Room 331, Agriculture C
Laramie, WY
Phone: (307) 766-2721
Email: sivan@uwyo.edu
Curriculum Vitae
PhD, Texas A&M University, Forestry
MS, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Environmental Sciences & Policy
MPhil, Bharathiar University (India), Environmental Sciences
MSc, Cochin University of S&T (India), Environmental Studies
BSc, PSG College of Arts & Sciences (India), Physics
GIS Professional (GISP), Geographic Information Systems Certification Institute
Certified Project Manager, International Charter on Space & Major Disasters
American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Society of American Foresters
American Geophysical Union
GIST 2160: Survey of Remote Sensing Applications
GIST 5130/4130: Remote Sensing for Agricultural Management
GIST 5410/4410: UAS: Sensors and Platforms
ENR 3300: Environmental Policy, Conservation, & Development in India
RNEW 4990: Digital Image Processing for Natural Resource Mgt.
Undergraduate
Advanced GIS
Digital Cartography
Remote sensing of small crop lands and water bodies
Flood inundation mapping
Land cover mapping and change analyses
Phenology and time-series analyses
Machine learning for feature recognition in aerial images
Rapid flood mapping with satellite images
Monitoring crop growth in small fields using satellite images
Identifying epiphytes with neural networks
Sivanpillai, R., Jacobs, K.M., Mattilio, C.M., Piskorski, E.V., 2020. Rapid flood inundation mapping by differencing water indices from pre- and post-flood Landsat images. Frontiers of Earth Science. DOI: 10.1007/s11707-020-0818-0.
Sivanpillai, R., 2020. No-cost Landsat data redefines student research projects in applied remote sensing classes at UW. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W11, 143 146, 2020. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W11-143-2020.
Sivanpillai, R., Whitman, R.D., 2019. Relating leaf spectral reflectance to its color: an inquiry-based activity to enhance understanding of electromagnetic radiation. Science Activities 56(1):19-26. DOI: 10.1080/00368121.2019.1638746
Dhivyaprabha T.T, Subashini, P., Krishnaveni, M., Santhi, N., Sivanpillai, R., Jayashree, G., 2019. A novel synergistic fibroblast optimization based Kalman estimation model for forecasting time-series data. Evolving Systems 10(2):205-220. DOI: 10.1007/s12530-018-9217-0
Sivanpillai, R., Jones, B.K., Lamb, R.M., 2017. Accessing satellite imagery for disaster response through the International Charter: Lessons learned from the 2011 US Midwestern Floods. Space Policy 42:54-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2017.08.003
Sivanpillai, R., Congalton, R.G., 2016. Future Landsat Data Needs at the Local and State Levels: An AmericaView Perspective. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 82(8):617-623.
Sivanpillai, R., 2016. Introduction to Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters. In Sivanpillai, R., Schroder, J.F. (Eds.), Environmental and Biological Hazards, Risks and Disasters. (DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394847-2.00001-2). Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Sivanpillai, R., 2016. Delineating crop management zones in small fields using multitemporal Landsat data. Proc. SPIE 9877, Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 98770P May 5, 2016; DOI:10.1117/12.2224114.
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3547-9464
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