Brent Chamberlain

Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning (LAEP)

Associate Professor


Brent Chamberlain

Contact Information

Office Location: FAV 260
Phone: (435) 797-0213
Email: brent.chamberlain@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Forestry, (GIS; Env. Plan. and Psych.), University of British Columbia, 2011
MS, Forestry, (GIS; Visualization), University of British Columbia, 2007
BA, Computer Science, (Information Systems), Pacific Lutheran University, 2002
BBA, Business Administration, (Information Systems), Pacific Lutheran University, 2002

Biography

My research and teaching combines geovisualization, information visualization, GIS and environmental psychology to conduct scientific inquiry, facilitate decision making, and improve communication of scientific information. My research interests are in digital modeling (gaming, virtual reality, animation/video, 2D/3D/4D medium) related to representation of landscapes, geovisual analytics of landscape change and processes, landscape ecology, environmental psychology, landscape computation and visualization (e.g. simulation and cartographic).

Teaching Interests

Environmental Planning; Geospatial Analysis & GIScience; Immersive Geovisualization

Research Interests

Environmental Psychology (Spatial Memory, Wayfinding, Environmental Design, Nature and Affect); Landscape Perception (Visual Impact Assessment); Cultural Ecosystem Services (Aesthetics Methods of Forests and Public Lands); Geovisualization (Sea-Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Future Visioning, Urban Development, Virtual & Augmented Reality); Decision Making (Preference Elicitation, Information Visualization, Group Processes); Urban Form and Health (Smart Cities and applications of Machine Learning);


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Awards

Scientific Excellence Top Paper, 2023

Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture

Researcher of the Year, 2023

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University

Faculty Researcher of the Year, 2023

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Excellence in Research or Creative Work (Junior Level), 2023

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture

Scientific Excellence Top Paper, 2022

Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture

Mentor of the Year, 2022

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Researcher of the Year , 2022

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Scientific Excellence, 2020

Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture

Visiting Scholar | China Program, 2017

Chinese National Science Foundation

Faculty Development Award, 2016

Kansas State University

Faculty Development Award, 2015

Kansas State University

Big 12 Faculty Fellowship, 2015

Kansas State University

Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, 2009

National Science and Engineering Research Council

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2009

National Science and Engineering Research Council


Publications | Abstracts

  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). ASLA Award Precedents. 2023 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). BusStopCV: A Real-time AI Assistant for Labeling Bus Stop Accessibility Features in Streetscape Imagery. 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Comparing Transportation Metrics to Measure Accessibility to Community Amenities. 2023 Digital Landscape Architecture
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Development & Analysis of Virtual Complex Urban Environments.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Entourage Automaton: Making 2D Visual Assets with AI Image Generators. 2023 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Gaze Behavior and Speed While Detecting Changes in Spatial Gist in a Virtual Environment.
  • George, B., Chamberlain, B., (2023). Producing 2D Asset Libraries with AI-powered Image Generators.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Transferring Spatial Data from Unity To ArcGIS.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Urban Green Space Insights: A Review of Visibility Measurements and GIS-Based Tools: Visual Resource Stewardship Conference 2023.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2021). Integrating Sense of Place into Geovisualizations of Hurricane Storm Surge.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2019). Konza Studio: A pedagogical retrospective. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). Cross-cultural, cross-modal and cross-species' spatial perception and action in virtual and real environments . Cognitive Process
  • Chamberlain, B., (2017). A Spatially Explicit Classification Model for Affective Computing in Built Environments: Proceedings of the 7th AAAC International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2017) Workshops and Demos.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2016). Taxation Policies and Financing Street Maintenance: Kansas American Planning Association.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2016). Your Environment and You: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2014). Interactive Visualization for Decision Making in Sewage Management: International Water Association Specialist Conference: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). Visualization for complex decision making – with applications in sustainability: Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics, Face-To-Face VIII. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2011). Supporting Communities in the Selection of Suitable Waste Water Alternatives: U21 workshop on Water Reuse. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2006). Towards a digital atlas of permanent preservation forest areas for the Brazilian Amazon: In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2006). Visualizing natural disturbances: implications for assessing public perceptions of salvage and recovery operations: In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Predicting Scenic Highway Drives with an Advanced Viewshed (GRAVIA).
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Eye-Tracking to Support Validation of Visual Impact Assessments: Visual Resource Stewardship Conference 2023.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Using GRAVIA to Predict Visual Quality of Highway: Visual Resource Stewardship Conference 2023.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Visualizing and Clustering Eye Tracking within 3D Virtual Environments: Digital Landscape Architecture Conference.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2023). Vertiports: Opportunities and Challenges. Utah Aeronautics Conference *
  • Saxon, M., Fernberg, P., Creem-Regehr, S., Stefanucci, J., Chamberlain, B., (2021). Individual Differences in Spatial Memory for a Large-Scale Virtual Environment.
  • Fernberg, P., Chamberlain, B., (2021). Spatial Memory Gist: Assessing Imageability in Immersive Virtual Environments.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2020). A Pedagogical Retrospective: Gamifying the Konza Prairie through an Interdisciplinary Studio. Digital Landscape Architecture Conference 2020
  • Whaley, A.A, Reeve, J., Chamberlain, B., (2020). Determining agricultural land use change and evaluating ecosystem services in the Wasatch Front Metropolitan Area, Utah. International Association for Landscape Ecology
  • Chamberlain, B., Johnson, T., (2020). Wasatch Front Planning 2050: Growth Meets Hazard. ESRI - International Geodesign Collaboration 2020
  • Chamberlain, B., Cook, F., (2019). An Empirical Assessment of the ArcPro Visual Magnitude Viewshed Plugin. Visual Resource Stewardship Conference: Seeking 20/20 Vision for Landscape Futures
  • Chamberlain, B., Cook, F., (2019). Conducting Viewshed Assessments with the ArcGIS Visual Magnitude Plugin. Visual Resource Stewardship Conference: Seeking 20/20 Vision for Landscape Futures
  • Chamberlain, B., (2019). Assessing Collective Spatial Situational Awareness in Real-Time Using Virtual Environments. Collective Spatial Cognition
  • Chamberlain, B., (2019). Konza StudioVR: Developing the virtual reality environment. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). An Evaluation and Comparison of Spatial Memory Assessments: 59th Annual Meeting of Psychonomics.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). Cue the space: the role of landmarks and navigational aids in spatial memory and recall: ICSC – 7th International Conference on Spatial Cognition.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). Measuring Urban Health and Environmental Affect Using Mobile Sensors: Environmental Design Research Association.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). Designing Spaces in a World of GPS: ASLA Central States. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). Stress Recovery by Exposure to Nature in Virtual Reality: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2018). Virtual Konza Prairie: ASLA Central States. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2017). Visualizing Landscape Impacts: The development and application of a new spatial analysis tool: Visual Resource Stewardship Conference.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2017). An Evaluation of the Influence of Nature on Stress and Arousal Using Wearables: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2017). The Public’s Perception of Air Pollution in China: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2017). Geovisualization of Coastal Climate Change: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2017). Immersive Visualization: a conduit for exploring perceptions of the environment: Aesthesia: Showcasing the future of immersive technologies for science, storytelling, design and gaming. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2016). Visualization and Simulation for Urban Planning: Kansas American Planning Association. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2016). Using 3D Visualizations to Investigate Perceptions of Streetscape Design: Digital Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2016). 3D/4D Visualization, Representation and Photorealism to support scientific exploration and communication: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2016). Landscape Visualization in Gaming Environments: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2015). Landscape Planning and the Human Perspective: A visual quality analysis method: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2015). Little Apple Meets a Big Pickle: Addressing a major increase in public transit ridership: Quad State American Planning Association. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2015). A Spatially Explicit Analysis of Ecosystem Services in Clayoquot Sound, BC: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2015). Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services and Aesthetics to Inform Landscape Planning Decisions: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2014). Using and Designing a Database: Kansas Association of Mappers Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2014). A New Visibility Analysis Toolset: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2014). Developing the Gap Analysis Tool for Outdoor Recreation: A Case Study in Vancouver, Canada: Digital Landscape Architecture.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2013). A Planning Tool for Natural Resource Management in Scenic Landscapes: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). A GIS Tool for Managing Visual Quality in British Columbia: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). Comparing Scenic Quality of North American Highway Drives: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). Designing Sustainable Wastewater Systems: Generating Design Alternatives: 3rd International Conference on Computational Sustainability.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). Designing Sustainable Wastewater Systems: Visual, Interactive Preference Elicitation: 3rd International Conference on Computational Sustainability.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). Measuring the Visible Effects of Harvesting: Calculating Percent Alteration: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2012). New Geographical Information Systems tools for Scenery Management: National Association of Environmental Professionals.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2011). Improving the Viewshed Analysis: the human-centric alternative: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2011). The Landscape Through Time: a design approach for GIS-based evaluation criteria: 48th International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress.
  • Chamberlain, B., (2011). The Multidimensional Viewshed: A Visualization Technique for Landscape Planning: The 2011 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2011). Exploring the Implications of Permanent Preservation Areas in Brazil: International Development Research Network Research Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2009). Mapping the Amazon Basin Hydrography: An Automated Approach: ESRI International User's Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2008). Visual aesthetics and forest harvest design: an automated approach: ESRI International User’s Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2007). Delineating Permanent Preservation Areas in Brazil: GIS in the Rockies Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2006). Designing Variable Retention Using Harvest and Retention Planner (HaRP): ESRI International User’s Conference. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2006). The effects of surrounding landscape character on an individual’s community preferences: In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2005). Visualizing International Deforestation Trajectories Using ArcGIS: ESRI International User Conference 2005. ESRI *
  • Chamberlain, B., (2001). E-Commerce & Technology Management Center: Bridging PLU and the Internet Economy: What’s in IT for you, PLU School of Business Conference on Information Technology. *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

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    Research Reports

      Other Reports

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        Magazine/Trade Publications

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        Teaching

        LAEP 6300, 3300 - GIS for Environmental Planning, Fall 2023
        LAEP 3400 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Visualization for Environmental Planning, Spring 2023
        LAEP 6400 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Visualization for Environmental Planning, Spring 2023
        LAEP 7940 - Review of Literature, Spring 2023
        , Fall 2022
        LAEP 3300 - GIS for Environmental Planning, Fall 2022
        LAEP 3300 - GIS for Environmental Planning, Fall 2022
        LAEP 6300 - GIS for Environmental Planning, Fall 2022
        LAEP 6300 - GIS for Environmental Planning, Fall 2022
        , Spring 2022
        LAEP 3400, 6400 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Visualization for Environmental Planning, Spring 2022
        LAEP 7940 - Review of Literature, Spring 2022
        LAEP 6900 - Special Problems, Spring 2022
        LAEP 4350 - Travel Course, Spring 2022
        LAEP 3400, 6900 - Special Problems, Spring 2021
        LAEP 4350 - Travel Course, Spring 2021
        LAEP 7940 - Review of Literature, Fall 2020
        LAEP 3400 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Visualization for Environmental Planning, Spring 2020
        LAEP 6900 - Special Problems, Spring 2020
        LAEP 6200 - Bioregional Analysis and Planning, Fall 2019
        LAEP 6960 - Masters Project, Fall 2019
        LAEP 6960 - Masters Project, Summer 2019
        LAEP 6400, 6900 - Geodesign Studio: Advanced Geographic Information and Tools, Spring 2019
        LAEP 4900 - Special Problems, Spring 2019
        LAEP 6200 - Bioregional Analysis and Planning, Fall 2018
        LAEP 6200 - Bioregional Analysis and Planning, Fall 2018
        KSU-LARCP 704 - Environmental Landscape Planning and Design, Spring 2018
        KSU-LARCP 648 - Advanced Studio: Visualizing the Konza in 4D, Fall 2017
        KSU-LARCP 704 - Environmental Landscape Planning and Design, Fall 2017
        KSU-LARCP 704 - Environmental Landscape Planning and Design, Spring 2017
        KSU-LARCP 704 - Environmental Landscape Planning and Design, Fall 2016

        Graduate Students Mentored

        Amir (Ames) Samavatekbatan, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2023
        David Evans, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2022
        Motahare Abrishami, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2021
        Justin Jacques, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2021
        Phillip Fernberg, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2020
        Danyel Mezzanatto, Landscape & Environmental Plan, September 2019
        Aaron Blisner, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2019
        Meredith Andrus, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2018
        DooHong Lee, Landscape & Environmental Plan
        Katelynn Hall, Landscape & Environmental Plan, June 2021 - December 2022
        Garet Openshaw, Landscape & Environmental Plan, September 2021 - August 2022
        Rebecca Merrell, Landscape & Environmental Plan, January 2019 - August 2022
        Tiffany Woods, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2018 - July 2020
        Taylor Whitaker, Other, August 2017 - May 2018
        Conner Bruns, Other, March 2017 - May 2018
        Laura Vallo, Other, August 2016 - May 2017
        Lindsay Stucki, Other, August 2016 - May 2017
        Timothy Kellams, Other, August 2016 - May 2017
        Ryan Albracht, Other, August 2015 - May 2017
        Jessica Weber, Other, August 2015 - May 2016
        Parker Ruskamp, Other, August 2015 - May 2016
        Yihong Yan, Other, August 2015 - May 2016