Jerome E. Dobson

Professors Jerry Dobson' "and Steve Egbert and graduate students Matt Dunbar and John Kostelnick are testing new technology for mapping minefields and proposing new cartographic symbols for land mines, minefields, and mine action." CV


 * Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kansas (2003-present)
 * President, American Geographical Society (2002-present; Councilor, 1997-2002; Fellow, 1997-present; Director of Exploration, 1999-present)
 * Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (2004-present)

Selected Grants

 * Foreign Military Studies Office, Department of Defense, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, “Bowman Expedition to the Antilles,” J. E. Dobson, P. I., 6/01/2006-05/31/2007, $256,000 (renewable for two additional years).
 * Foreign Military Studies Office, Department of Defense, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, “Mexican Open Source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Project,” J. E. Dobson, P. I., P. H. Herlihy, Co-P. I., 6/01/2005-05/31/2006, $ 432,322 (renewable for one additional year)
 * Foreign Military Studies Office, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, Department of Defense, “Geographic Analysis of Land Tenure in Mexico,” J. E. Dobson, P. I., P. H. Herlihy,, Co-P. I., 3/16/2005-12/15/2005, $96,264.
 * Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, “Geographic and Cartographic Assistance for Humanitarian Demining,” J. E. Dobson, P. I, S. L. Egbert, Co-P. I., 1/15/04-12/31/06, $350,000 (currently being renewed with additional funding for CY 2007).
 * Zilkha Renewable Energy, LLC, “Kansas Windpower Project,” J. E. Dobson, P. I., 12/18/2002-1/31/2003, $16,727.
 * Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, LandScan Demographics, LLC. “Casualty Estimation,” J. E. Dobson, S. Campbell (LandScan Demographics, LLC.), P.I.s, R. W. Peplies (East Tennessee Statue U.), Co-P. I., 2/1/02-8/8/02, $16,750, Funded; 9/1/02-10/04/03, $76,298.
 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, LandScan Demographics, LLC. “Support to Operation Able Ally,” J. E. Dobson, S. Campbell (LandScan Demographics, LLC.), P.I., J. J. Feddema, Co-P. I., 9/1/02-8/30/03, $60,000.
 * Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “Casualty Estimation,” J. E. Dobson, P.I., R. W. Peplies (East Tennessee Statue U.), Co-P.I., 2/1/02-8/8/02, $16,750.
 * Department of Defense, “LandScan Global Population Project,” J. E. Dobson, P.I., E. A. Bright, P. R. Coleman, Co-P.I.s., 10/01/97-8/17/01, $2,120,000.