Spring 2008 -- OMIS 379

Left to right: Dennis Aikara, Rebecca Kohler, Eric Franckowiak, Camillia Toliver, William Johnson, Paul Pizzi, Mahipal Singh, Harshal Patel, Luke Ponio, Michael Whalen, Joel DeWitte, Chris Dornbush, Bob Kasprzycki

Spring 2008 -- OMIS 679

Left to right: Daniela Ilieva, Fred Anderson, Courtney Krug

Spring 2007 -- OMIS 379 -- Section 1

Standing: Bill Johnson, Noel Schutt, Robert Kokur, Jerzy Samolis, Kristi Sandoval, Eric McCalla, Jeff Davies, Melvin Wiggins, Neal Krieger, Jordan Rowe, Melvin Thompson, Paul Souser, Stephanie Burciaga, Benjamin Sell, Ele Burciaga
Kneeling: Shiv Arora, Judd Perez, Jason Wilbanks, Katie Sojer, Amber Krakowski, Rebcca Amare
Not pictured: David Gigear

Spring 2007 -- OMIS 379 -- Section 2

Back Row: Daniel Jaquez, Mitch Naumann, Nick Lundin, Julie Busjahn, Taylor Hill, John Hall
Front Row: John Binek, Daniel Espinosa, Robert Fiedor, Alan Coppersmith, Niklas Wagner, Mike Fier, Dave Long

Spring 2007 -- OMIS 679

Matt Eskew, Afshan Qureshi, Lili Latkowski, Yi Qi
Not pictured: Dan Nagel

Spring 2006 -- OMIS 379

Back Row: Bill Bloom, Jason Synowiec, Vince Webster, Jon Frost, Shalin Patel, Brian Chow, Jim Diverde
Front Row: Brandon Eszes, Tony Massetti, Patrick Billie, Jarrod Deter, Jorge, Durango, Ryan Schulz

Spring 2006 -- OMIS 679

Back Row: Adam Kuhn, Brian Harvey, John Davos, Craig Hanus, Joe Hann
Front Row: Virginia Morris, Henry Brooks, Nancy Holub, Joshua Galt

Spring 2005 -- OMIS 379-2 and OMIS 679

Back Row: Joe Teijido, Andy Rasmussen (679), Nirag Patel, Saurin Patel, Torrance Giles
Middle Row: Alex Van Orden, John Jacobs, Celeste Latham (679), Joe Yuen, Amani Farraj, Alicia Shubrook
Front Row: Vanhla Thammavong, Josh Perkins, Tayte Butler, Andy Fish

Spring 2005 -- OMIS 379 -- Section 1

Back Row: Brandon Dirksen, Dan Alden, Shawn Garner, Ryan Hietpas, George Zasadil, Bob Krohn, Justin Nelson
Middle Row: Parveen Usman, Kristy Kidd, April Lewis, Kenya McIntyre, Mike Crawford, Dean Hall, Wayne Hsueh
Front Row: Mike Wrenn, Dunni Abiona, Monique Swanson, Phil Raatz

Spring 2004 -- OMIS 379

Back Row: Thomas Voss, Jason Magnuson, Sapandeep Ahuja, Ed Floren, Moe Tahboub, Ben Eisenberg, Pat Guzick, Jerry Blaine
Middle Row: Ross Eberle, Nick Herdklotz, Roxie Nance, Paull Fuller, Tiffany Jacobson, LaToya Hawkins, Ken Roden, Pete Ferreira
Front Row: Amit Patel, Marc Luebbing, Tuan Le, Ranae Hummel, Kristin Jones, Mary Hauck

Fall 2003 -- OMIS 379

Left to right: Cassie Flynn, Arjavi Parikh, Abiodun Ogunsola, Kelly Terrell, Sandy Chan, Monica M. Garza, Emily Armea, Joe Jones, Lokesh R. Shakya, Brad Will, Elektra Thompson, Pete Weigel

Fall 2003 -- OMIS 679

Back Row: Amit Patel, Jeff Hohlman, Josh Cleveland, Lon Herring
Middle Row: Christie Pitzer, Lazam Elmazi, Arun Kumar
Front Row: Dan Loboda, Matt Hartman

Spring 2003 -- OMIS 379

Back Row: David Pilon, Daniela Kolundziga, Brendan Heneghan, Naitik Modi, Ryan Magnuson, Jed Steele, Jake Wetzell, Steve Greene, Brad Acheson, Bill Schug
Middle Row: Navroj Irani, Edlira Metani, Ellyn Zydron, Ryan Stoneback, Bhavesh Vitha, Heidi Burmeister, Melissa Bock, Delecia Scott
Front Row: Chris Chan, Samreen Sistanwala, Harsha Patel, Brandy Gould, Jill McCafferty

Fall 2002 -- OMIS 679

Back Row: Marisa Meisters, Michael Sandine, Mark Bujarski, Murthy Bala, Jeff Carlson, Charles Frank
Front Row: Jennifer Schaaf, Aparna Srinivasan, Sangeeta Singh, Jijing Zhao, Jue Chen, Qiong Zhang

Spring 2002 -- OMIS 379

Back Row (standing): Syeda Ali, Jeff Whitebread, Heidi Hem, Ricardo Rosales, Carrie Fugiel, Jake Henry, Anamika Das, Melfa Figueiredo, Courtney Lentz, LaTanya Stockdale, Maryah Qureshi, Keith Caruso, David McMurtrie
Middle Row (kneeling): John Hebert, Dhaval Amin, Janette Franco, Alma Pilz, Heather Swartz, Ummarah Haque
Front Row (sitting): Kevin Caruso, Julie Marchione, Allen Chou, Mark Berglund, Chris Wiedlin

Spring 2002 -- OMIS 679

Back Row: Xiang Ma, Doug Fisher, Eric Nelson, Chris Wrate, Ahmed Jessa, Hussain Ali, David Davis
Middle Row: Xiaochuan Li, Wai-Chi Yam, Jim Jenkins, Demetra Samiotakis, Attila Zentai, Shayne Gordon, Kelan Coffin, Chad Fitz
Front Row: Iris Koo, Yee Cher See, Ursula Niederer, Leslie Alexander, Pamela Schuh, Madhur Jadala
Not pictured: Michelle Hupfer

Spring 2001

Back Row: Sadiya Khan, Timeri Ngai, Judy Hsieh, Greg Salzman, Lucas Strom, Shashi Sharma, Gregg Fieffer
Middle Row: Yan Huang, Chifei Zhang, Hui Liang, Lani Ryder, Sue Murali, Christina Kapande
Front Row: Fion Yuen, Simon Hasulube, Omar Kazi, Tony Waski
Not pictured: Heena Lee, Krisana Skolthanarat

Sabatino's Restaurant: Site Selection Project	Simon Hasulube and Shashi Sharma
A Geographic Business Analysis of Current Students, Potential Students, and Alumni in the Northern Illinois University Honors Program	Sadiya Khan, Sue Murali, Hui Liang
GIS Application in Motorcycle Marketing	Heena Lee and Krisana Skolthanarat
Optimal Locations for In-N-Out Burger Expansion to the Chicago Metro Area	Gregg Fieffer, Yan Huang, Lani Ryder
The Best Places for You to Live	Judy Hsieh, Timeri Ngai, and Chifei Zhang
Canon Business Solutions: Utilizing GIS to Make Business Decisions	Omar Kazi and Tony Waski
Caliper Corporation's TransCAD^® Transportation GIS Software	Lucas Strom and Fion Yuen
Travel Graphics for Imtek Corporation: An Analysis of Member Demographics and a Destination Analysis of Trips	Greg Salzman and Christina Kapande

In addition to the above projects, Lucas Strom did a semester-long independent study entitled Customizing Microsoft MapPoint with Visual Basic. He developed a Route Finder, a COM add-in to Create Pushpins for Nearby Places, and a COM add-in for Colliers Turley Martin Tucker (a full service, commercial real estate company) that quickly locates their six major markets and allows user zooming and panning.

Summer 2000

Back Row: Arthur Miles, Bill Steude, Walter Kalsto, Jim Freedlund, Teresa Schudrowitz, Jim Cherf, Tom Noonan, Jim Beadle
Middle Row: Lawrence Kruk, Chao Chen, Hee Jung Choi, Jessica Lee, Mari Kato, Sushmita Arunkumar
Front Row: Michael Lee, Peter Tsai, Tom Griffith, Mike Walsh, Tom Mottola
Not pictured: Ye Zang

ESRI ArcView GIS	Walter Kalsto and Tom Mottola
AGIS for Windows: Mapping and GIS Shareware	Sushmita Arunkumar, Mari Kato, and Jessica Lee
Overview and Commercial Uses of the Shuttle Radar Topology Mission	Jim Freeland, Art Miles, and Bill Steude
Doing Business with a Visual Approach	Chao Chen and Tom Griffith
MP2001: Feasibility of Web-Based (on-line) Children's Apparel Sales	Jim Beadle and Mike Walsh
MP2001: Development of Potential Marketing Opportunities and Data Management for Future/Existing Clients Using the State of Illinois' Leaking Underground Storage Tank Database	Lawrence Kruk and Tom Noonan
The Application of GIS in Fast Food Business Site Selection	Hee Jung, Michael Lee, Peter Tsai, Ye Zang
MP2001: Development of a Process for Optimizing Delivery Routing	Jim Cherf and Teresa Schudrowitz

Spring 2000

Error and Uncertainty Management
of Spatial Databases Arvind Cherupally

A systematic look at spatial data quality from a GIS perspective, a demonstration of some error models and uncertainty characterizations, and a framework to effectively manage these errors

Precision Farming Jennifer Distel

Use of GPS systems in variable-rate fertilizer application and yield mapping

National Spatial Data Infrastructure Ken Geren

A look at the vision, goals, and structure of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure

GIS Data Sources Dick Green

A systematic study of GIS data sources by information type, vendor/source, region covered, subject matter, and type of service

GIS Solutions for Healthcare Ed Gross

A study of the application of GIS in some unique aspects of the healthcare industry, including visualizing diseases and clinical data, measuring patient geographic accessibility, and mapping discharge data for Medicare

VisualRoute: Mapping the Internet Vivek Grover

Discussion of a visual trace route program that traces URLs and their origin, gives associated information about the servers, and automatically analyzes connectivity problems

GIS: A Tool for Strategic Marketing and Analysis Shibu Joseph

An overview including strategic planning, territory management, site selection, target marketing, planning effective sales calls, market and demographic analysis, and media planning

GIS means Business Carol Kalen

The use of ArcView in evaluation of health care resources and automatic vehicle tracking

The Beauty and Simplicity of a Web-Based GIS Osamu Kitamura

A look at the Tactician MapScape product as an example of a web-based geomarketing analysis tool

CACI Site Reporter Overview Paul Leonhardt

A discussion of CACI Site Reporter GIS functions including finding addresses, using pushpins, radius rings, thematic maps, and grouping

The Use of GPS/GIS in the Fishery Industry Kerk Ling

A study of some of the GPS hardware systems using in the fishery industry as well as some application of GIS in this industry

GIS in the Transportation Industry Dachao Liu

A study of the use of GIS in highway maintenance, fleet and logistics management, and transit management

Mapping Subregions in the U.S.
Based upon Language Spoken Adoboe Messavusu

A study of the businesss benefits of mapping subregions of the U.S. based upon language spoken; also, a GeoMedia system developed to produce such maps

Put Your Business on the Map
with AutoCAD Map 2000 Tandeka Mvuleni

The use of AutoCAD Map 2000 to find new customers, grow your market, increase efficiency, and reduce operational costs

Autodesk World: An Overview Rahul Patel

The use of Autodesk World to integrate CAD, geographic, raster, multimedia, and DBMS data in a single environment

GPS and Selective Availability Issues Chris Schaerli

A discussion of GPS and DGPS (differential GPS) systems, the effect of turinig off Selective Availability (SA), and the benefits of GPS in transportation, emergency response, land use, space use, recreation use, and precision timing

Spring 1999

(Left to right) Bob Eisenmann, Bill Mallian, Mark Daft, Gary McGlauchlin, Roger Hohle Larry McCabe, Rich Strout, Joe Dillon, John Paul
Precision Farming Mark Daft

Use of remote sensing in each phase of the farming cycle--planning, planting, growing, and harvesting

ArcView GIS 3.1: An Overview Joe Dillon

A discussion of the features of ArcView GIS as well as a tour of how to use this popular GIS package

GIS Routers and Navigation Tools Bob Eisenmann

An overview of GIS routers that can assist companies in routing and scheduling vehicles:

ESRI's Arc Logistics Route
ArcView Tracking Analyst
Liikkuva Systems StreetPC 98
Microsoft Expedia Streets 98

GIS and Marketing Roger Hohle

Discussed a plan to develop a GIS for the Chicagoland area that is ZIP code based and use this GIS to create thematic coverages that would be useful in marketing

FlyteComm's Flyte Trax Bill Mallian

A discussion and demonstration of an aviation-based GIS application that tracks all domestic flights (U.S. and Canada) on flight plans filed with the F.A.A., of interest to aviation departments, flight dispatch departments, and other aviation services including cargo carriers and ground transport

Intergraph's GeoMedia Professional Larry McCabe

A discussion and demonstration of the features of Intergraph's GeoMedia Professional system detailing how GeoMedia can be used for site selection

GRASS: An Affordable GIS Alternative Gary McGlauchlin

A discussion of GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis and Support System), a GIS used for data management, image processing, graphics production, spatial modeling, and visualization of many types of data, with headquarters at Baylor University

GPS and Shipment Tracking John Paul

Described a current business project that uses GPS technology to capture a shipments's exact position, updating its position periodically on a web-based GIS, thus providing customers and customer service with ability to locate a shipment throughout the United States in real-time

Applications of GIS in Insurance Rich Strout

A discussion of the use of GIS in sales, claims, and underwriting as well as GIS use to solve logistical problems that were associated with Hurricane Andrew; also a discussion of the use of GIS to predict maximal loss from a single disaster