Karitsa G.Williams |
Permanent
Address:
3807 Towne Point Road
Portsmouth, VA 23703
(757) 484-5582
williams.karitsa@gmail.com
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Temporary
Address:
1704 Weeksville Road
ECSU Campus Box 672
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
kgwilliams@mail.ecsu.edu
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| Objective |
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To obtain all the necessary skills to pursue degrees leading
to a master’s degree in the area of GIS/Remote sensing.
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| Education |
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Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth
City, NC
Candidate for MS Degree Summer 2006
Major- Mathematics
Minor- Remote Sensing
Expected Graduation Date: May 2008
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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
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| Research Experience |
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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
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
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| Work Experience |
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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
--Tutored peers in Math, Geography and Computer Science
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| Community Service |
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Pasquotank Elementary School Elizabeth
City, NC
Helping One Student To Succeed (HOSTS)- October 2004 –
2005
--Tutored students in reading, writing and comprehension
Celebration of Women in Mathematics ECSU- October
2002-2005
--Conducted workshops in Math with middle and high school
students around the area
PowerPoint Training
ECSU- February 17, 2006
--Assisted in training of a presentation software known as
Microsoft PowerPoint
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| Technical Skills
& Training |
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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 |
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| Conferences &
Presentations |
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--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
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| Awards Recieved |
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-- 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
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| Memberships |
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-- 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 the Delta Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Incorporated 2005-2006
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| REFERENCES AVAILABLE
UPON REQUEST |
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