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GIS Advisory Committee

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Committee constitution

  1. Name: This University Committee shall be known as the “Geographic Information Systems Advisory Committee,” abbreviated as the “GIS Advisory Committee.”
  2. Composition of the Committee: The Committee shall be composed of faculty representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and/or any other academic unit that has a major representation of GIS users. In addition, the Committee shall reflect a representation from outside FIU, but in a close working relationship with FIU. The representatives will be nominated by the college deans and chairs.
  3. The Chair, Acting Chair and Co-chair: The Committee will elect a Chair and a Co-chair. Each shall serve a two-year term. In the first term, Library Administration will recommend an Acting Chair. The Acting Chair serves the term until the Committee elects a Chair.
  4. Committee Meetings: There shall be two regular meetings of the Committee each year. Other meetings may be called by the Chair of the Committee on an as-needed basis. Library Administration and the GIS Coordinator of the Library will attend both meetings. The Chair of the Committee and the GIS Coordinator are responsible for organizing meetings, setting up schedules, and communicating with other members of the Committee as well as with the GIS campus user group.
  5. The Functions of the Committee: The Committee is empowered to adopt policies, recommend services, and review and evaluate the GIS Center’s activities and performance.
  6. Vacancies: In the event of resignation by an elected Chair, the current Co-chair will become the Acting Chair until another Chair is elected by the Committee.

Members of GIS Advisory Committee

Committee Chairpersons

Name Position Department Email Telephone
Zhaohui (Jennifer) Fu GIS Center Head GIS Center fujen@fiu.edu (305) 348-3138 / (305) 919- 5727
Dean Whitman Earth and Environment whitmand@fiu.edu

Committee Members

Name Department Email
Daniel Gann Biological Sciences gannd@fiu.edu
Derrick Scott Global and Sociocultural Studies derrick.scott@fiu.edu
Assefa Melesse Earth and Environment melessea@fiu.edu
Stephen F. Pires Criminal Justice sfpires@fiu.edu
Jennifer Gebelein College of Arts and Sciences gebelein@fiu.edu
Hugh Gladwin Global and Sociocultural Studies gladwin@fiu.edu
Patricia Houle Earth and Environment houlep@fiu.edu
Xia Jin Civil and Environmental Engineering xjin1@fiu.edu
Rick Tardanico Global and Sociocultural Studies tardanic@fiu.edu
Peter Craumer Politics and International Relations craumerp@fiu.edu
Sukumar Ganapati Public Administration ganapati@fiu.edu
Martha Gutierrez Computer Science, HPDRC mgutie01@cs.fiu.edu
Ebru Ozer Landscape Architecture Ebru.Ozer@fiu.edu
Paul Castaneda Dower Economics pcastane@fiu.edu
Shimon Wdowinski Earth and Environment shimon.wdowinski@fiu.edu
Jayantha Obeysekera Sea Level Solutions Center jayantha.obeysekera@fiu.edu
Arturo Leon Civil and Environmental Engineering arturo.leon2@fiu.edu
Yuepeng Li International Hurricane Research Center yuepli@fiu.edu
Shu-Ching Chen School of Computing and Information Sciences chens@cs.fiu.edu
Genevieve Reid Global and Sociocultural Studies genevieve.reid@fiu.edu
Clinton Jenkins Earth and Environment Clinton.Jenkins@fiu.edu
Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar Earth and Environment maruthisridhar.balajibhaskar@fiu.edu

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