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GEOMAT Biography of Sandra Judith Lach Arlinghaus
YEAR:  2007





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Landmark event of this year:  Last volume in 3D Atlas of Ann Arbor appears.  Alma Lach comes to second home in Ann Arbor.








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School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan




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University of Michigan





Deep Blue, Univ. of Mich. Persistent Archive




Arlinghaus Enterprises
The Earth, by descending powers of 2
POSITIONS HELD
  • Adjunct (Full) Professor of Mathematical Geography and Population-Environment Dynamics, The University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 1994-present.
  • Founding Director, Institute of Mathematical Geography (IMaGe). 1983-present.
  • Founder and Editor, Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics.
    Noted in a “Briefing” in Science, published by the AAAS, 29 November, 1991, p.
    1281 (by Joe Palca) and in Science News, January 25, 1992, p. 61 in a report by Ivars
    Peterson. 1990-present. See: http://www.imagenet.org/ for Solstice and for IMaGe
    archives.
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Community Systems Foundation (CSF), 1994-present;
    member Executive Committee, 2003-present. CSF is a direct partner of the United
    Nations and, in that capacity, has developed management information systems that
    are currently in place in 81 developing nations.
  • President, Arlinghaus Enterprises, L.L.C., 1996-present. This firm specializes in the
    development of creative internet applications that are environmentally-friendly.
PUBLICATIONS
Persistent archive:  http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/61423

Books
Articles

Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, Volume XVIII, Number 2, December, 2007:
Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, Volume XVIII, Number 1, June, 2007:
 Mathematical Reviews:
  • MR2286523 (2007k:90060) Berman, Oded; Drezner, Zvi; Wesolowsky, George O. The transfer point location problem. European J. Oper. Res. 179 (2007), no. 3, 978--989. (Reviewer: Sandra L. Arlinghaus) 90B85
AWARDS AND HONORS
  • Participation in Google “Build Your Own Campus” competition as leader of the only University of Michigan team to enter; May, 2007.
  • Google SketchUp 3D Warehouse
    • "Archimedes", the pseudonym I use in the Google Environment, was awarded "Featured Modeler" status by Google…for models of Ann Arbor. There are 21 Featured Modelers. April, 2007.
    • "Archimedes", the pseudonym I use in the Google environment, was invited to organize, collect, and orchestrate the collection of Ann Arbor models for a new Google Feature, called "Help Model A City." There are three other cities in this Google Feature: San Jose, CA; Brookline, MA; Amherst, MA.
  • Invited participation, Pirelli INTERNETional Award Competition, 2007.
  • Who’s Who in America. Marquis. Biography
  • Who’s Who in the World. Marquis. Biography.
  • Ann Arbor Police Department, Volunteers in Police Service.
  • Huron Chase Condominium Association. Certificate of Appreciation.
  • Lifetime Goodwill Award, American Contract Bridge League, celebrated at a banquet in St.
    Louis, MO, March, 2007.
CONFERENCES, PAPERS PRESENTED, AND DEMONSTRATIONS
  • October, 2007: Conference Organizer, Community Systems Foundation, Fifth Annual Conference held in the Drake Memorial Room, Dana Building, The University of Michigan.
  • Invited talk, October 2007, Annual CSF conference in the Drake Memorial Room
    of SNRE---Google Projects. http://www.csfnet.org/
COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Co-chair, Compuware 2008 Spring North American Bridge Championships held at
    the Marriott at Renaissance Center, Detroit. This tournament brought together
    competitors from 30 different nations. It brought over 8 million dollars in business to
    the Detroit area and was universally heralded as one of the best run tournaments by
    both staff of the parent American Contract Bridge League and by its Board of
    Directors.
  • Continuing service to the City of Ann Arbor Police Department, especially
    involving computing resources of various kinds.
  • Continuing work with Matthew Naud, Environmental Coordinator, City of Ann
    Arbor.
TEACHING
  • NRE600, Section 043, Spring half-term directed study leading to the submission of a contest entry to the Google Build Your Own Campus competition. Most of the buildings, including those created by SNRE students, have won Google Blue Ribbon
    award status and thus appear as part of the default loadset of Google Earth.
  • Maps, Timelines, and the Internet. Co-taught with Ann Larimore and Rob Haug.
    Partially funded by SNRE Dean’s Discretionary Fund. Remainder from various LSA
    departments. Course listed in CMENAS, AAPTIS, and Residential College. Maps,
    Timelines and the Internet, RCSSCI 461; AAPTIS 491; MENAS 591
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
  • Member, dissertation committee of Lucy Y. Kim, SNRE, Paul Mohai, Chair.
  • Referee and editorial work--in various directions.



Background image made from a screen capture from Google Earth.