- Professor of Geography and GIS
- Director, Geospatial Research Facility
Research Interests
- Children's Health and Lifecourse Epidemiology
- Urban Environments and Population Health
- Public Participatory GIS
- Historical GIS & Deep Mapping
- Deindustrialization and Shrinking Cities
- Time-Space Integration and Modeling in GIS
- Demography and Historical Record Linkage
- Community Development
- Assistant Director, Geospatial Research Facility
- rywillia@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1485
- GLRC 313
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic Information Systems
- Database Development
- GIS Tool and Process Development
- Integrating Web, GIS, Database and Analytics Tools
- Geospatial Research Scientist
- djlizzad@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3418
- GLRC 303 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
- Geospatial Research Scientist III
- jajuip@mtu.edu
- GLRC 316
Education
- PhD, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Michigan Technological University
- 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