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NAME: Robert P. Sechrist
HOME ADDRESS: 533 Oak St., Indiana PA
CAMPUS ADDRESS: 15A Leonard Hall, Geography & Regional Planning, IUP
PHONE: Office (412)357-2251
Fax (412)357-3768
Home (412)357-8258
EMAIL: RPSECRST@.IUP.EDU
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Major: Geography
Minor: Computer Science
- M.A., 1980, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, New York
Major: Geography
- B.A., 1977, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Major #1: Anthropology
Major #2: Geography
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Visiting Scholar - Legislative Office for Research 1999 - 2000
Liaison, House of Representatives,
- Full Prof. of Geography & Regional Planning,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania., September 1996-present
- Assoc. Prof. of Geography & Regional Planning,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania., September 1991-September 1996
- Asst. Prof. of Geography & Regional Planning,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania., September 1986- August 1991
- Northern Ill. University, Center for Governmental Studies August 1984 August 1986
- Applied Technology Research, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 1983 June 1984
- Louisiana State University, Division of Research Services,
Baton Rouge, La., User Consultant, May 1983 August 1984
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Teaching Asst. Sept. 1982 May 1983
- Louisiana Office of State Climatology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
programmer, cartographer, January 1981 August 1982
HONORS & AWARDS
- 1987. "Rookie of the Year" Institute for Applied Research and Public Policy IUP.
- 1992. "Best Educational Software" Association of American Geographers, for EPIDEMIC.
- 1996. IUP Sponsored Programs Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Service.
INSTRUCTION
Undergraduate
| Physical Geography | Adv. Digital Cartography | Geo of Wine |
| Cultural Geography | World Geography | Geo of N. American Indians |
| Digital Cartography | Cartography I & II | Spatial Information Mgmt |
| Introduction to GIS | Technical Issues in GIS | Non Western Geography |
Graduate
| Spatial Programming | Research Methods | Settlement Geography |
| Digital Cartography | Cartography | Technical Issues in GIS |
| Quantitative Methods | Settlement Geography | Spatial Information Mgmt. |
| Geo of Ancient World | | |
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Books, Monographs & Volumes
- 1996. Pennsylvania Geographic Information System Resource & Development Guide, editor.
- 1996. Pennsyldatia, version 1.0, a collection of ArcInfo data files.
- 1996. Pennsylvania Atlas of Populated Places.
- 1995. Series Editor for National Environmental Education and Training Center Publications:
The State of Hazardous Materials Education, Training and Research,
The Tribal Implementation of Federal Environmental Law
The U.S. Environmental Remediation Market
The Status of Environmental Remediation Industry and Related Issues in Mexico
The Status of the Environmental Remediation Industry and Related Issues in South America,
The Status of Environmental Remediation Technologies and Related Education and Training in Western Europe
The Status of ISO 14,000 International Standards on Environmental Management
Current Worksite Monitoring and Performance Measurement for Environmental Remediation in the United
States
Environmental Remediation Scholarships for College Students
Impact of Workplace Safety Committees On Accident & Illness Rates
Labor Demand Projections for the Waste Remediation Market
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
- 1981. "Agricultural Adaptations in a New Environ¬ment: Diffusion of Coffee Replacement Crops in Parana,
Brazil." In Roland Chardon (ed.), Studies in Historical Geography. Louisiana State University, Geography Depart¬ment: Occasional Publications.
- 1982. Glossary of Settlement Terms, Gail Schlundt (Ed.). Louisiana State University, Geography Department: Occasional Publications.
- 1987. with Jodie Vuckovich "Estimating Land Use Change Using Iterative Propor¬tional Fitting." Papers and
Proceedings of Applied Geography Con¬ferences. 10:151-8.
- 1988. with Andrew Krmenec & Gail Krmenec. "Estimating a Land Use Change Matrix: an Iterative
Algorithm with Tests" Tech Papers of the ACSM 6:122-131.
- 1988. "The CD-ROM: Massive Storage Media for Social Science Data" Social Science Computer Review
6:369-378.
- 1989. "Microcomputer Based Simulation Diffusion Model". Social Science Computer Review 7:161-174.
- 1989. "Local Agency Computerization Assistance Program" Social Science Computer Review 7:324-7.
- 1990. with Blake McCully, Andrew Miltz, & Indiana County Office of Planning and Development. Green
Township Comprehensive Plan & Economic Development Strategy.
- 1990. with Blake McCully & Indiana County Office of Planning and Development. Saltsburg Borough
Comprehensive Plan & Downtown Revitalization Strategy.
- 1992. "Simulation of the Spatial Diffusion Process" Computers and Geoscience 18:965-74.
- 1994. "Results of a Survey on Map and GIS Use by Local Government in Pennsylvania" Pennsylvania
Geographer 32(1): 69-84.
- 1998. 1998. An Assessment of Vendor Responses to Requirements Stated in the OGC/IPT Task Force 97
Technology Submission Form. National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
Non-Refereed Material
- 1985. "The generation and analysis of undirected two-dimensional diffu¬sion models." Working Paper Series
Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University.
- 1986. "Generating Annual Gantt Tables." Data Based Advisor. 4:70-72.
- 1986. with Bernard Gardocki "County Business Patterns: Collection, Structure, Organization, and Potential
Uses." Working Paper Series Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University.
- 1986. "Procedures for Estimating Non-disclosed Data From County Business Patterns, Research in
Contemporary and Applied Geography: A Discussion Series 10/1:1-15.
- 1988. "Training Students for Educational Work Experiences: Skills Requested by Employers, Research in
Contemporary and Applied Geography: A Discussion Series 12/4:1-13.
- 1989. with James Snaden, Al Forsyth, & Lawrence Lewis. "Microcomputers in Geography", ERIC,
Resources in Education.
- 1990. with Fritz Fichtner, Robert Rittle, and Robert Williams. Pennsylvania Occupational Information System
version 6.0 Users Guide, Users Guide Supplement Code Directory, and Overview and Tutorial.
Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry, Harrisburg PA.
- 1991. with Fritz Fichtner, Robert Rittle, and Robert Williams. Pennemploy Users Guide. Pennsylvania Dept.
of Labor & Industry, Harrisburg PA.
- 1993. Using Summer Youth Corps to Collect Data for Township Projects. Pennsylvania Township News __: 49.
Software
- 1985. "IPF: a Program for Iterative Proportional Fitting". Public Domain Software, AAG Microcomputer Specialty Group, disk G12.
- 1985. "POPMID: a Program to Draw Population Pyramids". Duke University Press, Durham, North
Carolina.
- 1985. "Select: a Dbase III Program to Manipulate Dun & Bradstreet Data." Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
- 1986. "County Business Patterns, Data Base Management and Analysis." Duke University Press, Durham,
North Carolina.
- 1986. "Climate Classifier" Public Domain Software, AAG Microcomputer Specialty Group, disk G3.
- 1987. "The Statistical Consultant." Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina.
- 1988. "POPMID: a Program to Draw Population Pyramids". Duke University Press, Durham, North
Carolina. (version update)
- 1989. with James Taylor. TIGERview: Census TIGER display Software. AAG Microcomputer Specialty Group
- 1989. with Blake McCully and James Taylor."Geographic Names Infor¬mation System Retrieval Program."
Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina.
- 1989. with James Taylor. "Populated Places Register"
- 1991. "EPIDEMIC: a Spatial Diffusion Simulation". AAG Microcomputer Specialty Group, Disk 41.
- 1991. "GEOBIB: Bibliographic Retrieval Software for Geographers". AAG MicroComputer Specialty Group,
Disk 16.
- 1991. "Historical Hazardous Substances Data Base System". Springfield: Illinois. Illinois State Museum.
- 1991. "MENTOR" with Robert Begg. Software produced for Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
- 1992. "Saltsburg: an Atlas*GIS tutorial" AAG Microcomputer Specialty Group, Disk .
- 1994. with Gail Sechrist "GEOBIB: The Association of American Geographer's Bibliographic System".
Association of American Geographers.
Notes
- 1985. "New Products Displayed at National Computer Conference." Micro Computer Specialty Group
Newsletter 1:6.
- 1985. "New Computer Journal for the Social Sciences." MSG Newsletter 1:11.
- 1987. "The CD-ROM and Geography." MSG Newsletter 3:19.
- 1988. "Make Your Own Serial Cables." MSG Newsletter 4:2.
Other
- 1984. "Basic County Geographic and Historic Data for Interfacing ICPSR DataSets with Cartographic
Computer Programs." Inter University Consor¬tium for Social and Political Research, Data Set #8159.
- 1985. "Prohibition in the United States by County, 1801 1920." Inter University Consortium for Social and
Political Research, Data Set #8343.
Reviews
- 1986. "PC Draw". Professional Geographer. 38:179.
- 1986. "Util". MicroComputer Specialty Group Newsletter. 2:3.
- 1987. Landsat by Col. Scott Loomer, MicroComputer Specialty Group Newsletter. 3:5.
- 1991. Dr. Doolittle by Bondata, Inc. Microcomputer Specialty Group Newsletter. 7:21.
- 1992. Computer Applications In Geography by Paul Mather Professional Geographer 44:235-6.
- 1993. "NCompass". AAG Newsletter. 28:(12)9 Washington DC
- 1993. "Roadway PC" AAG Newsletter. 28(12)9 Washing DC
- 1994. "KeyMap USA" AAG Newsletter. 29:(3)7,15 Washington DC
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
National
- 1980. "Patterns of Church Attendance in Binghamton, N. Y." Paper presented at 1980 AAG meeting,
Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1985. "Three Dimensional Models of the Diffusion of Prohibition in United States,1876 1920." Paper
presented at 1985 AAG meeting, Detroit, MI.
- 1986. "Procedures for Estimating Non-disclosed Data From County Business Patterns." Paper presented at
1986 Applied Geography Conference, West Point, New York.
- 1987. "The Sanctuary Movement: Spatial and Temporal Growth Trends." Paper Presented at 1987 AAG
meeting, Portland, Oregon.
- 1987. with Jodie Vuckovich "Estimating Land Use Change Using Iterative Propor¬tional Fitting in Western
Pennsylvania, 1978-82." Paper Presented at Applied Geography Conference, Knoxville, Tenn.
- 1987. "Teaching Introductory Cartography at IUP" Paper Presented at 1987 North American Cartographic
Information Society Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1988. with Andrew and Gail Krmenec. "Estimating a Land-Use Matrix: an Iterative Algorithm with Tests".
Paper presented American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, St. Louis, Mo.
- 1988. "The Statistical Consultant: an Expert System for Determining Appropriate Statistical Tests and
Measures". Paper presented at 1988 AAG meeting, Phoenix, Arizona
- 1988. "The Geographic Names Information System Retrieval Program". Paper presented at 1988 North
American Cartographic Information Society meeting. Denver Colorado.
- 1988. "Educational Requirements of Entry Level Employers of Geography Students" Applied Geography
Conference, St. Paul, MN.
- 1989. "Iterative Proportional Fitting: a Microcomputer based software Package." Association of American
Geographers Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
- 1989. "Cartographic Database Software Development" IBM Academic Computing Conference, Anaheim, CA.
- 1989. "The Populated Places Register" Applied Geography Conference, Binghamton, New York.
- 1990. "Tracking Socio-Economic Change in Rural Pennsylvania". Association of American Geographers,
Toronto Canada.
- 1991. "Geographic Journal Bibliographic Research". Association of American Geographers, Miami, Florida.
- 1991. "Organizing Census Data with a GIS" Association of Public Data Users, Washington, DC. 11/4/91.
- 1993. with Gail Sechrist "Changing Patterns of Research Topics in the Professional Geographer, 1949-1992.
Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1995. “GIS for underground facility Protection” One Call System International Conference, Pittsburgh PA.
- 1998. “Digital Mapping,” National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives Annual Meeting, Rehobeth
Beach, Delaware, 8/20/98.
- 1999. “Map Based Automated One-Call Notification Processing: How to get more for less,” Damage Prevention
Convention, Atlanta, Georgia. 12/2-4/98.
State
- 1985. "Historical Geography of Prohibition in the United States, 1800¬-1920." Paper presented at 1985 Illinois
Geographic Society, DeKalb, Illinois.
- 1987. "Teaching Digital Cartography at IUP" Paper Presented at 1987 Pennsylvania Geographical Society
Meetings, Kutztown, Pa.
- 1987. "Using the Climate Classifier Program in an Introductory Geography Class" Paper Presented
Pennsylvania Geographical Society Meetings, Kutztown, Pa.
- 1993. "GIS Education and Training at IUP" Pennsylvania GIS conference, Harrisburg, PA.
- 1994. "Results of a Survey on GIS and Local Government in Pennsylvania" Pennsylvania GIS Conference,
Harrisburg, PA.
- 1994. "The Digital Atlas of Pennsylvania." SSHE Computers-Based Technology Across the Curriculum
Conference, Bloomsburg, PA,
- 2004. “GIS Opportunities Abound” Pennsylvania Digital Government Summit, Hershey PA June 8-9, 2004
Invited Presentations
- 1987. "Computers and Geography" University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
- 1991. "Microcomputers in the World of GIS" Southwestern Regional Planning Commission GIS
Seminar 1/29/91.
- 1991. "GIS Classroom Exercises for Atlas*GIS" Symposium on GIS in Higher Education, Tampa,
Florida 10/26/91.
- 1992. "GIS and TIGER Files" Mon Valley Tri-State Network, Waynesburg, PA August 1992.
- 1993. "Summer Youth Corps and GIS Data Collection" Pennsylvania Service Delivery Area Association,
Harrisburg, PA 1/21/93.
Workshops, Presenter, Organizer, Chair
- 1988. "Microcomputers in Rural Development". AAG annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
- 1989. "Using Atlas-Graphics". Workshop held at Pennsylvania State Data Center to train state employees
in map making.
- 1989. "Improvement of Teaching Computer Cartography in SSHE". University Center at Harrisburg.
Funded by SSHE.
- 1989. "Using Geographic Software in Education". National Council of Geographic Education meeting.
Hershey Pa.
- 1990. "Pennsylvania Occupational Information System". Training, Indiana, Harrisburg, & Philadelphia.
- 1990. "Workshop in Geographic Information Systems" for Southern Alleghenies Regional Planning
Commission.
- 1991. "Exploratory Data Analysis" Applied Research Lab Workshop in Research Methods 1/17/91.
- 1991. "Pennsylvania Occupational Information System" Training, Indiana, Harrisburg, & Philadelphia.
- 1992. "Using GIS". Association of Public Data Users, Washington, DC. 11/1/92.
- 1993. "Education & Training in GIS" Pennsylvania GIS Conference, Harrisburg, March 10-12.
- 1993. "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Workshop", Pennsylvania Geographic Information
Systems Conference, Harrisburg, March 10, 1993. Attendees received .8 CEU credits from Penn State.
- 1993. "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Workshop" Pittsburgh Geological Society, April 23.
- 1994. "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Workshop", Pennsylvania Geographic Information Systems Conference, Harrisburg, Feb 22, 1994. Attendees received .8 CEU credits from Penn State.
- 1998. “Introduction to Geographic Information Systems”, Nemacolin VIII Professional Development
Conference, February 26.
RESEARCH AND GRANT ACTIVITY
Funded Grant Activity
- 1986-1987. Miner's Hospital, Spangler, Pennsylvania. Contract for Database development, $7500.
- 1986. Department of Energy Used Equipment Grant. $1150.
- 1987-1989. IUP Research Grant to study land use change in western Pa. $3100.
- 1987. Fisher Scientific, Indiana Pennsylvania. Contract for Database development and training, $5500.
- 1989. SSHE Professional Development Council. Improvement of Teaching Grant. Hold training in Computer-
assisted Cartography for System Faculty. $2800.
- 1989. (with Robert Boldin) Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Business and Industrial Development Data Base
for Indiana County, $8000.
- 1989. US Statistics Corp. Contract to develop software to extract, retrieve, and display TIGER files from
CD-Rom, $43,000.
- 1989. Indiana County. Comprehensive Plan for Green Township, Indiana County, $6500.
- 1989. Indiana County. Comprehensive Plan for Saltsburg, Indiana County, $8500.
- 1990. Map/Info Corporation. Software grant to assist in teaching Geographic Information Systems, $22,500.
- 1990. Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor (with Robert Rittle) Pennsylvania Occupational Information System
Support. $18,000.
- 1991. Saltsburg GIS Demonstration Project. IUP Senate Research Committee. $1200.
- 1991. Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor (with Robert Rittle) Pennsylvania Occupational Information System
Support. $21,000.
- 1992. Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor (with Robert Rittle) Pennsylvania Occupational Information System Support. $21,000.
- 1992. Adept Computers, Inc. GIS Consulting. $1,500.
- 1992. Cranberry Township, GIS Services. $1,000.
- 1992. Pennsylvania One Call System Inc. GIS Consulting & Services. $80,742 (plus approx $35,000 in
computing equipment (three 486 and three 386 computers, digitizer, and plotter)).
- 1992. (with Gail Sechrist) Association of American Geographers. Construct a Bibliographic Database & write
retrieval Software. $1,800.
- 1993. Pennsylvania One Call System Inc. GIS Consulting & Services. $135,000.
- 1993. Cranberry Township, GIS Services. $25,000.
- 1993. Pennsylvania One Call System Inc. GIS Consulting and Services. $38,000
- 1994. with Whit Watts. City of DuBois. Comprehensive Planning $28,864.
- 1994. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. GIS Consulting and Services. $217,000.
- 1994. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. Network System for SSRC (equipment grant). $17,300.
- 1994. Huntingdon County Planning Department. Huntingdon County GIS $4000.
- 1994. Cranberry Township. GIS Services. $10,000.
- 1995. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. GIS Consulting & Services. $204,840.
- 1995. Huntingdon County Planning Department. Huntingdon County GIs. $8,000.
- 1995. National Environmental Education & Training Center. Direct Research Program. $143,688.
- 1996. Center for Rural PA. PA GIS Information System Research & Development Guide. $9,980.
- 1996. Huntingdon County Planning Department. Huntingdon County GIS Supplemental funding. $4,840.
- 1996. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. GIS Consulting and Services. $193,500.
- 1997. Huntingdon County Planning Department. Huntingdon County GIS. $12,840.
- 1997. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. GIS Consulting and Services. $363,600.
- 1997. Cranberry Township. GIS Services. $9,000.
- 1997. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. $35,469.
- 1998. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. GIS Consulting and Services, $363,600.
- 1998. Huntingdon County Planning Department. Huntingdon County GIS. $12,000.
- 1998. Indiana Borough. Indiana Borough GIS. $12,000.
- 1998. Cranberry Township. GIS Services. $9,000.
- 1999. Huntingdon County Planning Department. Huntingdon County GIS. $12,000.
- 1999. Legislative Office for Research Liaison. Legislative GIS. $13,874.
- 1999. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. System Maps. $8,250.
- 1999. U.S. Department of Transportation. Create and maintain national pipeline system. $180,952.
- 1999. Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc. GIS Consulting and Services. $403,200.
- 1999. AT& T Corp. Digitizing $4000.
- 2000. Senate Engineering, Digitizing. $81,000.
- 2000. Equitrans Corporation, GIS Consulting and Services, $128,000.
- 2000. Duquesne Light Corp. GIS Services. $93,500.
- 2001. TCG Corp. GIS services. $53,000
- 2001. PECO Energy, GIS Consulting $23,000.
- 2002. Pennsylvania Department of Education, GIS Consulting and services, $48,000.
- 2002. Pittsburgh Port Authority Transit, GIS Consulting and services. $31,000.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & MEMBERSHIP
- Association of American Geographers
AAG IBM PC Software Exchange Coordinator 1985-1996
Member Board of Directors, Micro Specialty Group, 1987¬ 1989
Chair Micro Specialty Group, 1989-1991 (approx 350 members)
Bibliographer 1992
AAG Software Review Editor 1993 - 1995
- American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
- Pennsylvania Geographical Society
- Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- 1987. with Charles Bertness and Ginger Brown. Indiana Borough Volunteer Fire Dept. Data base
development for tracking equipment, personnel, and cash flow.
- 1987. Analysis of Greater Punxsutawney Economic Development Survey.
- 1988. Computer training and selection of computers for Indiana County Planning Commission.
- 1992. Member Steering Committee for Southwest Pennsylvania Regional Geographic Information System.
- 1993. Appointed member of Steering Committee for 1st Pennsylvania GIS Conference.
- 1994. Member 2nd Pennsylvania GIS Conference Steering Committee.
- 1995-99 PA Department of Environmental Protection Technical Advisory Committee.
- 1998 - PA Geographic Information Council Member.
- 2001 - PA I-Team member (USGS GIS coordination)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
- 1986. Designed Research Interest Database for IUP Grant's Office.
- 1986-1991 State Data Center Affiliate - handle requests for census data from university and public.
- 1986-1987, 1990- 1992 Departmental APSCUF representative
- 1987-92 Member University Senate
- 1987-1989 Assistant Department Chair
- 1987-91 Humanities and Social Sciences Micro Laboratory Advisory Board.
- 1987-95 Member ISC Center Academic Computing Advisory Committee
- 1987 Mainframe Selection Committee
- 1987-1988 Member University Software Policy Committee
- 1988-1990 Secretary University Senate
- 1989-1992 Coordinator Applied Research Lab
- 1990-1993 Member SSHE Academic Computing Advisory Council
- 1991-1992 Member University Senate Ad Hoc Text Policy Committee
- 1992 Microcomputer Selection Committee
- 1992 Member faculty evaluation Norming Committee (APSCUF appt.)
- 1994-95 Senate Representative Middle States Steering Committee, Prinicipal Author, Libraries &
Information Technology Chapter
- 1999- Chair, Department of Geography & Regional Planning
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