Great at What We Do

Program

• GIS Certificate Program
  In cooperation with several other departments at Iowa State, the community and regional planning department administers a comprehensive graduate certificate program in geographic information systems (GIS). Undergraduate students have access to the program's leading-edge GIS technology.
  
• GIS Short Courses
• Outreach studios
• Perry studio
• Waukee studio

Students

Research in the Capitol

• 2010: Joel Mendez, "Reverse Commuting: Its Effect on the Deterioration Rate of the Chicago Metropolitan Area Highway System"
• 2008: Bethany Wilcoxon, "The Corn Belt's Ethanol Plants: Do Locational Factors Matter?" Read more
  
• 2007: Kelly Delmonico, "Social Programs and the Needy: Is Allocation Equitable in Iowa?" Read more
  

Faculty

• NACDEP President-Elect
  Associate Professor Tim Borich is president-elect of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP). He will take office at the 2010 annual conference April 12-14, 2010, in Bloomington, Minn. Borich will serve as president of the organization in 2011, and past president in 2012.
• Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
  Department Chair Doug Johnston is the interim associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Design.
• Barclay Gibbs Jones Award
  Assistant Professor Gerardo Sandoval received the 2009 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). The award recognizes superior scholarship in a doctoral dissertation.
• APA Chapter Presidents Council Leadership Award for Chapter Professional Development Officer Recognition
  Assistant Professor and ISU Extension Specialist Gary Taylor received the Chapter Presidents Council 2008 Leadership Award for Chapter Professional Development Officer Recognition from the American Planning Association (APA). He was honored for his leadership and dedication to training the professional and citizen planners of Iowa.
• AICP Fellow
  Professor Riad Mahayni is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).