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samaneh

Experience Level: 7 Years
Location: Southern California
Last Updated: August 22, 2012

Experience

Samaneh Hejazi
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Geomatics Engineer
Specializing in GIS, Spatial Analyzing, and Urban Planning

7+ years experience of performing Spatial Analysis using ESRI software in Utilities, Water Resources Planning, Environmental Assessment, and Urban Planning. Qualified and interested in furthering the scope of GIS solutions to provide spatially referenced in for planning
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Summary of qualification
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• Good analytical and problem-solving ability with statistical skills based on planning approach and engineering qualifications
• Experienced at working as an individual and a team member in project management practices
• Multidisciplinary professional with Strong ability in multitasking and researching ability
• Computer Skills in GIS, Spatial analysis, Statistical Modeling, Remote Sensing, DEM and DTM
o Advanced knowledge in ArcGIS Desktop, ArcView, ArcSDE, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, Geoprocessing, ArcScene, Georeferencing and Editor.
o Knowledge in coding Python, SQL; MATLAB
o AutoCAD; AutoDesk Map; SPSS
o Adobe Photoshop; MS Office; MSProject; RSI ENVI; PCI Geomatica; SDRMap
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Experience
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University of Southern California Los Angeles,Ca
Information laboratory, http://infolab.usc.edu/
Research Scholar 6/2012- Present
Research in urban transportation, traffic patterns and network analysis in relevance of activity centers in LA county using real time database

City of Tehran, Center of Urban Planning, Research and Studies Tehran, Iran
Urban project Management category; 101-500 employees http://rpc.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=112
Project Engineer 2009-2011
• Plan and implement engineering program, defining the project vision, schedule, budget, prioritizing tasks, milestones, and spatial data requirements
• Coordinate with customers, stakeholders and project team members to generate project status and analytical reports
• Compile geographic data from a variety of sources (public domain, field observation, images, etc)
• Create and Design database for city of Tehran in coordinate with IT department
• Up to date details of database with new urban features and policy changes
• Perform regular quality control checks of GIS Data and non-spatial databases to ensure data integrity
• Organize subjective Projects using GIS in Urban services, Vulnerability hierarchy area in earthquake, Management of boundary of Tehran and developing urban fringe/semi-rural environment

Maadshahr Engineering consultants Company Tehran, Iran
Privately Held; Construction, Architecture and Planning sector
Project Engineer (part-time) 2007-2009
• Preparing strategies, Scheduling and implementing tasks in GIS and surveying projects and field data collection methods; Field work; Reviewing Comprehensive plans in physical studies

Moshanir Engineering Consultants Company Tehran, Iran
Public sector; 1001-5000 employees; Energy, Utilities, and Construction industry
GIS Analyst 2001-2006
Responsible for tasks in: Surveying and GIS GROUP; and Group of Water Resources and Environment Management including:
• Create Database for Water Resources Planning by collecting data from a variety of public sources, satellite images, existing maps(Vector and Raster), and census in a teamwork
• Accompany reports in accordance with technical support and client needs
• Apply cartographic design principles of format and aesthetic value to GIS products
• Generate analytical maps and graphs from detailed layers such as Climatology, Hydrology, Natural Resources, Geology and Under Grand Water Resources using ArcGIS
• Location allocation and EIA studies of several Hydro Power Plants
• Evaluation of water conservation of strategic Dams via 3D analysis using digital elevation model and digital terrain model (DEM and DTM) in GIS.
• Update and produce transmission maps and design of Spatial Database of the Maintenance Program
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Education
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M.A in Urban and Regional Planning
University of Tehran Iran, 2006-2008
Thesis subject: Analysis of land use changes in urban fringe; A modeling with DPSIR framework, GIS/RS, SPSS tools, satellite images, and MATLAB coding presented in International Symposium of Earth observations, Chengdu, China, 2009.
Subject: Planning, Geography, GIS, RS, Urban Transportation, Housing, Built environment development

B.Sc in Civil/Surveying Engineering {Geodesy and Geomatics eng.}
Iran University of Science and Technology Iran,1997-2001
Subject: Geodesy, GIS, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Photogrammetry, Statistics, Adjustment and Theory of Errors, Computer programming

General Information

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Special Training
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Numerical Modeling- Artificial Intelligence
Technical faculty of the University of Tehran, 32 hours 2009
GIS in Water Resources Planning: ArcView, Avenue scripts, Autodesk Map, IDRISI
MOSHANIR co. 135 hours 2002 and 2003
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Honors and Awards
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The Best Student Presentation Award
International conference of MapAsia, By GIS Development (Geospatial World) http://www.geospatialworld.net/ Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2008

Number one student in class of 2005 and 2006, GPA 18.6/20
Master degree in the University of Tehran 2008