Dirk Slawinski

Email:
   dirk.slawinski@csiro.au

OBJECTIVE:
   Seeking a position as researcher/technician in the Geosciences.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
  • Data Analyst/Programmer for CSIRO Marine Research
       October 2002 - Present
    Responsible for identifying, analyzing and managing oceanographic, climatological and ecological data sets for use in forecast and scenario modeling. Develop and implement data analysis and visualization tools in various programming and scripting languages (JAVA, MATLAB, Python, PERL, R, etc...). Develop and implement, in a team development environment, JAVA based applications to configure and monitor hydrodynamic and atmospheric forecast models. Develop and implement database (SQL based) schemas to manage and archive data. Provide geospatial data analysis support for habitat modeling. Develop and implement interactive dynamic webpages for delivery of model results.

  • Research Associate at The University of Western Australia, Centre for Water Research (Contract Research Group).
        September 2000 - October 2002
    Maintained and further developed hydrodynamic and ecologic coupled numerical models. Applied models for research and commercial projects. Developed JAVA based interface for computational models, database access and "real time" data acquisition systems. Updated web based documentation for numerical models and project databases.

  • Computer Systems/Network Administrator at The University of Western Australia, Centre for Water Research/Department of Computer Science.
        August 1999 - September 2000
    Maintained and administered computer labs consisting of Macintosh, IBM PC clone computers and Digital Electronics Corporation workstations. Coordinated Ethernet and Appletalk networks for departmental machines. Advised on software/hardware purchases.

  • Computer Systems/Network Administrator at The University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
        June 1997 - June 1999
    Maintained and administered computer labs consisting of Macintosh, IBM PC clone computers and Silicon Graphics workstations. Coordinated Ethernet and Appletalk networks for departmental machines. Advised on software/hardware purchases. Expanded and updated World Wide Web pages for the department.

  • WebPage Designer/Programmer for The University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
       January 1997 - June 1997
    Created and maintained teaching web pages for the department.

  • Teaching Assistant for Sedimentology course taught at The University of Minnesota.
        September 1996 - December 1996 ( fall quarter )
    Taught upper-level undergraduate and graduate students how to describe sedimentary features in hand samples and petrographic thin sections, and how to interpret samples for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

  • Undergraduate Computer Lab Coordinator at The University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
        January 1994 - June 1996
    Maintained and administered computer labs consisting of Macintosh, IBM PC clone computers and Silicon Graphics workstations. Coordinated Ethernet and Appletalk networks for departmental machines. Advised on software/hardware purchases. Expanded and updated World Wide Web pages for the department.

  • Junior User Service Specialist at The University of Minnesota, Department of Geology and Geophysics.
        January 1993 - July 1994
    Installed, maintained and administrated computers for the Gibson Computational Hydrogeology Laboratory. The computer lab consisted of Macintosh Quadras and Silicon Graphics workstations. Maintained the Ethernet network for both Macs and SGIs. Produced graphics programs in FORTRAN for both platforms. Advised on software/hardware purchases.

  • GIS Technician for Fugro McClelland East, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
        July 1992 - December 1992
    Digitized and manipulated data layers with PC ARC/INFO. Produced graphical hardcopy outputs and filled digital data requests. Also generated custom macro language scripts.

  • Computer Programmer for Hydrology Professor (Dr. Mark Person) at the University of New Hampshire.
        June - September 1991, 1992     December - January 1991
    Wrote three dimensional visualization FORTRAN code for finite element mesh models for Apple Macintosh computers.

  • GIS Technician at the University of New Hampshire, Complex Systems Research Center.
        July 1989 - July 1992
    Digitized and manipulated data layers with ARC/INFO for New Hampshire's GRANiT GIS data base. Produced graphical hardcopy outputs and filled digital data requests. Also generated custom macro language scripts.
EDUCATION:    
University of Minnesota
June 1998
MSc in Geology and Geophysics, focus on
    Geological Limnology 		University of New Hampshire
December 1992
BSc in Earth Sciences, focus on
    Geology

New Hampshire Technical Institute
May 1988
Associates Degree in Computer
    Engineering Technology

COMPUTER SKILLS:
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX/Linux, Windows/MS-DOS, MacOS
  • PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: JAVA, C, FORTRAN 95/77, MATLAB, Python, PERL, R, BASIC, HTML/JavaScript

PUBLICATAIONS:
  • Feng M, Caputi N, Penn J, Slawinski D, de Lestang S, Weller E, et al. (2011) Ocean circulation, Stokes drift and connectivity of western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus) population. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68(7),1182-1196pp.

  • Ming Feng, Dirk Slawinski, Lynnath E. Beckley and John K. Keesing (2010). Retention and dispersal of shelf waters influenced by interactions of ocean boundary current and coastal geography, Marine and Freshwater Research 61, 1259-1267pp

  • FS Hu, D Slawinski, HE Wright Jr, E Ito, RG Johnson, KR Kelts, RF McEwan and A Boedigheimer (1999). Abrupt changes in North American climate during the early Holocene times, Nature 399, 437-440pp

  • Kent Kirkby, Paul Morin, Richard Sedlock, Rich Busch, Dirk Slawinski, and Patrick Lynch (1999). Computers in the Classroom, Geotimes, September 1999


MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS:
  • Aquaculture Waste Output Model
       2001
    HTML and JavaScript based interactive aquaculture waste model. Published on the World Wide Web and funded by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries.
    http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/AquaOutputModel/index.php

  • Predicting Wetland Response to Changing Water Quality and Quantity
       2001
    HTML and JavaScript based interactive analysis and teaching CD-ROM. Published by The University of Western Australia, Murdoch University and Edith Cowen University with funds provided by the Western Australian Estuarine Research Foundation and the Waters and Rivers Commission of Western Australia.

  • AGI EarthComm, The Crysosphere and Your Community
       2000
    HTML and Apple Quicktime based interactive teaching CD-ROM. Published by the American Geological Institute.

  • AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology 5/e Computer Based Labs
       1999
    HTML and Apple Quicktime based interactive teaching CD-ROM. Published by Prentice-Hall.

  • Introductory Geology CD-ROM: Ice Age Module
       1998
    HTML and Apple Quicktime based interactive teaching CD-ROM focusing on the last Ice Age of North America. Published by the University of Minnesota Department of Geology and Geophysics.

SYSTEMS PROJECTS:
  • Windows 95/NT network system upgrade for T.I.S.C., REM Consulting, Perth WA.
    August 1999 - December 1999
    Evaluated the existing NT network, made recommendations on upgrades and implemented them. Established automated backup procedures.


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