DOB: 08/01/1992 CV MA in Geography

Mr. LIU, Dengke

E-mail:
2151 Keokuk St. #7
Iowa City, 52240, IA

Education Background

Education / Major: / Geography
Degree: / Bachelor of Science
School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University
Master of Arts (expected, June 2016)
Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa
Computer
Skills / Excellent in MATLAB,ENVI, ERDAS,SPSS and ARCGIS
Proficientin C++, C#, R

Presentations

- Liu Dengke, Chen Yiyun*, Lu Yougeng (2013).Primary exploration on quantitative inversion of mining soil total sulfur With Vis/NIR Spectroscopy. Annual Seminar - Chinese Soil Remote Sensing and Information Committee,August 18-22, 2013, Taigu, CT: Soil Science Society of China
- Lu Yougeng, Chen Yiyun*, Liu Dengke (2013). Inversion of Lakefront Cropland Soil Total Nitrogen Content with Vis/NIR Spectroscopy. Annual Seminar - Chinese Soil Remote Sensing and Information Committee,August 18-22, 2013, Taigu, CT: Soil Science Society of China

Research and Project Experiences

09/2012-
01/2014 / Group member,research project sponsored byNational Science Fund for Talents Training in Basic Science, “Quantitative Retrievals of Soil Properties with Visible/Near-Infrared Spectroscopy”.
- Assessed the robustness of multivariate regression models for estimates of soil total nitrogen (TN) and total sulfur (TS) contentsusing laboratory spectroscopy;
- Identified the important spectral wavelengths for estimation;
- Proposed model improvement ideas;
- Published two conference papers at the seminar by Soil Remote Sensing and Information Committee (2013), Soil Science Society of China.
12/2013-
01/2014 / Independent Research,traffic path query system for Wuhan city.
-Developedatraffic path query system (map display, hawk eye, location query, and shortest/fastest path query) under the Visual Studio using C#;
07/2013-
08/2013 / Group member, national geography base classes’ united cross-regional field researches in Beijing city and northeastern China.
- Analyzed the spatial pattern evolution and drainage network of Beijing;
- Explored the hydrosphere-biosphere interactions and landform process of Changbai Mountain, Yalu River estuary and Dalian city coast;
- Detected the forest cover change in Changbai Mountain by calculating NDVI from MODIS data with ENVI.
05/2013-
06/2013 / Independent Research, land-use change simulation of Jiayu County.
- Performed land-use change simulation in Jiayu County with SPSS and CLUE-S and tested the accuracy through overlay analysis in ARCGIS;
- Designed an urban expansion simulation system based on the Cellular Automaton (CA) using C#under the Visual Studio;
- Learned about the binary logistic regression and programming of CA.
03/2013-
04/2013 / Independent Research, analysis of the climate change in china’s Yunnan–Guizhou plateau region and its response to Asian monsoon activities.
- Analyzed temperature trend rate, precipitation variation, and climate periodicity in Yunnan–Guizhou plateau from 1951 to 2007;
- Performed a correlation analysis between the climate change trend and the index of horse latitudes and several indexes of Asian monsoons;
- Gained hands-on skills of time-series analysis using MATLAB, such as Mann-Kendall test and Morlet wavelet analysis.
01/2013-
02/2013 / Independent Research,land-cover change detection of Wuhan city.
- Conducted supervised classification and change detection on two Landsat images of Wuhan city with ENVI;
- Gained hands-on skills of digital image processing using IDL/ENVI, such as ortho-rectification, image classification and change detection.
08/2012-
09/2012 / Field researches, Three Gorges Geo-park and Mt. Lushan National Park.
- Analyzed the geological evolution process and the environmental outcomes associated with the large dam in Three Gorges Geo-park;
- Investigated the landform development and the impact of local climate conditions on vegetation types andsoil-forming process in Mt. Lushan National Park and wrote a report on this.

Leadership & Volunteer Experiences

04/2011-
04/2012 / Vice President, Youth Volunteer Association of School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University
09/2010-
01/2012 / Study Monitor, Geography Base Class, School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University
12/2011 / Initiator & Volunteer, “New Year Gift” Love Project for Left-behind Children in Enshi Autonomous Prefecture
10/2010 / Volunteer Teacher for math and astronomy, Wuhan Lingzhi Primary School

Awards & Honors

2013 / First & Second Prize of Excellent Young Scholar Paper Honor, “Soil Remote Sensing and Information Committee Seminar” by Soil Science Society of China
2013 / ThirdPrize, “Ziqiang Cup” Student Academic Innovation Research Competition
2011-2013 / Merit Scholarship, Wuhan University (3 times)
2011-2013 / Advanced Individual, Excellent Summer Social Practice of Wuhan University
2012 / Outstanding Student Leader, Wuhan University
2012 / Excellent Youth Volunteer, Wuhan University
2011-2012 / Outstanding Student, Wuhan University (2 times)