Dr. Sylvio Mannel
♦ Geosciences Department ♦ GIS Training and Research Center ♦ Idaho State University ♦
♦ Pocatello, ID 83209-8104 ♦ (208) 282-3439, or -5606 ♦ mannel@isu.edu ♦
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Relevant Experience in Recent Past
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Spatial Analysis and Statistics
Proven Leadership Skills
Expertise visible in many publications and National Award |
Interdisciplinary Research and Publications
Hyperspectral data
Web-interface mapping
Data-mining classifications |
Published teaching material
Effective Grant Writing
Effective teaching (excellent student evaluations)
Up-to-date on latest geospatial tools |
Professional Preparation
2000-03 |
PhD, Atmosphere, Environment and Water Resources (focus on GIS and Remote Sensing) (GPA 4.0)
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Dissertation: Contribution of remote sensing to forest inventories in the Black Hills, SD – A focus on reference data acquisition, Decision Tree classification and hyperspectral versus multispectral data; Advisor: M. Price, PhD. |
1993-99 |
M.S., Geo-Ecology; University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Thesis: Biophysical Characterization of the Tallgrass Prairie in Oklahoma: Grassland Canopy Parameters and their Relationship to Satellite Derived NDVI; Advisor: Meyer, D., PhD. |
1996-1997 |
Augustana College; Sioux Falls, SD; Exchange student |
1995 |
Liverpool Institute of Higher Education; Liverpool, Great Britain; Exchange student |
1989-1992 |
Electrician; Vocational College of Neubrandenburg; Germany, Combination of undergraduate studies, and vocational training. |
National Award
2008 Burrill Award by the Association of American Geographers (AAG) for research, education and outreach in the Geosciences. (Previous recipients include the Louisiana State GIS Clearing Cooperate for their contributions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.)
Appointments
2008- now |
Assistant Professor, Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Teach graduate and undergraduate geospatial courses
Develop Research Program
Liaison between ISU GIS Center and Geosciences Dept.
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2007-08 |
Coordinator and head of Conservation Data Center, University of Virgin Islands, St.Thomas, VI
Managed a GIS Research Center
Supervised team of four people
Coordinated research/outreach projects |
2003-07 |
GIS/Remote Sensing Manager and instructor, Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, SD
Built GIS/Remote Sensing program (graduate and undergraduate education, research and outreach)
50% teaching, 50% research |
2006 |
Guest lecturer, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
Taught summer Graduate GIS class |
2006 |
Mentor for GIS instructor, Sinte Gleska University, Rosebud, SD
supported setting up GIS education program |
Other Appointments / Positions
1997 - 01 |
Intermittent internships and work as Guest Scientist at USGS EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD
- researched remote sensing land cover classifications |
1998-99
1999 |
GIS/CAD/Surveyor; Frohmann Surveying, Potsdam, Germany
Planning and zoning; ECB - Enerko Consult Geodesy, Berlin, Germany |
1992 |
Electrician, Potsdam, Germany |
Consulting Positions
2007 - now |
Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Kyle, SD
- GIS/GPS training
- online map (www.LakotaMall.com) |
2007 – now |
Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, SD
- prepared GIS database
- prepared interactive online maps |
2006 |
Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation, Kyle, SD
- set up GIS for Park Service |
Military Service
- 1992-93 Allied Forces - Telecommunication - Germany
Certifications and Licenses
2009 |
ESRI Certificate: Working with ArcPad 7 |
2009 |
ESRI Certificate: Turning Data into Information Using ArcGIS 9 |
2006 |
ESRI Instructor-led Training Certificate: Geodatabases |
2006 |
PADI Divers Certificate |
2005 |
ESRI Instructor-led Training Certificate: Cartography |
Grant and Contract support
2008-12 |
“Setting up an undergraduate GIS curriculum – feasibility study and strategic plan”
Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, “Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program” awarded to University of the Virgin Islands
Principal Investigator Stevie Henry
Grant author/collaborator Sylvio Mannel ($638,579) |
2008 |
“Preparation for a GIS Curriculum”
Title 3, University of the Virgin Islands
Principal Investigator: Sylvio Mannel ($29,654) |
2008 |
Setting up a Geospatial Repository at the University of Virgin Islands
NSF EPSCoR Virgin Islands (contract support) |
2008 |
GIS workshop and GIS support to Graduate Program
NSF - EPSCoR Virgin Islands (contract support) |
2007-09 |
“Lakota Land 2 - Sharing Lakota history”
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Principal Investigator: Sylvio Mannel (Kathy Aplan after 2007) ($100,000) |
2007-09 |
“Great Plains Riparian Protection Project (GRIPP)”
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Principal Investigator Charles Jason Tinant
Co- Principal Investigator Sylvio Mannel ($140,000) |
2006-09 |
Tribal Earth Science & Technology Education (TRESTE)
Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and NASA
Collaborator Sylvio Mannel ($35,000) |
2005-07 |
“Lakota Land” Mapping culture, history and recreation
NSF
Principal Investigator Sylvio Mannel ($99,996) |
2004-06 |
“Buffalo-Bird-Grass”
USDA
Principal Investigator Trudy Ecoffey
Co-Principal Investigator Sylvio Mannel (150,000) |
2004-05 |
Mapping and analyzing diabetes distribution on Pine Ridge Reservation
Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks (BRIN)
Principal Investigator: Deig Sandoval
Collaborator Sylvio Mannel ($154 388) |
2004-05 |
“NativeView Connections" WFD Program
Subgrant with Space Grant Multi-State consortium
Collaborator Sylvio Mannel (5,000) |
Past and current research
- Landcover change detection via remotely sensed data, especially over forests and grasslands
- Apply GIS to multiple disciplines using multiple technologies, i.e. History, Anthropology, Healthcare, Multi-Media, and Environmental Science.
- Explore data mining Decision Tree algorithms in remotely sensed data
- Explore multi-and hyperspectral remotely sensed data for environmental studies
- Explore reference data acquisition for Remotely Sensed Data
- Temporal GIS and remote sensing
- 3D GIS video animation
- Creation of interactive internet maps including hyperlinked documents, photos and short
- Protecting and mapping Lakota historical, recreational and business sites on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (final goal is an interactive map on the internet and analysis of a possible spatial correlation of historical sites and landscape features)
- Impact of bison versus cattle grazing on South Dakota prairies (using satellite data to determine biomass)
- Mapping and analyzing the distribution of diabetes on the Pine Ridge Reservation to help in the battle against one of the biggest health issues on the reservation
- Mapping population of amphibians and reptiles (turtles, salamanders, etc) in Western South Dakota
- Technical investigation of setting up field survey sample plots in forested areas
- GIS analysis, such as distribution of flora, fauna or diseases
- Continue collaboration with Native American entities
- Investigate other GIS/Remote Sensing/Environmental technology
Teaching (undergraduate and graduate)
- GPS Applications in Research (3 credits)
- Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
- Principles of GIS (3 credits)
- Geotech Seminar (2 credits)
- Introduction to GIS (3 credits)
- Applications of GPS/GIS (3 credits)
- Remote Sensing – Viewing our Land from Space (3 credits)
- People and the Environment (3 credits)
- Digital Photography for Everyone (1 and 2 credit(s))
- GPS/GIS for Everyone (1 credit)
- STEM for Science Teachers (co-taught) (2 credits)
SERVICE
National and State
Committee Assignments
2008 to now Board member Geospatial Coordinating Committee
2006 to 2007 Strategic Planning Committee, Oglala Lakota College
2004 to 2006 Insurance Committee, Oglala Lakota College
Community Service
- Supported setting up GIS implementation in schools and community with the Virgin Islands government and at the University of Virgin Islands
- Supported setting up GIS programs and GIS applications with Oglala Sioux Tribes (OST) Landuse Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Kyle Firefighters, K-12 teachers, OST Parks and Rec, other Tribal Colleges and Universities (e.g. Sinte Gleska University)
- Native American outreach, local business and tourism support
- Supported local Native American organizations and Forest Service in their negotiations about returning land to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation around Stronghold Table
- Numerous lectures in Science for Middle and High Schools
- High school field trips as part of GIS research/outreach
- Organized job fairs
- Served as judge for student posters at conferences
Graduate Committee
- Mansoor Raza (Advisor)
- Ted Dunsford (PhD-committee)
- Ahmad Aburizaiza
- Allen Richard Anselmo, “Hydrologic Data Management and Analysis Extensions for an Open Source Geographic Information System” (2008)
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Publications
Mannel, S., Price, M. and Hua, D. Impact of reference datasets and autocorrelation on classification accuracy, International Journal of Remote Sensing, (in review).
Mannel, S., Winkelman, K; Phelps, S. and Fredenberg, M. (2008) Applications of a GIS Program to Tribal Research: its Benefits, Challenges and Extensions to the Community, Journal of Geoscience Education 55:6.
Platt, S., Fast Horse, Z., Mannel, S., Comes Killing, C., and Rainwater T.R. (2006) A Herpetofaunal Survey of Southwestern South Dakota with an Emphasis on Species of Conservation Concern. Journal of Kansas Herpetology, Number 20.
Mannel, S., Rumble, M. A., Price, M., Juntti, T. M. and Hua, D. (2006). Comparison of combinations of sighting devices and target objects for establishing circular plots in the field. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-60.
Mannel, S., Price, M. and Hua, D. (2006) A method to multiply training and test data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27: 3-4.
Wylie B.K., Meyer D.J.; Tieszen L.L., and Mannel, S. (2002) Satellite mapping of surface biophysical parameters at the biome scale over the North American grasslands - A case study, Remote Sensing of Environment, 79:2.
Published Audiovisual or Computer-based Educational Materials
Arobba, B. and Mannel S. (2008) professional website with integrated online map, www.lakotamall.com
Mannel, S. (2007) Introduction to GPS units, GIS and the internet, Google Earth and ArcGIS Teaching Box: http://space.hsv.usra.edu/TRESTE/teaching_resources.html Contains the following tutorials:
Mannel, S. (2007) photography displayed at Museum, Leipzig, Germany
Comes Killing, C., Aplan, K. and Mannel, S. (2006) Ghost Canyon, Video.
Mannel, S. (2002) AVIRIS for Dummies "How To" webguide for working with hyperspectral AVIRIS data, http://aviris.de.vu
Articles published in conference proceedings
Mannel, S., Price, M. and Hua, D. (2009) Additional reference data via high resolution imagery and autocorrelation issues. IRNA conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 4-7, 2009. (peer reviewed)
Mannel, S. and Winkelman, K. (2005) How to set up a GIS program at a tribal college. ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 26. http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1616.pdf
Mannel, S. , Price, M. and Hua, D. (2003) Comparison of Decision Tree Analysis with more Traditional Classification Methods using TM and AVIRIS Scenes over the Black Hills, SD, Proceedings of the 11th JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop.
Mannel, S. , Price, M. and Hua, D. (2000) Forest Type Classification Using TM Images Over the Black Hills, SD, Proceedings of Eight Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 10 – 14.
Abstracts
Raza, M., Weber, K., Mannel, S., and Ames, D., Feature Extraction from High Resolution Imagery in Southeastern Idaho. Intermountain GIS conference. Coeur D’Alene, April 6-7, 2009. Poster and abstract. Poster received 2nd place in student poster competition.
Byrd, S. Ferguson, B. and Mannel, S. (2006). Tradition and Technology: Using Waypoints to Connect to the Past, Proceedings SD Academy of Science.
Voormann, C. (2006) Lakota Land, Health & Heritage Educational Summer Program, Report.
Comes Killing, C. and Mannel, S. (2006). Lakota Land – Mapping and Preserving Lakota History, Proceedings SD Academy of Science.
Lee McDowell and Mannel, S. (2006). Battle Creek Watershed Assessment, AIHEC, Green Bay, WI.
Returns, E. and Mannel, S. (2006). Pine Ridge Reservation - Historical Sites, Proceedings SD Academy of Science.
Thompson, M. and Mannel, S. (2006). The Black Hills Red Race-Track, Proceedings SD Academy of Science.
Eastman, A.; Tinant, J., Mannel, S. (2005). Using GIS to promote Skyline Wilderness Park in Rapid City, SD. Abstract Reference Number: 10662. AGU Fall Meeting, 5-9 December, San Francisco.
Comes Killing, C. and Mannel, S. (2005). Lakota Land - Mapping historical and recreational Native American areas. Abstract Reference Number: 10810, AGU Fall Meeting, 5-9 December, San Francisco.
Mannel, S. , Hua, D. and Price, M. (2002) Forest Classification of the Black Hills, SD Using Decision Tree Analysis on TM and AVIRIS data, Proceedings South Dakota Academy of Science
Presentations
Raza, M., Weber, K., Mannel, S., and Ames, D., Feature Extraction from High Resolution Imagery in Southeastern Idaho. Intermountain GIS conference. Coeur D’Alene, April 6-7, 2009.
Mannel, S. Additional reference data via high resolution imagery and autocorrelation issues. Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 4-7, 2009.
Mannel, S., Native American GIS. 10th GIS Day Conference, Pocatello, ID, 19 November, 2008.
Weber, K., Mannel, S., and Anderson, J., Mapping to Manage the Ranch, A Geospatial Range Sciences Workshop. GIS Training and Research Center. Pocatello, 18 November, 2008.
Mannel, S., Henry, S., Nieves, P., Applications of GIS in Media, Internet, Healthcare, Historical and Environmental Science. Third Annual GIS Conference. St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. 15 November, 2007
Mannel, S., Sharing GIS knowledge: USRA, NativeView, Tribal College Forum, Bismarck, ND. 9 September 2007
Mannel, S., USRA Report – Oglala Lakota College, TRibal Earth Science & Technology Education (TRESTE), Columbia Falls, MT, 15 June 2007
Mannel, S., Kathy Aplan and Charles Comes Killing, Interactive Map, Indians and Pioneers, Tourism & Marketing Conference, Gordon, NE, 17 March 2007
Mannel, S., Diabetes and GIS, Cosmopolitan, Rapid City, SD, 5 March 2007
Mannel, S., Kathy Aplan and Charles Comes Killing, Interactive Map, Presentation to Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Kyle, SD, 9 February 2007
Mannel, S., Global Warming? – So what… (Effects on Local Ranchers), SD Farm and Ranch Day, Martin, SD, 23 January 2007
Mannel, S., and Aplan, K., Tourism on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 2007 Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Pierre, SD, 17 January 2007
Mannel, S., GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing at OLC, Board of Trustees retreat, Oglala Lakota College, Rapid City, SD, 7 October 2006
Mannel, S., Winkelman, K. Tribal GIS Applications, Black Hills Digital Mapping Association, Rapid City, SD, 2 May 2006
Mannel, S. Traveling the World, Native American Conference, Rapid City, April 2006
Bingen, J. and Mannel, S., Cultural Education - Building and Strengthening a GIS Program, Tribal College Forum/Native View conference, Denver, CO, 3 October 2005
Mannel, S. and Winkelman K., How to set up a GIS program, ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, 27 July 2005
Mannel, S., and Comes Killing, C., Aspects of tribal GIS/GPS, American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) Region 5 conference, Rapid City, SD, 22 April 2005
Mannel, S., Aspects of tribal GIS/GPS, Oglala Lakota College Board of Trustees retreat, Rapid City, SD, 7 October 2006
Mannel, S., GIS/Remote Sensing at OLC – First Anniversary, ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, 11 August 2004
Mannel, S. and Winkelman, K., GIS/Remote Sensing at OLC, Tribal College Forum, Sioux Falls, SD, 19 September 2003
Mannel, S., Forests viewed from Space, Forestry Conference, Spearfish, SD, 2003
Mannel, S., GIS/Remote Sensing at OLC, ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, 7 July 2003