STEVEN R. HICK

Department of Geography

University of Denver

2050 East Iliff Avenue

Denver, CO  80208

303.871.2535

shick@du.edu

Work Experience

GIS Director and Senior Research Associate (1994-present), University of Denver, Denver, Colorado

Responsible for conducting and coordinating GIS education and research activities for the University of Denver.  Provide wide range of consulting services for clients contracting with the University.  Direct the activities of the W.M. Keck Geoscience Center including the GIS Laboratories.  Oversee computer operations consisting of UNIX computers and personal computers.  Software inventory and expertise includes workstation ArcView, ArcInfo, ArcCAD, AutoCAD Map, MapInfo, and ERMapper.  Manage and supervise university site license with ESRI.

Supervise GIS Lab Manager, graduate students, work-study students, lab assistants, and contract employees. 

Current client list includes Water and Waste Engineering, Inc., University of Denver Facilities Management Department, the City of Pueblo, Colorado Police Department, the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, and the National Park Service.  Other recent research projects include serving as Principal Investigator with Lockheed-Martin Corporation to perform and develop Advanced Traffic Management System Study (ATMS).  Purpose of ATMS is to provide GIS interface for Colorado Department of Transportation Traffic Management System. 

Crime Mapping and Analysis Program Instructor

Currently engaged in Crime Mapping and Analysis Program in conjunction with National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC), a National Institute of Justice program based at the University of Denver.  Currently providing five-day crime mapping and analysis training in ArcView and MapInfo for law enforcement officers and crime analysts from across the country.  To date we have conducted training for over 450 officers and analysts from over 300 agencies. 

Crime Mapping and Analysis Technical Assistance

Provide onsite technical assistance and strategic planning activities as required for agencies requesting help through the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center at the University of Denver.  Currently we are providing assistance to all city police departments and county sheriff departments in a 10-counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area.  The project will result in an internet-based geographic information system for analysis of Part I crime data across the region by participating agencies. 


GIS Program Academic Director

Direct activities of University College GIS Certificate Program.  Conduct scheduling of classes and other administrative duties.  Provide academic advising and career counseling services to prospective and active students.  Teach introductory GIS courses as well as advanced courses on GIS project planning, design, and implementation, cartographic design and map production, ArcInfo GIS software, technology integration, crime mapping and analysis, and public domain data.

Adjunct Faculty – Department of Geography, University of Denver

Responsible for teaching undergraduate- and graduate-level computer cartography and geographic information systems classes.  Courses include Introduction to Cartography, Advanced Computer Cartography, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Advanced Geographic Information Systems, and Applied GIS with Workstation ArcInfo.  Primarily teach with ArcView, ArcInfo and MapInfo. 

Courses Offered

  • GIS 4501 – Basic Geographic, Spatial and GIS Concepts
  • GIS 4502 – Fundamental GIS Database Concepts
  • GIS 4503 – GIS Project Design and Implementation
  • GIS 4504 – Cartographic Design and Map Production
  • GIS 4530 – Crime Mapping and Analysis
  • GIS 4550 – GIS Technology Integration
  • GIS 4630 – Public Domain Data for GIS
  • GIS 4800 – Applied GIS with Workstation ArcInfo
  • GEOG 2030 – Map Reading, Use and Analysis
  • GEOG 2040 – Cartography
  • GEOG 3140 – Advanced Computer Cartography
  • GEOG 3100 – Introduction to GIS
  • GEOG 3250 – Advanced GIS
  • GEOG 3230 – GIS Project Management

Previous Work History

Technical Consultant (1989-1994) UGC Consulting, Englewood, Colorado

Preparation and evalu­ation of analyses for feasibility and cost-benefit studies, base map requirements, and conversion specifications for land base and facility mapping projects.  Provide technical support and assessment of municipal and regional requirements for incorpora­tion of AM/FM/GIS technologies.

Developed a base of project experience, including multiparticipant, municipal, transportation, telecommunications, and gas and electric utility projects in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.  Served as Project Manager for the implementation of a multi-million dollar AM/FM/GIS project for Auckland City, New Zealand.  Served as Project Manager for the feasibility studies performed for Summit County, Colorado, and for the City of Bismarck, North Dakota in conjunction with the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).  Provided data conversion management for a million-dollar data acquisition project at the City of Bloomington, Indiana, including management of quality control efforts. Served as Assistant Project Manager for the base-mapping project at the County of Maui, Hawaii, including providing quality control management services.  For the City of Aspen/Pitkin County, Colorado, worked on the feasibility study, applications design, data conversion consultation and planning, strategic implementation planning, and project management. Assistant Project Manager for Dayton, Ohio, assisting with the feasibility study, applications design, data conversion consultation, and strategic implementation planning.  Similar services provided to La Plata County, Colorado, and at the City of Phoenix, assisted with data conversion specifications, source map analysis, and graphic specifications.  For James City County, Virginia, provided services for their GIS/CAD (dispatch) integration for the Fire and Police Departments. Provided technical support in vendor evaluations for Riverside, California, Polk County, Iowa, and Des Moines, Iowa.  Additionally, for the City of Baltimore, Maui County, and Hamilton-Wentworth, provided technical support for feasibility studies, applications design, and strategic implementation plans.  Served as Project Manager in a joint study with several Canadian firms to determine the feasibility of a GPS Active Control System throughout British Columbia.  At BC Hydro Transmission offered technical support for the feasibility study, cost-benefit analysis, applications design, and strategic implementation plan.

Teaching Assistant (1988) Department of Geography, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Responsible for maintaining department computer cartography and GIS lab.  Developed and delivered training with computers and software.  Knowledge of operations in IBM 3081 and 4341 mainframe computers.  Mapping software experience included AutoCAD, ATLAS*GRAPHICS, MAPEDIT, SAS and SASGRAPH.  Geographic Information System experiences included Map Analysis Package (MAP), IBM Graphics Program Generator, and Geographic Facilities Information System.

Lecturer (1986-1988) Division of Social and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Taught upper division cartography courses providing a thorough understanding of the principles required for map production.  Course instruction included principles and theory of modern cartography, discussion of projections, coordinate systems, photogrammetry, air photo interpretation, remote sensing, cartographic methods, drafting techniques, and computer cartography.  Also taught Fundamentals of Geography and Conservation of Natural Resources. 

Cartographer (1985-1988) Defense Mapping Agency, San Antonio, Texas

Responsible for cartographic production, revision, and editing of numerous map products at large, medium, and small scales. Analyzed source material and imagery captured by remote sensing utilized in cartographic compilation.  Also responsible for planning and implementing a 600-hour training program in mapping, charting, and geodetic disciplines for new agency employees.

Maintained top-secret security clearance with access to sensitive compartmentalized information.

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA)

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

Education

Ph.D.   (In process) Department of Geography, University of Denver

MA      Geography, University of Missouri, 1983

BS        University of Missouri, 1981

Postgraduate study, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, The University of Texas at Austin, 1988

Basic Cartography and Related Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Disciplines.  Defense Mapping Agency, 1985.

Research Interests

·         Crime mapping and analysis

·         Transportation geography (airlines and airline service to small communities, passenger rail service)

·         General GIS applications

Professional Publications and Presentations

“Crime Mapping with MapInfo.” Crime Mapping and Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 1999.

“Crime Mapping and Analysis.” Southwest Regional ArcInfo Users Group Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, October 1999.

Crime Mapping Basics.” GIS in the Rockies Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 1999.

“Airline Service and Local Economies in Small Communities in Colorado in an Era of Deregulation.”  Proceedings of the 1999 Association of American Geographers Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.  March 1999. 

"GIS Education in the Rockies."  Proceedings of the 1997 ESRI User Conference, San Diego, California.  July 1997. 

“Data Maintenance in the GIS Workplace.”  Presented to the Colorado Springs Joint Participant Education Group (JPEG) GIS Professionals, October 1996. 

“The Role of Geographic Information Systems in Ecological Restoration.”  Proceedings of the High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, No. 12, June 1996. 

“Geographic Education in Our Dynamic Environment.”  Presented at GIS in the Rockies, September 1995. 

Hick, Steven. "Colorado Department of Transportation Traffic Operations Center Prototype Database Design and Development."  Proprietary report prepared for Lockheed Martin Corporation, August 1995. 

Dooley, Frank J. and William E. Thoms.  Railroad Law:  A Decade After Deregulation.  Westport:  Quorum Books, 1994.  Contributing author. 

Hick, Steven. "ATMS Study Final Report."  Proprietary report prepared for Lockheed Martin Corporation, December 1994. 

“GIS Education at the University of Denver.”  Presented at “GIS in the Rockies,” September 1994. 

“Twenty Years of Amtrak.”  Paper presented at Western Social Sciences Conference, Denver, Colorado, March 1993.

Montgomery, Glenn E. and Harold C. Schuch.  GIS Data Conversion Handbook, Fort Collins:  GIS World, Inc., 1993.  Contributing author.

Hick, Steven R., Cryderman, C.S., and Janes, H.W.  British Columbia Active Control System Application Definition and Feasibility Study, Ministry of Environment, Land and Parks, Victoria, British Columbia, 1992.

“Providing Consulting Services on Transportation-Related GIS Projects.”  Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum, Volume 6, 1992. 

“Global Positioning Systems and an Active Control System - The Future of Geographic Positioning.”  Presented at GIS in the Rockies, October 1992.

“GIS for County Assessors.”  Presented to Iowa Association of Assessors, October 1992.

Review of Analytical and Computer Cartography, by Keith C. Clark.  URISA Journal, Spring 1991.

"GIS Hardware and Software for Today and Tomorrow."   Texas Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Arlington, Texas. April 1991.

"On Computers: The Year of the Tiger."  Journal of the American Planning Association, May 1990.

A Base Mapping Study for Duval County, Texas.  Texas Center for Economic Development, 1987.