CHRISTOPHER DUVALL

Updated 8/1/2001
 

Education

PhD., Geography  (expected May 2003-4)

Ed.M., Science Education  May 2001

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

B.S., Meteorology, Hydrology Minor, Area of Concentration in Business  May 1999

The University of Oklahoma
 

Recent Work Experience

6/99 – present     Office of the NJ St. Climatologist,            Rutgers Univ.             Piscataway, NJ

12/98 - 5/99         O.U. School of Meteorology,                   Univ. of Oklahoma     Norman, OK

5/97 - 5/99           Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS),  Univ. of Oklahoma     Norman, OK

7/94 - 1/97           Metuchen Board of Education Office                                            Metuchen, NJ
 

Skills

·        Expert in Win95/98/NT, HTML/web design, MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint, VI Editor, Adobe Photoshop 5.5, and email

·        Extensive oral and written communication skills acquired as an instructor for OCS training workshops, a meteorology lab instructor, OU SCAMS President, volunteer weather briefings and tours, and numerous papers and presentations from AMS Meetings to proposals to elementary, middle, and high school classroom weather lessons

·        Highly knowledgeable in Unix-based systems, ClarisWorks, FTP, WebCT, digital cameras, Macs, scanners, LCD projectors, and laptops

·        Current responsibilities include: day-to-day operation of the NJ WxNet- an hourly weather network, WebManager for ONJSC web sites, creating online lessons/case studies, coordinating activities for grant research, co-authoring numerous proposals and papers, and giving presentations. 

 

Honors, Achievements, and Activities

·        Rutgers University Team Manager, National Forecasting Contest, 2000-2001

·        Volunteer Weather Specialist and Forecaster, Kids As Global Scientists – One Sky, Many Voices Program, 2000 and 2001

·        AMS Graduate Student Travel Grant recipient, 80th Annual Meeting, 1/00 

·        Student member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) since 1995

·        Active life member of Alpha Phi Omega, a National Co-Ed Community Service Fraternity, averaging 40 hours of community service per semester since Spring 1995

·        Member, North Jersey Weather Observers since 2000

·        Member, New Jersey Association for Educational Technology, 1999-2000

·        AMS Student Volunteer 1997 and 1998

·        President, Oklahoma Univ. Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, (OU SCAMS)    1996-97 and 1997-98

·        Active participant for three years in the Local and National Forecasting Contests , at O.U.
 

Publications  

·        Lead author,  "Inquiry-based Weather Lessons Using Real-time Data" for the American Meteorological Society's 81st Annual Meeting, 1/01 

·        Co-author,  "Educational Outreach Activities of a State Climate Office" for the American Meteorological Society's 81st Annual Meeting, 1/01 

·        Author, “Downsloping Winds and Thermal Elevation Effects” for The Weather Shelter, North Jersey Weather Observers, Vol. 20, No. 11, 11/00

·        Author, “New Jersey Weather Resources” for OMEGA Newsletter, The New Jersey Earth Science Teachers Association (NJESTA),  5/00

·        Co-author,  "An Evaluation Of The Use Of Real-Time Weather Data By Public-Safety Agencies" for the American Meteorological Society's 79th Annual Meeting, 1/99

·        Published in OkEM Quarterly Newsletter, (for OK public-safety) 9/99, 12/99, 5/00, 8/00