Current Position

• Assistant Professor Department of Geology and Meteorology, Kean University, New Jersey

Education

• 2001 - 2005, Ph.D., Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Dissertation: On Geographic Knowledge Discovery: A Framework Based on Prototype Theory
  Minor: Computer Science
   
• 1999 - 2001, M.S., Cartography and GIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Thesis: A Data Mining Approach to Knowledge Discovery from Soil Maps
   
• 1993 - 1997, B.S., Environmental Science, Peking University, China
  Thesis: The Effect of Sampling Design on Spatial Structure Analysis of Contaminated Soils
  

Employment

• 2007- Assistant Professor, Kean University, New Jersey.
• 2006 - 2007 Assistant Professor, University of Texas - San Antonio, Texas
• 2004 - 2006 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 1999 - 2004 Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Refereed Publications

Morreale, P., Qi, F., Croft, P., Chang, G., Czarnik, J., Doell, N., Espin, J., and Suleski, R., Real-time Contextual Representation of Sensor Network Data for Environmental Trend Identification. Proceedings of the 23st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Bradford, UK, May 2009, to appear.

Zhu A. X., Liu, F., Li, B., Pei, T., Qin, C., Liu, G., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Ma, X., Qi, F., and Zhou, C., 2009, Land surface feedback dynamic patterns extracted from MODIS and their relationships to soil types, Soil Science Society of America Journal, submitted.

Qi, F., Zhu, A. X.,Moore, A, Burt, J. E., 2009, Prediction of Soil Properties Using Fuzzy Membership. Soil Science Society of America Journal, to be submitted.

Qi, F., Zhu, A. X., Pei, T., Qin, C., Wang, R., and Burt, J. E., 2008, Knowledge Discovery from Area-class Resource Maps: Capturing Prototype Effects. Cartography and GIS, 35(4) 223-237.

Qi, F., Zhu, A. X., and Harrower, M., 2006, Fuzzy soil mapping based on prototype category theory. Geoderma, 136(3-4), 774-787.

Qi, F., and Zhu, A. X., 2006, Modeling Uncertainty in Knowledge Discovery for Classifying Geographic Entities with Fuzzy Boundaries. In Progress in Spatial Data Handling:12th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, eds. A. Riedl, W. Kainz, and G.Elmes. Springer, Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Qi, F., Zhu, A. X., Burt, J. E., Pei, T., Qin, C., Li, B. and Zhou. C., 2005, Fuzzy logic and Prototype-based inference in soil mapping. Fuzzy Logic, Soft Computing and Computational Intelligence, Vol. II, Proceedings 11th International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress, Springer&Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China.

Qi, F., 2004, Knowledge discovery from 'area-class' resource maps: data preprocessing for noise reduction. Transactions in Geographical Information Science, 8 (3), 297-308.

Shi, X., Zhu, A. X., Burt, J. E., Qi, F., and Simonson, D., 2004, A Case-based Reasoning Approach to Fuzzy Soil Mapping. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 68, 885-894.

Qi, F., and Zhu, A. X., 2003, Knowledge discovery from soil maps using inductive learning. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17 (8), 771-795.

Qi, F., and Wang, X. J., 2000, Sampling methods in environmental spatial analysis and their effects on spatial continuity display. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae, 20 (3), 207-212.

Qi, F., and Wang, X. J., 1999, Application of remote sensing techniques in monitoring and assessing inland water quality. Advances in Environmental Science, 7(3), 90-99.

Qi, F., and Wang, X. J., 1999, Application of environmental spatial structure analysis with simulated data sets. Environmental Science, 20(6), 34-37.

Wang, X. J., and Qi, F., 1998, The effects of sampling design on spatial structure analysis of contaminated soil. The Science of The Total Environment, 224, 29-41.

Grants

• 2008-2009 Visualizing Highway Air Pollution: Design and Assessment of a Geo-visualization Tool to Support Geographic Knowledge Discovery and Public Communication. Funded by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC), Sole-PI. $33,959.
  
  
• 2008-2009 Analysis and visualization of spatiotemporal changes of urban landscape pattern in Union County, NJ. Funded by Kean University Students Partnering with Faculty (SPF) 2008, PI. $ 16,160.
  
  
• 2008-2009 Integrating Geo-visualization with Spatial Data Mining: a Case Study on Spatial Temporal Modeling of High Way Air Quality. Funded by Kean University Untenured Faculty Research Initiative (UFRI), PI.

Teaching

• 2008 GIS in Geoscience, Kean University, Instructor
• 2008 World Geography, Kean University, Instructor
• 2007 Observing the Earth, Kean University, Instructor
• 2007 World Geography, Kean University, Instructor
• 2007 Introduction to Physical Geography, UTSA, Instructor.
• 2007 Design and Management of Geographical Information Systems, UTSA, Instructor.
• 2006 Introduction to Physical Geography, UTSA, Instructor.
• 2006 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, UTSA, Instructor.
• 2005 Physical Systems of the Environment, UW-Madison, Laboratory instructor.
• 2004 Physical Systems of the Environment,UW-Madison, Laboratory instructor.
• 2004 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, UW-Madison, Guest lecturer.
• 2003 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, UW-Madison, Lecturer substitute.
• 2003 3dMapper™ software training workshop at USDA Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, NE. Instructor.

Service

• 2008-2010 University Appeals Board, Kean University
• 2007-2009 Steering Committee, Institute of Urban Ecosystem Studies, Kean University
• 2007-2009 Curriculum Committee, College of Natural Applied and Health Sciences, Kean University
• 2006- 2007 GIS lab coordinator, Department of Political Science and Geography, University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA)
• 2006-2007 Faculty advisor, Lab of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, UTSA
• 2006- 2007 Graduate catalog revision committee, UTSA
• 2005-2006 Board of Directors, International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS).
• 2004-2005 Editor in Chief, Newsletter of the CPGIS.
• 2004-2005 Budget Committee, Deparrtment of Geography, UW-Madison
• 2003-2004 Speakers Committee, Department of Geography, UW-Madison.
• 2001-2002 Student Mentor of new graduate students, Department of Geography, UW-Madison.
• 1994-1997 Vice-president, Student Association of Environment and Development, Beijing, China.
• 1995-1997 Executive secretary, Student Union, Department of Geography, Peking University, China.

Awards, Scholarships, and Honors

• 2005 University Dissertator Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 2004 Outstanding Publication Award, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
• 2003 Best Student Paper Prize, Transactions in GIS journal, awarded at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Summer Assembly, Monterey, CA.
• 2003 Student Scholarship Award, International Geographic Information Foundation (IGIF), awarded at the 99th AAG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• 2003 Student Travel Award, UCGIS Summer Assembly, Monterey, CA.
• 2003 RS/GIS/Cartography Student Illustrated Paper Competition 3rd Prize, 99th AAG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• 2003 Excellent Presentation Award, Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium (SIAC) spring seminar series, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
• 2000 Graduate Achievement Award, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
• 1997 Title of "Outstanding graduate", Peking University, China.
• 1996 Huikai Fellowship, Peking University, China.
• 1996 Huangjinfu Fellowship, Peking University, China.
• 1995 Jiudingxuan Fellowship, Peking University, China.
• 1993 2nd Prize, The 9th National Student Olympic Competition in Chemistry, Hebei Province, China.
• 1992 3rd Prize, The 9th National Student Olympic Competition in Physics, Hebei Province, China.

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