Richard Charrier

126 Mumford Hall
University Of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Tel: (573) 882-1644
Fax: (573) 884-2199
E-mail: CharrierRJ@missouri.edu

Education

• BA, History, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 1995
• MA, Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2009
• Thesis: Assessing the Resolution Effects of DEMs on Automated Floodplain Delineation: A Case Study from the Camp Creek Watershed in Missouri

Affiliations

• American Association of Geographers October 2006-Present
• Mid-Missouri GIS Users Group November 2002-Present
• Phi Kappa Psi Mo-Alpha - Fall 1990
• Eagle Scout June 12, 1988

Areas of Expertise

• Using LiDAR for Hydrologic analysis
• ESRI products (ArcView 3.3+ & ArcGIS 9.0+)
• GIS/GPS data collection, development, analysis, and web based mapping
• Manual Cartography

Project History

• October 2009-Present: Woody Biomass Availability Tool Project - Project Manager updating the tool developed by CARES that calculates available woody biomass potential plant locations.
• January 2010-Present: Community Issues Management Project - Developed base data used by local communities to foster more informed decision making on a local level.
• July 2005-December 2009: Federal Emergency Management Agency Floodplain Project - Project Manager updating Missouri's 100 year floodplain data and create digital floodplain maps as a sub-contractor for FEMA.
• October 2004-Sept 2005:  Disability Spin Website Project - Project Manager developing a website for people with disabilities to collaborate on resources, accessibility, or socialize at a community level.  The site was self replicating and based upon the Zope/Plone open source mainframe.
• November 2004-June 2005:  Central Missouri Food Bank Faith Based Initiative Project - Project Manager developing initial datasets and resources for the Food Bank for a 31 county area. 
• December 2004-June 2005:  Montana Flathead County Mapping Project - Project Manager developing data and assessing economic changes in the county.
• November 2002-September 2004:  Hypsography Project - Helped develop 1:24000 scale digital contour lines to be used for development of a 10m DEM of the state of Missouri.

• August 1998 - November 1999: E-911 Johnson Co, AR - Project Manager working with data collection on population, renaming county roadways, coordinating emergency services, budgeting, and other countywide related issues.
• January 1999 - November 1999: E-911 Madison Co, AR - Project Manager working with data collection on population, renaming county roadways, coordinating emergency services, budgeting, and other countywide related issues.
• January 1998 - August 1998: Soils Project for Dickenson County Kansas