Luke Kaim
54 Forest Ave. Apt. 2 Orono, ME 04473 email: lucas.kaim@maine.edu phone: (914) 263-7866
Personal Web Site: http://mysite.du.edu/~lkaim/
Education
M.S., University of Maine
2011-present
Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering G.P.A 3.143 expected graduation 2013
B.A., University of Denver
2011
Major: Geography; Minor: Urban Studies/Environmental Science
G.P.A. 3.61
Employment
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Biology and ecology at the University of Maine
GIS consultant
School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine
QC Operator
Microsoft (Bing/Equiom), Boulder, CO
 Quality analysis of imagery to ensure data met specifications
January 2012-present
October 2011-December 2011
June-July 2011
LEP Tutor
March-June 2011
University of Denver
Tutored students in GIS (the best way to confirm you know something is to teach it)
GIS Intern
July-August 2010
Chappaqua Department of Parks and Recreation, Town of New Castle, NY
 Added GIS data to town’s infrastructure and updated trail maps using that data
GIS Consultant
March 2010
University of Denver
 Created two maps for book publication depicting Incan Expansion (cited by author) Food,
Power and Resistance, Dr. Alison Krogel (2010)
GIS Intern
December 2009
Indra USA Inc, Cold Spring, NY
 Utilized a GeoXH Field computer to mark the locations of known municipal assets
Researcher
2008-2010
Summer Research Grant, Department of Geography, University of Denver
 researched the correlation between DMSP and Globe at Night data set
 Researched the correlation between DSMP and ISS and presented findings at AAG
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Luke Kaim
54 Forest Ave. Apt. 2 Orono, ME 04473 email: lucas.kaim@maine.edu phone: (914) 263-7866
Personal Web Site: http://mysite.du.edu/~lkaim/
GIS Intern
Summer/Fall 2007, Summer 2008
Chappaqua Department of Public Works, Town of New Castle, NY
 Checked the validity of ArcMap data through field verification and SQM querying in ArcGIS
 Started Excel spread sheet with updated data to be joined to the original table in ArcGIS
GIS Field Intern
December 2006-March 2007
Azertia USA Inc, Hawthorne, NY
 Collected GIS data with town officials for municipal water system projects
 Collected data using Trimble GeoXH field computer
Awards and Leadership/Character
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Dr. Thomas M. Griffiths Memorial Award for outstanding research from the University of
Denver 2011 (Named award)
Completed 2,000 miles on The Great Divide Trail
June-July 2010
“Thru-Hiked” the Appalachian Trail
March-July 2007
Eagle Scout – Created trail maps of three local parks using GIS data
April-October 2005
Research Grants and Contracts
Researched the correlation between DMSP and Globe at Night data set, University of Denver, 2010
3,200.
Technical Skills
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ArcGIS 10 and 9.3.1, ENVI, ArcPad, TerraSync, Visual Nature Studio 3, Google SketchUp,
Mapcalc Learner, Snagit, Fact Viewer, JMP 8, Java, HTML, Python, SQL and lite Adobe Design
Premium
Fieldwork using Trimble equipment
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