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Former Research Assistants |
 Lan
Jiang
Spring 2007 - Summer 2007
Ms Lan
Jiang has graduated from the Department of Community and Regional
Planning at Temple University in 2007. As a research assistant of the
Center, Ms. Jiang has been involved in Philadelphia Community Food
Access Study and Upper Dublin Environmental Resources Inventory Study.
Before that she worked as a GIS intern at The Reinvestment Fund in
summer 2006. She has a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Nanjing
Forestry University, China. She is now working full-time as a GIS
Analyst at Toole Design Group, located in DC Metro Area.
E-mail: ljiang@tooledesign.com |
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 Dennis Dalbey
Summer 2005 - Summer 2006
Mr. Dalbey is a graduate student in the Community and Regional
Planning department at Temple University Ambler. He joined the CSC
research team in Summer 2005 as a GIS Intern.
Mr. Dalbey has a M.A. in Political Science from East Stroudsburg
University, a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Kutztown University and a
GIS certification from Penn State. His interests include Cartography,
ArcGIS, and ArcView extensions, including spatial analysis and 3D
analysis.
At present Mr. Dalbey works as a Geodemographer at Marketing Systems
Group. He pulls demographic data sets for clients through a variety of
demographic data service providers (ie. the census) using the software
MapInfo and ArcGIS.
E-mail:
ddalbey@temple.edu |
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 Wesley Ratko
Summer 2005 - Fall 2005
Mr. Ratko is a graduate student in the Community and Regional
Planning department at Temple University Ambler. He joined the CSC
research team in 2005 as a research assistant, creating and
digitizing GIS maps, data processing and analysis. He has completed
a planning internship at Castle Valley Consultants (New Britain, PA)
and is currently working on his master's thesis. His objective is to
pursue a Ph.D. in transportation planning with a focus on
interagency cooperative policy.
E-mail:
wratko@temple.edu |
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 Jesse
Sherry
Spring 2004 - Summer 2005
Jesse Sherry has graduated from the Department of Community and Regional
Planning at Temple University in 2005. He is now a doctoral student at
Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He has an interest in
Sustainable Development and the design of sustainable communities.
E-mail:
jsherry@temple.edu |
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 Griselle Rodreguez-Herrera
Spring 2004 - Spring 2005
Ms.
Rodriguez-Herrera worked as a GIS intern for the CSC from
Spring 2004 to Spring 2005. Her responsibilities included GIS
mapping, digitizing, and data processing. She has completed a planning
internship at Triad Associates (Dresher, PA) and is now working on her
master's thesis.
E-mail:
griselle@temple.edu |
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 Melanie
Martin
Spring 2003 - Summer 2004
Mel Martin has graduated from the Department of Community and Regional
Planning in 2004. She is now a senior planner for the Lehigh Valley
Planning Commission in Allentown, PA. Her projects include Open Space /
Natural Resource Planning and Stormwater Management. Her objective is to
assist the Lehigh Valley in meeting open space preservation goals while
maintaining a healthy balance between low impact development and natural
resource protection.
E-mail:
mam@lvpc.org |
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 Justin
Ryan
Summer 2002 - Fall 2003
Justin Ryan, a graduate from the Department of Community and Regional
Planning at Temple University Ambler, worked as a GIS intern for the CSC
from August 2002 to Fall 2003. Now he works closely with President to
support initiatives of Lehigh Valley Industrial Park, Inc. and assists
with development a 1,000 acre premier industrial park within the City of
Bethlehem on the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation lands.
His responsibilities include securing city planning approvals;
marketing/sales of individual parcels; writing and administering grants
and loan funds from federal, state and local sources as well as managing
sale of environmental credits; community liaison on issues of land use,
acquisition, funding and project progress; management of building
planning and approval process.
E-mail:
jryan@lvip.org |
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Frank Fata
Spring 2003 - Spring 2003
Frank Fata, a graduate from the Department of Landscape Architecture at Temple University Ambler, worked as a GIS intern for the CSC
from February 2003 to Fall 2003. His
responsibilities included converting AutoCAD files into GIS format and
digitizing. His interests include AutoCAD, engineering, and golf course
design.
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 Matthew Hidek
Fall 2002 - Spring 2003
Matt Hidek is currently a Doctoral Student at the Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
(Department of Geography). He is also a former U.S. Army Officer with a
background in field operations and intelligence planning. Prior to
beginning his studies at the Maxwell School, Matt worked as an
antiterrorism analyst at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while
completing a M.S. in Community and Regional Planning at Temple
University. He was assigned as a planner at the Office of Maritime and
Land Security at the Transportation Security Administration. Matt also
worked with DHS’ new Geospatial Management Office (GMO) to design and
implement new mapping and intelligence planning approaches for surface
transportation systems. His research interests include hazard
mitigation, urban systems, community resilience, disaster preparedness,
and critical analysis of U.S. homeland security planning.
E-mail:
mahidek@maxwell.syr.edu
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