The Virginia Geospatial Extension Program

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Virginia Geospatial Training Yellow Pages for Professionals

Refer directly to the individuals / organizations below for geospatial training at four-year colleges and universities and for local government / state agency / private sector workforce development opportunities.  If you are a precollege educator (middle, high school, 4-H) then please go to Yellow Pages - PreCollege.

 

Sergei Andronikov

 

Sergei Andronikov

Director, Executive Programs in GIS
George Mason University
sandroni@gmu.edu , (703) 993-4243
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workshop topics: GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing
Website: http://www.randed.gmu.edu/faculty/FD.cfm?email=sandroni

Sergei has been a Director of a GIS Center of Excellence at George Mason since 2003. He is currently teaching a set of graduate GIS classes in a Graduate Certificate in GIS program. His interests include: GIS, Remote Sensing, environmental suitability and modeling, geostatistics, soils.

 

Bill Carstensen

Bill Carstensen

Professor and Department Head, Geography
Virginia Tech
carstens@vt.edu , (540) 231-2600
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Workshop topics: GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing
Website: http://www.geography.vt.edu/people/carstensen.htm

Bill has been a professor at Virginia Tech since 1983. His interests include GIS and wireless telecommunications, the use of the computer to manipulate, store, and provide data on demand, and GIS as applied to teaching and learning of both basic and complex geographic principles.

Dr. John McGee

VGEP

Dr. John McGee

Geospatial Extension Specialist
Virginia Geospatial Extension Program
jmcg@vt.edu, (540) 231-2428
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Workshop topics: GPS, ArcGIS, Geocaching, Virtual Marketing
Website: http://www.gep.frec.vt.edu

The GEP’s mission is to facilitate the development of geospatial products and services at all levels across Virginia. The GEP has developed customized curriculum to support cost-effective training and workshop venues. From Jan–June 2004, the GEP provided educational venues for ~500 Virginians

 

Steve Prisley

Steve Prisley

Professor, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Virginia Tech
prisley@vt.edu, (540) 831-5558
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Workshop topics: GIS, GPS
Website: http://www.frec.vt.edu/Faculty/StevePrislely.html

Dr. Prisley worked for more than 10 years as a GIS manager for forest industry before joining the Forestry faculty at Virginia Tech. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in GIS.

 

William Shuart

William Shuart

Instructor, Center for Environmental Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
wshuart@vcu.edu, (804) 828-7202
Location: Richmond, VA
Workshop topics: GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing
Website: http://www.vcu.edu/cesweb/index.html

Will is the Environmental Technology Coordinator for CES-VCU and has 8 years of experience using GIS. Will has been an ESRI Authorized Instructor since 2001 and has instructed over 200 students. He has a Master’s of Science from VCU. The Center offers many courses in GIS and other technologies.