Jude Kastens
Research Assistant Professor
Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program (KARS)
Contact Information
Phone: 785-864-1519
Fax: 785-864-1534
E-mail: jkastens@ku.edu
Office: 123 Higuchi Hall
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Download: Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)
For .pdf files of Jude's publications, click here
Specialty: Statistics and numerical analysis
Background: Jude Kastens is a Research Assistant Professor at the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program (KARS). In 2008, he completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics, focusing on statistical cross validation and floodplain mapping. He received a M.A. in Mathematics in 1999, focusing on numerical analysis and signal processing, and has been employed at KARS since then. He received a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S.E. in Secondary Education from the University of Kansas in 1996. Jude also has over 12 years of experience working on the Kastens family farm in Rawlins County in northwest Kansas, and each summer goes back to help with the wheat harvest.
Current research interests: Jude works for the KARS program as a numerical analyst and all-purpose data modeler, and he has much experience working with MATLAB, ESRI ArcMap, and ERDAS Imagine software. The focus of Jude's work at KARS involves using remote sensing data for agricultural applications such as crop yield forecasting, but his responsibilities extend to database management, hydrologic modeling, land cover change detection, ecological modeling, and whatever else crosses his path.