Paula J. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
125A Koffolt Laboratories, 140 W. 19 th Avenue ,
Columbus , Ohio 43210-1180
Phone/Fax (614) 292-5120
E-mail Stevenson.2@osu.edu
Ph.D. , The Ohio State University , 2001. Major Field: Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Geodetic Science
Dissertation title: “A Theoretical Basis and Methodology for the Quantitative Evaluation of Thematic Map Series from SAR/InSAR Data.”
M.S. , The Ohio State University , 1993. Major Field: Geodetic Science with an
emphasis on digital mapping. Thesis title: “Scanning for Automated
Conversion of Cartographic Documents.”
B.S. , The Ohio State University , 1989. Engineering Physics with emphasis in
Electrical Engineering.
Engineering Experiment Station, The Ohio State University College of Engineering
Education Director, National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program 2002-PRESENT
Administrator, National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center 1998-present
Center for Mapping, The Ohio State University (a NASA Center for Commercial Development of Space in Real-Time Satellite Mapping from 1987-1999)
Researcher , 2000-2001.
Research Associate 2 , 1998-2000
Computer Specialist , 1988-1994
“An Ad-Hoc Review of Research Needs of Federal Mapping Agencies,” Paula Stevenson and John Bossler, Proceedings , UCGIS Annual Assembly and Summer Retreat, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 1997.
“Experiments with Anisotropic Diffusion for Adaptive Image Smoothing,” Edward Oshel, Paula Stevenson, and Christian Heipke, From Digital Images to Spatial Objects: Research and Development Topics in Digital Photogrammetry , Christian Heipke, Editor, Report No. 433, Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying, Columbus, Ohio, December 1995, pp. 68-85.
“The Problem of Data Conversion,” Stevenson, Paula J., GeoInfo Systems , February 1995, pp. 28-32.
“Scanning for Automated Conversion of Cartographic Documents,” Stevenson, Paula J., Report No. 426, The Ohio State University Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying and the Center for Mapping , April 1994, 95 pages.
A Guide to Large Format Scanners,” Stevenson, Paula J., GIS World , Vol. 7 No. 6, June 1994, pp. 41-43.
“Exectations and Pitfalls in Large Format Scanning of Cartographic Documents,” Stevenson, Paula J., ASPRS/ACSM/RT 92 Technical Papers , Bethesda , MD : ASPRS/ACSM 1992, pp. 197-202.
“Fundamentals of Large-Format Scanning Technology,” Stevenson, Paula J., Surveying and Land Information Systems , Vol. 52, No. 3, 1992, pp. 163-168.
“A New Voyage for Columbus — Ohio State charts a course toward centralized management of a decentralized computer operation,” Stevenson, Paula J., Datamation , November 1984.