Paul Box Assistant Professor  Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources  Utah State University  Logan, UT  84322-5240  voice (435) 797-2546, fax (435) 797-4048

Research Interests

Selected Publications

• curriculum vita

Education and previous employment

• Ph.D. 1997, University of Florida, Geography
• MS 1991, University of Florida, Geography
• Peace Corps Aquaculture Trainer, 1988, University of South Carolina Baruch Institute
• Peace Corps Aquaculture Extension, 1984-88 Tanga, Tanzania
• BS 1984, Utah State University, Geology

Current Projects

• Bottom-Up Modeling of Mass Pedestrian Flows: Implications for the Effective Egress of Individuals with Disabilities, funded by USDE National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research (Co-PI)
• Modeling Complex Interactions of Overlapping River and Road Networks in a Changing Landscape, funded by NSF Biocomplexity Program. Modeling of recreational use and ecological impacts in the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico
• Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation, and Ecosystem Managemetn, application of behavior principles in management, funded by USDA IFAFS program
• Biocomplexity of Human-Encvironment Interactions in the Bering Sea, agent-based model of subsistence and commercial salmon fisheries. Funded by NSF Biocomplexity program (Co-PI)
• Personal Space in Anchoring Boats, co-PI (unfunded but lots of fun)
• Agent-based simulation of Coyote Population Dynamics, co-PI

Completed Projects

Graduate Students

• Raj Prasanth Divakaran MS, started 2000: development of software interfaces between GIS and agent-based models
• Darcy Stock MS (plan B), started 2000
• Yuya Sasaki MS, Started 2002: urban growth modeling and artificial intelligence
• Praveena Pepalla, started 2003
• Cynthia Tyler, started 2003: Agent-based models of tamarisk spread in southern Utah

Past Graduate Students

Course Webpages

• Geographic Infomration System GEOG 4930
• Geographic Information and Analysis GEOG 5930/6930
• Spatial Analysis GEOG 3900
• Economic Geography GEOG 2230

Other Stuff

• Here are some pictures of the High Point fire that burned around Logan last summer
• Here's some pictures from a hike on Bierdneau Peak in the early summer and in the late summer
• Here are some pictures from a trip to Key largo
• Here are some random pictures from a recent trip to the Dominican Republic