Karitsa G. Williams

OBJECTIVE
To obtain all the necessary skills to pursue degrees leading to a master’s degree in the area of
GIS/Remote sensing.

EDUCATION
Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, N. C.
Graduation Date: May 6, 2006
Major: Computer Science
Concentration: GIS/Remote Sensing
BS Degree in Computer and Information Science
GPA: 3.59/4.0

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
January – April 2006 ONR/NERTS Program Elizabeth City State University; Elizabeth City, NC
--Project-“Deploying Wireless (WAN) on the campus of Elizabeth City State University-Mentor: Kuchumbi Hayden
--Project involved installing and configuring access points in two locations on the campus of ECSU where antennas will have one hundred percent coverage throughout each building

May 23 - July 22, 2005 NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research;Beaufort,NC
--NOAA EPP Intern; Mentors- Dr. Jud Kentworthy and Don Field
--Project- "Mapping Sea grass in North Carolina's Core and Bogue Sound using Remote Sensing"

January-April 2005 Elizabeth Ctiy State Univ; Elizabeth City, NC
--Geology Research Team; Mentor- Dr. Lloyd Mitchell
--Generated a Database of Seismic Activity for Mt. St Helens for the year 2004

May 17 -July 23 2004 NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research; Beaufort,NC
--NOAA EPP Intern; Cetacean and Sea Turtles Team; Mentors- Dr. Aleta Hohn and Dr. Jon
Hare
--Project- "The Relationship Between SST and Sea Height on Stranding of Harbor Porpoise along the NC Coast"

September 2003-April 2004 Elizabeth City State Univ; Elizabeth City, NC
--Member of Remote Sensing Team; Mentor- Keisha Wilkins
--Processed hrpt data from the NOAA satellite and decrypted Sea Wifs data from the OrbView-2 satellites

June 2-July 18,2003 Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA
-- RESS (Researching Earth System Science) Internship program; Mentor- Dr. Raj Chadhury
-- Created 3D module on how disasters effect a small country

September 2002-April 2003 Elizabeth City State Univ; Elizabeth City, NC
-- Member of Remote Sensing Team; Mentor- Keisha Wilkins
-- Used TeraScan 3.0 System to modify raw images using LINIX machines

WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2005-Present - Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC
Lab Assistant ONR/NERTS Program
--Assisted with lab requisitions, inventory and clean-up and conducted research related to major

September 2004-May 2006 - Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC
Peer Tutor Division of General Studies

TECHNICAL SKILLS & TRAINING
Hardware: Gateway PC, Macintosh PC, UNIX
Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, C++, Internet Explorer, TI-83 Plus
calculator
Training: UNIX, LINIX, Satellite Imagery, HTML, Microsoft Frontpage, Dreamweaver, ArcView GIS, MatLab, Mathematica, MAPLE, Scientific Workspace, Geometer’s Sketch Pad, MINITAB

AWARDS RECIEVED
-- Honor Roll-Fall 2002
-- Office of the Naval Research Scholarship Award
-- NOAA 2003-2006 Scholar
--Vice Chancellor's List Fall 2004
-- Academic Award-Tennis 2004
--National Deans List 2004-2005
--Chancellors List Fall 2005
--Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing (CERSER) Senior Award Spring 2006

CONFERENCES and PRESENTATIONS
--State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium; Raleigh, NC;
November 12, 2005
"Relationship Between Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Height on Stranding of Harbor Porpoise"

--Research in the Capital in Raleigh,NC; April 12, 2005
"Relationship Between Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Height on Stranding of Harbor Porpoise"

--NOAA Educational Science Forum in New York, NY; Oct. 21-23, 2004
"Relationship Between Sea surface Temperature and Sea Height on Stranding of Harbor Porpoise"

--IEEE- IGARSS Conference in Anchorage, Alaska; Sept. 19-26, 2004
"Disaster Agency Readiness: Predicting And Preparing For El Nino, La Nina Southern Oscillation
(ENSO), And North Pacific Oscillation (NPO)" *Paper Published

--17th Annual ADMI Conference - May 20, 2004 - May 22, 2004; Orland, FL

-- LS-LAMP Conference in New Orleans, LA; Nov. 21-23, 2003

-- Women of Color Conference in Nashville, TN; Sept. 11-13, 2003

-- Fourth Expanding Opportunities Conference in Tallahassee, FL; March 30-Apr.1, 2003
"Documentation of TeraScan 3.0 System Installation at ECSU”

-- 12th Annual SOARS Conference in Raleigh, NC; Nov. 8, 2002

MEMBERSHIPS
-- Secretary-Freshman Class 2002-2003
-- ONR Research Student 2002-Present
-- Secretary-Math Club 2003-2004
-- Treasurer-National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE )2003-2204
-- Member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) 2003-2004
--IEEE-GRSS Student Member 2003-Present
--Vice President of Students Athletic Activities Council (SAAC) 2004-2005
--President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated 2005-2006

REFERENCES AVAILABLE REQUEST