4 capstones · 40 research prompts
Students do not leave with a generic certificate alone. They learn to explain a method, defend a result and present work that can be reviewed.
01Urban healthcare accessibility
Build 500m, 1km and 3km service areas, reveal coverage gaps, and deliver an interactive web map plus print layout.
Technical stack
Python · GeoPandas · Shapely · Folium · QGIS
02Hydrology & watershed management
Process raw elevation data into flow direction, stream order, catchments and drainage density metrics.
Technical stack
SRTM DEM · Rasterio · NumPy · PyProj · QGIS
03Environmental monitoring
Compare time periods with cloud masking, NDVI/NDBI and a defensible change matrix.
Technical stack
Sentinel-2 · Landsat 8/9 · Rasterio · Scikit-learn
04Disaster management
Combine slope, elevation, soil and river-distance layers into risk zones and infrastructure priorities.
Technical stack
MCDA · AHP · GeoPandas · QGIS
Research directions
A starting library for final-year work, project portfolios and domain-specific exploration.
Curated research ideas with practical GIS methods and data questions.
Curated research ideas with practical GIS methods and data questions.
Curated research ideas with practical GIS methods and data questions.
Curated research ideas with practical GIS methods and data questions.
Curated research ideas with practical GIS methods and data questions.
Curated research ideas with practical GIS methods and data questions.