Department of Geology

Education & Experience:

Institutions attended
    Northwestern University, Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, 1980
    The Johns Hopkins University, 1974-1975
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1970-1974, B.S. in Geology, 1974

Professional Experience
Bowling Green State University,
    Interim Dean, College of Technology, 2005-2006,
    Interim Director, School of Communication Studies, 2004-2005,
    Chair, Dept. of Geology, 1992-2000,
    Associate Professor of Geology 1988-present,
    Assistant Professor of Geology, 1982-1988
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
    Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, 1980-1982,
    Lecturer of Earth Sciences, 1978-1980
    The Environmental Impact Center, Staff Scientist, H2S in
    Geothermal steam project, 1975

Specialty Areas of Interest:

GIScience Analysis Methods, Spatial Statistics
Multi-criteria siteing models for alternative energy facilities,
Environmental information systems,
Use of new technologies in geological education (personal web, Web 2.0)

Current BGSU Courses:

Introduction to Geology, Earth Environments,
Quantitative Methods in Geology - Ugrad
Digital Mapping - Grad

Continuing Education or Service Activities:

University participant in UCEAO (University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio)
Member, Advisory Board for the Center for Regional Development, BGSU

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

Coastal Ohio Wind (Project Manager), $1,200,000, DOE-NREL, 2008-2010
Census Project (LUCA) with the City of Bowling Green, $41,013, City of
Bowling Green with M. Carroll and B. Smith, 2007-2008
Digital Field Mapping with Pocket-PC Computers. $173,000, National
Science Foundation, Co-PI with Charles Onasch and Kurt Panter
2002-2004
Facilitating the Use of Digital Video in the Dept. of Geology, $12,900,
BGSU-CTLT, 2002-2003

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Submissions:

Reid, N., Carroll, M., Smith, B. and Frizado, J., 2008 (in press), GIS and Economic Development, in Geotechnologies and the Environment: Socioeconomic and Planning Applications, Gatrell, J. and Jensen, R. (eds.) Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 28 pp.

Carroll, M., Smith, B. and Frizado, J., 2008, Identification of Economic Clusters Using Local Indexes of Spatial Autocorrelation, in Globalizing Worlds: Geographical Perspectives on New Economic Perspectives, Ashgate Publishers, (accepted).

Frizado, J., Smith, B., Carroll, M., and Reid, N., 2008 (submitted), Impact of Polygon Geometry on the Identification of Economic Clusters, submitted to Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 15 pp.

Sridhar, B., Chapin, T., Vincent, R., Axe, M and Frizado, J., 2008, Identifying the effects of different construction practices on the spectral characteristics of concrete, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 38, Issue 4, pages 538-542.

Frizado, J., Smith, B. and Carroll, M., 2007, Identification of Economic Clusters using ArcGIS Spatial Statistics, Proceedings 2007 ESRI International Users Conference, http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/papers/pap_1367.pdf, p. 1-28.