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Kevin Kane PhD

Kevin Kane PhD

Director, ISU GIS Facility, GIS Facility
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Contact

kkane@iastate.edu

Mailing Address
613 Morrill Road
211 Durham
Ames, IA, 50011

Bio

Research Interests

Design research.  Higher education organization, leadership, governance, finance, research, and administration. Geographic information systems (GIS) applications for natural resource management, hydrologic systems analysis, landcover change analysis, demographic analysis, and historic and cultural analysis.

Current Projects

Design research.  Higher education administration. Natural resource-based GIS analysis, decision-making, and policy.

Education

PhD, Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University, 2007
MLA, Iowa State University, 1986
BSLA, Iowa State University, 1982
BA, Iowa State University, 1982

Selected Publications

  • 2023 Support and enhancement of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) database.
  • 2022 Support and enhancement of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) database
  • 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies (3D AIT) Housing Project, Strategic Infrastructure Program (SIP) grant
  • Research to Support the 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project. Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA).
  • 2021 Support and enhancement of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) database
  • 2020 Support and enhancement of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) database
  • 2019 Support and enhancement of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) database.
  • PI, Support and enhancement of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) database.
  • 2016 Woodin Cytation Award
  • PI, Development and Implementation of Natural Resources Databases.
  • Yuxuan Tian, Community and Regional Planning.
  • Panel: The Research Review Process
  • PI, Development and Implementation of Natural Resources Databases.
  • Kun Wu, Community and Regional Planning.
  • CRP 595: Graduate Seminar in Geographic Information Systems
  • LA 590: Graduate Certificate GIS Capstone
  • Deepanshi Jain, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.
  • Graduate Research Assistants
  • Iowa Geographic Information Council Distinguished Service Award
  • Xin Tong, Master of Community and Regional Planning.
  • RDG Design Residency Mentor
  • Elizabeth Ford, Master of Community and Regional Planning.
  • Establishing Web-based Resources within the Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure
  • Jonathan Nelson
  • Geocoding County Infrastructure for the Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure
  • Historical Aerial Photography
  • State Agency GIS Service Bureau
  • National Science Foundation, Ad Hoc Proposal Review
  • ESRI Press, SpatiaLABS Review
  • Geocoding County Infrastructure
  • Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF), Smithsonian Institution
  • National Science Foundation, Proposal Review Panel Member
  • National Science Foundation, Proposal Review Panel Member
  • Multistate Aquatic Resources Information System (MARIS) Database Enhancement
  • Assessment of Environmental Services of CREP Wetlands
  • National Science Foundation, Proposal Review Panel Member,
  • Homeland Security Infrastructure Inventory
  • Assessment of wildlife benefits of CREP projects in Iowa.
  • Implementing the Multistate Aquatic Resources Information System (MARIS) Data Site
  • Conservation Effects Assessment Project Database Development and Deployment
  • Building Stewardship Capacity for Structures and Transportation Geodata within the Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure
  • Analysis of Integrated Expert Geographic Information Systems for Secured Landfill Sites
  • Assessment of wildlife benefits of CREP projects in Iowa
  • University academic professional staff: Augmenting traditional faculty teaching, advising, and research roles
  • Junggoth, Rittirong. 2008. Ph.D
  • Skibee, Adam. 2006. Master of Landscape Architecture,
  • Review of "Connecting non full-time faculty to institutional mission"
  • Reungsang, Pipat. 2007. Ph.D., Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
  • Use of GIS Tools to Identify Critical Points for Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health in Agricultural Areas and Potential for Natural Resource Management
  • Iowa Rivers Information System
  • The Iowa Aquatic Gap Analysis Project Final Report
  • Unpublished Reports
  • Historical Aerial Photography for the Iowa Geographic Image Map Server
  • Sunshine McDonald
  • 2004 Mid-America GIS Consortium Award
  • The Iowa Gap Analysis Project Final Report
  • Safeguarding American Agriculture from New and Emerging Diseases and Pests. A GIS and Web-based Disease Monitoring, Forecasting, and Information Delivery System.
  • Outstanding New Professional Award
  • Frye Leadership Institute
  • Analysis of Biological Diversity Conservation in Iowa Using Geographic Information Systems and Gap Analysis
  • Stained Glass Art Exhibition