Directory at the HPC²
Email
hathcock@gri.msstate.edu
Office
HPC 230-A
Phone
(662) 325-6768
Mailstop 9652
2 Research Blvd
Mississippi State, MS 39762
hathcock@gri.msstate.edu
Office
HPC 230-A
Phone
(662) 325-6768
Mailstop 9652
2 Research Blvd
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Lee Allen
Hathcock
Geosystems Research Institute
Data Acquisitions Coordinator
Curriculum Vitae not Provided
Hathcock
Geosystems Research Institute
Data Acquisitions Coordinator
Curriculum Vitae not Provided
Email
hathcock@gri.msstate.edu
Office
HPC 230-A
Phone
(662) 325-6768
Mailstop 9652
2 Research Blvd
Mississippi State, MS 39762
hathcock@gri.msstate.edu
Office
HPC 230-A
Phone
(662) 325-6768
Mailstop 9652
2 Research Blvd
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Biography
Lee Hathcock is a Mississippi State alumnus with a degree in Computer Engineering. He earned both his B.S. and M.S. degrees from MSU, and is currently working on a PhD under Dr. J.W. Bruce. He has taught labs for several years as a graduate student, including Embedded Systems, Microprocessors, and Intro to VLSI courses. He originally hails from Stewart, Mississippi.
2013 Winner of Research Support Award for Mississippi State University Centers and Institutes.
Current projects being worked on include:
2013 Winner of Research Support Award for Mississippi State University Centers and Institutes.
Current projects being worked on include:
- UAS operations, including piloting and payload design.
- Data handling for land cover classification project.
- Hyperspectral camera calibration routines (post-processing imagery to correct for spectral, spatial, and radiance calibration) for USDA aflatoxin detection project.
- Hurricane debris models, primarily involved in automated download and processing of all data associated with generating damage models associated with hurricane-force winds and rain intensity. Also tweaking the models to improve accuracy and speed of processing.
- Ph.D. Research (Satellite sensor network modeling)
Working on a simulator to model a satellite sensor network (similar to ad-hoc or wireless sensor networks, but applied in space to constellations of satellites). - Small Satellite project, primarily image processing in MATLAB, for creation of DMC satellite surface reflectance product by cross-correlation to MODIS data. Automation of MODIS processing through Python, effectively recreates what the IPOPP package does (written before the program was available to us, and still being used).
- Balloon tracking project. Work tangentially related to sensor network research with Dr. J.W. Bruce, using Python scripts to parse APRS radio packets received through a Yagi antenna, determine the position, and use a GS-232 antenna controller to keep tracking a balloon. Such a system could, to some degree, emulate a more ad-hoc nature satellite network.
Research Interest
Wireless Sensor Networks
System Modeling
Image Processing
Embedded Systems
Probability and Statistics
System Modeling
Image Processing
Embedded Systems
Probability and Statistics
Hobbies
Drawing (pencil/paper)
Basketball
Reading
Video Games
Writing
Basketball
Reading
Video Games
Writing
Selected Publications
Total Publications: 27
Farhad, M. M., Senyurek, V., Baray, S. B., McCraine, C., Hathcock, L. A., Adeli, A., Yanbo, H., Gurbuz, A., & Kurum, M. (2025). Integrating UAS-based GNSS-R, LiDAR, and Multispectral Data for Soil Moisture Estimation: Summary of Results from a Three-Year Long Field Campaign. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. IEEE. 1, 1-21. DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3580114. [Abstract] [Document Site]
Prince Czarnecki, J. M., Samiappan, S., & Hathcock, L. A. (2019). The Application of Structure from Motion Techniques in Late-season Corn Damage. In John V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision Agriculture '19. Montpellier, France: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 405-411. DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_50. [Abstract]
Samiappan, S., McCraine, C., Hathcock, L. A., Turnage, G., Pitchford, J., & Moorhead, R. J. (2019). Remote Sensing of Wildfire Using SUAS: Post-fire Mapping, Vegetation Recovery and Damage Analysis in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi. Drones. 3, 43-61. DOI:10.3390/drones3020043.
Prince Czarnecki, J. M., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Linhoss, A., Schauwecker, T. J., & Hathcock, L. A. (2019). Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Using Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Assessing Erosion. Mississippi Water Resources Conference. Jackson, MS. [Abstract]
Prince Czarnecki, J. M., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., & Hathcock, L. A. (2018). Structure from Motion with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Best Practices Guide for New Users. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [Document]
Prince Czarnecki, J. M., Samiappan, S., & Hathcock, L. A. (2019). The Application of Structure from Motion Techniques in Late-season Corn Damage. In John V. Stafford (Ed.), Precision Agriculture '19. Montpellier, France: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 405-411. DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_50. [Abstract]
Samiappan, S., McCraine, C., Hathcock, L. A., Turnage, G., Pitchford, J., & Moorhead, R. J. (2019). Remote Sensing of Wildfire Using SUAS: Post-fire Mapping, Vegetation Recovery and Damage Analysis in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi. Drones. 3, 43-61. DOI:10.3390/drones3020043.
Prince Czarnecki, J. M., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Linhoss, A., Schauwecker, T. J., & Hathcock, L. A. (2019). Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Using Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Assessing Erosion. Mississippi Water Resources Conference. Jackson, MS. [Abstract]
Prince Czarnecki, J. M., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., & Hathcock, L. A. (2018). Structure from Motion with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Best Practices Guide for New Users. Mississippi State University: Geosystems Research Institute. [Document]
