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reidnj

Experience Level: Entry Level
Location: Eau Claire, WI
Last Updated: October 10, 2010

Experience

Nathan J. Reid
1929 ½ 2nd Street
Eau Claire, WI. 54703 (206) 683-3039
reidnj@uwec.edu
Education
Major: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Bachelor of Arts: Geographic Techniques (GPA 3.64) December 2010
Topical Minor: Economic and geologic focus
Employment
Research Assistant January 2010-December 2010
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, WI
Develop and test a habitat model of boa constrictors in Honduras. Field work for two weeks in November 2010 will allow for further data collection and validation.
Community Health Surveyor May 2010 – Present
City of Eau Claire Health Department – Eau Claire, WI
Collection of data concerning physical conditions of six-thousand parcels within Eau Claire. I work directly with the city health director and city health inspector.

Yeoman Petty Officer Third Class March 2002-March2006
United States Coast Guard
Responsible for payroll, data management, and customer service needs of 429 Coast Guard personnel within Wisconsin and Michigan. This job required effective customer service skills and the ability to solve problems independently.
Relevant Experience
Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Project January 2010-December 2010
A descriptive habitat model for the Cayos Cochinos Boa constrictor on Cayos Cochinos Menor, Honduras, Presenting at student research day April 2010.
• Compiled, developed, normalized, and spatially interpolated a suite of environmental data (temperature, humidity, ect). Developed a geodatabase and a habitat model for the Cayos Cochinos boa constrictor.
Community Health Surveyor May 2010 – Present
• Collection of data through a handheld GPS unit and validation of data within a geographic information system. Data will be developed into a number of maps to assist Eau Claire city in addressing health concerns.
Related Coursework
Introduction to GIS (Geography 335) Fall 2009
• Projections and coordinate systems, data models, data generation and gathering, tables (joins), SQL, vector analysis (buffer, intersect, union, identity, erase), raster analysis (map algebra, slope, aspect), Model Builder, GPS (Trimble) data collection, and GIS Integration
• Final project: Desirable vineyard locations, Benton County, WA
Advanced GIS (Geography 435) Spring 2010
• Geodatabase management and design, topology creation and implementation, data interoperability, geocoding, network analysis, raster modeling, spatial interpolation, terrain analysis, and hydrological modeling.
• Final project: A descriptive habitat model for the Cayos Cochinos Boa constrictor on Cayos Cochinos Menor, Honduras

Senior Independent Study (Geography 499)
• Case study concerning data collected during 2010 internship. Attribute data edited to include owner status and year of construction. Findings will be presented to the Eau Claire Health Department concerning program workflow and application.

Quantitative Methods in Geography (Geography 326)
• Hypothesis testing in geography with an emphasis on interpretation of results produced by statistical software rather than underlying mathematical structure. Topics include measures of central tendency, mean center, nearest neighbor, Chi-square tests, simple and multiple correlation and regression, and factor analysis
Biogeography (Geography 368)
• Study of the geographic distributions of organisms, primarily plants, from historical, ecological, and regional perspectives. Emphasis is on methods and field work. Field work will be conducted on the island Cayos Cochino Mejor November 2010.
Advanced Remote Sensing (Geography 438)
• Electromagnetic radiation, interaction of solar radiation with Earth’s atmosphere and various surface classes, remote sensing systems, and digital image processing (georectification, supervised and unsupervised classification, and confusion matrix).
Final Project: Glacial decline: Glacier National Park, MT 1973-2001
ESRI Online Courses
• Creating, editing, and managing geodatabases for ArcGIS Desktop (12 course hours)
• Creating and editing geodatabase topology with ArcGIS Desktop
Software Proficiency
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access)
• Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI): ArcGIS ArcInfo 10 (including older version) ( Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst, ArcPad)
Geodatabase Management and Design
Geodatabase Topology
Urban and Regional Planning
• CensusCD 2000 Long Form
• Trimble Pathfinder
• ENVI (image processing software)
• Peoplsoft 8 (human resource management system)
Memberships and Awards
Mortar Board member
United States Veteran
United States Coast Guard
• Good conduct medal
• Letter of Commendation
• National defense medal
• Global war on terrorism medal
• Expert rifleman medal
• Meritorious unit of commendation (twice received)
• Sharpshooter Ribbon
References
Dr. Christina Hupy
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Anthropology
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 836-3313
hupycm@uwec.edu