Peter Sforza, Research Associate and VirginiaView Coordinator
Office: 113 Major Williams Hall
Phone: 540-231-1867
At Virginia Tech Since: 1998
Education: M.S. (Plant Pathology), Virginia Tech, 2004

• Remote sensing and geospatial informatics
• Biosecurity and epidemiology
• Scientific visualization and virtual reality environments
• Weather and climate

Recent Publications:

• Sforza, P. and L.W. Carstensen. 2004. "National Elevation Data for Slope and Aspect Calculations in ArcGIS." The Virginia Geospatial Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2, 10-11.
• Futrell, M. and P. Sforza. 2004. "Converting VBMP Digital Terrain Model to a Digital Elevation Model for Raster Analysis Applications." The Virginia Geospatial Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 3, 9-10.
• Sforza, P., R. Wynne, S. Popescu, and Z. Bortolot. 2004. "The power of 3-dimensional visualization and immersive virtual environments for improving lidar processing algorithms." In Proceedings of the ASPRS 2004 Annual Conference. Denver, CO. May 23-28.
• Sforza, P. 2003. "The biocomplexity of barley yellow dwarf disease." In Mathematical Modeling of the Spread of Agricultural Bioterrorism Agents – Summary of an Open Conference. Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee, National Intelligence Council. September 16-17, 2003. The MITRE Corporation, McClean, VA.

Grants and Awards:

• 2004-2007. Virginia Tech Summer Training Academy for Rising Students (VT-STARS). PI: Ed McPherson, Co-PIs: Phil Eisenhour and Peter Sforza. U.S. Department of Education. $397,460. Active 4/2004-10/2007.
• 2002-2005. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network – Virginia Diagnostic and Information Technology. PIs: Erik Stromberg and Peter Sforza. Subcontract through University of Florida, USDA-CSREES 2002-30001-12082. $44,000 in 2002-3; $36,000 in 2003-4.