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Sowmya Selvarajan

Faculty Member

Dr. Sowmya Selvarajan

Education

PhD, University of Florida, 2011

Major: Geomatics

MS, National University of Singapore, 2004

Major: Civil Engineering

BS, College of Engineering, Anna University, 2000

Major: Geo-informatics Engineering

Teaching

GIS 3620

Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Spring 2025

GIS 3630

Geographic Information Systems Application Development, Spring 2025

SURV 3010

Measurement Analysis and Adjustments, Spring 2025

SURV 1220

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Spring 2025

Presentations

Selvarajan, Sowmya (Presenter & Author), UVGIS 1st Quaterly Meeting , "GIS Image Analysis - What are Deep Trained Models", Utah Valley GIS Users Group, Provo, UT. (March 11, 2025)
Selvarajan, Sowmya (Presenter & Author), UV GIS Day, "Cartographic Conventions", UVU, UVU Main Campus. (November 13, 2024)
Wang, Weihong (Presenter & Author), Selvarajan, Sowmya (Co-Author), Weinheimer, Emily (Co-Presenter), Leon, Josh (Co-Author), Wilkinson, Anna (Co-Author), Athithan, Vikram (Co-Author), Shin, Seunggyu (Co-Author), Rogers, Brandon (Co-Author), Limb, Emily (Co-Author), American Association of Geographers 2024, "Phosphorus Sources to Utah Lake and Their Impact on Harmful Algal Blooms", AAG, Hawaii . (April, 2024)
Selvarajan, Sowmya (Presenter & Author), American Association of Geographers Annual Conference 2024, "Geospatial Assessment and Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms in Utah Lake Using Google Earth Engine and Remote Sensing Models - Big Data Computing for Geospatial Application", AAG, Hawaii. (April 18, 2024)
Selvarajan, Sowmya (Presenter & Author), Roger, Brandon (Co-Presenter), 2024 Geospatial Applications Symposium, "Harmful Algal Blooms - A Utah Lake Study", UVU, UVU, Orem. (April 5, 2024)
Leon, Josh (Presenter & Author), Wang, Weihong (Presenter & Author), Weinheimer, Emily (Co-Author), Selvarajan, Sowmya (Co-Author), Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium, "Quantifying Nutrient Loading to Utah Lake from Different Land Use and Land Cover Classes within the Utah Lake Watershed using Geospatial Techniques", Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City. (November 15, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Selvarajan, Sowmya , (2025) "Seasonal Monitoring of Algal Blooms in Utah Lake Using Landsat 8 Imagery and a Custom Spectral Model" . USA: IEEE. y
Selvarajan, Sowmya , Athithan, Vikram , Shin, Seunggyu , Wang, Weihong , "Using Satellite Imagery to Monitor Algal Blooms in Utah Lake" (vol. iETC 2025 ). USA: IEEE. https://www.uvu.edu/cet/i-etc/
Wang, Weihong , Athithan, Vikram , Shin, Seunggyu , Selvarajan, Sowmya , Leon, Josh , (2022) "VISUALIZING AND MONITORING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN UTAH LAKE USING REMOTE SENSING AND GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE" . Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022am-381793
Selvarajan, Sowmya , (2014) " Utah Valley University 3D Virtual Campus" . Redlands CA: ESRI . http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc14/papers/502_699.pdf
Selvarajan, Sowmya , Mohamed, Ahmed , White, Timothy , Boodram, Natalie , (2009) "Assessment of Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resource Management in Florida" (Issue: 5, vol. 107). Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1093/jof/107.5.242

Awards

Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Works

UVU Office of Academic Affairs - November 20, 2024

As part of the recognition strategy in the Office of Academic Affairs, hosted an annual event for selected faculty who demonstrated excellence in scholarship and creative works during the previous academic year. My department chair nominated me this year.

Visiting Professor - Overseas

Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University - January 11, 2021

This honor is a recognition from Anna University, Chennai, India, awarding me the title of "Visiting Professor (Overseas)" in acknowledgment of my academic and research contributions. It highlights my long-term collaboration with the university in promoting bilateral academic and research cooperation. As a Visiting Professor, I will have the opportunity to engage in academic activities, deliver lectures, interact with students and faculty, and potentially guide students in advanced degree programs. This title reflects my ongoing role as an international academic partner of Anna University.