Cristina Scarlat

 

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JBHT-CAST room 327
Ph: (479) 575-2692
Fax: (479) 575 - 5218

Cristina started working at CAST as a  Research Assistant in 2004 . She has a background in Geography and is working on a variety of projects utilizing geospatial technology. Between 2000-2004 she worked at the Soil Physics Lab at the University of Arkansas managing the soil surveys digitization project.

Cristina's projects at CAST include digitizing and managing the Arkansas soil surveys database, urban infrastructure projects with the Planning Group at the University of Arkansas Facilities Management, database management, storm-water runoff analysis, travel demand modeling with the Northwest Arkanas Regional Planning Commission, economic development mapping projects with the University of Arkansas Economic Development Institute and others. She has also been involved in outreach and education projects and programs at CAST.

EDUCATION:
M.A. in Geography, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. August 2000
Thesis: "Eutrophication in the Danube Delta, Romania:a temporal and spatial assessment using nitrogen, phosphorus and chlorophyll-A variation", 2000
B.A. in Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1996

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
GIS applications for urban environments, storm water analysis, environmental applications; soils database development and analysis; water quality; trasportation modeling; web mapping; web development.

RECENT PRESEANTATIONS/CONFERENCES:

  • GIS Applications at the University of Arkansas Facilities Management Department at CAPPA , Fayetteville, AR. October 22nd, 2007
  • Arkansas Land Use/Land Cover Mapping- Workshop at Arkansas GIS Users Forum, Eureka Springs, AR. September 18th, 2007
  • The Northwest Arkansas Travel Demand Model - Creation and Results at  Arkansas GIS Users Forum, Eureka Springs, AR. September, 21st, 2007 (PDF presentation)
  • Storm Water analysis of the University of Arkansas Campus Area at Arkansas GIS Users Forum, Eureka Springs, AR. September, 20th, 2007
  • National Collegiate Facilities Management Technical Meeting, Boston, MA. August 8th, 2007

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Soils of Arkansas County, Arkansas. Authors: Scarlat, C.M., McKimmey, J.M., Scott, H.D.and Mersiovski, E., 2004.  Research Report. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.University of Arkansas, Research Report 972.

Soils of Mississippi County, Arkansas. Authors: J.M. McKimmey, B.Dixon, H.D. Scott and C.M. Scarlat, 2002. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas, Research Report 970.