Ph.D - Stephen F. Austin State University - GIS and Forest Recreation
M.S. - National Taiwan University -Taiwan - Silviculture
B.S - National Taiwan University -Taiwan - Forestry

I-Kuai Hung is an Assistant Professor of Geographic Information System (GIS) at SFA since fall 2003. He moved to Texas in pursuit of his doctorate degree in 1999. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as a field forester with the Experimental Forest of National Taiwan University.

Research

1. Recreation Planning using GIS
2. Landscape Pattern Change
3. Terrain Analysis

Teaching

ENV/FOR 390 – GIS in Natural Resources
FOR 551 – Introduction to GIS and Geospatial Analysis
FOR 553 – GIS and Geospatial Applications

Selected Publications

Siska, P.P., and I. Hung. 2004. Advanced digital terrain analysis using GIS. In: Proceedings of the 2004 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California.

Siska, P.P., P. Goovaerts, I. Hung, and M. Bryant. 2004. Predicting the magnitude of kriging interpolation errors using terrain roughness and dissectivity parameters: multiple regression approach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. (accepted under revision)

Unger D.R., I. Hung, and J.M. Williams. 2004. East Texas Forest Inventory (ETFI) Pilot Project—remote sensing phase. Project report, Forest Resources Institute, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.