Imlab past Projects

past projects

Environmental Rehearsal Studio						Land Resource Evaluation
Grand Canyon Visual simulation-based study of the effects of water flow regimes on recreation quality and satisfaction						Alaska Visualization of the silvicultural treatments which are proposed against the increasing mortality percentage in the Kenai Peninsula
Routt National Forest Visualizing the effects of a severe forest blowdown followed by a spruce beetle outbreak						Desert Visualization for illustrating the range of likely outcomes of proposed changes in Death Valley National Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area
SmartCity An integrated decision support system/data manager for city planning. VRML interface enables users to explore land-use data.						New Mexico Visualizing the impacts of the Westerm Spruce Budworm on forests in the southwestern United States
East St. Louis Action Research Project Faculty and students work to address the needs of the city's poorest communities.						Forest Explorer Information access tools for conservation groups, natural resource agencies, and residents.
EGRETS East St. Louis Geographic Information Retrieval System. Explore geographic data via community-based web-sites.						Grand Canyon Visual simulation-based study of the effects of water flow regimes on recreation quality and satisfaction.
East St. Louis Information Retrieval System Explore geographic data via community-based web-sites.						Computing for the Arts Interdisciplinary program in Fine and Applied Arts. Workshop: Hearing Unheard Voices.

Forest Pest Management
Deschutes National Forest	Oregon, Impacts of Insect Defoliation on Scenic Values	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/deschutes/
Dixie National Forest	Utah, Impacts of Insect-caused Mortality on Scenic Values	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/dixie/
Chugach National Forest	Alaska, Impacts of Insect-caused Mortality on Scenic Values	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/alaska
Carson National Forest	New Mexico, Impacts of Insect Defoliation on Scenic Values	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/newmexico/
Environmental Planning
Northern Ontario Remote Fishing	Trade-offs between Timber and Tourism Values	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/ontario/
New Zealand Forest Research Institute	Trade-offs between Timber and Tourism Values	http://www.iml/ab.psu.edu/nz/
Ski Utah	Landscape Scenic Values of Wasatch Range Resorts	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/skiutah/
Vegetation at Desert Springs	Recreation Value Impacts of Proposed Water-table changes	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/desert/
Methods development
Modelling Goshawk population dynamics	Forest Composition-Wildlife Relationships	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/SF/SFgoshawk.html
Visualizing wildlife population dynamics	Powerful Owl, Forest Composition-Wildlife Relationships	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/owl/
Complexity and Beauty	Relationships between Perceived and Measured Visual Complexity	http://www.imlab.psu.edu/complex/