S TEPHANIE Z IMMER
1219 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1210
http://sazimme2.public.iastate.edu/
sazimme2@iastate.edu
Experience
• Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, NASS Project—Ames,IA
Research Assistant
May 2011–Present
– Review Area Frame of current June Area Survey
– Investigate new options for June Area Survey
– Research optimal sampling design
– Develop automatic stratification for area frame
• Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, NRI Project—Ames, IA
Research Assistant
August 2009–May 2011
– Evaluated differences of two soil databases
– Developed models for regressing RUSLE2 on USLE.
– Drew samples using SAS for Survey Research Services.
– Calculated sampling weights for clients of CSSM.
• National Agricultural Statistical Service—Raleigh, NC
Survey Statistician
January 2009 - July 2009
– Participated in editing process of surveys.
– Worked on County Estimates, ARMS, and Quarterly Agricultural Surveys.
– Wrote SAS software for automatic editing in the North Carolina Water Use Survey.
Also, did paper editing.
• Energy Information Administration—Washington, DC
Mathematics Student Trainee
May 2008 - August 2008
– Worked on the 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey.
– Created tables for survey results on Residential Energy Consumption.
– Wrote analysis of survey results, in particular, looked at trends of cooking at home
habits and computers in the home.
– As a JPSM junior fellow, I visited several federal agencies and attended seminars on
Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland.
• SAS—Cary, NC
Technical Student
– Tested SAS software, Enterprise Miner.
– Wrote and edited software documentation for Text Miner.
May 2006 - August 2006
Education
• Iowa State University—Ames, IA
Ph.D in Statistics
– GPA: 3.65
– Projected Graduation Date: May 2014
• North Carolina State University—Raleigh, NC
B.S. in Statistics, Minor in Industrial Engineering
– GPA: 3.90 (Overall), 4.0 (Statistics)
– Graduated May 2009, Summa Cum Laude
Technical Skills
• Computer Languages:
– Proficient in SAS, R, LATEX, JMP
– Familiar with MATLAB, VBA
Publications
• Nusser, S. M. and Zimmer, S. A. Sampling agricultural resources. Accepted to the
Encyclopedia of Environmetrics.
Awards and Achievements
• Vera David Graduate Fellowship Recipient
• Member of Phi Kappa Phi, Mu Sigma Rho, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Activities
• Member of STATers, the ISU graduate student statistics club. Secretary 2011-2012, Social
Chair 2012-2013.
• Member of StatCom, Statistics in the Community. Executive Committee 2011-2012.
• Big Sister in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa.