"Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things"
ABOUT ME
I am currently working as the GIS Manager at Cumberland County. I am tech-GIS savvy with a PhD in Earth Sciences/Urban Planning. I serve on the ITS management team and the DEI Advisory Committee. I manage a team of GIS professionals who provide a variety of geospatial services to internal and public users throughout the county, and North Carolina. My extensive experience in both academia and industry has honed my skills to think outside of the box and to bring cutting-edge knowledge and technology to the county’s GIS.
I am also a reviewer of high-impact academic journals, including TGIS-Transactions in GIS and Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. Previously, I served on the patents committee and worked as a university lecturer. Despite a busy professional schedule, I enjoy hiking and landscape photography, particularly using drones. In 2015, I was honored as the winner of the photo contest at the Indonesian Cultural Exhibition.
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SELECTED SERVICE
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee (DEIAC) member
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Member of The North Carolina ArcGIS Users Group Inc. (NCAUG)
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Reviewer for the Journal of Transactions in GIS (TGIS);
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Reviewer for Elsevier Journal of Remote Sensing of Environment;
- Reviewer for ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing;
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Member of the Seismological Society of America (SSA);
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Member of the Geological Society of America (GSA);
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Member of the American Geographical Society (AGS);
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Member of the Organization for Engineering Order of Building;
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The National Cartographic Center’s representative at the President Deputy Strategic Planning and Control for evaluation of innovations and patents;
SELECTED CERTIFICATES
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Going Places with Spatial Analysis, ESRI, 2024
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Cartography, ESRI, 2023;
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Python for Everyone, ESRI 2023;
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CITI, Conducting No More Than Minimal Risk Research, The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, USA, 2020;
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CITI Conflicts of Interest, The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, USA, 2020;
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SETI computation, The University of California, USA, 2016;
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SAR Remote Sensing Systems and its Applications;
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Map generation and spatial information;
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Application of Remote Sensing in Fundamental and Applied Projects in the Country;
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Introduction of Space Technology and Its Applications;
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INPHO software.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban growth; sprawl; transportation, landuse planning, etc.
Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
Image classification; LULC modeling; feature extraction; pattern recognition, map generation, etc.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Spatial data analysis; time-series simulation; environmental impact analysis; location identification.
Optimization
Fuzzy logic, Genetic Algorithm, Neural Network, Artificial Intelligence, and other metaheuristic methods.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy
The University of Memphis, 2016 - 2022
Earth Sciences /Geography and Urban Planning
Master of Sciences
K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2007 - 2011
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and GIS
Bachelor's
K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2003 - 2007
Civil Engineering/ Geomatics and Land Surveying
Selected Courses
01. Planning American Cities
02. Planning Sustainable Cities
03. Transportation Planning
04. Environmental Planning
05. Land Use Planning
06. Urban Geography
07. Advanced ArcGIS
08. Advanced Programming & Computer Graphic
09. Quantitative Methods (Statistics)
10. Advanced Remote Sensing
11. Digital Image Processing
12. Advanced Applied Remote Sensing
13. Advanced Close-Range Photogrammetry
14. Advanced Aerial Triangulation & Space Photogrammetry
15. Digital Photogrammetry
16. Approximation Theory & Digital Terrain Model (DTM)