Yan Barnett

Senior Spatial Analyst / Research Associate

130A Mumford Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882–8541
E-mail: BarnettY@missouri.edu

Education

• MA, Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1994
• Graduate Diploma, Land Ecology Surveys, Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands, 1989
• BS, Geology, Zhejiang University, China, 1985

Honors and Awards

• The Netherlands Ministry of Education and Sciences Fellowship, 1989
• The Netherlands Government Fellowship, 1988

Professional Experience

• Senior Spatial Analyst, CARES, 2004-present
• Research Associate, CARES, 1994-present
• Research Assistant, Geographic Resource Center, Department of Geography, University of Missouri – Columbia. 1991-1994
• Visiting Researcher, School of Earth Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. 1989-1990
• Assistant Researcher, Institute of Geology, China Seismological Bureau. 1985-1988

Areas of Expertise

• Customized internet mapping applications using ArcIMS, Google Map API, ArcGIS Server/.NET, ArcGIS Server REST and JavaScript API, and other mapping technologies
• Data visualization
• Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis and applications
• .NET based web applications
• Microsoft SQL Server data access technology
• Decision support systems
• Environmental modeling

Training and Continuing Education

• Developing Applications with ArcGIS Server Using the Microsoft .NET Framework. St. Louis, MO, 2007
• Java Server Page Programming. St. Louis, MO, 2006
• ESRI Workshops: ArcGIS Server for Developers; Developing with ArcWeb Services; Customizing Content in ArcWeb Services; Interactive and Web Mapping – Tips and Tricks; ArcGIS for .NET Developers. San Diego, CA. 2005
• ESRI Virtual Campus courses (online): Introduction to Visual Basic 6; Customizing ArcGIS; Customizing ArcMap. 2004
• 3-D Visualization & Spatial Modeling Raster & Vector, URISA Certified Workshop. Atlanta, GA. 2003
• ArcIMS Administration, ESRI. St. Charles, MO. 2003
• Customizing ArcIMS Using ArcXML, ESRI. St. Charles, MO. 2002
• Migrating from ArcView Avenue to Visual Basic and ArcObject, ESRI. St. Charles, MO. 2001
• Adobe PhotoShop 6.0, University of Missouri–Columbia. Columbia, MO. 2001
• Advanced Topic in Visual Basic: Database Access, University of Missouri – St. Louis. St. Louis, MO. 2000
• Introduction to Visual Basic, University of Missouri–St. Louis. St. Louis, MO. 1999
• Intermediate Visual Basic, University of Missouri–St. Louis. St. Louis, MO. 1999
• Advanced Visual Basic, University of Missouri–St. Louis. St. Louis, MO. 1999
• Advanced Java Programming, Sun Educational Services. St. Louis, MO.1997
• Java Programming Workshop, Sun Educational Services. St. Louis, MO. 1997
• Advanced Avenue Programming, ESRI. St. Charles, MO1997 Java Programming Workshop, Sun Microsystems, Inc. St. Louis, MO. 1996
• Watershed Modeling and GIS with SWAT and GRASS, USDA ARS. Austin, TX. 1996

Professional Organizations

• Missouri-Kansas ArcIMS Special Interest Users Group, 2000-present
• Mid-Missouri GIS Users Group, 1994–Present
• Water Environment Federation, 1998-1999
• Missouri Academy of Sciences, 1991-1994

Current Projects

• Community Issues Management
• Community Information Resource Center (CIRC) initiative, CARES and RUPRI
  
  • Community Issues Management
  • Lehigh Valley Health Institute
  • Rural Early Childhood Atlas
  • RUPRI Rural Assistance Center Mapping Initiative
• Global Forest Watch forest atlas development, World Resource Institute
• Development of a Watershed Comparison and Evaluation Tool, MoDNR, 2005-2008
• Assessing Ecological Economic Impacts of Landscape Change in Montana's Flathead County, 2003-2007
• Soil Map Digitization Project

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Prato, Tony, Anthony Clark and Yan Barnett. Evaluating Potential Wildlife Impacts of Future Land Development Adjacent to Protected Areas. George Wright Forum (Accepted).
• Prato, Tony, Anthony Clark and Yan Barnett. Evaluating Alternative Economic Growth Rates and Land Use Policies for Flathead County, Montana. Landscape and Urban Planning (Accepted).
• Barnett, Yan and Chris Fulcher. disAbility Spin: Disability Community Connection in Missouri. URISA 44th Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, September 26-29, 2006.
• Barnett, Yan and Richard Charrier. disAbility Spin: Disability Community Connection in Missouri, 25th Annual ESRI International User Conference, July 25-29, 2005.
• Barnett, Yan and Chris Fulcher (co-presenters). Integrating BRFSS Data with Demographic and Health Service Indicators. 21st Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 9–12, 2004 (exhibition demo).
• Barnett, Yan and Chris Barnett. Community Based Decision Support Using Internet GIS. URISA's 41st Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 11-15, 2003.
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett (presenter). Data Visualization to Illustrate Patterns of Changes in Missouri. ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July, 2003.
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett. Data Visualization to Illustrate Patterns of Changes in Missouri. Columbia, MO, March 25-26, 2003.
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett. National Level Internet-based Geographic Data Access and Analysis. Mid-America GIS Consortium, Kansas City, MO, April 16-18, 2002.
• Sugumaran, R., Meyer. J., Barnett Y., Fulcher, C., and Prato, T., 2002. A Web based data visualization and decision support tool (WebDVD). Decision Support Systems.
• Barnett, Yan. The Missouri Map Room and CARES Website. 2001 Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri, August 10-13, 2001.
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett. The Missouri Map Room. 2001 ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, California, July 26-28, 2001.
• Barnett, Yan. Census 2000, Missouri. Sixth Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, Missouri, March 26-28, 2001 (poster).
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett. The Missouri Map Room. Sixth Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, Missouri, March 26-28, 2001 (poster).
• Barnett, Yan and Chris Barnett. The Missouri Map Room, Internet Mapping and More. Sixth Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, Missouri, March 26-28, 2001.
• Sugumaran R., Meyer, J., Barnett, Y. Z., Prato, T., and Fulcher C. 2000. Development of Web based remote sensing techniques. Proceedings: Second International Conference on Geo-spatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, Florida, USA, Vol. II: pp. 237- 240.
• Barnett, Chris and Yan Barnett. Improving Access to Geographic Information on the Web. Mid-America GIS Symposium 2000, Tan-Tar-A Resort, MO, May 14-15, 2000.
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett. CARES Watershed Information Clearinghouse. 2000 Mid-America GIS Symposium, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, May 14-18, 2000 (poster).
• Barnett, Chris and Yan Barnett. A Statewide Watershed Information Clearinghouse. Proceedings: National Watershed Outreach Conference, Catamaran Resort, San Diego, California, April 17-19, 2000.
• Barnett, Yan. Census 2000, Missouri. Sixth Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, Missouri, March 26-28, 2001.
• Barnett, Yan. CARES Watershed Information Clearinghouse. Ag Science Week Poster Exhibition, January 31 – February 4, 2000 (poster).
• Barnett, Yan. CARES Watershed Information Clearinghouse. Missouri Environmental Quality Conference, Columbia, MO, February 4, 2000.
• Fulcher, Chris and Yan Barnett. The Role of GIS in Participatory Action Research: Using Internet Applications for Community-based Decision Support. Proceedings: 2000 PNC Annual Conference and Joint Meetings, University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, USA, January 11-17, 2000.
• Wood, Stan, Chris Barnett and Yan Barnett. Accessing and Modifying Source Water Inventories Through a Web Browser. Proceedings: Nineteenth Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July 26-30, 1999.
• Barnett, Yan. Maps and Tools on the Internet, Nineteenth Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July 26-30, 1999 (poster).
• Barnett, Yan and Dave Connett. A Decision Support System for Information Management and Water Quality Assessment in Dardenne Creek Watershed, MO, 3rd Annual Conference on Natural Resources of the Missouri River Basin, Pierre, SD, March 20-24, 1999.
• Barnett, Yan. Integration of Internet and GIS Technology for Natural Resource Management, 4th Annual Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO, March 15-17, 1999.
• Fulcher, Chris, Tony Prato and Yan Barnett. Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment Using WAMADSS. Proceedings: 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-32), Maui, Hawaii, January 5-8, 1999.
• Barnett, Yan, Chris Fulcher and Jim Meyer. An Interactive Tool for Watershed Information Management and Water Quality Assessment. National Biodiversity and Water Resources Symposium WETLANDS’98: Integrating Wetland/Floodplain Ecosystem Into Water Resources/Watershed Management, St. Louis, MO, September 20-24, 1998
• Barnett, Yan and Jim Meyer. A Land Information Management Tool for Field Applications. Eighteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 27-31, 1998.
• Barnett, Yan. An Interactive Tool for Watershed Information Management and Water Quality Assessment. Proceedings: Watershed Management: Moving From Theory to Implementation, Denver, Colorado, May 3-6, 1998.
• Barnett, Yan and Kathy Green. Land Information Management Tool for NRCS field offices. Third Missouri Annual GIS Conference, Jefferson City, MO, March 16-18, 1998.
• Barnett, Yan and Kathy Green. Land Information Management Tool for NRCS field offices. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Tan-Tar-A Resort, MO, February 18-20, 1998. Barnett, Yan and Chris Fulcher(Co-presenters). CARES Watershed Information Clearinghouse. 3rd Annual Missouri GIS Conference, Jefferson City, MO, March 16-17, 1998.
• Barnett, Yan and Chris Fulcher (Co-presenters). CARES Watershed Information Clearinghouse. Presentation: EPA Regional Wetlands and Water Quality Conference, Kansas City, MO, February 24-25, 1998.
• Fulcher, Chris, Tony Prato and Yan Zhou. Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment Using a Watershed Management Decision Support Tool. Proceedings: The 17th Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 8-11, 1997
• Zhou, Yan and Chris Fulcher. A Watershed Management Tool Using SWAT and ARC/INFO. Proceedings: The 17th Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 8-11, 1997.
• Fulcher, Chris, Tony Prato and Yan Zhou. A Watershed Management Decision Support System. Proceedings: 17th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Impact Assessment, New Orleans, LA, May 28-31, 1997.
• Zhou, Yan and Chris Fulcher. A Customized ArcView Tool for County-Level Data Access and Analysis. Second Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Jefferson City, MO, March 10-11, 1997.
• Zhou, Yan and Lynn Heidenreich. Watershed Scale Water Quality Impacts of Alternative Farming Systems. Proceedings: WATERSHED '96 - Moving Ahead Together, Technical Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8-12, 1996.
• Fulcher, Chris, Tony Prato and Yan Zhou. Watershed Management Decision Support System. Proceedings: Watershed ’96: Moving Ahead Together, Technical Conference and Exposition, Baltimore, MD, June 8-12, 1996.
• Zhou, Yan, Chris Fulcher and Tony Prato. Watershed Management Decision Support System. Proceedings: Third International Conference for GIS and Modeling, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 21-25, 1996.
• Zhou, Yan and Lynn Heidenreich. Watershed Scale Water Quality Impacts of Alternative Farming Systems. Proceedings: WATERSHED '96 - Moving Ahead Together, Technical Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8-12, 1996.
• Heidenreich, Lynn King, Yan Zhou and Tony Prato. A Watershed-Scale Water Quality Assessment of Alternative Farming Systems Using SWAT. Journal of Soil and Water Conservatrion, abstract, 51(4):p348-348, 1996.
• Zhou, Yan, Chris Fulcher and Tony Prato. Watershed Management Decision Support System. Proceedings: Third International Conference for GIS and Modeling, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 21-25, 1996.
• Zhou, Yan, Lynn King Heidenreich, Tony Prato. Environmental Impacts of Alternative Management Strategies in Goodwater Creek Watershed, Missouri. Proceedings: 1995 ESRI User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 22-26, 1995.
• Fulcher, Chris, Tony Prato, Steven Vance, Yan Zhou, and Chris Barnett. Flood Impact Decision Support System for St. Charles, Missouri, USA. Proceedings: The 15th Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 22-26, 1995.
• Zhou, Yan, Lynn Heidenreich, Tony Prato. Environmental Impacts of Alternative Management Strategies in Goodwater Creek Watershed, Missouri. Proceedings: The 15th Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 22-26, 1995.
• Barnett, Chris, Yan Zhou, Steven Vance and Chris Fulcher. Wellhead Protection Area Delineation for Identifying Potential Contamination Sources. Proceedings: The 15th Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 22-26, 1995.
• Fulcher, Chris, Tony Prato, and Yan Zhou. Decision Support System for Enhancing Water Quality in an Agricultural Watershed. Proceedings: Fifth Annual Water Quality Conference, Center for Water Quality, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, February 2-3, 1995.