches to mapping Population density in urban areas: A case study from Metropolitan Melbourne.
- Rebecca Keating 2002 BEnvSc Hons Thesis: Conservation of the Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) in Victoria: Scope for the deployment of spatial Habitat modelling.
- Margaret Reynolds 2002 MA Thesis: Socio-spatial polarisation and the housing market in Melbourne: 1986-1996.
- Kathlyn Poon 2002 MSc Thesis: Companion Animals in Monash City: A Spatial Pattern Analysis in Aid of Management.
- Puatai Sim 2002 MA Thesis: Alternative Approaches to Mapping Impervious Surface Distribution in Suburban Catchments - A case study from Eastern Melbourne.
- Edward Cheng 2002 B.Sc (Env) Hons Thesis: Testing the use of time series aerial photography for utility in coastal change monitoring.
- Magdalene Bardis 2002 B.Sc Hons Thesis: Patterns of possum nuisance in Monash City: Scope of explanation, mitigation and accommodation revealed through spatial analysis.
- Danielle McKeown 2002 B.Sc Hons Thesis: Is it worth a dam? The Victorian farm dams (irrigation) review committee report (2001) and the viticulture industry in the Yarra Valley.
- Nicola Thomson 2001 Masters of Environmental Science, Team Research Project: "Cultivating a catchment community" - The project involves working with a Landcare group called the Merricks-Coolart Catchment Group with the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, Victoria.
- Mark Rowntree 2001 BA Hons Thesis: History of vegetation and salinity change in the Upper Salt Water Creek Catchment, Phillip Island: Explanatory application of a time-series spatial database.
- Will Yeates 2001 B.Sc Hons Thesis: Identification of inappropriately sited septic tanks in Woori Yallock Catchment, Victoria
- Andrew Mullen 2001 B.Sc Hons Thesis: Victorian Pertussis Infection and Immunisation Records (1997-2000): Exploring the Geocodes in Analysis and Data Integration.
- Lucy Lancellotti 2001 MA. Thesis: Early Neopalatial Palaikastro:Interpretations of Minoan Remains and Landscape.
- Yen Min Lai 2000 B.Sc.Env Hons Thesis: Information evolution in keeping track of natural assets: A case study at Braeside Park, Braeside, Victoria.
- Claire Curry 1999 Hons Thesis: The decommissioned Goldsworthy Mine, Western Australia : a case study in acid mine drainage remediation.
- Wendy Stein 1999 Hons Thesis: Habitat Modeling (Wet Heathland) of Mastacomys fuscus (Broad-tooth Rat) in Kosciuszko National Park.
- Belinda Dooley 1999 Hons Thesis: On Designing a Water Quality Monitoring Program: Exemplifications from the Upper Dandenong Creek Catchment
- Karen Rapson 1999 Hons Thesis: Liveable cities & Gastroenteritis: Improving Waterborne Gastroenteritis Surveillance with GIS.
- Louise Duell 1998 Hons Thesis: A time-series analysis of the relationship between landuse and groundwater nitrate content on the Nepean peninsula, Victoria.
- Masud Kader 1998 MSc Thesis: Testing of terrain-based digital multi-flow modelling as a means of stream buffer delineation: Upper Barwon catchment.
- Ian Allan 1996 MA. Thesis: Towards land use planning conflict resolution through spatially consistent participatory scenario modelling.
- Armando A. Apan 1996 PhD. Thesis: Land resource survey and evaluation for tropical forest rehabilitation: approaches using satellite imagery and GIS.
- Gang Jun Liu 1996 PhD Thesis: Derivation and testing of an integrated geospatial data handling approach to physically-based distributed hydrological modelling for application in dryland salinity mitigation and management. A cast study from the Eastern Wimmera, Victoria, Australia.
- S. Sangawongse 1996 PhD Thesis: Landscape change detection in the Chiang Mai area: an appraisal from remote sensing, GIS and cartographic data developed for monitoring applications.
- Lynette Peterson 1995 MA. Thesis: Reading the landscape: documentation and analysis of a relict feature of land degradation in the Bendigo district.
- Ashwin Bhikaridas 1994 MSc. Thesis: Analysis of satellite remote sensing for mapping Adelie Penguin rookeries in Prydze Bay area, East Antarctica.
- Sonya McKeown 1993 BA Hons Thesis: Waste disposal and landfill site selection for the South Eastern region of Melbourne.
- Jason Beringer 1993 BSc Hons Thesis: The extent of 1992 Dry Season Biomass burning and associated atmospheric emissions in the Northern Territory, Australia.
- Ian Allan 1992 BA Hons Thesis: The application of spatial data processing and land use conflict resolution in the Lal Lal Water Catchment of the Ballarat growth corridor; a case study from Chapter One of the Buninyong Planning Scheme.
- A. McAllister 1990 BA Hons Thesis: Land degradation mapping in the Tragowel Plains irrigation area (T.P.I.A.): Testing image processing with thematic mapper data as a method for mapping soil salinisation patterns