Current Research Projects

Project "A Decision Support System for Monitoring, Reporting and Forecasting Ecological Conditions of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail", funded by NASA Applied Science Program (2009-2013, Wang as the PI).

    Project "Effects of Land Cover Change on Forest Habitat Conditions of the Northeastern Appalachian: A Modeling Preparation for a Decision Support System" (2009-2010, Wang as the PI).

    Project "Integration of NASA EO-1 Advanced Land Imager and Hyperion Data for Temperate Coastal Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping", funded by NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium (2008-2010, Wang as the PI).

Concluded Research Projects

    Project "Impacts of Land-Cover Change on the National Parks of the Northeast Temperate Network", funded by the National Park Service (2003-2008, Wang as PI).

    Project "Remote Sensing of Terrestrial and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Fire Island National Seashore: Towards Long-term Resource Management and Monitoring", funded by the National Park Service (2003-2008, Wang as PI).

Project "Increasing Impervious Surface in Rhode Island and the Environmental Impacts", funded by Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station (2005 - 2007, Wang as PI).

Project "Development of Salt Marsh Change Detection Protocol Using Remote Sensing and GIS", funded by the National Park Service (2003-2005, Wang as PI).

Project "Multiple Innovative Models in Regional Land Cover Change Studies", funded by NASA NIP in Earth Science (1999 - 2004, Wang as the PI).

Project "Investigation of Fuel Load in the State of Rhode Island", funded by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (Wang as PI).

Project "Geographic Information for Sustainable Development - Tanzania/Kenya Coastal Zone Change Analysis", funded by USAID (2001-2003, Wang as a Co-PI)).

Project "Rhode Island Statewide Land Cover Change from 1972 to 2002 and the Impact of Urban Sprawl on Forest Ecosystems", funded by Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station (2000 - 2003, Wang as PI).

Project "Investigation of Aerodynamic and Radiometric Land Surface Temperatures ", funded by NASA Land Surface Hydrology Program (1999 - 2002, Wang as a Co-PI).

Project "Tracking Natural Community Fragmentation and Changes in Land Use and Land Cover: A case study of Chicago Wilderness", funded by NASA MTPE Program (1997 - 1999, Wang as a Co-PI).