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Education

• Ph.D., Purdue University 

Teaching

• EES 101: Earth and the Environment
• EES 125: Weather and Climate
• EES 199: Earth Science
• EES 312: Introduction to Remote Sensing
• EES 521 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• EES 640: Advanced Remote Sensing
• EES 641: Digital Image Processing Research
• EES 593-02: Remote Sensing of Watershed Environments
• EES 593-02: Spatial Analysis Techniques
• EES 693-02: GIS for Teachers
• EES 693-02: Big Data Analytics
• EES 693-02: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
• EES 693-02: Digital Image Processing
• EES 693-02: Big Data & Climate Change
• EES 696: Scientific Communication
• UAS 410-01: Unmanned Aerial Systems Sensors and Data Display
• Workshops:
  • Remote Sensing and GIS
  • Train-the-Trainer (TTT)
  • Gifted Student Workshop: Summer Challenge

Recent Professional Activities

• 2020-present Coordinator, AmericaView Water Quality Group ORIGIN (The Ohio River Integrated Geospatial Interinstitutional Network)
• 2020-2022 Graduate Program Coordinator, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences: Sustainability Science Master's Program
• 2016-2022 Graduate Program Coordinator, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Sciences Master's Program
• 2022 Reviewer, Remote Sensing
• 2016-2020 Academic Program Coordinator, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences: BS;  AREA - Environmental Geology          Option
• 2015-present Project Manager, International Charter on Space and Major Disasters (received a certificate and training at the EROS Center of the USGS in October 2015)
• 2015-present Collegiate Promotion Committee member, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Jesse D. Jones  College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
• 2013 - present Director, KentuckyView (a consortium member of AmericaView)
• 2009-present Department Promotion Committee member, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
• 2004-present Department Liaison for MSU Library, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
• 1999-present Faculty Advisor, MSU Student Chapter of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• 2015-2021 Faculty Advisor, Murray State Student Chapter of American Institute of Professional Geologists
• 2021 NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) reviewer, March and July 2021 panels
• 2021 Reviewer, Remote Sensing
• 2021 Reviewer, Journal of Forest Ecology and Management
• 2020 NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) Panel member, April 2020
• 2020 NASA NPP reviewer, March, July and November 2020 panels
• 2020 External Reviewer: Reviewed a tenure/promotion application, Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment, Illinois State University
• 2019 NASA NPP reviewer, March, July and November 2019 panels
• 2019 Top Hat Book Reviewer - Weather and Climate Book
• 2019 External Reviewer: Reviewed a tenure/promotion application, Department of Geography, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
• 2018 NASA NPP reviewer, July and November 2018 panels
• 2018 NASA NPP Panel member, March 2018

Awards

• 2022 Fellow Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• 2021 The 2021 USGS-NASA William T. Pecora Group Award: Americaview Group (I have been the Director of KentuckyView, which is a member of the AmericaView Consortium, since 2013)
• 2017 The 2017 USGS-NASA William T. Pecora Group Award: International Charter on Space and Major Disasters Team (I have been a Project Manager of the Team since 2015)
• 2015 University Distinguished Mentor Award, °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
• 2014 Ford Bartlett Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• 2014 Conference Management Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• 2009 The 2009 °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û CISR Presidential Research Fellowship Award
• 1993 Ninth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing "Best Poster of Session" (3 awards for 3 posters)
• 1992 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing "1992 ERDAS Award for Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing" for paper: Cetin and Levandowski (1991)
• 1992 Purdue University "A. H. Ismail Interdisciplinary Program Doctoral Research Award"
• 1990 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing "1990 Cambridge Instruments Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Award" for paper: Cetin (1990)
• 1988 Indiana Mining and Minerals Institute Fellowship, Purdue University (1988-1993)