To provide technical leadership and excellence for a renewable energy firm in the areas of GIS, data analysis and site analysis. I am skilled in communicating complex technical information and data to diverse audiences of individuals and groups who may be unfamiliar with the subject matter. Willing to work in a variety of environments and am able to perform a variety of office and field related work.
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Coastal Studies Institute
January 2007 - July 2007 Research Assistant/Remote Sensing Analyst
• Remote sensing and GIS technician for CSI and NOAA Multi-stress Barataria Basin, LA wetland project
• Remote sensing duties include endangered and at risk wetland identification, analysis, classification and image processing, and acquisition
• GIS duties include spectral analysis of wetland pixel characteristics, map, chart and table production, formatting and organizing data
School of Renewable Natural Resources
July 2006 - December 2006 Research Associate/GIS Analyst
• Remote sensing and GIS technician and analyst for the Louisiana Governor’s Office Science Working Group
• Remote sensing duties include forest canopy identification, canopy spectral analysis and classification, image processing and data acquisition
• In situ identification of cypress-tupelo forest canopy density and wetland species identification
• GIS duties include map production, formatting and data organization
Department of Geography and Anthropology
August 2004 - May 2006 Teaching Assistant
• Thesis research on parabolic dunes in Padre Island National Seashore and acquisition of sources for publication references
• Responsibilities include: office management, data organization and entry, digital data acquisition, and research fieldwork assistance
EDUCATION:
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
M.S. Geography 2007
University of Hawai’i at Manoa Honolulu, HI
B.A. Philosophy 1999
PRESENTATIONS and PUBLICATIONS:
• Association of American Geographers (AAG), Chicago 2006.
Poster: Spatial and Temporal Variations in Surf Related Ambulance Responses: Ocean City, MD 2000-2005.
• Discussion of: DELGADO, I. and LLOYD, G., 2004. A Simple Low Cost Method for One-Person Beach Profiling. Journal of Coastal Research, 20(4), 1246–1252. (Co-author)
FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
• Field team leader for NAVFAC-Atlantic Electrical Utility collection project and primary geodatabase engineer: San Diego, CA and Norfolk, VA: March 2008-present
Lake Verrett Region, Louisiana
• Project field assistant for Louisiana Governor’s Office Science Working Group, Lake Verrett region, Louisiana: Summer, Fall 2006
Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
• Project leader for parabolic dune geomorphology survey projects: June 2006, January 2007, February 2007; Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
• Project assistant for LSU Dept of Geography & Anthropology, surface moisture sediment transport experiments; Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Spring 2005
SOFTWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Erdas IMAGINE 9x Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis software
ESRI ArcMAP 9x, ArcINFO GIS and Mapping software
SOCET Set for ArcMAP
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Golden Software SURFER 8 Mapping and DEM software
Lakes Environmental WRPLOT Windrose software
Trimble Geo XH GPS system
Sokkia 30R Total Station
Topcon GPT 3000 Total Station
Microsoft Office Professional 2003, 2007
DHI Mike 21 Coastal modeling software
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