January 2007 - Present

Center for Earth Observation
North Carolina State University, NC
Working with subject experts to solve data management and visualization problems in applications such as forestry, fire management, national heritage site inventory, and natural resources monitoring.

Developing and teaching core courses for the new Master’s in Geospatial Information Science and Technology (GIST) degree at NCSU. Topics include the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of spatial analysis. Students also learn to automate data preprocessing and analysis, and visualize the results. Student projects address real-world governmental and industrial geospatial challenges.

Investigating the advantages of using painterly techniques to visualize spatial datasets. Building on my thesis work, we are studying viewer engagement with aesthetic visualizations and developing comparative studies for various visualization techniques.

Spring 1999 - Spring 2000 

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Shippensburg University, PA
MAT 108 College Algebra
MAT 100 Introductory Algebra

Full-time faculty member for three semesters. Taught four sections (~120 students) each semester.  Effectively communicated with students and peers.  Composed and presented lessons. Created and marked homework, quizzes, and exams.  Actively participated in conferences and faculty meetings.

Summer 2000, Summer 1999 

ACT101 Program
Shippensburg University, PA
MAT 60 Algebra

Basic math program for at risk students.   Prepared daily lessons, homework, and exams.  Graded homework and exams.

Fall 1999 

Sylvan Learning Center, PA
Elementary skills to Calculus

Tutored small groups of students in mathematics concepts ranging from grade school level to Calculus.                                                                                                            

1997 - 1998

Central Texas College at Pope AFB, Fayetteville, NC
MATH 1414 College Algebra

Taught small sections of College Algebra for satellite courses offered at Pope AFB. Composed lesson plans and exams. Led class discussions, created and graded homework and exams.

1997 - 1998

Fayetteville Technical Community College, NC
MAT 60 Essential Mathematics                
MAT 90 Intermediate Algebra

Taught basic algebra. Created lesson plans and exams and led class discussions. Created and graded homework and exams. Consulted with students during office hours.

1992 - 1995 

Basic Skills Education Program                                                                    
Schweinfurt, Germany
Applied Mathemetics

Taught US Army soldiers basic mathematics skills in preparation for General Technical exams that influence promotion rate. 

2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, NC

CSC 554 Human Computer Interaction (Fall 2006)
Graded homework and paper reviews.  Held office hours to meet with students.

CSC 431 File Organization and Processing (Fall 2004)
Graded exams and projects in C++ on Unix workstations. Held office hours to meet with students.

CSC  462/562 Computer Graphics (Spring 2002)
Graded exams and C++ with OpenGL visualization projects.  Held office hours to meet with students.

CSC 565 Graph Theory (Fall 2000)
Graded homework (proofs and counterexamples) and exams.  Held office hours to meet with students. Taught basic algebra. Created lesson plans and exams and led class discussions. Created and graded homework and exams. Consulted with students during office hours.

1995 - 1997 

Department of Mathematics
University of Oklahoma, OK

Taught Math for Critical Thinking, a logic and probability based mathematics course.  Assisted Math for Critical Thinking and Calculus I.  Lead discussion sessions and graded homework.  

Spring 2001 - December 2006     

Research Assistantship, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
Advisor: Dr. Christopher G. Healey
Doctoral Committee:   Dr. Christopher G. Healey, Dr. Edward W. Davis, Dr. Thomas L. Honeycutt, Dr. James C. Lester

Research topic: Glyph- based non-photorealistic visualization of large multidimensional datasets.  Using computer graphics to visualize large data sets by linking data attributes to visual features.                                                          

Fall 2000 -
Spring 2001

Dean’s Fellowship, North Carolina State University CSC Department

Fall 1996 -
Spring 1997

Awarded out of state fee waivers for outstanding academic conduct, University of Oklahoma

Spring 1992

Joyce C. Neubert Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Towson University Mathematics Department

Spring 1988

Unsung Hero Award, Dallastown Track Team for long distance events mile and two mile

Spring 2010

Modifying Metadata

Automate the batch modification of xml of Virtual Field Reference Database and Classification Results Database Metadata files for the National Park Service.

Fall 2009

Wildfire Computations

Process fire management data for the United States North East Regional National Park Service to calculate fuel load and visualize results.

Summer 2009

Historic Places Database

Convert kmz historic places database to GIS compatible format to facilitate analysis.

Spring 2009

Classified Structures Inventory

The office of Land, Resources, and Planning maintains a List of Classified Structures (LCS). Harvested online LCS xml database, filtered, and convert it to a GIS compatible data format.

Fall 2008

Wildfile Database Visualization

Automate Wildfire Management and Inventory (WFMI) database cleaning, geoprocessing, and visualization.

Spring 2007

National Parks Service Application

Designed and implemented custom interactive mapping applications for conducting geospatial processing on United States North East Regional Parks map data.

Fall 2006

Aesthetic Visualizations

Created three new visualization techniques varying visual characteristics important to models of aesthetics.

Fall 2002

Database Management

Designed and implemented a DBMS for health care center.

Spring 2002

Human Computer Interaction

Created Time Machine Interface.  Conducted seven cycles of prototype testing: user studies/system adaptation.  Designed interface for efficient, easy, responsive interaction.

Fall 2001

E-commerce Website

Designed website for sales of artwork. Pages populated dynamically with images from a database. Conducted customer surveys, market analysis, and industry analysis and composed a business plan.

Spring 2001

Multi-dimensional Data Visualization

Improved data visualization by adding features to display more dimensions simultaneously and decreasing runtime.  Mapped graphical features to data attributes to visualize large datasets.

Spring 1992

Math Lab Project

A joint project between Towson University Mathematics Department and BD.  Used math models to optimize production at Becton Dickinson, a medical technology company.