Quality Control Analyst
Resume:
Katherine A. Franke
Manhattan, KS. 66502
(913) 231 - 6531
********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
To develop solutions to environmental and natural resource issues
using spatial techniques within a business setting.
EDUCATION:
Masters Degree Kansas State University
Defense Date: June 2010
Geography
Thesis: Classification and Extraction of Military Vehicle
Tracks from Aerial Photography and Satellite Imagery at
Fort Riley, KS
Cumulative G.P.A : 3.4 out of 4.0
Undergraduate Degrees Kansas State University
Completed: December 2008
Geography and Natural Resources & Environmental Science
Certificate: Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Cumulative G.P.A : 3.2 out of 4.0
WORK EXPERIENCE:
GISSALab at KSU Manhattan, KS
September 2008 - Current Graduate Research Assistant
. Digitize and ortho-rectify aerial photographs of the Petrified
National Forest in Arizona. Photos are then mosaicked, color
balanced and feathered to create one map of the park. Work has
also been done on finalizing a vegetation map for the park.
Freelance contract work through the lab has also been done in
creating historical maps of Texas for publication as well as
custom maps for corporate use.
Kimley-Horn & Assoc. Phoenix, AZ
May 2007 - August 2007
GIS Intern
. Created conduit mapping for town growth. Delineated hydrologic
units and database creation for wetland reclamation project.
Provided support and assistance to various departments within
KHA as well as created exhibits for production and client
approval. Instructed others on the basics of ArcGIS
capabilities. Sole liaison for the Traffic and Conduit Division
GISSALab at KSU Manhattan, KS
August 2006 - January 2007
Undergraduate Research Assistant
. Digitized streams and lakes within Kansas watershed for the
National Hydrology Dataset at the Geographical Information
Systems Spatial Analyst Laboratory along with assisting in other
research projects as they arose.
Black & Veatch Overland Park, KS
June 2006 - August 2006
GIS Intern in Federal Services Division
. Worked on a FEMA contract to remap Flood Insurance Rate Maps in
specified counties. Performed quality control analysis as well
as annotation and layout design to FEMA specifications.
Assisted in creating documentation of procedures for use in
other offices within the company.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
G.R.O.W (Girls Researching Our World)
Co-directed projects for girls in 6th through 8th grades in
various schools across Kansas to familiarize them with
various aspects and possible uses of science technology.
4-H for the State of Kansas
Directed and created classes for 4-H summer camp to familiarize
participants with GPS systems and point acquisition, retrieval
and upload.
K.G.A (Kansas Geographical Alliance)
Direct presentations and classes to familiarize teachers
throughout Kansas about GIS and integrating geography into
the classroom with different techniques and lesson ideas.
PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS:
Kansas State Graduate Student Research Council & Graduate Capital
Research Council (Topeka, KS)
ESRI 2009 User Conference (San Diego, CA) - Petrified Forest National
Park Vegetation Map
Kansas Geographical Alliance - "Integrating GIS into the Classroom"
2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
(Washington D.C) - Object Extraction at Ft. Riley, KS
SOFTWARE: ArcGIS 9.X, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst,
Microsoft Suite, ENVI Suite, ERMapper, Adobe
Suite, BerkeleyImageSeg
REFERENCES:
Dr. J.M. Shawn Hutchinson Associate Professor & GISSAL
Director ******@***.***
Dr. John Harrington Jr. Professor & KGA Director
785-***-**** *******@***.***
Robbie Stansifer Kimley-Horn & Associates
robbie.stansif
**@******-****.***
Ashli Foust Catalyst Equity Group
afoust@catalystequit
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