Vamshi Karanam

Teaching

Vamshi Karanam standing on pale limestone boulders in a canyon, below tall layered limestone cliffs, with sotol and shrubs around him and a blue sky above.
Devil’s Hall, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. The cliffs are part of the Permian Capitan Reef.

Courses at UA Little Rock

  • Earth and the Environment

    GEOL 11203, Fall 2026

    An introduction to how the Earth works: its materials, the processes that shape its surface, and the ways people depend on and alter the environment.

  • Earth and the Environment Lab

    GEOL 11201, Fall 2026

    The hands-on companion to the lecture: minerals and rocks, maps, and working with real environmental data.

  • GIS I

    GEOL 42104, Fall 2026

    A first course in geographic information systems: spatial data, map projections, analysis and cartography, taught through practical projects.

Earlier teaching

Southern Methodist University
Teaching assistant for remote sensing, GIS, radar and photogrammetry. Led a two-day Google Earth Engine workshop introducing students to large-scale geospatial analysis.
Leibniz University Hannover
Teaching assistant for SAR applications and geodesy.
IIT Roorkee
Teaching assistant for remote sensing and image interpretation.

Across these courses I designed hands-on labs in InSAR processing and in field surveying with GNSS and total stations.