Faculty Research
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Agriculture
Funded Grants
2023. Agricultural Research Institute CPP Campus Grant 2022/2023. “Multisensors and multiplatform assessment of specialty crops health and yield during drought and drought-mitigation management”. Principal Investigator. $170,464. Starting December 2023.
2022. National Science Foundation (NSF IUSE) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources – Track Engaged Student Learning, Level 2, “Collaborative Research: An Interdisciplinary Approach to AI Education for Social Good”, PI: Yu Chen (SJSU), Co-PIs: Gabriel Granco (CPP), Frank Gomez (Chancellor’s Office CSU), Heater Macias (CSU-LB), Yunfei Hou (CSU-SB). $599,170.00 ($76,200 to CPP).
2022. Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience (SPICE) Cal Poly Pomona. “Societal Responses to Climate Change.” Principal Investigator. $12,600.
2021. US Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (USDA-NIFA/AFRI) Small and Medium-sized Farms Program, “Improving Sustainability of Specialty Crop Agricultural Systems through Geospatial Digital Agriculture in California”, PI: Gabriel Granco, Co-PIs: Subodh Bhandari, John Korah, and Mohammad Chaichi. $299,911.00.
2021. Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience (SPICE) Cal Poly Pomona. “BIG-GIS: Developing Novel Curriculum by Integrating Big Data Analytics and Geographical Information Systems.” Co-Principal Investigator. $8,400.
2021. Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Cal Poly Pomona. “Spatial Analysis of Surface Water Resources and Specialty Crops in California.” Principal Investigator. $5,000.
2020. Agricultural Research Institute CPP Seed Grant 2020/2021. “Mapping suitability of fruit and nut crops in California: using spatial models to project suitability under future climate and water conditions”. Principal Investigator. $8,863.
2020. CPP Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant 2020/2021. “Cross-Scale Estimation of Agricultural Suitability of Specialty Crops in California using UAV and Satellite Remote Sensing Observations”. Principal Investigator. $15,000.
JOURNAL PUBLICATION (*Indicates student author)
In Press. Mather, M., G. Granco, J. S. Bergtold, M. M. Caldas, J. L. Heier Stamm, A. Y. Sheshukov, M. R. Sanderson, M. D. Daniels. “Achieving Success with RISE: A Widely-Implementable, Iterative, Structured Process for Mastering Interdisciplinary Team Science Collaborations.” Bioscience.
2023. G. Granco, H. He*, B. Lentz*, J. Voong*, A. Reeve*, E. Vega*. “Mid- and End-of-the-Century Estimation of Agricultural Suitability of California’s Specialty Crops.” Land, Volume 10, no. 12: 1907. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101907
2023. Sun, Q., G. Granco, L. Groves, J. Voong*, S. Van Zyl. “Viticultural Manipulation and New Technologies to Address Environmental Challenges Caused by Climate Change.” Climate, Volume 11, no. 4: 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11040083
2022. Bergtold, J.S., M. M. Caldas, S. M. Ramsey, M. R. Sanderson, G. Granco, M. E. Mather. “The Gap Between Experts, Farmers and Non-Farmers on Perceived Environmental Vulnerability and the Influence of Values and Beliefs.” Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 316. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115186.
2022. Granco, G., M. M. Caldas, J. S. Bergtold, J. L. Heier Stamm, M. E. Mather, M. R. Sanderson, M. D. Daniels, A. Y. Sheshukov, S. M. Ramsey, D. A. Haukos. “Local Environment and Individuals’ Beliefs: The Dynamics Shaping Public Support for Sustainability Policy in an Agricultural Landscape.” Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 301. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113776
2021. Sant’Anna, A.C., J.S. Bergtold, A. Shanoyan, M.M. Caldas, and G. Granco. “Biofuel feedstock contract attributes, substitutability and tradeoffs in sugarcane production for ethanol in the Brazilian Cerrado: A stated choice approach.” Renewable Energy. Volume 185, 665- 679. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.021
2021. Mighty, M., Granco, G. “Modeling Profitability in the Jamaican Coffee Industry.” Agriculture. Volume 11, 121. doi:103390/agriculture11020121
2019. Granco, G., J. L. Heier Stamm, J. S. Bergtold, M. D. Daniels, M. R. Sanderson, A. Y. Sheshukov, M. E. Mather, M. M. Caldas, S. M. Ramsey, R. J. Lehrter II, D. A. Haukos, J. Gao, S. Chatterjee, J. C. Nifong and J. A. Aistrup. "Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: A case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas." Science of The Total Environment. Volume 695. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133769
2019. Granco, G., Caldas, M. M., De Marco Jr, P. “Effects of climate change on Brazil’s land use policy for renewable energy from sugarcane.” Resources, Conservation, and Recycling. Volume 144, 158–168. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.01.033
2018. Granco, G., Sant’Anna, A. C., Bergtold, J. S., Caldas, M. M. “Location factors influencing ethanol mills in a new sugarcane producing region in Brazil.” Biomass & Bioenergy. Volume 111, 125-133. doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.02.001
2018. Sant’Anna, A.C., J.S. Bergtold, A. Shanoyan, G. Granco and M.M. Caldas. “Examining the Relationship between Vertical Coordination Strategies and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Industry.” Agribusiness. doi: 10.1002/agr.21556
2017. Granco, G., Caldas, M. M., Bergtold, J. S., Sant’Anna, A. C. “Exploring the policy and social factors fueling the expansion and shift of sugarcane production in the Brazilian Cerrado.” GeoJournal. Volume 82, Issue 1, 63–80. doi:10.1007/s10708-015-9666-y
2017. McKee, B., Sant’Anna, A.C., Bergtold, J., Caldas, M., Granco, G. “Trust Me! Examining the Contractual Relationships between Sugarcane Producers and Mills in the Cerrado.” Revista de Extensão e Estudos Rurais, 6, 98. doi: 10.18540/rever62201798-117
2017. Bergtold, J. S., Caldas, M., Sant’Anna, A. C., Granco, G., Rickenbrode, V. “Indirect Land-Use Change from Ethanol Production: The Case of Sugarcane Expansion at the Farm Level on the Brazilian Cerrado.” Journal of Land Use Science. Volume 12, Issue 6, 442–456. doi: 10.1080/1747423X.2017.1354937
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Glacier Change
Chesnokova, A., Baraër, M., Laperrière-Robillard, T., and Huh, K. (2020). Linking Mountain Glacier Retreat and Hydrological Changes in Southwestern Yukon. Water Resource Research, 56, e2019WR025706. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025706.
Huh, K., Baraër, M., Mark, B.G., and Ahn, Y. (2018). Evaluating Glacier Volume Changes since the Littel Ice Age Maximum and Consequences for Stream Flow by Integrating Models of Glacier Flow and Hydrology in the Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes. Water, 10(12), 1732. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121732Huh, K., Mark, B.G., Ahn, Y. and Hopkinson, C. (2017). Volume change of tropical Peruvian glaciers from multi-temporal digital elevation models and volume-surface area scaling. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography. Vol.99 (3), 222-239.Baraer, M., Mark, B.G., McKenzie, J., Huh, K., Condom, T., Gomes, J., Rathay, S. (2012). Glacier recession and water resources in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, Journal of Glaciology. 58 (207), 134-150.Huh, K., Mark, B.G., Hopkinson, C. (2012). Changes of topographic context of the Yanamarey glacier in the Tropical Peruvian Andes. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Redbook Proceedings 352-86.
Bury, J. T., Mark, B.G., McKenzie, Baraer, M., Huh, K., Zapata L., M., Gomez, J. (2011). Glacier recession and human vulnerability in the Yanamarey watershed of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Climate Change 105(1-2), 179-206.La Frenierre, J., Huh, K., Mark, B.G. (2011). Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. In: J. Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard, P.D. Hughes (Ed.). Quaternary Glaciations- Extent and Chronology – A Closer Look. Developments in Quaternary Science, 15, 773-802, Elsevier.Buffen, A., Thompson, L.G., Mosley-Thompson, E., Huh, K. (2009). Recently exposed vegetation reveals Holocene changes in the extent of the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru. Quaternary Research 72, 157-163.
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Extreme heat mitigation strategies and response
Derakhshan, S., T.N. Bautista, M. Bouwman, L. Huang, L. Lee, J. Tarczynski, I. Wahagheghe, W. Zeng, and T. Longcore (2023). “Smartphone locations reveal patterns of cooling center use as a heat mitigation strategy”. Journal of Applied Geography 150. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102821. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622822001928
Derakhshan, S., T. Longcore, D. Eisenman, J. Dialesandro, and V.K. Turner (2023). “Space-time dynamics in extreme-heat hazard exposure analysis”, Paper presentation. Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change and Food Security, 2023 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting.
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Community resilience and social vulnerability to natural hazards quantifications
Derakhshan, S., Ch. Emrich, and S. L. Cutter (2022). “Degree and Direction of Overlap between Social Vulnerability and Community Resilience Measurements”. PLoS ONE 17(10): e0275975. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275975. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275975
Derakhshan, S., L. Blackwood, M. Habets, J. F. Effgen, and S. L. Cutter (2022). “Prisoners of Scale: Downscaling Community Resilience Measurements for
Enhanced Use”. Sustainability. 2022; 14(11):6927. doi: 10.3390/su14116927. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/11/6927
Derakhshan, S., M. E. Hodgson, and S. L. Cutter (2020). “Vulnerability of Populations Exposed to Seismic Risk in theState of Oklahoma.” Journal of Applied Geography124. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102295. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622820300503
Cutter, S. L., and S. Derakhshan (2019). “Implementing Disaster Policy: Exploring Scale and Measurement Schemes for Disaster Resilience.” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 16(3). doi: 10.1515/jhsem-2018-0029. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jhsem-2018-0029/html
Cutter, S. L., and S. Derakhshan (2018). “Temporal and spatial change in disaster resilience in US counties, 2010–2015.” Environmental Hazards, 1–20. doi: 10.1080/17477891.2018.1511405. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17477891.2018.1511405
Cutter, S.L., C. T. Emrich,M. Gall, S. Harrison, R. R. McCaster, S. Derakhshan, and E. Pham (2019). “Existing Longitudinal Data and Systems for Measuring the Human Dimensions of Resilience, Health, and Well-Being in the Gulf Coast”. White paper prepared for the Gulf Research Program, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. https://www.nationalacademies.org/_cache_462d/content/4885770000234289.pdf
Pham, E., S. Derakhshan, Y. Martin, R. Reeves, and S. L. Cutter (2018). “Demographic shifts and natural hazard losses inthe United States, 2000-2015”. Presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
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Recovery assessment post-disaster
Derakhshan, S. (2022). “Comparative Recovery Modeling: Baselines and Extent of Built-Environment Recoverability”, Paper presentation. 2022 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting.
Bui, L., Sh. Sylman, G. Álvarez Rosario, M. Commodore-Mensah, S. Derakhshan, C. McDermot, F. Nibbs, I. Higgs, M. Adegoke, and R. Lane. (2022). “Transdisciplinary Rapid Reconnaissance after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the U.S. VirginIslands: A Pathway toward Convergence” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/028072702204000102
Derakhshan, S., S. L. Cutter, and C. Wang (2020). “Remote sensing derived indices for tracking urban land surfacechange in case of earthquake recovery”. Journal of Remote Sensing12, 895. doi: 10.3390/rs12050895. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/5/895
Adegoke, M., L. Agudelo, G. Álvarez Rosario, P. Buchanan, L. Bui, M. Commodore-Mensah, S. Derakhshan, I. Higgs, G.M. Jones,J. Jones, R. Lane, A. Mendez-Heavilin, C. McDermot, K. Montes-Berrios, F. Nibbs, D. Nicholson, C. K. Sun, M. Tesfay, M. Omoya, and O. Vila (2019). “SURGE Scholars Experience: Post-Disaster Research and Service in the U.S.Virgin Islands”. Poster presentation at the 44rd Natural Hazards Workshop, Broomfield, Colorado.
Álvarez Rosario, G., M. Adegoke, L. Bui, M. Commodore-Mensah, S. Derakhshan, I. Higgs, R. Lane, C. McDermot, F. Nibbs, and Sh. Sylman (2018). “SURGE Scholars Experience: A Service-Learning Approach to Assessing Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands”. Poster presentation at the 43rd Natural Hazards Workshop, Broomfield, Colorado.
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COVID 19
Chang, S.E., C. Brown, J. Handmer, J. Helgeson, Y. Kajitani, A. Keating, I. Noy, M. Watson, S. Derakhshan, J. Kim, A. Roa-Henriquez (2022). “Business Recovery from Disasters: Lessons from Natural Hazards and the COVID-19 Pandemic”. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103191. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420922004101
Report in PolyCentric: Econ Professor Creates COVID-19 Database, by Cynthia Peters: PolyCentric, Cal Poly Pomona 10/08/2021
Report in PolyCentric: New Study Examines How Interplay of Factors Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Rates, by Cynthia Peters: PolyCentric, Cal Poly Pomona 10/08/2021
Jackson, S., S. Derakhshan, L. Blackwood, L. Lee, Q. Huang, M. Habets, and S.L. Cutter (2021). “Spatial Disparities in COVID -19 Cases and Fatalities in United States Counties”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18,8259. doi:10.3390/ ijerph18168259. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8259
Huang, Q., S. Jackson, S. Derakhshan, E. Pham, L. Lee, A. Jackson, and S.L.Cutter. (2021). “Urban Rural Differences in COVID-19 Exposures and Outcomes in the South: A Preliminary Analysis of South Carolina.” PLoS ONE 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246548. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246548
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Community General Health
Paper: Applying Machine Learning and AI Explanations to Analyze Vaccine Hesitancy (preprint), arXiv and medRxiv 1/2022, Lange, C., and Lange, J. Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
Huh, K. Abdullah, L., and M.Williams, C. (2019). Out of sight, out of mind? Relationship between obesity rate and fast food locations in Los Angeles County. Geospatial Review, Vol.16.
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Urban Planning
Co-PI, D. Kim. 2022. A Guide to Navigating Existing and Emerging Sources of Local VMT and Travel Data funded by Mineta Transportation Institute ($27,246 out of $74,686)
Co-PI, D. Kim. 2022. Identification of Infill Housing Development for Smart Urban Growth: Application of Deep Learning Technologies funded by Sungkyunkwan University, Korea ($10,000 out of $30,000)
PI, D. Kim, 2021. Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Potential in the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Region funded by SCAG ($112,360)
PI, D. Kim, 2020. Big Data Research: A Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting Infill Housing Development funded by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) ($75,000)
Journal Publication
Kim, D., Baek, S., Garcia, B., Vo, T., and Wen, F. 2023. The Influence of ADU Policy on the Contributing Factors to ADU Development: A Case of Los Angeles. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-022-10000-2
Kim, D., Shim, J., Park, J., Cho, J., and Kumar, S. 2022. Predicting Residential Infill Development in the City of Los Angeles: Supervised Machine Learning Approaches. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 148(1): 04021060
Kim, D. and Park, K. 2021. Analysis of Potential Collisions between Pedestrians and Personal Transportation Devices in a University Campus: An Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1967358
Kim, D. and Ahn, Y. 2021. The Contribution of Tree and Greenspace to Asthma Emergency Room Visits: An Application of Advanced Spatial Data. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7): 3487.
Kim, D. and Cho, D. 2020. Population Allocation at the Building Level for Microlevel Urban Simulation: A Case of Jeonju, Korea. Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy, 9 (2): 223-239.
Kim, D. 2020. Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection Using Drone Technology. Journal of Urban Technology, 27(2): 45-60.
Kim, D. 2019. The Transportation Safety of Elderly Pedestrian: Modeling Contributing Factors to Elderly Pedestrian Collisions. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 131: 268-274.
Ahn, Y. and Kim, D. 2019. The Prevalence of Asthma and Severe Asthma in Children Influenced by Transportation Factors: Evidence from Spatial Analysis in Seoul, Korea, Cities, 85: 30-37.
Kim, D. 2018. Transportation Contributing Factors to Asthma Morbidity: The Case of Los Angeles County. International Journal of Urban Science, 23(1): 16-29.
Kim, D. and Chanchlani, H. 2018 The Influence of the Built Environment on Spatiotemporal Variation of Pedestrian Collisions in Seoul: An Application of Big Data. Transportation Research Record, 2672(35): 90-100.
Kim, D., Park, J., and Hong, A. 2018. The Role of Destination’s Built Environment on Nonmotorized Travel Behavior: A Case of Long Beach, California. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 38(2): 152–166.
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Transportation
Funded External Grant:
Investigation of Multimodal Crashes using Full Bayesian Multivariate Spatial-Temporal Models, UCCONNECT and Caltrans (6/2016~12/2017, $75,000.00). Goal: Enhance traffic safety in the state by developing the spatiotemporal crash models. PI: Wen Cheng.
Journal Publication Record:
Y. Li, G. Gill, W. Cheng, M. Singh, Y. Zhang, J. Kwong (2023). “Sensitivity Analysis of Bayesian Nonparametric Spatial Crash Frequency Models for Bicyclists”. Journal of Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation (Accepted for publication).