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Faculty
 Doyle
Watts, Ph.D.
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Programs
Associate Professor
Department of Earth & Environmental
Sciences
267 Brehm Lab
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, OH 45435
E-mail:
Office: (937) 775-3460
Dept phone: (937) 775-2201
Dept fax: (937) 775-4997
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Courses Taught |
Fall Semester
- EES 4220/6220: Introduction to Geophysics, 4 Hrs
- EES 4470/6470: Astronomy for K-12 Teachers, 2
Hrs
- EES 4290/6290 Remote Sensing of the Earth, 4 Hrs
Spring Semester
- EES 4370/6370: Subsurface Digital Imaging & Processing,
4 Hrs [Even Years]
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Research |
At Wright State University I work on seismic reflection processing and interpretation projects while developing an ever broadening interest in remote sensing. I supervise projects on processing of seismic data acquired by Wright State University, 3-D interpretation projects on data supplied by oil companies and new methods of seismic data processing using the wavelet transform.
In remote sensing I supervised projects using Landsat, Aster, and Modis data to map Gypsy Moth infestations in Ohio, West Virginia and Michigan, and relate land use and conservation practices in Greene County Ohio to water quality.
I initiated a program of collaboration with the Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom where I have been appointed Honorary Research Fellow. In this program I have renewed my collaboration with Professor Nigel Harris 20 years after we crossed the Tibetan Plateau.
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| Current Students |
- Benjamin Johnson, MS Candidate (2013) [Co-supervised with Doyle Watts]
- James Gonsiewski, MS Candidate (2013) [Co-supervised with Doyle Watts]
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Mapping A Paleozoic River:
A 3-D seismic image of river system (above) incised
on the basement beneath Jackson County, Ohio. An MS project by
Justin Reuter (seen below with a friend; Justin is wearing the
straw hat).
 
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Mapping Unconformities with 3-D seismic:
Above are 3-D seismic images of the Knox unconformity,
and the Precambrian unconformity beneath Jackson County, Ohio. |
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Projects: Environmental Applications
of Remote Sensing |
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Satellite image (above) of Palo Verde Irrigation
District at the California-Arizona
border.
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Title: Estimation of evapo-transpiration using remotely
sensed data
Ph.D. student Mr. Sumantra Chatterjee is investigating methods to
estimate evapo-transpiration in the Palo Verde Irrigation District
using satellite and ground measurements.
Sponsor: United States Bureau of Reclamation through
Central State University, OH
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Above: Detection of Gypsy Moth Defoliation using
Aerial
Sketch Mapping and Remote Sensing Techniques
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Title: Application of remote sensing to the control
and management of the Gypsy Moth
MS student Angela Hurley completed a NASA funded project working
with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to apply satellite imaging
to the problem of detection of Gypsy Moth infestations in Ohio.
Sponsor: NASA through Ohio Aerospace Institute |
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