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Ming-Chih Hung,
Ph.D.
Associate
Professor
Department
of Geology/Geography
Northwest
Missouri State University
Garrett-Strong
Science Building 1337
800
University Drive
Maryville,
MO 64468
Phone:
(660) 562-1797
Fax: (660)
562-1055
Education and Professional
Experience [top]
A.
Education
M.S.,
Geography, 1996, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
B.S.,
Geography, 1993, National Taiwan University, Taipei,
Taiwan.
08/10 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU).
08/03 - 08/10, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU).
08/02 - 05/03, Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Utah.
09/96 - 07/03, GIS analyst, Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technologies (DIGIT) Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Utah.
09/92 - 11/93, Chief of Software Engineering and Tool-Developing Group, Cartography, Remote Sensing, and Land Use (CRSLU) Laboratory, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University.
02/91 - 07/94, Research assistant, Cartography, Remote Sensing, and Land Use Laboratory, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University.
Teaching [top]
Geog
32-660, Trends in GIS (online course).
Geog
32-640, GIS Customization (online course, developed and
taught).
Geog
32-601, GIScience Research Seminar (online course, developed and
taught).
Geog
32-563-12, Digital Image Processing (online course, developed and
taught).
Geog
32-563, Digital Image Processing (on campus course)
Geog
32-562-12, Digital Cartography and GeoVisualization (online course,
developed and taught).
Geog
32-562, Digital Cartography and GeoVisualization (on campus course,
developed/revised from 32-562, Advanced Cartography and
taught).
Geog
32-562, Advanced Cartography.
Geog
32-545, Principles of GIS (online course).
Geog
32-543, Applications of Remotely Sensed Data (online course, developed and
taught).
Geog
32-499, Geography Senior Seminar.
Geog
32-465, Introduction to Customized GIS (developed and
taught).
Geog
32-365, Geographic Information Systems.
Geog
32-207, GPS Fundamentals (developed and taught).
Geog
32-201, Maps and Map Interpretation.
Geog
32-101, Introduction to Geography.
Publications [top]
A. Books /
Chapters / Reviews / Monographs
Hung,
M.-C., Wu, Y.-H., Patton, J., 2009, Database Management System and
Interface for APEX, a final report submitted to Blackland Research and
Extension Center (BREC), Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
System, 49 pp (22 pp for user manual + 27 pp for final report).
Hung,
M.-C., 2009, Book review of “Topographic Mapping” by Dr. John N.
Hatzopoulos in Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol.75,
No.1, pp.11-12.
Hung,
M.-C., 2006, Current Research and Future Directions in the Application of
Remote Sensing to Human Settlements (Ed.), In Manual of Remote Sensing,
3rd Ed., Vol. 5: Remote Sensing of Human Settlements, M.K. Ridd and J.D.
Hipple, (Ed.), pp.673-712, (Bethesda, Maryland: ASPRS: American Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2006).
B.
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Wu, Y.-H. & Hung, M.-C., 2010, Non-Connective Linear Cartograms for Mapping Traffic Conditions, Cartographic Perspectives, Vol.65, pp.33-50.
Hung, M.-C., 2009, Describing Urban Land Covers Using the V-I-S (Vegetation-Impervious Surface-Soil) Model: Modeling Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Area, Journal of Geographic Research, Vol.50, pp.67-91.
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H., 2005, Mapping and Visualizing the Great Salt Lake
Landscape Dynamics Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images, 1972-1996,
International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.26, No.9,
pp.1815-1834.
Hung,
M.-C. & Ridd, M.K., 2002, A Sub-pixel Classifier for Urban Land Cover
Mapping Based on a Maximum Likelihood Approach and Expert System Rules,
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol.68, No.11,
pp.1173-1180.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Miller, H.J. & Hung, M.-C., 2001, A GIS-Based Decision Support
System for Analysis of Route Choice in Congested Urban Road Networks,
Journal of Geographical Systems, Vol.3, No.1,
pp.3-24.
C.
Conference Proceedings
Hung, M.-C. & Duckworth, R.P. & Wu, Y.-H. & Patton, J., 2010, GIS Database Design for APEX Model, Proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2010 Annual Conference, April 26-30, 2010, San Diego, CA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Germaine, K., 2008, Delineating Impervious Surfaces Utilizing
High-Spatial Resolution Multispectral Imagery and LiDAR Data, Proceedings
of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2008
Annual Conference, Apr. 28 – May 2, 2008, Portland, OR,
USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Wolf, E., 2008, Mapping Cemeteries with Balloon Aerial
Photography, Proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2008 Annual Conference, Apr. 28 – May 2, 2008,
Portland, OR, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2006, Character Maps from Classified Satellite Images, Proceedings
of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2006
Annual Conference, May 1-5, 2006, Reno, NV, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2005, Modeling Urban Land Cover from TM Imagery, Proceedings of the
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 43rd Annual
Conference, Oct. 9-12, 2005, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H., 2005, Time Dependent Shortest Path on Urban
Transportation Network, Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information
Systems Association (URISA) 43rd Annual Conference, Oct. 9-12, 2005,
Kansas City, MO, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2005, Remote Sensing for Urban Environmental Modeling, Proceedings
of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2005
Annual Conference, Mar. 7-11, 2005, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2004, Subpixel Analysis of Urban Land Cover from TM Imagery,
Proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS) 2004 Annual Conference, May 23-28, 2004, Denver, CO,
USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2002, Urban Land Cover Analysis from Satellite Images, Proceedings
of the Pecora 15 Conference, Nov. 10-15, 2002, Denver, CO,
USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2001, Using the V-I-S Model to Analyze Urban Environments from TM
Imagery, Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems
Association (URISA) 2001 Annual Conference, Oct. 20-24, 2001, Long Beach,
CA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Ridd, M.K., 2001, Development of a Supervised Classifier for
Subpixel Remote Sensing, Proceedings of the IEEE 2001 International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2001), Vol. 4,
pp.1892-1894, Jul. 9-13, 2001, Sydney, NSW,
Australia.
Hung,
M.-C. & Gault, G. & Wu, Y.-H., 2000, Mapping and Monitoring Great
Salt Lake Dynamics 1972 - 1996, Proceedings of the American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2000 Annual Conference, May
22-26, 2000, Washington, DC, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Ridd, M.K., 2000, Development of a Classifier for TM Images to
Extract Component Percentage Information on Urban Areas, Proceedings of
the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2000
Annual Conference, May 22-26, 2000, Washington, DC,
USA.
Miller,
H.J. & Wu, Y.-H. & Hung, M.-C., 1999, GIS-Based Dynamic Traffic
Congestion Modeling to Support Time-Critical Logistics, Proceedings of the
Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, Jan. 5-8, 1999, Maui,
HI, USA. (peer-reviewed).
Chu, T.H.
& Hung, M.-C., 1994, Establishing a Digital Database for 1/50000
Topographic Maps through Scanning, Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on
Survey in Theories and Applications (in Chinese), Sep. 1994, HsinChu,
Taiwan.
Hung,
M.-C., 1993, DTM Viewshed Analysis -- Based on Visual Management,
Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Survey in Theories and Applications
(in Chinese), Sep. 1993, Jhongli, Taiwan.
D.
Conference / Professional Presentations
Hung, M.-C. & Patton, J. & Wu, Y.-H. & Hoffman, D. & Wolfe, J., 2010, Nitrates in Groundwater, A Forty Year Northwest Missouri Assessment, presented at the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) 2010 Annual Conference, Jul. 18-21, 2010, St. Louis, MO, USA.
DiBiase, D. & Wu, Y.-H. & Hung, M.-C. & Harvey, F. & Wilson, J. & Anderson, S. & Fisher, T. & Drews, P. & Solem, M. & Flewelling, D. & Marshall, W., 2010, Community of Professional Graduate Programs in GIS&T Panel Session, Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2010 Annual Meeting, Apr. 14-18, 2010, Washington, D.C., USA.
Wu, Y.-H. & Duckworth, R.P. & Hung, M.-C. & Patton, J., 2010, Graphic User Interface Design to Integrate GIS and APEX Model, Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2010 Annual Meeting, Apr. 14-18, 2010, Washington, D.C., USA.
Hung, M.-C. & Royal, K., 2010, Comparisons of Commercial Geospatial Publishing Tools, Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2010 Annual Meeting, Apr. 14-18, 2010, Washington, D.C., USA.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Hung, M.-C. & Chu, T.-H., 2009, High Spatial Resolution Aerial
Photos to Assess Subpixel Classification Accuracy of Formosat-2 Image,
Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 105th Annual
Meeting, Mar. 22-27, 2009, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H. & Patton, J.J., 2009, Adaption of Commercial
Digital Cameras to Capture Close-Range Multispectral Images, Presented at
the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 105th Annual Meeting, Mar.
22-27, 2009, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H. and Patton, J., 2009, Commercial Digital Cameras and
Near Infrared Images, Presented at 12th Biennial State of Missouri GIS
Conference, Feb. 16-18, 2009, Osage Beach, MO, USA.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Hung, M.-C., 2009, Changes of Urban Land Cover Composition Through
Space and Time from Remote Sensing, Presented at 12th Biennial State of
Missouri GIS Conference, Feb. 16-18, 2009, Osage Beach, MO, USA.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Hung, M.-C., 2009, Modeling Dynamic Traffic Conditions with GIS,
Presented at 12th Biennial State of Missouri GIS Conference, Feb. 16-18,
2009, Osage Beach, MO, USA.
Duckworth,
R. & Hung, M.-C. & Patton, J., 2009, Field Level Hydrology and
Terrain Management Assessment Tool, Spring 2009 Seminar Series, Blackland
Research and Extension Center, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M
University System, Feb. 10, 2009, Temple, TX, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2008, Detecting Urban Land Cover Composition from Satellite Images,
Presented at the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research Spring 2008
Seminar Series, National Central University, May 21, 2008, Jhongli,
Taiwan. (invited).
Hung,
M.-C., 2008, Detecting Urban Land Cover Composition from Satellite Images,
Presented at the Department of Computer Science and Information
Engineering Spring 2008 Graduate Seminar Series, National Taiwan
University of Science and Technology, May 19, 2008, Taipei, Taiwan.
(invited).
Patton, J.
& Hung, M.-C., 2008, Using Spatial Technologies to Improve Energy
Innovation and Environmental Quality in the Rural Midwest, Presented to
U.S. Senator Bond’s Office (R-MO) representative for State Appropriation
Funding, May 5, 2008, Maryville, MO, USA. (invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H. & Chu, T.-H., 2008, Formosat-2 Image to Estimate
Urban Land Cover in Taipei, Taiwan, Presented at the Association of
American Geographers (AAG) 104th Annual Meeting, Apr. 15-19, 2008, Boston,
MA, USA.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Hung, M.-C., 2008, A Simple Aerial Photo Database Query Interface to
Facilitate Ground Truth Assessment, Presented at the Association of
American Geographers (AAG) 104th Annual Meeting, Apr. 15-19, 2008, Boston,
MA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Germaine, K., 2008, Delineating Impervious Surfaces Utilizing
High-Spatial Resolution Multispectral Imagery and LiDAR Data, Presented at
the Kansas City ArcInfo Users Group Meeting, Mar. 11, 2008, Liberty, MO,
USA. (invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wolf, E., 2008, Mapping Cemeteries with Balloon Aerial
Photography, Presented at the Kansas City ArcInfo Users Group Meeting,
Mar. 11, 2008, Liberty, MO, USA. (invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H., 2007, Character maps and fieldwork, Presented at
the North American Cartography Information Society (NACIS) Annual Meeting,
Oct. 10 - 13, 2007, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2007, GIScience on Environmental Problems and Disaster Responses,
Presented at the Department of Geography Spring 2007 Seminar Series,
National Taiwan Normal University, May 9, 2007, Taipei, Taiwan.
(invited).
Butterworth,
E. & Singh, R. & Backe, K., & Hung, M.-C., 2007, Geographers’
Role and Working in Geospatial Interoperability Standards Panel Session,
Association of American Geographers (AAG) 103rd Annual Meeting, Apr.
17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA. (invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H. & DiBiase, D. & Drews, P. & Johnson, L.
& Phoenix, M. & Wilson, J. & Wright, D. & Wolf, E., 2007,
Distance Learning and GIScience Panel Session, Association of American
Geographers (AAG) 103rd Annual Meeting, Apr. 17-21, 2007, San Francisco,
CA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Harper, E., 2007, Web-Based GIS from Commercial Software or
Open-Source Software, Presented at the Association of American Geographers
(AAG) 103rd Annual Meeting, Apr. 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA,
USA.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Hung, M.-C., 2007, Spatial Interpolation of Soil pH Readings from
Farmland, Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 103rd
Annual Meeting, Apr. 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA,
USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2006, Use of Character Maps on GPS/Remote Sensing Fieldwork,
Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 102nd Annual
Meeting, Mar. 7-11, 2006, Chicago, IL, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2005, TM Imagery for Urban Environmental Modeling, Presented at the
Association of American Geographers (AAG) 101st Annual Meeting, Apr. 5-9,
2005, Denver, CO, USA.
Wu, Y.-H.,
& Hung, M.-C., 2005, Dynamic Shortest Path on Urban Transportation
Network, Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 101st
Annual Meeting, Apr. 5-9, 2005, Denver, CO, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2004, TM Imagery for Urban Land Cover Analysis, Presented at the
Association of American Geographers (AAG) 100th Annual Meeting, Mar.
14-19, 2004, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2004, Geo-Visualization, Presented at the Department of
Geology/Geography Spring 2004 Seminar Series, Northwest Missouri State
University, Mar. 11, 2004, Maryville, MO, USA.
(invited).
Miller,
H.J. & Wu, Y.-H. & Hung, M.-C., 2003, A GIS Toolkit for Assessing
Vulnerability to Transportation Network Disruption, Presented at the
Association of American Geographers (AAG) 99th Annual Meeting, Mar. 4-8,
2003, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C., 2002, Urbanization Analysis from Multi-Temporal TM Imagery,
Presented at the Utah Geographical Society (UGS) 18th Annual Fall Meeting,
Oct. 18, 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (invited).
Miller,
H.J. & Wu, Y.-H. & Hung, M.-C., 2001, GIS-Based Dynamic
Transportation Congestion Network Modeling, Presented at the 2001 Annual
Meeting of the Utah Geographic Information Council (UGIC), Sep. 27-28,
2001, Park City, UT, USA. (invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H. & McNeally, P., 2001, Monitoring and Visualizing
the Great Salt Lake Water Level and Wetland Areas Using Satellite Images
1972 - 1996, Presented at the Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)
2001 Remote Sensing Workshop, Jun. 19, 2001, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
(invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H. & Gault, G., 2000, Visualization of Great Salt
Lake Dynamics from Satellite Images, Presented at the Association of
American Geographers (AAG) 96th Annual Meeting, Apr. 4-8, 2000,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Wu, Y.-H.
& Hung, M.-C., 2000, Visualization of Transportation Network Dynamics,
Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 96th Annual
Meeting, Apr. 4-8, 2000, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Hung,
M.-C. & Gault, G., 1999, Visualizing the Dynamic Character of Great
Salt Lake, Presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Utah Geographic
Information Council (UGIC), Sep. 22-24, 1999, Snowbird, UT, USA.
(invited).
Hung,
M.-C. & Wu, Y.-H., 1999, Visualization of Landscape Change by Remotely
Sensed Data, Presented at the International Association for Landscape
Ecology (IALE) 5th World Congress, Jul. 29 - Aug. 3, 1999, Snowmass, CO,
USA.
Ridd, M.K.
& Hung, M.-C. & Gluch, R.R., 1999, Modeling the Urban-Rural
Gradient through Remote Sensing Using a V-I-S Model, Presented at the
International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) 5th World Congress,
Jul. 29 - Aug. 3, 1999, Snowmass, CO, USA.
Miller,
H.J. & Wu, Y.-H. & Hung, M.-C., 1998, GIS-Based Dynamic Congestion
Modeling: Examples from the Salt Lake Metropolitan Region, Presented at
The 11th Annual Geographic Information Systems for Transportation
Symposium, Apr. 20-22, 1998, Salt Lake City, UT,
USA.
E. Poster Competition Reports / Presentations
Hung, M.-C., 2010, Winning Posters from Northwest Missouri State University 2009 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition, Presented at the St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Regional Meeting, Jun. 17, 2010, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Hung, M.-C., 2010, Winning Posters from Northwest Missouri State University 2009 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition, Presented at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2010 Annual Conference, April 26-30, 2010, San Diego, CA, USA.
Hung, M.-C., 2009, Winning Posters from Northwest Missouri State University 2008 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition, Presented at the St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Regional Meeting, Jun. 18, 2009, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Hung, M.-C., 2009, Winning Posters from Northwest Missouri State University 2008 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition, Presented at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2009 Annual Conference, Mar. 8-13, 2009, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hung, M.-C., 2008, Winning Posters from Northwest Missouri State University 2007 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition, Presented at the St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Regional Meeting, Jun. 12, 2008, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Hung, M.-C., 2007, Winning Posters from Northwest Missouri State University 2006 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition, Presented at the St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Regional Meeting, Sep. 6, 2007, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Grants and Projects
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United Stated Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Using Remote Sensing to Detect Stream Sediment Footprints around Road Crossings, Principal Investigator, $5,000.00 (2010-2011).
United
Stated Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), A
Pilot Study for an Early Detection and Warning System for Invasive Plants
in Aquatic Environments using Remote Sensing, Principal Investigator, with
two other co-PIs: Drs. Yi-Hwa Wu and Jamie Patton (NWMSU), $13,000.00
(2009-2010).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Measure the Changes in Well Water Quality in
Nodaway County between 1970 and 2010, Co-Principal Investigator, PI: Dr.
Yi-Hwa Wu, and one other co-PI: Dr. Jamie Patton (NWMSU), $3,400.00
(2009-2010).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Surveying Well Water Quality in Nodaway County,
Principal Investigator, with two other co-PIs: Drs. Yi-Hwa Wu and Jamie
Patton (NWMSU), $1,150.00 (2009-2010).
United
States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
(USDA-NRCS) subcontract through Blackland Research and Extension Center
(BREC), Texas AgriLIFE Research, Texas A&M University System, Database
Management System and Interface for APEX, Principal Investigator, with two
other co-PIs: Drs. Yi-Hwa Wu and Jamie Patton (NWMSU), $40,516.00
(2008-2009).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Using Color-Infrared Photography to Create
Color Vision Impairment Friendly Character Maps, Principal Investigator,
with one other co-PI: Dr. Yi-Hwa Wu (NWMSU), $2,282.00
(2008-2009).
St. Louis
Region and Central Region, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (ASPRS), ASPRS Special Award, Greater Kansas City Science
& Engineering Fair, Principal Investigator, approximately $650.00 each
year (ongoing project, 2008 - present).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Creating a Kansas City digital aerial photo
database, co- Principal Investigator, PI: Dr. Yi-Hwa Wu (NWMSU), $2,817.00
($1,200.00 in 2007-2008, $1,617.00 in 2007-2008).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Adapting commercial digital cameras to capture
multi-spectral images, Principal Investigator, with two other co-PIs: Drs.
Yi-Hwa Wu and Jamie Patton (NWMSU), $4,413.00 ($2,800.00 in 2007-2008,
$1,613.00 in 2008-2009).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Purchase of LiDAR data for topography related
applications in the MS in GIScience curriculum, co- Principal
Investigator, PI: Dr. Yi-Hwa Wu (NWMSU), $3,600.00 (2006-2008).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Subpixel classification technology for Taiwan
land cover composition, Principal Investigator, one quarter release in
Spring 2007 and $246.00 (2006-2007, collaboration with Dr. Tzu-How Chu,
Department of Geography, National Taiwan University).
St. Louis
Region, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS), Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster Competition,
Principal Investigator, approximately $1,250.00 each year (ongoing
project, 2006 - present).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Interpolation of soil and plant spatial
variability to promote site specific management strategies at the R.T.
Wright University Farm, Co-Principal Investigator, PI: Dr. Jamie Patton,
and one other co-PI: Dr. Thomas Zweifel (NWMSU), $6,152.00 ($5,027.00 in
2005-2008, $1,125.00 in 2007).
Northwest
Missouri State University, A GIS based transportation movement control
training simulator, Co-Principal Investigator, PI: Dr. Mark Corson, and
three other co-PIs: Drs. Gregory Haddock, Patricia Drews, Yi-Hwa Wu
(NWMSU), $7,630.00 (2005-2007).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Using remote sensing technology to monitor
temporal changes in crop health and growth at the R.T. Wright University
Farm, Principal Investigator, with one other co-PI: Dr. Jamie Patton
(NWMSU), $6,168.00 (2004-2006).
Northwest
Missouri State University, Using GIS (Geographic Information System) and
remote sensing to help students understand the local environment and
environmental changes, Principal Investigator, $5,173.00
(2003-2005).
U.S.
Department of Transportation, University Center for Research on the use of
geospatial technologies in transportation related hazards and disaster
assessment, Research Assistant (2002-2003).
Tohono
O'odham Nation, Characterizing vegetation species and land cover types in
the Tohono O’odham Nation,
Research Assistant (2002-2003).
The
University of Utah, Developing departmental GIS online course, Research
Assistant/Co-PI, $3,000.00 (2001-2002).
State of
Utah, Creating Jordanelle Reservation Area aerial photograph database,
Research Assistant (2001-2002).
Utah
County, Utah, Creating Utah Lake aerial photograph database, Research
Assistant (2000-2001).
The
University of Utah, Developing interactive campus query system, Research
Assistant (2000-2001).
Aerial
Photography Field Office, Utah, Developing Salt Lake Valley aerial
photograph query system, Research Assistant
(1999-2000).
Ute Tribe,
Utah, Creating Ute Tribe aerial photograph database, Research Assistant
(1999-2000).
Utah
Reclamation, Mitigation, and Conservation Commission, Monitoring and
visualizing Great Salt Lake dynamics, Research Assistant
(1999-2001).
Evans
& Sutherland Inc., Creating Compressed Arc Digitized Raster Graphic
(CADRG) data from vector topography maps, Research Assistant
(1998-2000).
Evans
& Sutherland Inc., Creating vector topography maps by Map Production
System, Research Assistant (1998-2000).
University
of Utah, Measuring space-time accessibility benefits within transportation
networks: basic theory and computational procedures, Research Assistant
(1998-1999).
Casper
City, Wyoming, Creating Casper City geodetic database, Research Assistant
(1997-1998).
The
Military Traffic Management Command – Transportation Engineering Agency,
Implementing dynamic traffic assignment for urban transportation, Research
Assistant (1997-1998).
Evans
& Sutherland Inc., Developing the Front-end Terrain Tool, Research
Assistant (1996-1997).
Council of
Agriculture Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Monitoring the changing condition and
disturbance of sloping land by remote sensing, Research Assistant
(1993-1994).
Ministry
of the Interior, Taiwan, Initializing the National Geographic Information
System integration plan, Research Assistant
(1993-1994).
Department
of Defense, Taiwan, Integrating and building military geographic
information systems, Research Assistant (1992-1994).
Aero-Survey
Department for Agriculture and Forest, Taiwan, Developing large-scale
topographic maps and establishing an aerial photograph database, Research
Assistant (1991-1993).
Ministry
of the Interior, Taiwan, Developing a topographic map management system,
Research Assistant (1991-1992).
Services [top]
Manuscript
reviewer and Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Planning and
Development.
Manuscript
reviewer, International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
Manuscript
reviewer, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.
Grant
proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF).
07/10 Host, GIScience Social Gathering – St. Louis 2010 Summer, St. Louis, MO.
07/10 Reviewer and Evaluator, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Ten Year Industry Forecast survey questionnaire.
06/10 – 02/11 Chair, Poster Session, 2011 Missouri GIS Conference, Feb. 14-16, 2011, Osage Beach, MO, USA.
06/10 – 06/11 President, St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
04/10 Moderator, Data Processing and Analysis: Data Visualization I Technical Session, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2010 Annual Meeting, April 26-30, 2010, San Diego, CA, USA.
04/10 Chair, Community of Professional Graduate Programs in GIS&T Panel Session, Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2010 Annual Meeting, April 14-18, 2010, Washington, D.C., USA.
01/10 - 10/10 Judge, URISA 2010 Student Paper Competition, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 2010 Annual Conference, Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2010, Orlando, FL, USA.
01/10 -
03/10, Organizer, Judge, and Award Presenter, American Society for
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Special Award, 59th Greater
Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, March 24-27, 2010, Kansas City,
MO, USA.
08/09 – 05/10, Member, International Studies and Programs
Committee, Northwest Missouri State University.
03/09 –
present, Member, Missouri GIS Advisory Committee (MGISAC).
01/09 -
11/09, Organizer and Judge, 2009 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster
Competition, Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State
University and St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry &
Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
01/09 -
10/09, Judge, URISA 2009 Student Paper Competition, Urban and Regional
Information Systems Association (URISA) 2009 Annual Conference, Sep. 29 -
Oct. 2, 2009, Anaheim, CA, USA.
01/09 -
04/09, Organizer, Judge, and Award Presenter, American Society for
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Special Award, 58th Greater
Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, April 1-4, 2009, Kansas City,
MO, USA.
09/08 -
08/09, Chair, Graduate Council, Northwest Missouri State
University.
02/08 –
11/08, Organizer and Judge, 2008 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster
Competition, Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State
University and St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry &
Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
01/08 -
10/08, Judge, URISA 2008 Student Paper Competition, Urban and Regional
Information Systems Association (URISA) 2008 Annual Conference, Oct. 7-10,
2008, New Orleans, LA, USA.
11/07 –
present, Person of Contact, Use of Formosat-2 satellite images for
Northwest Missouri State University educational and research activities,
Northwest Missouri State University Department of Geology/Geography (NWMSU
G/G), National Taiwan Normal University Formosat-2 Image Application and
Distribution Center (NTNU FS-2), and Taiwan National Space Organization
(NSPO).
09/07 –
04/08, Organizer, Judge, and Award Presenter, American Society for
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Special Award, 57th Greater
Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, April 2-5, 2008, Kansas City,
MO, USA.
09/07 –
05/08, Member, Research Committee, Northwest Missouri State
University.
09/07 –
05/10, Member, Graduate Council, Northwest Missouri State
University.
05/07 -
08/07, Judge, URISA 2007 Student Paper Competition, Urban and Regional
Information Systems Association (URISA) 2007 Annual Conference, Aug.
20-23, 2007, Washington DC, USA.
04/07 –
11/07, Organizer and Judge, 2007 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster
Competition, Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State
University and St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry &
Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
02/07,
Member, Department Scholarship 2007-2008 Application Review Committee,
Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State University.
09/06 –
04/07, Organizer (with Dr. Yi-Hwa Wu) and Chair, Distance Learning and
GIScience Panel Session, Association of American Geographers (AAG) 103rd
Annual Meeting, Apr. 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA,
USA.
04/06 –
11/06, Organizer and Judge, 2006 Geography Awareness Week/GIS Day Poster
Competition, Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State
University and St. Louis Region, American Society for Photogrammetry &
Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
01/06,
Supervisor, Road Scholar event, 2006 Junior High Science Olympiad,
Northwest Missouri State University.
01/05,
Supervisor, Road Scholar event, 2005 Junior High Science Olympiad,
Northwest Missouri State University.
09/04 –
10/06, Person of Contact, Creation of an intellectual minor in Precision
Agriculture between Departments of Geology/Geography and Agriculture
(collaboration with Dr. Jamie Patton, Person of Contact in the Department
of Agriculture), Northwest Missouri State
University.
09/04 –
04/06, Member, Research Committee, Northwest Missouri State
University.
01/04,
Supervisor, Road Scholar event, 2004 Junior High Science Olympiad,
Northwest Missouri State University.
01/04 –
present, Webmaster, Department homepage, Department of Geology/Geography,
Northwest Missouri State University.
09/92 -
06/93, Head of senior class, Department of Geography, National Taiwan
University.
02/90 -
09/90, Editor of newsletter, Mountain-Hiking Club, National Taiwan
University.
09/89 -
06/93, Guide for mountain-hiking, Mountain-Hiking Club, National Taiwan
University.
09/89 -
06/93, Assistant Guide for rock-climbing, Mountain-Hiking Club, National
Taiwan University.
Graduate Students [top]
Master’s
thesis committee chair: 17
Master’s
thesis committee member: 27
Additional
Master’s comp exam committee member: 2
Graduate
student curriculum advisor: 23
Undergraduate
major advisor: 4
A.
Finished Theses (As Thesis Advisor)
Paul, Nathan; 2009; Creating a User-friendly Multiple Disaster Natural Disaster Database with a Functioning Display Using Google Mapping Systems.
Riley, Melanie; 2009; Automated Detection of Prehistoric Conical Burial Mounds From LIDAR Bare-Earth Digital Elevation Models (awarded Honorable Mention, 2010 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools, MAGS Distinguished Master’s Thesis Awards)
Royal, Kevin; 2009; Evaluating and Comparing Digital Geospatial Publishing Tools.
Germaine, Kreh; 2007; An Automated Methodology for the Identification of Impervious Surfaces from High Spatial Resolution Multispectral Imagery and LiDAR.
Harper, Erik; 2006; Open-Source Technologies in Web-Based GIS and Mapping.
Salyer, Melanie; 2006; An Evaluation of the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining, Flat Gap, Pound, Wise County, Virginia as Case Study.
Wolf, Eric; 2006; Low-Cost Large Scale Aerial Photography and the Upland South Folk Cemetery.
B.
Finished Theses (As Committee Member)
Cervantes, Danielle, 2009, Using GIS to Create an Interactive GeoPDF Mapbook for the Big Island of Hawaii.
Fisher, Bradley, 2009, Spatial-Temporal GIS Modeling of the Relationship between Precipitation and Streamflow.
Peterson, Deborah, 2009, An Interactive GIS Map of Autism Resources in Missouri.
Banker, Samantha, 2008, Utilizing Geographic Information Systems to Identify Potential Lahar Pathways in Proximity to Cascade Stratovolcanoes.
Chapkowski, Andrew, 2008, Geographical Distribution of Pediobius foveolatus in New Jersey Soybean Fields to Control the Mexican Bean Beetle Population.
Peterson, Dirk, 2008, Using Large Scale Aerial Images for 3D Visualizations.
Wood, Nathan, 2008, Woody Corridor Levee Protection Along the Missouri River: Mapping Areas That Can Benefit.
Lynch, Chad, 2007, Examining the Relationship between Property Value and Urban Sprawl in Canyon County, Idaho.
Addison, Aaron, 2006, ArcGIS Geodatabase Data Model for Cave Science.
Selk, Andrew, 2006, Implementing a Geographic Information System to Identify Suitable Monitoring Station Locations on Protected Small Streams in Wisconsin.
VerBrugge, Lydia, 2006, Depth of Soil in the Goss-Gasconade-Rock Outcrop Complex in Callaway County, Missouri Using the Soil Land Inference Model (SoLIM).
C.
Ongoing Thesis Research (As Thesis Advisor)
Carlson, Richard; Efficacy of Using Normalized Intensity Values of Panchromatic Imagery for Change Detection Analysis (or the limits of the utility of incoherent change detection).
Crawford, Davie; Implementing a Utility Geographic Information System for Water, Sewer, and Electric.
Crook, Benjamin; Using LiDAR Data to Predict Waterfall Locations on Stream Networks.
Cook, Wendy (Evans, Wendy); Determining the Most At Risk Areas and People Affected by Hurricane Damage in Galveston, Texas.
Garcia, Andy; The Influence of Neogeography on GIS.
Jeffers, David; An Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change over Time in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.
Lowery, Karen; Visualizing a Changing Ecosystem; a GIS Case Study of the Mesopotamia Marshlands, Iraq.
Nguyen, Chau; A pilot study for collaborative mapping and dynamic web GIS applications.
Pieper, John; Application of GIS in the Establishment of a Wildfire Evacuation Trigger Buffer in the Rafter J/ King Mountain Estates Residential Subdivision, Durango, Colorado.
Rhoads, Michael; Using Landsat Imagery and a Supervised Classification Methodology for Monitoring Land Cover Change in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Affiliations [top]
01/09 –
present, Member, Missouri Academy of Science (MAS).
01/07 –
present, Member, North American Cartographic Information Society
(NACIS).
09/06 –
present, Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU, the International Geography Honor
Society); 09/06 – 04/09,
Academic advisor, Zeta Theta Chapter, Northwest Missouri State University.
06/05 –
present, Member, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
(URISA); 02/06 – 10/07,
Member, Publications Committee.
09/03 –
present, Member, Association of American Geographers
(AAG).
06/99 -
05/00, Member, International Association for Landscape Ecology
(IALE).
10/96 –
present, Member, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
(ASPRS); 06/05 – 06/09,
Member, Board of Director, St. Louis Region; 06/09 – 06/12, Vice
President, President, and Past President, St. Louis Region.
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