- Department Chair, Social Sciences
- Director, Geospatial Research Facility
- Professor of Geography and GIS
Research Interests
- Environmental Change and Life Course Epidemiology
- Urban Environments and Population Health
- Public Participatory GIS
- Historical GIS & Deep Mapping
- Spatial Humanities
- Deindustrialization and Shrinking Cities
- Time-Space Integration and Modeling in GIS
- Demography and Historical Record Linkage
- Sense of Place and Neighborhood Construction
- Assistant Director, Geospatial Research Facility
- rywillia@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1485
- GLRC 312
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems
- Database Development
- GIS Tool and Process Development
- Integrating Web, GIS, Database and Analytics Tools
- Senior Geospatial Research Scientist
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
- djtrepal@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3580
- GLRC 318
Education
- PhD, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Michigan Technological University
- MS, Industrial Archaeology, Michigan Technological University
- BS, Anthropology and History, Cleveland State University
Research Interests
- Industrial and Urban Archaeology
- Historical GIS
- Deindustrialization
- Industrial Landscapes
- The Archaeology of Brownfields
- Spatial Analysis of Historical Industrial Pollutants
- Big Data Approaches to Archaeology
- Publicly-engaged Scholarship
- Geospatial Research Scientist
- djlizzad@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3418
- GLRC 316 and 318
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geostatistical Analysis
- Lake Superior Geology, Coastal Geomorphology, and Geoheritage
- GPS, GIS Data Collector Applications, and Mapping Technologies
- Web-based GIS Data Dissemination and Applications
- Interdisciplinary GIS Project Management
- GIS Data Librarian
- rcowling@mtu.edu
- GLRC 112/Library 102B
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Geospatial Metadata
- Cartography
- Web-based GIS application development
- Geospatial data management, discovery, and dissemination
Esther Acheampong
- PhD Student, Environmental and Energy Policy
- enacheam@mtu.edu
- AOB 208
Advisor
Education
- MPhil, Integrated Coastal Management, UCC, Ghana
- BS, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, UCC, Ghana
Research Interests
- GIS and Remote Sensing
- Environmental and Energy Policy
- Policy Analysis
- Coastal Management
- Climate Change
Chaeyeong Russell Jeong
- PhD Student, Environmental and Energy Policy
- jeong@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Advisor
Education
- MS, Smart City, Dong-Eui University, South Korea
- BS, Urban Engineering, Dong-Eui University, South Korea
Research Interests
- Urban Planning and Design
- Land Use and Urbanization
- Smart City
- Walkability and Sustainability
- Public Transportation Systems
Grace Griffin
- GIS Analyst
- gmojala@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GIS Data Collector Applications
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
- LiDAR Applications
- Geophysical Applications for Archaeology
- GIS Analyst
- PhD Student, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology
- jajuip@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Advisor
Education
- BS, Geology - Earth Science Education, Michigan Technological University
Research Interests
- Industrial Heritage Interpretation
- Community Based Heritage Management
- GIS Applications for Heritage Interpretation
- Great Lakes Mining History
- Turn-of-the-Century Geologic and Survey Methods in the Great Lakes