Awards

Palmetto Pillars Technology Application Award - 2004.
Presented to S.C. DHEC - Division of Biostatics and Health GIS.
Recognized by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce for the development of the South Carolina Community Assessment Network (SCAN) and related applications

ESRI's Special Achievement in GIS - 2003   
Presented to S.C. DHEC - Division of Biostatistics and Health GIS

Source Water Assessment Program Special Achievement - 2003.
Presented to S.C. DHEC - Bureau of Water - Source Water Protection Program.
Recognized by EPA as 1st State in Region 4 to Complete Statutory Requirements
of the Safe Drinking Water Act - Source Water Protection Program.

Automation Process For Developing Vital Health Information
at Census Tract Level - 1998
Demonstration Project at the GIS in Public Health Conference
San Diego, California, August 18-20, 1998.

Vital Health and Census Data Integration System - 1998
Third Place in the AML Application Contest in the 18^th International ESRI User Conference
San Diego, California, July 27-30, 1998.

Linking Vital Health Statistics and Census Data Using Geographic Information System:
A Case Study of Teen Live Birth Rates - 1998
Best Project at the SC State Mapping Advisory Committee Biennial Conference
Columbia, South Carolina, January 28-29, 1998.

Publications  

• Hudson, M., G. Zhao and J. Shoultz. 2004. Spatially Enabling Public Health Information and Anaylsis. Book Chapter in "Measuring Up: Making the Business Case for GIS". ESRI Press. 2004
  
  
• Chandrashekar, H. 2002. Transforming Data into Spatial Information: An ArcIMS Application for Watershed Managers and TMDL Developers. Master's Practium. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
  
  
• Glover, J. and J. Eidson. 1999. The Effects of Land Use on Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in South Carolina. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society. Spring Vol. pp. 135-142.
  
  
• Liao, H., P. Laymon and K. Shull. 1999. Spatially Enabling Vital Health Data. ArcUser. April-June, 1999. pp 26-29.
  
  
• Liao, H., H. Wang and P. Laymon. 1999. Predicting Teen Live Birth Rates Using Selected Census-Derived Indicators, Lancaster County, South Carolina. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Vol. 5(2): 22-23.
  
  
• Zhao, G., Z. Qian, J. Eidson, P. Laymon, H. Liao, R. Devlin, D. MacPhail, S. Davis and D. Graves. 1999. Building a Shared and Integrated GIS for Supporting Environmental Decision Making. IN Proceedings of Environmental Problem Solving with GIS: An EPA's 1999 National Conference. September, 1999. Cincinnati, OH.
  
  
• Cockrell, K. 1998. Wetland Functional Evaluation: A GIS Based Approach For The 401 Certification Process. M.S. Thesis. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.
  
  
• Donohoe, A. and H. Liao. 1998. GIS Site Evaluation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Contamination of Fish in Lake Hartwell, South Carolina. IN Proceedings of GIS in Public Health Conference. August 18-20, 1998. San Diego, California.
  
  
• Liao, H., P. Laymon and K. Shull. 1998. Automation Process for Developing Vital Health Information at Census Tract Level. In Proceedings of ESRI International User Conference. July 27-31, 1998. San Diego, California.
  
  
• Liao, H., P. Laymon and K. Shull. 1998. Vital Health and Census Data Integration System. IN Proceedings of Urban and Regional Information System Association (URISA) Annual Conference. Washington, DC.
  
  
• Tufford, D., H. McKellar and J. Eidson. 1995. Use of a GIS Database in a Nonpoint Source Nutrient Loading Study of Lake Marion, South Carolina. IN Proceedings of Southeastern Lake Management Conference. March 30 - April 1, 1995. Charlotte, NC.
  
  
• Patel, A. 1995. Watershed Delineation: A GIS Based Approach Using DEM's. M.S. Thesis. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.