Education
B.S. Statistics, Computer Science emphasis, Mathematics minor. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 1993.
M.S. Biology, emphasis in modeling, ecology and GIS. Utah State University, Logan, Utah. 2002. Thesis title: STATMOD: A tool for interfacing ArcView GIS with statistical software to facilitate predictive ecological modeling.
Professional experience
Research Associate, RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5275. October 2002 to present. Responsibilities include writing code for ArcView GIS 3.x and ArcGIS 9.x, web application development using a variety of languages and tools such as MapServer and ArcGIS Server, and database design and programming.
Research Assistant, Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305. Responsibilities included custom ArcView, Microsoft Access, and Internet development.
Statistician, Research & Planning, Wyoming Department of Employment, P.O. Box 2760, Casper, Wyoming 82602. Responsibilities included statistical analysis and modeling, and database programming.
Awards
StatMod. 2003. First place. ArcView/Avenue category, Software Applications Fair. ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California. August 9-13.
LinkViews. 2003. Second place. ArcView/Avenue category, Software Applications Fair. ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California. August 9-13.
Peer reviewed publications
Lowry, J., C. Garrard, and R.D. Ramsey. 2004. Land cover mapping using StatMod: An ArcView 3.x extension for classification trees using SPLUS. GAP Analysis Bulletin No. 12, U.S. Geological Survey.
Papers and posters presented at professional meetings
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2007. Methods and software for building spatially-oriented web applications. Paper presentation at the American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida. May 7-11.
Garrard, C., and J. Lowry. 2007. Geospatial Internet applications available from USU's RS/GIS Laboratory. Paper presentation at the Utah Geographic Information Council Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 18-20.
Garrard, C., C.M. McGinty, and R.D. Ramsey. 2006. A web-based data extraction tool for the USA. Paper presentation at the Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland. September 11-15.
Garrard, C. 2006. An overview of some Open Source GIS and RS software packages. Paper presentation at the Utah Geographic Information Council Meetings, Moab, Utah. June 7-9.
Garrard, C. 2005. A web archive of satellite imagery for the Intermountain region. Paper presentation at the Fall Meeting of ASPRS-Intermountain Region and NR-URISA, Boise, Idaho. November 3.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. An archive of satellite imagery for the Intermountain Region of the United States. Paper presentation at the 16th William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 23-27.
Garrard, C., C.M. McGinty, and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. An online multi-layer data extraction utility. Poster presentation at the ESRI Southwest User Group, Park City, Utah. September 26-28.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. An archive of satellite imagery for the Intermountain Region. Paper presentation at GIS in the Rockies, Denver, Colorado. September 21-22.
McGinty, C.M., C. Garrard, J.H. Lowry, and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. Using the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) for Bromus tectorum mapping in the Great Basin. Paper presentation at GIS in the Rockies, Denver, Colorado. September 21-22.
Garrard, C., C.M. McGinty, and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. An online multi-layer data extraction utility. Poster presentation at the 2005 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California. July 25-29.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. An archive of satellite imagery for the Intermountain Region. Paper presentation at the Intermountain GIS User's Conference, Pocatello, Idaho. April 18-22.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2005. Web-enabled applications for remotely sensed imagery. Paper presentation at the 101th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado. April 5-9.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2004. Online satellite imagery and MapServer. Paper presentation at the Utah Geographic Information Council Meetings, St. George, Utah. September 27-29.
Braddy, K., C. Garrard, and R.D. Ramsey. 2004. An archive of satellite imagery for the Intermountain Region. Paper presentation at the 2004 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California. August 9-13.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2004. An online archive of satellite imagery of the Intermountain Region of the United States. Paper presentation at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 14-19.
Garrard, C., and R.D. Ramsey. 2003. A satellite image archive for the Intermountain Region. Paper presentation at the ESRI Southwest User Group, Jackson, Wyoming. October 25-30.
Lowry, J., and C. Garrard. 2003. Land cover mapping using STATMOD: An ArcView extension for classification and regression trees using S-PLUS. Poster presentation at the 13th Annual Meeting of the National GAP Analysis Program, Fort Collins, Colorado. October 6-9.
Garrard, C. 2003. StatMod: An ArcView GIS extension for predictive statistical modeling. Paper presentation at the Utah Geographic Information Council Meetings, Logan, Utah. September 8-10.
Garrard, C. 2003. Using ArcView in conjunction with statistical software for predictive modeling. Paper presentation at the 2003 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California. July 7-11.
University teaching experience
WILD 6900 - Geoprocessing with Python using Open Source GIS (Utah State University, Spring 2008)
Introductory biology labs (Utah State University, late 1990's)
Introductory statistics labs (Brigham Young University, early 1990's)