Faculty
Brent Chamberlain
Associate Professor
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning (LAEP)
Benjamin H. George, ASLA
Associate Professor | Virtual Reality & Online Design Education
Current Students
Amir (Ames) Hossein Samavatekbatan
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
ChairResearch Assistant
TBD
Aiden Poynor
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Emily Tighe
Ph.D. Psychology
Member
TBD
Kawsar Uddin
MS Land Arch + Env. Plan
ChairResearch Assistant
Simin Gholami
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
MemberResearch Assistant
Mahyar Vahedi Saheli
Ph.D. Civil Engineering
Member
TBD
Logan Liddiard
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Joel Pierson
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
David Evans
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
ChairResearch Assistant
TBD
DongHoon Kim
Ph.D. Computer Science
Member
TBD
Motahare Abrishami
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
ChairResearch Assistant
Unveiling Urban Inclusion: A Comprehensive Study on Accessibility to Urban Amenities, and Social Satisfaction for Individuals with Disabilities
Past Students
Mary Claire Jensen
MS Environmental Planning
ChairResearch Assistant
Water Efficient Landscaping at Utah State University: Evaluating the “True” Value of the Landscape Resiliency and Drought Plan
Katie Johnson
BS Outdoor Product Design
Research Assistant
Pouyan Saeidian
MS Civil Engineering
Member
Trip Production Models for Persons With Disabilities
Hazen Lawson
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Gavin Lalliss
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
BraYeston Geary
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Camille Tischner
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Kennedy Perry
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Morgan (SaYeson) Lafavers
Ph.D. Psychology
Member
Gist-Level Representations of Space: Using what we know to determine where to go from here
Phillip Fernberg
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
ChairResearch Assistant
The Proliferation, Perception, and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence in Landscape Architecture
DooHong Lee
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
ChairResearch Assistant
Visibility Assessment in Urban Areas: EYesploring measures and approaches for viewing green space
Justin Reid
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Hye Yeon Park
Ph.D. Land Arch + Env. Plan
Member
An Overview of Sustainability Content in Higher Education
Corinne (Bahr) Tobler
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
The Restorative Design Scale (RDS) An Assessment Guide: Measuring the Potential for Mental Restoration in Urban Green Spaces
Hooman Hadayeghi
MS Environmental Planning
Research Assistant
Assessing Socio-Demographic and Urban Form Changes of Sprawl Retrofitting Projects in the United States
Afnan Mohammad
MEP Environmental Planning
Research Assistant
Samuel Johnson
MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Design Guidelines for Homeless Shelter and Resource Center Site Plans
Justin Jacques
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Evaluating the efficacy of Drones to Monitor and Assess Forest Service Trail Conditions, Via Photogrammetry Techniques within Intermountain West Region.
Bodie Schaffer
MS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Charisse Spencer
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Brandon Garrett
BS Computer Science
Research Assistant
Scott Johnson
MS Computer Science
MemberResearch Assistant
Comparative Study of Clustering Techniques on Eye-Tracking in Dynamic 3D Virtual Environments
Brittany Shield
Ph.D. Environment and Society
Member
Public Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Domestic Climate Migrants and Migration in the U.S.
Hannah (Anderson) Hanks
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Michael Geary
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Garet Openshaw
B+MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Empirical Evaluation of Route-Based Landscape Experiences
Kasey Merritt
BS Psychology
Research Assistant
Jourdan White
BS Psychology
Research Assistant
Derek Jenson
B+MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Katelynn Hall
B+MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
An Exploration of Issues Facing Vertiport Integration in the Wasatch Front
Tayli (Cramer) Hillyard
MsBRP Bioregional Planning
Research Assistant
Stanley Simrayh
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Owen Lott
BS Psychology
Research Assistant
Brandon Andersen
BS Psychology
Research Assistant
Jordan Thompson (Thomas?)
BS Psychology
Research Assistant
Morgan Willis
BS Psychology
Research Assistant
Hannah Green
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Conner Howard
BLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Meredith Andrews
MLA Landscape Architecture
Chair
TBD
Stan Rhodes
Ph.D. Environment and Society
Member
Exploring Social Hierarchy Computationally to Further Our Understanding of Social Organizations Within Their Environments
Ryan Tarver
Ph.D. Environment and Society
Member
An Approach for Integrating Social & Ecological Data in Protected Area Centered Ecosystems (PACEs)
Saul Karamesines
MsBRP Bioregional Planning
MemberResearch Assistant
TBD
Danyel Mezzanatto
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Getting Back to Our Roots: A Historic Study of Farming in the Mancos Valley and a Regenerative Agriculture Framework for the Future
Rebecca Merrell
MLA Landscape Architecture
Chair
Comparison of Solutions to Reduce Air Quality Impacts to Environmental Justice Neighborhoods
Salif Mahamane
Ph.D. Psychology
Member
Modulation of P3 and the Late Positive Potential ERP Components by Standard Stimulus Restorativeness and Naturalness
Anthony Whaley
M.Sc. Plants, Soils and Climate
MemberResearch Assistant
TBD
Tiffany Woods
MsBRP Bioregional Planning
ChairResearch Assistant
Cultural Ecosystem Services of Agroecosystems Along the Wasatch Front, Utah
Aaron Blisner
MsBRP Bioregional Planning
ChairResearch Assistant
Resilience Concepts Integration in Utah’s Municipal Plans: A Review of Planning Document
Foster Cook
MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Pamela Blackmore
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Butterflies, tallgrass prairie, and green roofs
Heath Yates
Ph.D. Computer Science
Member
Affective intelligence in built environments
Conner Bruns
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Impact of Urban Landmarks on Spatial Memory in a Novel, High-Fidelity, Virtual Environment
Taylor Whitaker
MCRP Planning
ChairResearch Assistant
Linking affect and the built environment using mobile sensors and geospatial analysis.
Anthony Depreist
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Virtual Reality as a Visual Impact Assessment Tool: A statistical comparison analysis between on-site and virtual reality landscape aesthetic preferences
Amariah Fisher (maybe Marean)
MSc Geography
Member
Developing and evaluating a geographic information dashboard to improve spatial task performance
Evan Lanning
MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Dara El-Shaarawi
B.Sc. Psychology
Research Assistant
Jakub Cech
B.Sc. Computer Science
Research Assistant
Natasha Bills
B.Sc. Psychology @ UMKC
Research Assistant
Kraig Weber
MLA Landscape Architecture
Chair
Digital Images of the City: Using Virtual Immersion to Evaluate the Influence of Mobile Wayfinding Technology on Environmental Perception
Timothy Kellams
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
The Mind, the Narrative, and the City: drawing narratives of the city
Lindsay Stucki
MLA Landscape Architecture
Chair
Designing for Humanness: An exploration of stress relieving landscapes in correctional facilities
Laura Vallo
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Evaluating stress recovery by exposure to nature
Neal Heidt
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Charting a Trail in the Dark
MacKenzie Yeager
MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Shelby (Cook) Hollman
MLA Landscape Architecture
Rahul Karne
M.Sc. Computer Science
Research Assistant
Mackenzie Wendling
MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Briana Priddle
B.Sc. Mathematics, Comp Sci
Research Assistant
Ryal Albracht
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Visualizing urban development: improved planning & communication with 3D interactive visualizations
Parker Ruskamp
MLA Landscape Architecture
ChairResearch Assistant
Your environment and you: investigating stress triggers and characteristics of the built environment
Jessica (Weber) Schuller
MRCP Planning
ChairResearch Assistant
A millennial mindset: how modal shift affects the transportation choices of university students
Yihong Yan
MLA Planning
ChairResearch Assistant
Air pollution in China: a study of public perception
Ally Balderston
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Achieving Experiential Accessibility in Nature Accommodating Persons with Disabilities in Trail Design
Rebecca Liu
MLA Landscape Architecture
Chair
Investigating Influence of Design Elements on Individual Preference
Dale Bradley
MLA Landscape Architecture
Chair
Planning for Wildlife: An Urban Planning and Design Exploration to Support Mexican Free-Tailed Bats
Natalie (Webb) Pettyjohn
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Envisioning 3D Learning Environments in Environmental Education: an Exploration of the Konza Prarie
Steven Holt
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Using Urban Triage to Plan for Walkability
Grant Brady
M.Sc. Agricultural Engineering
Member
PC-SWMM modeling of policy changes on suburban watersheds in Johnson County, Kansas. M.Sc
Brandon Woodle
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
A Framework for Evaluating and Prioritizing Social-Ecological Systems
Maggie Stephens
MRCP Community Development
Member
Sustainable Behavior Change at Kansas State University: Applying the FOGG Behavior Model as a Community-Based Social Marketing Approach Among Faculty and Staff
Ashley (Schwemmer) Manies
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Towards a New Paradigm: Motivating a Shift in Urban Water Management Through a Landscape Architecture Approach
Lauren Patterson
MLA Landscape Architecture
Member
Walkability in Suburbia: Reconstructing the Transportation Paradigm to redefine Walkability in Suburbia: A Feasibility Study for Multi-Use Trail Systems in Kansas City
Elizabeth Musoke-Flores
Ph.D. Env Design & Planning
Ashwin Bhat
M.Sc. Computer and Info Sci
Research Assistant
Sandeep Reddy
M.Sc. Computer Science
Research Assistant
Aarti Parupudi
M.Sc. Computer Science
Research Assistant
Peiwen Chiu
MLA Landscape Architecture
Research Assistant
Hamed Taheri
Ph.D. MSc Res. Env. Sustain.
Angela Liu
M.Sc. Forestry
Research Assistant
Jeremy Watkins
B.Sc. Nat Resource Conservation
Research Assistant
Alec Patrizio
B.Sc. Nat Resource Conservation
Research Assistant
Kristen (Lambke) Beattie
B.Sc. Nat Resource Conservation
Research Assistant
Yesiachun Qin
Ph.D. Civil Engineering
Research Assistant
Oliver Lane
M.F. Sustainability Planning
Research Assistant
Ding Chen
M.Sc. Forestry
Research Assistant
Patricia Masupayi
M.F. Forestry
Past Students at Other Institutions
Brent Chamberlain served as Major Professor (*) or Committee Member (**)
- Rebecca Liu, MLA, Kansas State University
- Shelby (Cook) Hollman, MLA, Kansas State University
- MacKenzie Yeager, MLA, Kansas State University
- Timothy Kellams, MLA, Kansas State University
- Natasha Bills, BSc Psychology (2020), University of Missouri, Kansas City**
- Pamela Blackmore, MLA (2019) **
Thesis: Butterflies, tallgrass prairie, and green roofs - Conner Bruns, MLA (2018), Kansas State University*
Thesis: The influence of landmarks and urban form on cognitive maps using virtual reality - Evan Lanning, MLA (2018), Kansas State University**
Thesis: Revealing the Fracklands: a framework for addressing the wicked problems of America’s hydraulic fracturing landscape - Dara El-Shaarawi, BSc Psychology (2018), Kansas State University**
- Jakub Cech, BSc Computer Science (2018), Kansas State University**
- Heath Yates, Ph.D. Computer Science (2018)**
Thesis: Affective intelligence in built environments - Taylor Whitaker, MRCP (2018)*
Thesis: Linking affect and the built environment using mobile sensors and geospatial analysis - Anthony DePreist, MLA (2018)**
- Amariah Fisher, M.Sc. Geography (2018) **
- Kraig Weber, MLA (TBD)*
- Rahul Karne, MSc Computer Science (2017), Kansas State University**
Thesis: Virtual reality driving simulator for analysis of user response time - Mackenzie Wendling, MLA (2017), Kansas State University**
Thesis: Balancing history, people, & place: adaptive preservation of Paseo Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri - Briana Priddle, BSc Computer Science (2017), Kansas State University**
- Lindsay Stucki, MLA (2017)*
Thesis: Prison landscapes: an exploration of therapeutic landscapes in women’s prison facilities - Laura Vallo, MLA (2017)*
Thesis: Stress recovery by exposure to nature in virtual reality - Neal Heidt, MLA (2017)**
Thesis: Charting a trail in the dark: searching for evidence in the public interest design process - Ryan Albracht, MLA (2016)*
Thesis: Visualizing urban development: improved planning & communication with 3D interactive visualizations - Parker Ruskamp, MLA (2016)*
Thesis: Your environment and you: investigating stress triggers and characteristics of the built environment
- Jessica Weber, MRCP (2016)*
Thesis: A millennial mindset: how modal shift affects the transportation choices of university students - Yihong Yan, MRCP (2016)*
Thesis: Air pollution in China: a study of public perception - Ally Balderson, MLA (2016)**
- Sandeep Reddy, MSc Computer Science (2015), Kansas State University**
Thesis: Tutorials and Quiz Android application - Aarti Parupudi, MSc Computer Science (2015), Kansas State University**
Thesis: Singing wine glasses - Yue (Rebecca) Liu, MLA (2015)*
Thesis: Investigating influence of streetscape elements on individual preference - Dale Bradley, MLA (2015)*
Thesis: Planning for wildlife: an urban planning and design exploration to support Mexican free-tailed bats - Natalie Webb, MLA (2015)**
- Steven Holt, MLA (2015) **
Thesis: Using urban triage to plan for walkability - Grant Brady, M.Sc. Ag Engineering (2015)**
Thesis: PC-SWMM modeling of policy changes on suburban watersheds in Johnson County, Kansas - Ashwin Bhat, MSc Computer Science (2014), Kansas State University **
Thesis: Parameter study for WinDAM using DAKOTA - Peiwen Chiu, MLA (2014), Kansas State University**
- Brandon Woodle, MLA (2014)**
Thesis: Resilience by design: a framework for evaluating and prioritizing social-ecological systems - Maggie Stephens, MRCP (2014)**
Thesis: Sustainable behavior change at Kansas State University: applying the Fogg Behavior Model as a community-based social marketing approach among faculty and staff - Ashley Schwemmer, MLA (2014)**
Thesis: Towards a new paradigm: motivating a shift in urban water management through a landscape architecture approach - Lauren Patterson (2014)
Thesis: Walkability in Suburbia