An interdisciplinary team, including MGIS faculty members Steven Manson and Shashi Shekhar, has been awarded a five-year, $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to boost understanding of population-environment relationships on a global scale. The project, Terra Populus, is a collaboration of the Minnesota Population Center, the Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota Libraries, and faculty from the College of Liberal Arts and College of Science and Engineering, as well as Columbia University and the University of Michigan. For more information, see the University's news release on the Terra Populus project.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
David DiBiase delivers 5th Annual Borchert Lecture
David DiBiase, Director of Education at ESRI, gave the fifth annual Borchert Lecture, which honors the late John Borchert, University of Minnesota Regents Professor in Geography and member of the U.S. National Academy of Science. His lecture titled Ways Forward for GIS&T Education was inspired by a forthcoming book, Teaching GIS&T, co-edited with David Unwin, Kenneth Foote, and Nicholas Tate. David DiBiase leads the Education Team within Esri's Industry Solutions group. The Team promotes and supports GIS use to enrich teaching and learning in formal and informal settings, domestically and internationally. Before joining Esri, David founded and led the Penn State Online GIS Certificate and Masters degree programs. He served as lead editor of the U.S. Department of Labor's Geospatial Technology Competency Model and UCGIS's GIS&T Body of Knowledge. From 1998-2003, as a member of URISA's Certification Committee, David helped design the criteria by which the GIS Certification Institute has awarded its "GIS Professional" credential to nearly 5,000 practitioners. He served as GISCI president from 2010-11.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Harvey, Manson, Bauer, Shekhar and others Secure University-wide I-3 Award
Francis Harvey along with co-investigators Marvin Bauer (Forest Resources), Jonathan Foley (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior), Steve Manson (Geography), Steve Ruggles (MN Population Center/History) and Shashi Shekhar (Computer Science) have been awarded a $2.5 million Infrastructure Investment Initiative (I-3) award for their U-Spatial Initiative over the 2012-2017 period. Visit the U-Spatial web site to learn more about this campus-wide initiative in spatial science.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
2011 MGIS Student Recognition
Congratulations to several MGIS students who were the recipients of awards in 2011. Jessica Campbell, Heather Hegi and Alphonce Nicholaus were awarded 2011 ESRI User Conference Student Assistantships. Michael Lau received an ESRI Summer Internship and will be working for the Technical Marketing unit. These awards are very competitive and securing one is a high achievement.
Each year a student is recognized as the Outstanding Student of the Year for our local ESRI Development Center. The 2011 recipient is Tony Monsour.
Our students continued to shine at the 2011 ESRI User Conference in San Diego including being recipients of Map Gallery Awards. Kody Thurnau won one of three awards given out by the Cartography Special Interest group and he took First Place in the category of Single Map Product-Large Format Press Copy for his Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Bike Map.
Jessica Campbell was the recipient of the 2011 UMN Minnesota GIS/LIS Scholarship Graduate Award for her research project "Image Classification of Aquatic Emergent Vegetation Using RGB Clustering and Image Segmentation." Garrett Bing, B.S. in Geography, was the recipient of the same scholarship in the undergraduate category. Jessica went on to win second place in the Graduate Student paper competition and best poster in the poster session at the Fall 2011 Minnesota GIS/LIS Conference in early October.
Finally, congratulations to our twenty-five 2011 graduates! For a detailed listing, visit the MGIS graduates page.
Each year a student is recognized as the Outstanding Student of the Year for our local ESRI Development Center. The 2011 recipient is Tony Monsour.
Our students continued to shine at the 2011 ESRI User Conference in San Diego including being recipients of Map Gallery Awards. Kody Thurnau won one of three awards given out by the Cartography Special Interest group and he took First Place in the category of Single Map Product-Large Format Press Copy for his Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Bike Map.
Jessica Campbell was the recipient of the 2011 UMN Minnesota GIS/LIS Scholarship Graduate Award for her research project "Image Classification of Aquatic Emergent Vegetation Using RGB Clustering and Image Segmentation." Garrett Bing, B.S. in Geography, was the recipient of the same scholarship in the undergraduate category. Jessica went on to win second place in the Graduate Student paper competition and best poster in the poster session at the Fall 2011 Minnesota GIS/LIS Conference in early October.
Finally, congratulations to our twenty-five 2011 graduates! For a detailed listing, visit the MGIS graduates page.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
DiBiase Named as ESRI's Director of Education
Current MGIS Advisory Board Member, David DiBiase, has been appointed as ESRI's Director of Education in the Industrial Solutions division. He is an internationally recognized leader in GIS education and has a long list of accomplishments and contributions to the field. His advice and insights along with the other distinguished MGIS Advisory Board Members have helped to make the MGIS program a success.
Friday, January 21, 2011
2011 MGIS Graduate Job Changes and Hires
Jessica Campbell (2011) is a Cartographer for the Midwest Region at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Kelly Carpenter (2011) is a GIS Specialist at Barr Engineering in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a colleague of Jim Lind (2008) who now also works as a GIS Specialist for the same firm.
Kyle Chester (2010) has been working as a Permitting Analyst for Xcel Energy in Minneapolis, MN.
Jessica Deegan (2004) has transitioned to a new position as GIS Coordinator/Research Specialist with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.
Tony Drollinger (2010) is a Travel Demand Management Program Administrator for the Rideshare programs in the Marketing Department of Metro Transit in the Twin Cities.
Alyssa Erickson (2010) returned from Ghana and now works as a Data Analyst with Hardwick-Day, a local consulting firm.
Mike Foster (2010) is the GIS Specialist/IT Professional for the University of Minnesota Real Estate Office.
Kami Gish (2010) is a Business Analyst for the Delta Airlines E-Commerce Team in Minnesota.
Drew Hanson (2010) is a GIS consultant for ENEA Consultants in Seattle, Washington.
Eric Hanson (2010) has been employed by the Minnesota Department of Health as their GIS Information Technology Specialist.
Brad Herried (2010) has been hired as a Cartographer/Web Developer for the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota.
Nhu Hoang (2011) will be an E-4 Specialist with the United States Army. Once he completes additional training, he will become an O-1 Second Lieutenant.
Chacko Jacob (2009) is now working as a GIS/Remote Sensing Lead Analyst for a precision agriculture consulting company called Farmers Edge in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tim Jacobson (2010) is working for the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Redistricting Technician.
Thomas Juntunen (2011) is a Research Fellow/GIS Specialist at the Polar Geospatial Center on the University of Minnesota campus.
Mike Kasel (2009) has moved on to a new position as Senior Healthcare Analyst with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota in Eagan.
Kathryn Klatt (2011) has been hired as an Environmental Data Technician at de maximis Data Management Solutions, Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Len Kne (2009) recently returned to the University of Minnesota as the Associate Director for the U-Spatial initiative. He is also teaching the GIS 5577: Spatial Databases course in the MGIS program.
Vikrant Krishna (2011) is a GIS Developer for WSB & Associates in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Neha Kulkarni (2011) is a GIS/LiDAR Analyst in the Geomatics Group (Research and Development) at Tetra Tech, Inc. in Lafayette, California.
Molly Martin (2011) is an Image Analyst for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Resource Assessment Office in Grand Rapids.
Bennett Morris (2011) has been hired as a GIS technician for the Knife River Corporation in Sauk Rapids, MN.
Brian Mueller(2004) continues to work for the Bureau of Land Management as a GIS Analyst but has relocated to Washington, DC.
Ashley Nepp (2011) is the GIS Lab Instructor for the Geography Department at Macalester College.
Noel Peterson (2011) is an Assistant Analyst at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Claire Porter (2011) is a Remote Sensing Specialist for the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota.
Jesse Reinhardt (2007) has moved to a new position as Public Health Planner with Carver County.
Kerry Ritterbusch (2011) is an Associate QA Analyst at PeopleNet in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Greg Schulz (2010) is the GIS/CADD Specialist for Bay West, Inc., an environmental consulting and remediation firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Prakash Singh (2011) was recently promoted to a GIS Project Manager for AGNI Corporation in San Francisco, California.
Brian Udell (2010) has moved to a new position as Senior GIS Analyst for the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
Maggie Voth (2011) is a GIS Specialist with URS Corporation in addition to continuing with her graduate studies.
Congratulations to all these graduates!
Kelly Carpenter (2011) is a GIS Specialist at Barr Engineering in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a colleague of Jim Lind (2008) who now also works as a GIS Specialist for the same firm.
Kyle Chester (2010) has been working as a Permitting Analyst for Xcel Energy in Minneapolis, MN.
Jessica Deegan (2004) has transitioned to a new position as GIS Coordinator/Research Specialist with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.
Tony Drollinger (2010) is a Travel Demand Management Program Administrator for the Rideshare programs in the Marketing Department of Metro Transit in the Twin Cities.
Alyssa Erickson (2010) returned from Ghana and now works as a Data Analyst with Hardwick-Day, a local consulting firm.
Mike Foster (2010) is the GIS Specialist/IT Professional for the University of Minnesota Real Estate Office.
Kami Gish (2010) is a Business Analyst for the Delta Airlines E-Commerce Team in Minnesota.
Drew Hanson (2010) is a GIS consultant for ENEA Consultants in Seattle, Washington.
Eric Hanson (2010) has been employed by the Minnesota Department of Health as their GIS Information Technology Specialist.
Brad Herried (2010) has been hired as a Cartographer/Web Developer for the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota.
Nhu Hoang (2011) will be an E-4 Specialist with the United States Army. Once he completes additional training, he will become an O-1 Second Lieutenant.
Chacko Jacob (2009) is now working as a GIS/Remote Sensing Lead Analyst for a precision agriculture consulting company called Farmers Edge in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tim Jacobson (2010) is working for the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Redistricting Technician.
Thomas Juntunen (2011) is a Research Fellow/GIS Specialist at the Polar Geospatial Center on the University of Minnesota campus.
Mike Kasel (2009) has moved on to a new position as Senior Healthcare Analyst with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota in Eagan.
Kathryn Klatt (2011) has been hired as an Environmental Data Technician at de maximis Data Management Solutions, Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Len Kne (2009) recently returned to the University of Minnesota as the Associate Director for the U-Spatial initiative. He is also teaching the GIS 5577: Spatial Databases course in the MGIS program.
Vikrant Krishna (2011) is a GIS Developer for WSB & Associates in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Neha Kulkarni (2011) is a GIS/LiDAR Analyst in the Geomatics Group (Research and Development) at Tetra Tech, Inc. in Lafayette, California.
Molly Martin (2011) is an Image Analyst for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Resource Assessment Office in Grand Rapids.
Bennett Morris (2011) has been hired as a GIS technician for the Knife River Corporation in Sauk Rapids, MN.
Brian Mueller(2004) continues to work for the Bureau of Land Management as a GIS Analyst but has relocated to Washington, DC.
Ashley Nepp (2011) is the GIS Lab Instructor for the Geography Department at Macalester College.
Noel Peterson (2011) is an Assistant Analyst at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Claire Porter (2011) is a Remote Sensing Specialist for the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota.
Jesse Reinhardt (2007) has moved to a new position as Public Health Planner with Carver County.
Kerry Ritterbusch (2011) is an Associate QA Analyst at PeopleNet in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Greg Schulz (2010) is the GIS/CADD Specialist for Bay West, Inc., an environmental consulting and remediation firm based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Prakash Singh (2011) was recently promoted to a GIS Project Manager for AGNI Corporation in San Francisco, California.
Brian Udell (2010) has moved to a new position as Senior GIS Analyst for the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
Maggie Voth (2011) is a GIS Specialist with URS Corporation in addition to continuing with her graduate studies.
Congratulations to all these graduates!
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