URP 6223 Introduction to Urban Analytics (Graduate level @ UF) [Fall 24 Syllabus]
Coding Language: Python; credit hrs: 3. Session: on-campus session (Fall) and online session (Spring).
URP 6223 is the new core technical course that I developed for our Master/Certificate programs in Urban Analytics. Lectures and labs are infused to provide future urban planners, designers, engineers, and geographers with fundamental knowledge at the intersection of data analytics and urban science. Under this scope, it covers modules across (i) questioning the city; (ii) sensing the city; (iii) urban data infrastructure; (iv) visualizing the city; (v) differences within cities; (vi) explanatory urban models; (vi) Cities as Networks; (vii) ethics; and (viii) generative urban system. The course aims to improve students’ research, computational, and socio-technical thinking to use, develop, and assess data-driven solutions to address urban challenges for better future cities.
URP 6270 Introduction to Planning Information System [Fall 24 Syllabus]
Software: ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online
URP 6270 introduces the concepts, principles, and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This powerful technology provides users with a very effective tool for capturing, analyzing, and displaying spatial data that is crucial to the decision-making and planning process at different spatial scales. The course is theoretical and practical, addressing GIS’s structure and its use for spatial analysis and data management.
Sessions: Online and on-campus sessions; Credit Hrs: 3; Average Enrollment: 20
ArcGIS Online Group: https://arcg.is/0rnvXn (Available demos after 2020 Summer)
URP4273 – Surveying Planning Information System (Undergraduate level @UF)
This course provides a general understanding of the fundamental principles of Geographic Information Systems (GIS); a hands-on software experience using ArcGIS Pro (an ESRI desktop product); a real-world experience with a community problem to be solved by applying spatial data analysis and techniques.
Software: ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.
Sessions: On-campus session; Credit Hrs: 3; Average Enrollment: 25
URP 6341 – Urban Plan Project/LAA 6656C – Adv Land Arch Design (Graduate level @UF)
National Academies of Science (NAS)GulfSouth Studio Overview
This interdisciplinary design and planning studio course is sponsored by the National Academies of Science (NAS) Gulf Research Program (GRP). The GulfSouth Studio explores the critical challenges facing the Gulf of Mexico’s coastline and communities in the context of a changing climate including energy transition, changing Gulf Coastline, and community health and resilience. It approaches these challenges through intensive design thinking, community engagement, and digital visualization. The studio explores the development of a “digital twin for design” to synthesize diverse research outputs and teaching methods from across a range of disciplines.
Sessions: On-campus session; Credit Hrs: 6; Average URP Enrollment: 15
Independent Study and Advising/Mentoring Efforts
- DCP 7979 Advanced Research (Fall/Spring/Summer semesters)
- DCP7980 Doctoral Research (Fall/Spring/Summer semesters)
- URP 6971 Research for Master’s Thesis. (Fall/Spring semesters)
- DCP 7940 Supervised Teaching (1@Fall 2022; 2@Spring 2023; 1@Fall2024)
- URP 4905 Undergraduate Special Studies: Introduction to Planning Information System (Spring 2021)
Teaching Certificates:
Teaching Excellence Certificate, University of Florida
Future Professoriate Certificate, Virginia Tech