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Welcome!
I have been a senior research associate at the University of Tennessee since 1994.
I have a M.S. in mathematics from UTK and an undergraduate degree in both mathematics and statistics.
I am currently pursuing a Ph.d in Geography with a concentration in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My research interests include GIS, geospatial analysis, risk assessment, decision analysis, and sample design usually
within an environmental context. Most of my work is usually centered around scientific software development where
methods in these areas are developed and distributed. I have collaborative projects also with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
as well.
Sponsorship for my projects typically come from federal agencies, primarily the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
the Environmental Protection Agency. The majority of my time is spent as the lead developer for the Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance or
SADA software package . SADA is a Windows based software that integrates geospatial analysis tools, human health risk assessment
cost benefit analysis, secondary sampling design, remedial decision making, statistical analysis, and visualization methods
in a single streamlined easy to use package engineered to make the connection between scientific analysis
and decision analysis more direct. SADA is now deployed world wide and continues to gain interest from both private sector and governmental agencies. SADA is currently funded by the EPA and the NRC.
I also contribute to several projects at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory a Department Of Energy research facility.
Projects include a pesticide exposure modeling software sponsored by the EPA and an agricultural pathogens database model sponsored by the Department of Agriculture.
Another effort is a significant database/web management tool for NRC tracking the licensee closeouts. Also a small database interface effort for the FGR13CD with the NRC/DOE.
In addition to R&D I also teach an short course on environmental assessment methods each sememester and
do consulting primarily in the area of environmental characterization. I also conduct training classes and
workshops for for the SADA software package here and abroad.
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