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| Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS) | |||
De Anne Pinney Stevens, principal
investigator De Anne is a senior-level geologist with the Alaska Division of
Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), which is the state agency
responsible for geologic information for Alaska. She specializes
in surficial geology, engineering geology, industrial minerals, placer
geology, and remote sensing. Her most recent work is focused on using
satellite imagery and aerial photographs to help locate potential
untapped placer gold deposits in the Council area of the Seward Peninsula,
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Patty Burns, co-investigator Patty Burns is a geologist for the State of Alaska, Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
(DGGS), Engineering Geology Section. In addition to her involvement
in the MapTEACH program, Patty’s responsibilities at DGGS include
mapping surficial (dirt) geology and investigation of geologic hazards.
Patty’s
most exciting geologic experience occurred in November 2002 when she
responded to the M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake for DGGS. Within 24 hours
of the event, she and a USGS geologist, Peter Haeussler, were on the
ground and in the air documenting and conducting reconnaissance mapping
of the surface rupture that resulted from the event. Prior to working
at DGGS Patty held a variety of positions in the physical sciences,
education and outreach, and
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| University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) | |||
Sidney Stephens, principal investigator Sidney is both the UAF PI for MapTEACH and program manager for the new, NOAA-funded, Coastal Science Technician Program at IAC. She was a classroom teacher before joining UAF in 1985 as the director of the Alaska Sea Week Program and the Alaska Science Consortium. She now splits her time between the UAF Department of Resources Management and the Interior Aleutians Campus, with a focus on connecting the often-disparate perspectives and domains of school and community and of science and local knowledge. Sidney has secured and directed professional development grant projects, written curriculum and articles, taught numerous science pre-service and in-service methods courses, and worked with the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative science focus. (biographical information and Observing Locally, Acting Globally article) |
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| Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC) University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Tim Olsen (Ph.D.), principal
investigator, web site Tim Olsen is a geospatial education specialist who works with people
to use science and technology to attain personal and community goals.
At ERSC, he has also provided outreach, graduate student services and
helped to coordinate the startup of the Sloan Foundation sponsored
Professional Science MS degree in Environmental Monitoring-Remote
Sensing and Spatial Information Management. Before coming to UW for
Science Education and EM Minor, he managed training and coordinated
programs as the Deputy Peace Corps Director for Botswana and Namibia.
He has taught science and math to secondary students, and served as
a teacher educator in the US and overseas. |
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Sam Batzli (Ph.D.), co-investigator, geospatial IT Sam Batzli is a geographer with expertise in the integration of GIS,
remote sensing, and land use modeling technologies. His research focuses
on the development of visualization and data discovery technologies
for Earth science information with an emphasis on historical datasets.
He served as the Upper Great Lakes – Regional Earth Science Applications
Center (RESAC) project manager for Michigan State University prior
to joining the University of Wisconsin.
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Tom Lillesand (Ph.D.), co-investigator Thomas M. Lillesand is an emeritus professor in three academic units at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Environmental Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was Director of the Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC). As Chair of the Environmental Monitoring program, an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on remote sensing and spatial information science, technology, and management, he also taught courses in remote sensing, photogrammetry, and research methods. His research scope spans from regional land cover classification and change detection to remote sensing applications in transportation, ecosystem ecology, forestry and agriculture, and water resource management. |
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Emma Walton, project evaluator Dr. Walton is an educator with expertise in science teaching, science materials and professional development. She taught for 10 years, served as a science supervisor for 19 years and spent four years as a program director at the National Science Foundation. Upon retirement, she was elected NSTA President. As a member of the Board of Directors for the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska, she has been involved with the GLOBE program and related activities. Her most recent work has included consulting on a CD Rom project titled, Arctic Connections and with the NASA Explorer Schools program in Alaska. In addition to MapTEACH, she is also serving as the evaluator for two other projects; the Rural Access to Technical Education project and the Development of an Alaska Earth Systems Field School project. |
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Jackie Fenno, former principal investigator and project co-founder University of Alaska Fairbanks Jackie studied Geography and Education at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks where she earned her B.S. degree in Geography and Environmental
Studies. Her master’s degree was also obtained from UAF in
Northern Studies. Her master’s thesis was a study in the Settlement
Patterns of Inuit Villages of the Brooks Range. Jackie has worked
with the Alaska Department of Education to write Geography Standards
for the state and serves as a member of the Alaska Geographic Alliance.
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William (Bil) Aldrich, former
project assistant Bil supported the project while he was a graduate student at the
University of Wisconsin. Since graduating from the Environmental
Monitoring professional MS program in 2006, Bil has returned to Fairbanks.
His BA was from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Alaska Native & Rural
Development: Land/Renewable Resources. An Alaskan for more than fifteen
years, Bil served the Bureau of Land Management as a Realty Technician
for three seasons in the Fortymile district of Alaska’s interior.
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