Tran, Trung V

Dr. Tran

Dr. Trung Tran, GISP
Associate Professor of Geospatial Science
Program Coordinator, Geospatial Science Degree Program
Director, USGIF-accredited GEOINT Certificate Program
Office: Lyons Science 201B
Phone: 910-672-2079
Email: ttran1@uncfsu.edu

Biography

Dr. Trung Tran is an Associate Professor of Geospatial Science in the Department of Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Science, Political Science and History at Fayetteville State University. He is the Program Coordinator of the Geospatial Science Degree Program and Director of the USGIF-Accredited GEOINT Certificate Program. He is also the current President of the Potomac Region American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Tran received his PhD in Geography (concentrations: remote sensing, GIS, land cover/use change) from the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma (OU, USA), in addition to his master's degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and bachelor's degree in Electrical-Electronics Enginnering (concentrating on telecommunication) from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam.

As a geospatial scientist, Dr. Tran's research and teaching interest is to leverage geographic information science (GIScience), geovisualization, remote sensing, and unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to the understanding of transportation-community linkages as well as human-environment interactions across a variety of landscapes from mountains to floodplains and from urban to rural. His past projects have included remote sensing data fusion for forest disturbances, sub-pixel classification for land cover heterogeneity in urbans, satellite remote sensing approach for linking desertification with conflicts, remote sensing to detect war impacts on landscape change in Ukraine, multi-dimensional visualization of mobile objects and epidemics, geospatial analytics of on-demand transportation, and network analysis for understanding of urban expansion impacts on accessibility. Currently funded projects include geospatial data science approach for flood monitoring and management (NASA funded) and geospatial data analytics for upward social mobility in rural areas toward clean energy (NSF funded). He is also the principal investigator and director of the NASA-funded five-year Precollege Summer Institute as well as director of the NASA-funded GLOBES Lab (Geospatial anaLysis & OBserving Earth for Sustainability).

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Remote sensing: UAS, LiDAR, multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing, data fusion, sub-pixel classification, change detection
  • Geographic information science (GIS): spatio-temporal analytics, cellular automata modeling, agent-based modeling, fuzzy sets, geographic representation, geovisualization
  • Land cover/use change: spatial and temporal patterns of land cover/use, human-environment interactions, urbanization impacts and sustainability, natural disaster monitoring, precision agriculture, land change and public health

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Geography - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA (11/2013)
  • M.E. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (4/2005)
  • B.E. Electrical – Electronics Engineering - Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (11/2001)

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

  • 2023-present: Associate Professor of Geospatial Science, Department of Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Science, Political Science, and History, Fayetteville State University
  • 2018-present: Member of USGIF GEOINT Education Working Group (EWG, formerly known as Academic Planning Committee)
  • 2017-2023: Assistant Professor of Geospatial Science, Department of Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Science, Political Science, and History, Fayetteville State University
  • 2023-2024: President of Potomac Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS, elected, 2021-2022)
  • 2022-2023: Vice President of Potomac Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS, elected, 2021-2022)
  • 2021-2022: Secretary/Treasurer of Potomac Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS, elected, 2021-2022)
  • 2015-2016: Lecturer, Department of History & Geography, Northern Kentucky University
  • 2014-2014: Lecturer, Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
  • 2010-2013: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor), Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
  • 2007-2010: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma (OU CSA)
  • 2003-200: Lecturer, Faculty of Environment, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
  • 2002-200: GIS Project Coordinator, HCMUT Center for Developing Information Technology and Geographic Information Systems (DITAGIS)
  • 2000-2002: GIS Analyst, HCMUT Center for Developing Information Technology and Geographic Information Systems (DITAGIS)