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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 57-64

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... He manages the NASA-sponsored Center for the Commercial Development of Space, initiating activities on geographic information systems, and advises undergraduate students in the surveying program. A native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he received a B.S.
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... , based in Frankfort, Kentucky, which designs and implements geographic information systems and automated mapping and facilities management systems. He has designed solutions for governmental agencies, states, municipal governments, utilities, and private enterprises both here and abroad.
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... and M.S. in history and government from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and performed additional doctoral work at Louisiana State University.
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... His research focuses on remote sensing, image analysis, applications of geographic information systems, and the design of knowledge-based systems using artificial intelligence concepts. He has conducted research for NASA, NOAA, DOD, USGS, and USDA and has been a consultant for public agencies, international organizations, and industry.
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... Professor Niemann is Director of the Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility in the School of Natural Resources. He is chairman of the Wisconsin Land Information Board, is past president of the Wisconsin Land Information Association, and serves on the GIS/LIS conference steering committee as the representative of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
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... He has also served on NSPs Geography and Regional Science Review Panel and is a director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis.
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... Areas covered include data management systems, communications, production management, artificial ~nteBigence and expert systems, systems engineering, simulation and modeling, applications development, and systems programming. Functional disciplines supported include mapping, charting, and geodesy, industrial preparedness; communication systems design; decision support systems; operations research; and intelligence data handling systems.
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