Nile Akel Kevis-Sterling

HMRG Sonar/Data Systems Specialist

Hawai'i Mapping Research Group

 

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

1680 East-West Rd, POST 833, Honolulu HI 96822


tel: (808)956-6935 fax: (808)956-6530

EMail: akel@soest.hawaii.edu

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Professional Experience

 

2002 – Present            HMRG Sonar/Data Systems Specialist

Hawaii Mapping Research Group, Honolulu, HI
• Shipboard and shore-based processing and mapping of sidescan and bathymetric data from multiple systems

2000 – 2002                Research Assistant

Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

• Collection and processing of HAWAII MR1 sidescan and bathymetry data for the AJC-II cable survey cruise from Guam to Sydney

2000                            Data Processor

Hawaii Mapping Research Group, Honolulu, HI

• Shipboard Processing of HAWAII MR1 Data

 

1999                            Geophysicist

R/V Moana Wave, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

• Collection and interpretation of 5.5kHz echo sounder and gravity data

 


Education

 

2000 – Present            M.S. Geology and Geophysics

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

• Thesis topic : Cause and Effects of Changes in Absolute Plate Motion of the Pacific Plate

• Advisor : Dr. Paul Wessel

 

1998                            B.S. Geology and Geophysics

                                    University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI


Research & Computing Skills

 

• Experienced with UNIX, LINUX, and the Windows operating systems.

• World wide web (WWW) authoring with Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

• Content generation for HMRG’s HAWAII MR1 online data archive ( http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/hmrg/MR1/Archives/MR1_ArchiveFrame.htm )

• Map generation using the Generic Mapping Tools package.

• Processing of remote sensing data using RSI’s ENVI data analysis package.

• Data manipulation using C-Shell scripting.

• Experienced with MATLAB mathmatics software.

• Familiar with the C programming language.

 

 

Fellowships and Awards

 

1998    Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

 

Publications

 

Sterling, N.A.K., Kroenke, L.W., Wessel, P. (2000) Second Order Changes in Pacific Absolute

    Plate Motion Sice 43MA: Cause and Effect, Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48)

 

Research Cruises

 

2001                HMRG Data Processor

R/V Atlantis, Manzanillo, MexicoManzanillo, Mexico
• Dr. Hans Schouten, chief scientist

• DSL-120 and ABE mapping of the East Pacific Rise, 9° - 10° North

 

2000                HMRG Data Processor

M/V Seabulk Ross Seal, GuamSydney

• HAWAII MR1 survey for the AJC cable route.

 

1999                Geophysicist

R/V Moana Wave, Honolulu - Honolulu

• Dr. Michael Garcia, chief scientist

• Dredging, coring, and profiling of the southern riftzone of Mauna Loa volcano.

 

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