Keisha Wilkins
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Keisha Harrison Wilkins
Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER)
Elizabeth City State University
Box 672, 1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
phone (252) 335-3808, fax (252) 335-3572
khwilkins@mail.ecsu.edu

EDUCATION
M.A., Geography, University of Maryland-College Park, 2001-2003
Concentration: Remote Sensing and GIS

B.S., Computer Science, Minor in GIS/Remote Sensing and Business, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC 1997-2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, 2003 – Present
CERSER
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC

Assistant Coordinator, 2004-2005
You Be the Scientist with Remote Sensing Outreach Program
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC

Assistant Coordinator, 2004-2005
Mathematics Sprint Competition Outreach Program
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
IEEE-Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Eastern North Carolina Chapter, Secretary/Treasurer,
2003-present
Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science Cohort, 2007

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Hayden, L , Harrison-Wilkins, Mentoring Minority Undergraduates Through Remote Sensing and Geo-Information Science Research, African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) 2004 bi-annual conferences, Oct. 18-21, 2004 Nairobi Kenya

Harrison-Wilkins, K, Hayden L., Correlations of AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature with the Presence of Sea Turtles, IEEE- IGARSS Proceedings, Toulouse France, July 2003

K. Harrison, Hayden L., Innovative Visualization of Geospatial Data for Transportation Engineering Applications, IEEE- IGARSS Proceedings, Sydney Australia, July 2001

K. Harrison, Visualization of Geospatial Data for Transportation Engineering Applications, 13th Annual National Black Graduate Student Conference, Lubbock, TX, March 2001

K. Harrison, Configuring a Unix Workstation, 12th Annual National Black Graduate Student Conference, Madison, WI, March 2000

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
ECSU Undergraduate Research Program, Micro Study of Water Quality of Elizabeth City’s Drinking Wells, 2006-2007

Undergraduate Experience in Ocean and Marine Science, Automating the TeraScan Image Process for Creation of NOAA AVHRR Data Products, 2006

Undergraduate Experience in Ocean and Marine Science, Determining the Correlation between Sea Surface Temperature, Chlorophyll Concentrations and the Presence of Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas in the Mid-Atlantic, 2005

ECSU Undergraduate Research Experience, Remote Sensing of Turbidity and Water Clarity in the Atlantic Ocean with the Use of SeaWiFS Data, 2003-2004

Undergraduate Experience in Ocean and Marine Science, Correlation of AVHRR SST with the Presence of Loggerhead Sea Turtles, 2002

Undergraduate Experience in Ocean and Marine Science, CoastWatch Validation Study, 2001

Environmental Monitoring Program, Geospatial Visualization Innovation for Transportation Engineering: Interpreting the Best Location for a Truck Safety Weight Enforcement Facility, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000

Ronald McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Configuring a Unix Workstation, 1999

MEMBERSHIPS
IEEE-Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Eastern North Carolina Chapter, Secretary/Treasurer,
2003-present

PUBLICATIONS
Harrison-Wilkins, K, Hayden L., Correlations of AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature with the Presence of Sea Turtles, IEEE- IGARSS Proceedings, Toulouse France, July 2003

K. Harrison, Hayden L., Innovative Visualization of Geospatial Data for Transportation Engineering Applications, IEEE- IGARSS Proceedings, Sydney Australia, July 2001