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Dr.
Daniel L. Civco | Professor,
Director of CLEAR |
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Education | Experience | Recent
Honors and Awards | Selected
Current or Recent Grants | Selected
Publications | Other |
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Education
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| B.S., 1974 |
University of Connecticut Storrs,
CT |
Natural Resource Conservation |
| M.S., 1976 |
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
Landscape Planning |
| Ph.D., 1987 |
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
Remote Sensing |
Experience
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| 2004- |
University of Connecticut Storrs,
CT |
Professor |
| 1996-2004 |
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
Associate Professor |
| 1992-1996 |
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
Assistant Professor |
| 1976-1992 |
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
Research Associate |
Recent
Honors and Awards
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| 2010 |
ASPRS SAIC Estes Memorial Teaching Award |
| 2008 |
Phi Kappa Phi |
| 2007 |
National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences. National Award. National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. USDA and CSREES. |
| 2007 |
ESRI Best Practices in Science Modeling Challenge (with J. Parent and S. Angel) (1st place) |
| 2004 |
University of Connecticut Teaching Fellow |
2003 |
Elected Fellow, American Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) |
| 2003 |
ASPRS ESRI Award (1st Place) for Best Scientific
Paper in GIS 2003 |
| 2003 |
North American Colleges of Teachers of Agriculture
Teaching Award of Merit |
| 2001 |
University of Connecticut Chancellor's Information
Technology Award |
| 2001 |
ASPRS ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in
GIS (1st place) |
| 1999 |
ASPRS ERDAS Award for Best Scientific Paper in
Remote Sensing (2nd place) |
| 1999 |
UCANRAA Excellence in Teaching Award |
| 1997 |
ASPRS ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in
GIS (1st place) |
| 1992 |
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing Merit Award |
| 1992 |
Kinsman Award for Excellence in Teaching for Junior
Faculty |
Selected
Current or Recent Grants
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| Global warming impacts on CT salt marsh ecosystems and consequent effects on salt marsh vulnerability to sea level rise. Yale University. May 1-September 30, 2011. $8,333. |
| Long Island Sound Marsh Migration Animation. Principal Investigator. The Nature Conservancy Global Climate Change Initiative. July-August 2010. $4,054. |
American Chestnut in Connecticut Developing Geospatial Models for the Prediction of Probable Sites for Finding Flowering Sprouts and Habitat Suitability for Reintroduction. Principal Investigator. Connecticut Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation. August 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010. $6,000. |
| Multi-temporal Assessment of Connecticut Lake Water Clarity Using Landsat Satellite Imagery. Principal Investigator. Connecticut Institute for Water Resources. March 1, 2009 to February 28, 2011. $24.080. |
| Object-oriented land cover classification of spatially-enhanced satellite remote sensing data. Principal Investigator. Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station. October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011. $ 63,312. |
| Long Island Sound’s Changing Salt Marshes: A remote sensing analysis of sea level rise and possible salt marsh migration. Principal Investigator. The Nature Conservancy Connecticut Chapter, New Haven, CT. September 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010. $ 36,046. |
| Fifth International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Imagery (MultiTemp 2009) Co-sponsorship Agreement. Principal Investigator US EPA, NASA, and USGS. April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009. $ 45,696. |
| A Multi-scale Approach to the Forecast of Potential Distributions of Invasive Plant Species. Ecological Impacts from the Interactions of Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species: A Joint Research Solicitation–EPA&USDA. EPA-G2007-STAR-H2 Terrestrial Ecosystems. Co-Principal Investigator. (John Silander, UConn EEB, Principal Investigator). May 1, 2008 to December 31, 2011. $545,000. |
| Mapping of Key Habitats for Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Principal Investigator. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. March 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009. $85,992. |
| Connecticut's Changing Salt Marshes: A Remote Sensing Analysis of Sea Level Rise and Possible Salt Marsh Migration. Principal Investigator. Nature Conservancy. October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008. $10,000. |
| Coupling of Spatially-distributed Non-point Source Pollution, Urban Growth, and Forest Fragmentation Models. Principal Investigator. Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station. October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2008. $104,737. |
| Incorporating NASA’s Applied Sciences Data
and Technologies into Local Government Decision
Support in the National Application areas of Coastal
Management, Water Management, Ecologic Forecasting
and Invasive Species. Principal Investigator. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. January 1,
2005 – April 14, 2008. $2,612,797 |
| Causes and Consequences of Urban Expansion. National
Science Foundation. Co-Investigator (Stephen Sheppard,
Williams College, Principal Investigator). July
1, 2004-June 30, 2007. $111,422. |
| Application of Remote Sensing Technologies for
the Delineation and Assessment of Coastal Marshes
and their Constituent Species. Co-Principal Investigator.
US EPA Long Island Sound Study Research Fund. April
1, 2004 – March 31, 2006. $179,159. |
| Mapping and Monitoring
Changes in Impervious Surfaces in the Long Island
Sound Watershed. Principal Investigator. US EPA
Long Island Sound Study. July 1, 2003 – June
30, 2004. $102,884. |
| Remote sensing and GIS analysis of
landscape parcelization and forest fragmentation
. Principal Investigator. Storrs Agricultural Experiment
Station. October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2005. $127,794. |
| Extraction of Land Cover Information
at the Landsat TM Subpixel Level: A Systematic Evaluation.
Principal Investigator. Storrs Agricultural Experiment
Station. October 1, 2000 - September 30, 2002. $
62,747. |
| Better Land Use Planning for the Urbanizing
Northeast: Creating a Network of Value-Added Geospatial
Information, Tools, and Education for Land Use Decision
Makers. Co-Principal Investigator. NASA Regional
Earth Science Applications Center (RESAC), NRA-98-OES-08.
January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2001. $1,100,000.
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Selected
Publications
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Journal
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| Angel, S., J. Parent, D.L. Civco, and A.M. Biel. 2011. The Fragmentation of Urban Landscapes. Environment and Urbanization (in press) |
Angel, S., J. Parent, D.L. Civco, and A.M. Biel. 2011. The Dimensions of Global Urban Expansion: Estimates and Projections for All Countries, 2000-2050. Progress in Planning 75(2):53-108. |
Angel, S., J. Parent and D.L. Civco. 2010. Ten compactness properties of circles: measuring shape in geography. Canadian Geographer 54(4)(Winter):441-461.
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| Potere, D., Schneider, A., Angel, S. and Civco, D.L. 2009. Mapping urban areas
on a global scale: which of the eight maps now available is more accurate? International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(24):6531-6558. |
| Merwin, D., R. Cromley, and D. Civco. 2009. A neural network-based method for solving "nested hierarchy" areal interpolation problems. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 36(4):347-365. |
| Chabaeva, A., D.L. Civco, and J.D. Hurd. 2009. An Assessment of Impervious Surface Estimation Techniques. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 14(4):377-387. |
| Gilmore, M.S., E.H. Wilson, D.L. Civco, S. Prisloe, J.D. Hurd, and C. Chadwick. 2008. Integrating multi-temporal spectral and structural information to map dominant tidal wetland vegetation in a lower Connecticut River marsh. Special Issue on Applications of Remote Sensing to Monitoring Freshwater and Estuarine Systems, Remote Sensing of Environment 112(11):4048-4060. |
| Song, M., D.L. Civco, and J.D. Hurd. 2005. A Competitive Pixel-object Approach for Land Cover Classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26(22):4981–4997. |
| Song, M. and D.L. Civco. 2004. Road Extraction Using SVM and Image Segmentation. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 70(11):1365-1372. |
| Wilson, E.H., J. D. Hurd, D.L. Civco, S. Prisloe, and C. Arnold . 2003. Development of a Geospatial Model to Quantify, Describe and Map Urban Growth. Special Issue on Remote Sensing to Urban Planning and Urban Ecology. Remote Sensing of Environment . 86(3):275-285. |
| Merwin, D.A., R.G. Cromley and D.L. Civco. 2002. Artificial Neural Networks as a Method of Spatial Interpolation for Digital Elevation Models. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 29(2). |
| Civco, D.L., J.D. Hurd, E.H. Wilson, C.L. Arnold, and S. Prisloe 2002. Quantifying and Describing Urbanizing Landscapes in the Northeast United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68(10): 1083-1090. |
| Arnold, C.A., Jr., D.L. Civco, and S. Prisloe. 2000. Remote sensing-enhanced outreach education as a decision support system for local land use officials. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 66(10):1251-1260. |
| Bonneau, L.R. K. Shields, and D. L. Civco. 1999. A technique to identify changes in hemlock forest health over space and time using satellite image data. Biological Invasions 1:269-279. |
| Bonneau, L.R., K. Shields, and D.L. Civco. 1999. Using satellite images to classify and analyze the health of hemlock forests infested by the Hemlock Woolly Adeligid. Biological Invasions 1:255-267. |
| Mickelson, J.G., D.L. Civco, and J.A. Silander, Jr. 1998. Delineating forest canopy species in the Northeastern United States using multi-temporal TM imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 64(9):891-904. |
| Zhou, J. and D.L. Civco. 1998. A wavelet transform method to merge Landsat TM and SPOT Panchromatic Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19(4):743-757. |
| Wang, Y. and D.L. Civco. 1996. Three artificial neural network paradigms in high dimensional multisource spatial data classification. The Association of Chinese Professionals in GIS Geographic Information Science 1(2):73-87. |
| Zhou, J. and D.L. Civco. 1996. Using genetic learning neural networks for spatial decision-making in GIS. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 62(11):1287-1295. |
| Civco, D.L. 1993. Artificial neural networks for land cover classification and mapping. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems 7(2):173-186. |
Civco, D.L., R.W. Kiefer, and A. Maclean. 1992. Perspectives on earth resources mapping education in the United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 63(8)1087-1092.
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Proceedings Papers
(Recent)
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Angel, S., A. Biel, J. Parent, and D.L. Civco. 2011. The decline in transit-sustaining densities in U.S. Cities, 1910-2000. Proc. 2010 Land Policy Conference on Climate Change and Land Policies G.K. Ingram and Y.H.Hong (eds)., Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA. pp. 191-210. |
| Civco, D.L., A. Chabaeva, and J. Parent. 2009. KH-series satellite imagery and Landsat MSS data fusion in support of assessing urban land cover growth. Proc. SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, Volume 7478, Berlin, Germany. 12 p. |
| Hurd, J.D. and D.L. Civco. 2009. Creating an Inage Dataset to Meet Your Classification Needs: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Proc. 2009 ASPRS Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD. 12 p. |
| Civco, D.L., A. Chabaeva, J. Parent, M. Ehlers, and A. Angel. 2008. Fusion of KH-Series Declassified Satellite Imagery and Landsat MSS Data in Support of Urban Land Cover Classification. Proc. 17th William Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver, CO 12 p. |
| Civco, D.L., M.S. Gilmore, E. H. Wilson, N. Barrett, S. Prisloe, J.D. Hurd, and C. Chadwick. 2008, Multitemporal spectroradiometry-guided object-oriented classification of salt marsh vegetation. Proc. SPIE Europe Remote Sensing, Cardiff, Wales, UK. 12 p. |
| Hurd, J.D. and D.L. Civco. 2008. Assessing the Impact of Land Cover Spatial Resolution on Forest Fragmentation Modeling. Proc. 2008 ASPRS Annual Convention, Portland, OR. 10 p. |
| Gilmore, M., D.L. Civco, J.D. Hurd, E. Wilson, S.Prisloe, C. Chadwick, and N. Barrett. 2007.Object-oriented classification and mapping of salt marsh vegetation using in situ radiometry and multi-seasonal, high resolution satellite remote sensing data. Proceedings MultiTemp 2007, The Fourth International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Images, Leuven, Belgium, 7 p. |
| Parent, J., D.L. Civco, and S. Angel. An Analysis of Global Urban Sprawl. Proc. 2007 ESRI User Group Conference, San Diego, CA. |
| Parent, J., J.D. Hurd, and D.L. Civco. 2007. Simulating Future Forest Fragmentation in Northeastern United States. Proc. 2007 ESRI User Group Conference, San Diego, CA. |
| Chabaeva, A., J.D. Hurd. and D.L. Civco. 2007. Quantitative assessment of the accuracy of spatial estimation of impervious cover. Proc. 2007 ASPRS Annual Convention, Tampa, FL. 11 p. |
| Angel, S., J.P. Parent, and D.L. Civco 2007. Urban sprawl metrics: an analysis of global urban expansion using GIS. Proc. 2007 ASPRS Annual Convention, Tampa, FL. 12 p |
| Parent, J., D.L. Civco, and J.D. Hurd. 2007. Simulating future forest fragmentation in a Connecticut region undergoing suburbanization. Proc. 2007 ASPRS Annual Convention, Tampa, FL. 12 p. |
| Civco, D.L., A. Chabaeva, and J. Parent. 2006. A comparison of approaches to impervious surface characterization. Proc. IGARSS 2006, Denver, CO. 4 p. |
| Civco, D.L., J.D. Hurd, S. Prisloe, E. Wilson, and M. Gilmore. 2006. Characterization of coastal wetland systems using multiple remote sensing data types and analytical techniques. Proc. IGARSS 2006, Denver, CO. 4 p. |
| Hurd, J.D., D.L. Civco, M. Gilmore, S. Prisloe, and E. Wilson. 2006. Tidal wetland classification from Landsat imagery using an integrated pixel-based and object-based classification approach. Proc. 2006 ASPRS Annual Convention, Reno, NV. 11 p. |
| Prisloe, S., W. Wilson, D.L. Civco, J.D. Hurd, and M. Gilmore. 2006. Use of LIDAR data to aid in discriminating and mapping plant communities of the lower Connecticut River: preliminary results. Proc. 2006 ASPRS Annual Convention, Reno, NV. 8 p |
| Hurd, J.D., D.L. Civco, M.S. Gilmore, S. Prisloe, and E.H. Wilson. 2005. Coastal marsh characterization using satellite remote sensing and in situ radiometry data. Proc. 2005 ASPRS Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD. 12 p. |
| Civco, D.L., A. Chabaeva, S. Angel, S. Sheppard. 2005. The Urban Growth Management Initiative - Confronting the Expected Doubling of the Size in the Developing Countries in the Next Thirty Years - Methods and preliminary results. Proc. 2005 ASPRS Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD. 12 p. |
| Hurd, J.D. and D.L. Civco. 2004. Temporal characterization of impervious surfaces for the state of Connecticut. Proc. 2004 ASPRS Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 12 p. |
| Chabaeva, A., D.L. Civco, and S, Prisloe. 2004. Development of a population density and land use based regression model to calculate the amount of imperviousness. Proc. 2004 ASPRS Annual Convention, Denver, CO. 9 p. |
| Hurd, J.D., D.L. Civco, E.H. Wilson, S.Prisloe, and C. Arnold. 2003. Temporal characterization of Connecticut’s Landscape: Methods, results, and applications. Proc. 2003 ASPRS Annual Convention, |
| Ruiz, J., M. C. Fandino, T. H. Meyer, D.L. Civco, and I. M. Ortega. 2002. Long term dry tropical forest succession assessed through remote sensing in Providencia Island, Colombia. Proc. Of the X Symposium of Latin American Specialists in Remote Sensing and GIS (SELPER), Cochabamba, Bolivia, Novermber 10-15. |
| Song, M. and D.L. Civco. 2002. A knowledge-based approach for reducing cloud and shadow. Proc. 2002 ASPRS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 7 p. |
| Wilson, E.H., J.D. Hurd, and D.L. Civco. 2002. Development of a model to quantify and map urban growth. Proc. 2002 ASPRS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 11 p. |
| Hurd, J.D., E.H. Wilson, and D.L. Civco. 2002. Development of a forest fragmentation index to quantify the rate of forest change. Proc. 2002 ASPRS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 10 p. |
| Civco, D.L., J.D. Hurd, E.H. Wilson, M. Song, and Z. Zhang. 2002. A comparison of land use and land cover change detection methods. Proc. 2002 ASPRS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 12 p. |
| Flanagan, M. and D.L. Civco. 2001. Subpixel Impervious Surface Mapping. Proc. 2001 ASPRS Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO. 13 p. |
| Hurd, J.D., E.H. Wilson, S. Lammey and D.L. Civco. 2001. Characterization of Forest Fragmentation and Urban Sprawl using Time Sequential Landsat Imagery. Proc. 2001 ASPRS Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO. 13 p. |
| Sleavin, W., S. Prisloe, L. Giannotti, J. Stocker, D.L. Civco. 2000. Measuring Impervious Surfaces for Non-point Source Pollution Modeling. Proc. 2000 ASPRS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 11 p. |
| Civco, D.L., J.D. Hurd, C.L. Arnold, and S, Prisloe. 2000. Characterization of Suburban Sprawl and Forest Fragmentation Through Remote Sensing Applications. Proc. 2000 ASPRS Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 13 p. |
| Joel W. Stocker, J.W., C. A. Arnold, S. Prisloe, and D. L. Civco. 1999. Putting Geospatial Information into the Hands of the "Real" Natural Resource Managers: Lessons from the NEMO Project in Educating Local Land Use Decision Makers. Proc. 1999 ASPRS Annual Convention, Portland, OR. pp. 1070-1076. |
| Pyle, C., G. E. Heilman, Jr., and D. L. Civco. 1999. Modifications of a Natural Resources Conservation Service Digital Soils Data Set for Application to Conservation Planning in Mansfield, CT. Proc. 1999 ASPRS Annual Convention, Portland, OR. pp. 137-148. |
| Civco, D.L. and J.D. Hurd. 1999. A hierarchical approach to land use and land cover mapping using multiple image types. Proc. 1999 ASPRS Annual Convention, Portland, OR. pp. 687-698. |
Book Chapters Authored and Conference Proceedings Edited
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| Angel, S., J. Parent, D.L. Civco, and A.M. Biel. 2011. Making Room for a Planet of Cities. Policy Focus Report, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA. ISBN 978-55844-212-2. 72 p. |
| Michel, U. and D.L. Civco (eds.) 2010. Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications. Proceedings of SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, Toulouse, France. SPIE Volume 7831, Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, Bellingham, WA. ISBN: 9780819483485. |
| Michel, U. and D.L. Civco (eds.) 2009. Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology IX. Proceedings of SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, Berlin, Germany. SPIE Volume 7478, Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, Bellingham, WA. ISBN: 9780819477835. |
Gilmore, M.S., D.L. Civco, E.H. Wilson, N. Barrett, S. Prisloe, J.D. Hurd, and C. Chadwick. 2009. Remote sensing and in situ measurements for delineation and assessment of coastal marshes and their constituent species. Chapter 13 in Remote Sensing of Coastal Environment, Y.Q. Wang (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
Hurd, J.D., D.L. Civco, E.H. Wilson and C.L. Arnold. 2009. Coastal Area Land Cover Change Analysis for Connecticut. Chapter 17 in Remote Sensing of Coastal Environment, Y.Q. Wang (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| Michel, U. and D.L. Civco (eds.) 2008. Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VIII. Proceedings of SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, Cardiff, Wales. SPIE Volume 7110, Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, Bellingham, WA. ISBN: 9780819473417. |
| J.P. Arroyo-Mora, M. Kalacska, R.L. Chazdon, D.L. Civco, G. Obando-Vargas, and A.A. Sanchún Hernández. 2008. Assessing Recovery Following Selective Logging of Lowland Tropical Forests Based on Hyperspectral Imagery.Chapter 9 in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Forests, M. Kalacska and G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa (eds). [ISBN: 9781420053418], CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 352 p. |
| Warner, G.S., A.R Garcia-Martino, F.N. Scatena, and D.L. Civco. 2001. Watershed Charcaterization by GIS for Low Flow Prediction. Chapter 9 in GIS for Water Resources and Watershed Management. J.G. Lyon (ed.), Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI. pp. 101-107. |
| Civco, D.L. and R.W. Kiefer. 1997. Photointerpretation Education and Training in North America. Appendix in Manual of Photointerpretation, W. Philipson (ed.), American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD. pp. 643-651. |
Other
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| Director, Center for Land use Education And Research |
| Conference Organizer and Host, MultiTemp2009 - Fifth International Workshop on the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa, Groton, CT on July 28‐30, 2009 |
| Conference Co-Chair, SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, 2008 (Wales), 2009 (Germany), 2010 (France) |
| Conference Chair, Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources, 2011 |
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Dr. Daniel L.
Civco
Professor, Director of CLEAR
Center
for Land use Education And Research
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
The University of Connecticut
U-4087, 1376 Storrs Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4087
Tel: (860) 486-0148
Fax: (860) 486-5408
Email:daniel.civco@uconn.edu
Web:
clear.uconn.edu |
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