Recent Graduates

2005

Brian Bakker
Current Position: GIS Specialist, World Vision; Washington, DC
Thesis: "GIS-Based Site Suitability Analysis for Planning Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Iowa"
Advisor: Dr. Ramanthan Sugumaran "Sugu"

Alexandra Bozheva "Sasha"
Current Position: Student, University of Herzen; St. Petersburg, Russia
Thesis: "Russian Immigration to the USA, 1990-2003"
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss

Nathan Green
Current Position: Remote Sensing Specialist, University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls, Iowa
Thesis: "Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Water Quality Changes in Iowa Lakes Using Airborne Hyper spectral Imagery"
Advisor: Dr. Ramanthan Sugumaran "Sugu"

Shriram Ilavajhala
Current Position: Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland
Thesis: "A Web-Based Intelligent Spatial Decision Support System for Planning Snow Removal Operations"
Advisor: Dr. Ramanthan Sugumaran "Sugu"

Matt Kajewski
Current Position: GIS Architect/Programmer, IMAPS, LLC; Columbia, Illinois
Thesis: "The automated query and analysis of crash statistics in a GIS environment using Map Objects 2.2, Crime Stat 2.0, and Visual Basic 6.0"
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss

Steven Oaks
Current Position: Social Studies Teacher, Waterloo East High School; Waterloo, Iowa
Thesis: "Settlement Patterns of Bosnian Refugees in Waterloo, Iowa"
Advisor: Dr. Kay Weller

Jennifer Trent
Current Position:
Thesis: "Characterization of Pleistocene Stratigraphy at the Alden Quarry in Hardin County, Iowa"
Advisor: Dr. Dennis Dahms

2004

Jess Elder
Current Position: Cartographer, Federal Aviation Administration; Washington D.C.
Thesis: "Assessing the applicability of traditional urban transportation planning methods for the university campus: a case study of the University of Northern Iowa"
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss

James Gerjevic
Current Position: GIS Specialist, Union Pacific Railway; Omaha, Nebraska
Thesis: "Extraction of Transportation Infrastructure from Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data"
Advisor: Dr. Ramanthan Sugumaran "Sugu"

James Harken
Current Position: GIS Specialist, Johnson County; Iowa City, Iowa
Thesis: "Mapping Wetlands and Potential Wetland Restoration Areas in Black Hawk County, Iowa using Object Oriented Classification and a GIS-Based Model"
Advisor: Dr. Ramanthan Sugumaran "Sugu"

Greg Keller
Current Position: Adjunct Instructor, Hawkeye Community College; Waterloo, Iowa
Thesis: "Water Resources for the Las Vegas Area"
Advisor: Dr. Dave May

Andrey Petrov
Current Position: Student, University of Toronto; Toronto, Canada
Thesis: "Spatial population dynamics in the resource-dependent peripheral territories of the Canadian North during the 1990's."
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss

Chris Simenson
Current Position: Supply Base Manager, John Deere; Waterloo, Iowa
Thesis: "The John Deere Ceres Program: The Decision to Locate Assembly of German Tractor in Waterloo, Iowa"
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss

2003

Elisha Jasper Dung
Current Position:PhD Student, Oklahoma State University; Stillwater, Oklahoma
Thesis: "Agricultural Land Evaluation in Black Hawk County using Geospatial Technologies"
Advisor: Dr. Ramanthan Sugumaran "Sugu"

Karla Suckling
Current Position: The Nature Conservancy; Minneapolis, MN
Thesis: "Regional Patterns and Social Implications of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh."
Advisor: Dr. Henry Owusu

Namni Tissing
Current Position:
Thesis: "The Use of Geospatial Technologies to Analyze Mosquitoes Breeding Sites in Black Hawk County."
Advisor: Dr. Tim Strauss

2002

Marc Peterson
Current Position: Geographic Research Scientist, University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls, Iowa
Thesis: "The Influence of Highway Development on Population and Land Cover: A Case Study of Non metropolitan Eastern Iowa Cities."
Advisor: