Highlights of FY99-00

During FY 99-00, the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) staff members totaled 41 people (16 full-time individuals, 20 hourly individuals, 4 graduate students, and 1 work-study student). Twelve research projects were awarded in FY 99-00 representing $998,501.00 in external funding (see Research section for a list of grants awarded in FY 99-00 and listings of grants active during the year). Many of CAST’s research projects were conducted in cooperation with faculty from various departments at the University of Arkansas and other institutions around the state. University of Arkansas cooperative research efforts include:

• J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Departments of Anthropology, Biological Sciences, and Geosciences.

• Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences, Departments of Agronomy, Rural Sociology, and Entomology.

• College of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture.

• College of Engineering, Departments of Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering.

A Board of Associate Directors has been created to provide guidance to CAST from the various colleges. Dr. Thomas Graff represents Fulbright College, Dr. Don Scott represents Agriculture, and Professor Karen Hanna represents Architecture. Cooperative research or teaching efforts are also in place with off-campus faculty at the University of Arkansas, Monticello, the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Arkansas State University, and Arkansas Tech University.

CAST staff have been involved in numerous and varied projects, programs, consultations, talks, workshops, conferences, etc. during this fiscal year, ranging from answering quick technical questions by phone to complicated funded projects lasting several years.

A few selected CAST highlights of FY 99-00 follow on the Highlights page. Please also see the Background and Mission section, the Teaching section , the Research section , the International Programs section , and the Public Service section of this report for many more listings and detailed information.

Appendix A contains publications' listings by CAST staff members; appendix B contains outreach functions' listings by staff member, and appendix C is a list of CAST staff members.

Research.

Public Service.