Department of Geography

Dr. Michael N. DeMers, Associate Professor

Phone # 646-1842

Office: 106 Breland Hall

E-mail: mdemers@nmsu.edu

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D., Geography, University of Kansas, 1985
• M.Phil., Geography, University of Kansas, 1983
• M.S., Geography, University of North Dakota, 1980
• B.S.Ed., Earth Science, University of North Dakota, 1974

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• GIS Theory, Applications, Education
• Landscape Ecology, Zoogeography
• Zoocartography, Areography

RECENT PUBLICATIONS :

• DeMers, Michael N.,  2005/2006.  Wildlife GIS,  Redlands, California, ESRI Press. (in contract)
• DeMers, Michael N., Gail Hobbs, Ann Johnson, 2005/2006. GIS Essentials, New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (in contract)
• DeMers, Michael N., 2005. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 3rd Edition, New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (in press).
• DeMers, M.N., 2004.“Bloom’s Taxonomy and the UCGIS Model Curriculum Learning Objectives,” Proceedings ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Dugas, Daniel P., Michael N. DeMers, et al., 2004.“Geomorphological Predictive Mapping of Desert Plant Communities: A Triage Approach,” Under review by Geographical Review
• DeMers, Michael N., 2002.GIS Modeling in Raster, New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• DeMers, Michael N., 2000.Exercises in Geographic Information Systems, New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 141 pp.

SELECTED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS :

• Principal Investigator: Intergraph Corporation, Geomedia Software Research Software Grant, $50,000
• Principal Investigator: Intergraph Corporation, Geomedia Software Educational Software Grant, $101,900
• Principal Investigator: US Geological Survey, NBII SWINN Mini-node, Phase III, $2,000
• Principal Investigator Geospatial Information Technology Association (3 consecutive grants), $1,000 each
• Principal Investigator: NASA, A predictive GIS model of differential desertification, $274,000
• Principal Investigator: NSF, EPSCoR, Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis, $384,000

TEACHING INTERESTS:

• Cartography and GIS   (GEOG 381)
• Fundamentals of GIS (GEOG 481)
• Digital Image Processing (GEOG 482)
• Landscape Ecology (GEOG 552)
• GIS Modeling and System Design  (GEOG 581)
• GIS Applications (GEOG 587)

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND OTHER LINKS: Mike's personal website