{"id":1448,"date":"2022-08-25T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:01:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1448\" class=\"elementor elementor-1448\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a002a8 elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a002a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d46742\" data-id=\"8d46742\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7876f5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7876f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbdc8cf elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbdc8cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crystal Wespestad<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47069c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47069c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">my Professional Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ugvoz5p elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ugvoz5p\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c8b240\" data-id=\"3c8b240\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac4654 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ac4654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hi, nice to meet you<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2ca8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2ca8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">This website is a brief overview of my professional life. I hope it helps you get to know me a bit better.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">I<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\"> have enjoyed a broad spectrum of experiences over my working life thus far, which I hope continues. I am always on the lookout for a challenging puzzle or new adventure, so I love working in the applied sciences where I can reason through the complexities of the natural world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Let me tell you about by career path and some of the core skills and experiences that I utilize in my work.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f85152\" data-id=\"4f85152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e25c1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e25c1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1608\" height=\"2232\" src=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1831\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM.png 1608w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM-738x1024.png 738w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM-768x1066.png 768w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM-1107x1536.png 1107w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-12.51.25-PM-1475x2048.png 1475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1608px) 100vw, 1608px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07bc0c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07bc0c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b5085d\" data-id=\"4b5085d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c4eca0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"8c4eca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#GIS_section\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-globe-americas\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da2c9aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da2c9aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#GIS_section\">Remote Sensing &amp; GIS<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c121492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c121492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have a master&#8217;s in Geographic Information Systems Technology. Through my work at NASA DEVELOP and Spatial Informatics Group I have specialized in the use of remote sensing Earth observation for map making and geospatial analysis. Currently, I primarily work in Google Earth Engine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da7dbf8\" data-id=\"da7dbf8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efff5a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"7efff5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#Geology_section\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hiking\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af338f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af338f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Geology_section\">Geology &amp; Field wORK<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990b089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"990b089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My first passion was geology. I especially love structural geology and geophysics\/seismology. I completed the intensive Indiana University geologic field camp as part of my undergraduate degree, and&nbsp; have since participated in field campaigns within several geologic disciplines.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d38b21\" data-id=\"3d38b21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4a74d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"9b4a74d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#Capacity_Building_section\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chalkboard-teacher\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e32e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37e32e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Capacity_Building_section\">Capacity Building &amp; MANAGEMENT<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a5329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8a5329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soft skills should never be forgotten. I am a logical thinker and believe organization and good communication are paramount for success. I get a lot of fulfillment from teaching others new skills in an understandable manner. Additionally, I excel at project management and team management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ed1292 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ed1292\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70132b2\" data-id=\"70132b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216f027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"216f027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"GIS_section\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d21bd66 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d21bd66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remote Sensing &amp; GIS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-x81gh6s elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"x81gh6s\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20554c4\" data-id=\"20554c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc3095b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc3095b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I earned my<strong> master\u2019s in Geographic Information Systems<\/strong> from the University of Arizona in 2020. Back then I worked mostly in ArcMap, but following my experience with the NASA DEVELOP program I became more interested in remote sensing and thus started working mainly in <strong>Google Earth Engine (GEE)<\/strong> I primarily use GEE in my current role at SIG.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I like working in GIS because of the creativity used for clear communication of information via cartographic principles, and because I like the large scale observation that is possible when looking at the Earth from far away using far more of the electromagnetic spectrum than we can see with the human eye.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d360b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d360b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cartography Examples<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f474a4 elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"9f474a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:6000,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" 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class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-21-at-12.27.55-PM-768x588.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2023-03-21 at 12.27.55 PM\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-30-at-10.33.28-PM-768x534.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2023-04-30 at 10.33.28 PM\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e7dc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2e7dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights of Work in Remote Sensing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5826e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd5826e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>I chose to do my<strong> GIS master&#8217;s thesis on InSAR<\/strong> (a remote sensing technique for accurate measurement of even small-scale changes in the Earth&#8217;s surface) because I found it fascinating and the methodology for processing SAR data was not covered in my regular course material. I learned the methodology on my own and focused on how the very technical results could be visualized to improve their understandability by non-experts. My thesis was entitled &#8220;<em>Assessing Perception of GIS Visualizations Depicting Differential InSAR Ground Deformation Measurements<\/em>.&#8221;<\/li><li>I was a member of the <strong>NASA DEVELOP<\/strong> National Program&#8217;s 4-person team that completed the summer 2019 project entitled,<br \/><p class=\"p1\"><em>Restructuring the Energy Balance in Ohio by Quantifying Energy Loss and Solar Potential Using NASA Earth Observations and LiDAR, <\/em>or <em>Ohio Energy<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span> Our work was featured in a local <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/energynews.us\/2019\/08\/23\/midwest\/nasa-analysis-sheds-light-on-cleveland-areas-rooftop-solar-potential\/\">Ohio news article<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/p><\/li><li>I am a contributing author on <strong>two chapters in the recently released freely available GEE textbook<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eefabook.org\/\">Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine: Fundamentals and Applications<\/a><\/em> (Chapter F4.4. Change Detection and Chapter A3.4 Forest Degradation and Deforestation).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf09d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acf09d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.47.10-AM-1024x674.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2104\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.47.10-AM-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.47.10-AM-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.47.10-AM-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.47.10-AM-1536x1011.png 1536w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.47.10-AM-2048x1348.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Example figure from master's work) Interferograms pre-unwrapping for all five time periods within the study site (location shown in bottom right map). Data shows phase offset between the two Sentinel-1 radar acquisitions from negative pi to pi in radians. Two deformation centers are clearly visible in maps B and C.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a457bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a457bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.49.59-AM-1024x674.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2105\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.49.59-AM-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.49.59-AM-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.49.59-AM-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.49.59-AM-1536x1010.png 1536w, https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-09-at-1.49.59-AM-2048x1347.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Example figure from master's work) Vertical displacement maps of study site shown as difference from the average displacement of each time period. This generally removes the regional deformation caused by seasonal variations. Vertical deformation within each approximately month-long time period (exact dates indicated above each map) is measured in centimeters, with upward motion for each study period shown in blue and downward deformation in red. A sum of the five previous maps, is on the bottom right with oil well locations indicated.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7eef517 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7eef517\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d1f07b\" data-id=\"9d1f07b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ec6a7b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"0ec6a7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Geology_section\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76fa471 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76fa471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geology &amp; Field Work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66da6a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66da6a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81344aa\" data-id=\"81344aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10bad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e10bad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GEOLOGIC FIELDWORK<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd021a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcd021a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>I love field work and have been lucky to have the opportunity to work in a variety of places and specializations&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ba4a3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ba4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>I worked as an Assistant Instructor for the seven-week <strong>G429 field camp course<\/strong> at the Indiana University Judson Mead Geologic Field Station in Montana. This program provided intensive practice in geologic mapping, surveying, structural measurements, cross section and geologic map creation, rock and mineral identification, structural history analysis, topographic map and stereogram aerial photo reading, self-location, managing safety of large groups of people in the field. I completed G429 as a student during my undergrad.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f7a6a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f7a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>As part of my masters research, I led our seismology team in <strong>installation and maintenance of 37-instrument seismic<\/strong> array at Laguna del Maule Volcanic Field, Chilean southern Andes. In order to install them we traversed the field area by foot, horse, boat, and helicopter.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>I completed paleoseismology field work in southern California for a United States Geological Survey internship, which involved several <strong>trenching studies and 3D laser scanner surveying<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61603d3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61603d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Installed seismographs<\/strong> for the Ozarks of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky (OIINK) seismicity project, as part of my undergrad research.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>I took a <strong>paleontology<\/strong> summer field course offered jointly by the University of Chicago and the Field Museum, through which I went 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fff7f2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fff7f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Capacity Building &amp; Management<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c926893 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c926893\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b97e53\" data-id=\"7b97e53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d55d48e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d55d48e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758d1b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"758d1b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Teaching \/ Capacity Building<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb9ade elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcb9ade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: #595959; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I enjoy teaching as part of my work, and have held various teaching roles&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baa08e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baa08e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I got my start in teaching as a <strong>ballroom dance coach<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, I worked as a <strong>teacher at an alternative school with 1-on-1 instruction<\/strong> (Brightmont Academy), where I taught all the science courses, some math, and Spanish.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was privileged to work as an <strong>Assistant Instructor for the Indiana University Geologic Field Station<\/strong> during the 2018 summer field camp, where I helped.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a Location Lead for NASA DEVELOP I enjoyed acting as a <strong>mentor<\/strong> for the program participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my favorite elements of my current role at Spatial Informatics Group is <strong>leading capacity building workshops<\/strong> for teams working all over the world.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7915862 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7915862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Capacity Building Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f560eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f560eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/training.sig-gis.com\/NEPALworkshopAE\/\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nepal Forest Change Workshop Website<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is a workshop website I helped design, with links to instructional materials I wrote to lead workshop participants through the implementation of unbiased area and uncertainty calculations for forest change in Nepal. Tools used include Google Earth Engine, Collect Earth Online, RShiny, and Google Sheets. As part of my work at SIG, in 2022 I led a live capacity building workshop in Nepal using this website.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/servir-amazonia.github.io\/trinidad-and-tobago-training\/intro-to-ceo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trinidad &amp; Tobago Workshop Website (Collect Earth Online)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I developed the section of this workshop website called \u2018Introduction to Collect Earth Online\u2019 to lead a virtual training for Trinidad and Tobago on the use of Collect Earth Online for reference data collection and map validation. I made the website using Github Pages. This workshop was part of a larger series of trainings for the Caribbean led by my team at SIG.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ldmvBI965WM\">CEO Sample Interpretation <\/a><\/strong><\/span>and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sJ4dfYPpytc\">CEO Project Creation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong> videos<\/strong><\/em>: I recorded these two training videos on best practices to support users of Collect Earth Online. They are hosted on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collect.earth\/ceo-guides\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Collect Earth Online support page<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eefabook.org\/\"><i>Google Earth Engine Textbook<\/i><\/a><\/u><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0This free online Google Earth Engine textbook is the product of more than a year of effort from more than 100 individuals, working in concert to provide this free resource for learning how to use this exciting technology for the public good. I am a contributing author for two of the chapters (&#8220;Change Detection&#8221; and &#8220;Forest Degradation and Deforestation&#8221;) and recorded the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/USggSEAn2yE?si=sMbb3bLV0o_n6WR6\"><i><u>video supplement<\/u><\/i><\/a> for the later.<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Workshop on Forest Mapping with Machine Learning Tools (Liberia)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I developed this <i><u><a href=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.github.io\/Liberia_NSC_ForestMonitoringTraining\/\">workshop website<\/a><\/u><\/i> in collaboration with my colleagues at SIG. I was lucky to be able to travel to Liberia in 2025 and deliver this training, centered on introducing using Google Earth Engine and remote sensing technology to map forests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f82695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f82695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Workshops around the World!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6f5b4f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6f5b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My favorite part of my job at SIG is getting to travel the world spreading knowledge about exciting tools and techniques. Most of these workshops are geared towards environmental monitoring and climate change mitigation.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-3); font-size: 1rem; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">I only mentioned a few events above, but there were many more.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">I love working with new groups of people on these topics. 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https:\/\/crystal-wespestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phil-1-2048x981.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1177e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1177e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project &amp; Team Managment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f6f35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3f6f35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Highlights of Projects Designed and\/or Managed at NASA DEVELOP<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c934225 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c934225\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><ul><li><p>Observing Impervious Surface Area and Tree Canopy Cover with Optical and Radar Imagery in Louisville, Kentucky<\/p><\/li><li><p>Assessing Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Cover, and Compounding Vulnerability Factors to Identify High Priority Areas for Cooling Initiatives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p><\/li><li><p>Restructuring the Energy Balance in Satellite Beach, Florida, by Quantifying Solar Energy Production Potential using NASA POWER Data Products and LiDAR<\/p><\/li><li>Enabling Crop Diversificatoin Practices in Midwestern Farmlands Through a Phenological Curve Analysis of Crop Progress and Health in Conjunction with Climatic and Ground-Based Agricultural Data<\/li><li>Predicting the Likelihood of Human-elephant Conflict and Assessing Patterns in Elephant Movements Over Varying Habitat Conditions in the Kavango-Zambezi Area<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a11ce09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a11ce09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Highlights of Spatial Informatics Group Project Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03689e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03689e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><b>Area Estimation of Nepal Forest Degradation, Loss, and Gain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2020- : Project manager, technical lead, and workshop trainer. SIG and SilvaCarbon worked to develop a new and repeatable methodology for Nepal\u2019s reporting of its forest degradation, loss, and gain. A workshop website was developed containing developed graphical user interfaces and manuals on the use of CCDC-SMA, CODED, LandTrendr, and MTDD for forest change detection. Reusable GEE tools were created for stratified sample design and unbiased area and uncertainty estimation, using reference data collected in CEO. SIG is providing ongoing technical support in the implementation of this methodology as Nepal prepares multiple reports for results based payments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Area Estimation of Forest Loss and Gain in the Philippines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2021- 2023: Project manager, lead technical analyst, and workshop trainer. SIG collaborated with USFS and Mullion Group to assist the Philippines in the development of their first Forest Reference Level report for REDD+ results based payments under the UNFCCC. SIG led the post processing of annual forest cover maps and creation of a forest change map for 2000-2018 in Google Earth Engine. The developed map was used for sample design for sample-based unbiased area estimation of the activity data. SIG trained the Philippines team in reference data collection in CEO and provided support for the QA\/QC procedures and area estimation and uncertainty analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Estimating Burned Areas in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2021-2023 : Project manager, technical analyst, and workshop trainer. SIG is providing support to RoC\/DRC in their area estimation of burned land through development and training on burn detection algorithms in GEE, interpretation key development, land cover type and burn event interpretation in CEO, unbiased area estimation for a complex sample design, and GHG emission estimation.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Sustainable Biomass Partnership, Carbon Stock Monitoring in Estonia<\/span>. 2021-2022: Project manager and technical analyst. SIG supported the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) to track forest carbon fluxes for the supply base&nbsp; of pellet mills using a standardized approach that used remote sensing and state-level (e.g. national forest&nbsp; inventories) data. SIG mapped stand age and forest dynamics, which were combined with published growth&nbsp; curves to calculate the amount of biomass carbon lost or gained over time. The maps and carbon stock&nbsp; calculations were displayed in a user-friendly online graphical interface.&nbsp;<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Philippines Forest Change Reporting<\/span>. 2021- :&nbsp;<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">Project manager and technical lead. SIG supports the operationalization of REDD+ reporting in the Philippines. Technical guidance is provided on writing the documentation for REDD+, training in Collect Earth Online, supporting implementation of forest change detection algorithms for sampling design,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\">selection and implementation of land cover mapping using the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Quantifying Land Use Change Statistics in Cameroon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2022-2025: Project manager and workshop trainer. This collaborative project is providing capacity building support to Cameroon on the topics of interpreting land use classes and land use change events in CEO. The gridded sample design of the reference data is being used for GHG emission estimation. The provided workshops centered on using satellite imagery and time series graphs for reference data interpretation, as well as QA\/QC procedures.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Informing the National Forest Inventory Field Data Collection in Ethiopia using Collect Earth Online<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2022- : Technical lead. SIG is providing support to Ethiopia in its effort to improve efficiency of field data collection for their NFI by examining sample sites remotely using CEO. SIG is providing ongoing technical support for CEO throughout the project. SIG worked with the Ethiopia team to establish a sample design, survey design, interpretation key, and QA\/QC procedures.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.7px;\"><b>Liberia Forest Monitoring<\/b>. 2024- : Project manager and instructor. SIG supports NovaSphere Canada in improving and operationalizing the forest and mangrove monitoring system in Liberia through technical capacity development of local organizations. The project is focused on producing a baseline forest map, evaluating historical forest change to inform decision-making, and creating a near-real-time change alerts tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4466b1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4466b1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Countries of Work Experience<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712c8c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"712c8c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li aria-level=\"1\">USA<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philippines<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lao PDR<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estonia<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cameroon<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominican Republic of the Congo<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Republic of the Congo<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethiopia<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Africa<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trinidad &amp; Tobago<\/span><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guyana<\/span><\/li><li 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