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New Mexico State University

Department of Geography

Dr. Robert J. Czerniak, Professor of Geography and

Associate Vice President for Research

Phone # (505) 646-2815

Office: BRE 105, Breland Hall

E-mail: rczernia@nmsu.edu

Webpage:

EDUCATION:

  • BA Wayne State University 1972
  • MA Wayne State University 1974
  • Ph.D. University of Colorado 1979

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Urban Land Use Change and Transportation Efficiency
  • Colonia Land Use Change and Development
  • GIS/GPS as Applied to Transportation Problems
  • GIS and Cadastral Mapping

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

 

  • Robert J. Czerniak, Deming Transit Plan, New Mexico Department of Transportation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003.

    Matthew E. Rich and Robert J. Czerniak, A Model Process for County Cadastral GIS, In Proceeding of the Applied Geography Conference, Graham Tobin et al, Editors, vo. 26., 2003.

  • Kim Garber and Robert J. Czerniak, South Dona Ana County Transportation Study, Dona Ana County New Mexico and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 2002.

  • Robert J. Czerniak, Collecting Processing and Integrating Global Positioning System Data Into a Geographic Information System, Synthesis no. 28-05, Transportation Research Board (a division of the National Academies), Washington, D.C., 2002.

  • Robert J. Czerniak, "Land Use in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia", Resources in Education, ERIC, 2001, Accession number ED442698 and Vol. 35, number 11.

  • Robert J. Czerniak, El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Chihuahua: Transportation Problems in the Paso del Norte Region, In Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, Graham Tobin et al, Editors, vo. 24., 2001.

  • Robert J. Czerniak, Book Chapter-"Transportation on the Border Between the U.S. and Mexico: A Paso Del Norte Case Study", In Local Economic Development Efforts Along the U.S. Mexico Border, Otto Verkoren Editor, University of Utrecht Press, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2001

  • Robert J. Czerniak, Janice Lahsene, and Arun Chaterjeee, Metropolitan Freight Planning at the Millennium," Transportation at the Millennium. Transportation Research Board (a division of the National Academies), Washington, D.C., January, 2000.

  • John B. Wright and Robert J. Czerniak, "The Place of Voluntary Controls in the Planning Curriculum", Journal of Planning Research and Education, Vol. 19. pp. 419-423.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

  • El Paso, Texas Metropolitan Planning Organization, Development of the 2025 Land Use Model Support Work, 2004, $62,000.

    Locating Cell Towers with GPS for Tax Assessment Purposes in New Mexico: A Statewide Survey,
    New Mexico Department of Taxation and Revenue, Property Tax Bureau, Santa Fe, NM, 2004, $125,000.

  • with Dr. Larry Olsen and Dr. Hugo Vilchis, The Use of High Resolution Satellite Imagery to Identify Potential West Nile Virus Breeding Locations, Center for Disease Control, and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2003, $75,000

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic Development Opportunities in the Colonias of the U.S.-Mexico Border, Washington, D.C., 2003, $179,000.

  • Taos County Cadastral Mapping, Taos County, Taos, N.M., 2003, $81,000.

  • San Miguel County Cadastral Mapping, San Miguel County, Las Vegas, N.M., 2003, $91,000.

  • Binational Border GIS Development, Federal Highway Administration and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Santa Fe, N.M., 2003, $75,000.

  • Mora County Cadastral Mapping, Mora County, Mora, N.M., 2003, $19,000.

  • Valencia County Creation Of Digital Parcels And Parcel Identification, Valencia County, Belen, N.M. 2003, $51,000.

  • New Mexico State Engineer's Office, Technical Assistance in GIS, Santa Fe, N.M., 2002, $20,000.

  • El Paso, Texas Metropolitan Planning Organization, Development of the 2025 Travel Demand Model Network, 2002, $22,000.

  • City of Deming Transit Plan, New Mexico Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Bureau, Santa Fe, N.M., 2002, $25,000.

  • Taxing Districts GIS Development, New Mexico Property Tax Division, Santa, Fe, NM, March, 2002, $5,000.

  • Sandoval County, Cadastral Mapping, Sandoval County, Bernalillo, N.M., 2003, $53,000.

  • Railroad Right of Way Delineation, New Mexico Property Tax Division, Santa, Fe, NM, 2002, $10,700.

  • Hidalgo County Cadastral Mapping, Hidalgo County, May, 2002, $28,600.

  • Mora County Cadastral Mapping, Mora County, NM, March, 2002, $19,000.

  • Binational Border GIS Development, Federal Highway Administration and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Santa Fe, N.M., 2003, $40,000.

  • Grant County Cadastral Mapping, Colfax County, May, 2001, $40,000.

  • Colfax County Cadastral Mapping, Colfax County, May, 2001, $60,000.

  • with C. Brown, South Dona Ana County Transportation Plan, Dona Ana County, June, 2001, $30,000

  • DeBaca County Cadastral Mapping, DeBaca County, May, 2001, $5,000.

  • Elephant Butte, N.M., Comprehensive Plan Revision, May, 2001, $3,500.

  • Application of Remote Sensing to Transportation Planning, Federal Highway Administration, July, 2001, $85,000

  • Mapping New Mexico's Taxation Districts, State of New Mexico, Property Tax Division, March, 2001, $7,000.

  • Lea County Cadastral Mapping, Lea County Assessor's Office, May, 2001, $22,000.

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and North American Development Bank, New Mexico Colonias Inventory Survey, June, 2000, $15,000.

  • Torrance County Cadastral Mapping Pilot Project, State of New Mexico, Property Tax Division, June, 2000, $20,000.

TEACHING INTERESTS:

  • Transportation Geography Land Use Planning
  • Remote Sensing Transportation Planning
  • Urban Geography Land Use Law
  • Geography of Europe

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