Ma, Jiao
4121 Holly Street, VA 22030 | 703-508-0186 | jma10@masonlive.gmu.edu
EDUCATION
College of Science, George Mason University, expected graduation May 2016
Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science
- Master in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences
College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University (BJFU), graduated Jul 2013
- Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information System
- Overall GPA: 85.2 /100
RESERCH EXPERIENCE
A guest student in Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Jul 2013 – Jan 2014
- Assisted in building an Inference Engine for soil classifications
- Applied Jena in building OWL model and achieved it for retrieval and reasoning
- Enhanced understanding of volunteered geographic information (VGI)
- Learned the principle, operation, maintenance and application of ASD FieldSpec4 Standard-Res spectroradiometer
College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University
Pre-warning system of fire by lightning in the forestry research project, Apr – May 2012
- Applied GIS knowledge and techniques to design a fire pre-warning system
- Achieved data analysis of lighting fire condition and created database
- Presented in evaluation conference.
Logistical management system, June 2011
- Established a logistics company’s transportation management system in Beijing area
- Built SQL database for product storage, staffs and vehicles
- Achieved user interface based on SQL Server 2000 platform, ODBC and IIS Manager, using HTML and .asp program language
- Earned the highest score 98 in the class
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 National University GIS Skills Competition, Jun – Sep 2011
- Goal: applied GIS methods and technology in solving practical problems such as confirmation of influenced area by railway expansion and evaluation the expense of building relocation
- Responsible for image rectification, vectorization of map, spatial analysis with the aid of MapGIS, wrote analysis report
- Won the 3rd prize in spatial analysis of operating skills group and awarded with the certificate of MapGIS cartographic Engineer
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Mastered programming language such as C++, JAVA, HTML and JavaScript
- Proficient with Oracle and SQL Server technology
- Proficient with ArcGIS platform, MapGIS platform, Envi and Erdas
- Proficient with Cartography and spatial statistics
ACCOPLISHMENTS
- Awards: 2012 Academic Merit Award (1 out of 120 students) and 2010 Outstanding Student Scholarship, Grade Three
- Honors: Merit Student of Beijing Forestry University (2010-2011, 2011-2012), commissary in charge of organization in GIS 09 Class (2009 – 2013) and 2010 Excellent Social Work