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Geography and Geospatial Sciences

Bruce Millett

Bruce Millett

Title

Assistant Professor

Office Building

Wecota Hall

Office

115H

Mailing Address

Wecota Hall 115H
Geography-Box 0506
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

CV

CV_Bruce_V_Millett_2016.pdf(209.23 KB)

Education

  • Ph.D. in biological sciences | 2004
  • M.S. in geography | 1999
  • B.S. in geography | 1995
  • Aerographer's Mate AG-C1 School | 1986
  • Aerographer's Mate AG-A1 School | 1980

Academic Interests

  • Wetland ecosystems
  • GIS applications in ecology

Academic Responsibilities

  • GEOG-131 Physical Geography: Weather and Climate
  • GEOG-132 Physical Geography: Natural Landscapes
  • GEOG-270 Introduction to small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • GEOG-337 Atmospheric Science
  • GEOG-339 Geomorphology
  • GEOG-372 Introduction to GIS
  • GEOG-473/573 GIS Data Creation/Integration
  • GEOG-474/574 GIS: Vector and Raster Modeling
  • GEOG-483 Aerial Remote Sensing
  • GEOG-483L Aerial Remote Sensing Lab
  • GEOG-492 Climate Change
  • GEOG-492 Oceanography
  • GEOG-492 Military Geography
  • GEOG-791 Independent Study
  • GEOG-798 Thesis

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committee Activities

  • Academic Assessment Committee
  • Drone Club Faculty Advisor

Professional Memberships

  • Association of American Geographers (AAG), Specialty Groups: Climate Change, Biogeography and GIS
  • American Meteorological Society (AMS)
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
  • Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS)
  • Academy for Model Aeronautics (AMA)

Awards and Honors

  • 2005 Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, “StateView Program Development and Operations for the State of South Dakota”. AmericaView, $23,500.
  • Principal Investigator, Cancer Geocoding Project. DHHS/Centers for Disease Control (CDC) through (FPT) SD Department of Health (DOH), $4,950.
  • Supervisor, Undergraduate / Graduate Mini-Grant Program. Graduate student Byron Will-Noel, South Dakota View, July 28, 2015 - December 31, 2015, $900.
  • Johnson, Carter; Millett, Bruce V.; Adams, R.; Fay, Phil; Guntenspergen, Glenn R.; Voldseth, Richard. "Non-Linear Response of Prairie Pothole Landscapes to Climate Change and Land Management". Oregon State University, U.S. Geological Survey, Aug. 1, 2006 - Dec. 31, 2010, $856,574, EPA Grant Number: R833016
  • Co-Principal Investigator. Inventory and Analysis of Stream Flow Classification. United States Geological Survey. July 2003 – Sept. 2004, $50,000.
  • Glenn Guntenspergen and W. Carter Johnson, Collaborator. Integrating the Effects of Land use and Global Climate Change on Hydrology and Vegetation of the Northern Great Plains Wetlands. United States Geological Survey Biological Resources Division Global Change Research Program FY99, Five-year project, $660,000.

Work Experience

  • May 2012 - present, instructor, Department of Geography.
  • January 2005 - May 2012, assistant professor, Department of Geography.
  • May 2004 - December 2004, research associate, Department of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks.
  • October 2003 - August 2004, Department of Geography, research associate
  • January 1999 - August 2003, graduate research assistant, Department of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks.
  • May 1998 - December 1998, remote sensing analyst, Plant Science Department.
  • September 1996 - May 1998, graduate teaching assistant, Department of Geography.

Areas of Research

  • Prairie Wetlands
  • Climate Change
  • Aerial Remote Sensing

Department(s)