NOAM AHARON'S PORTFOLIO

GIS/CAD Specialist - GdB Geospatial/SAM-NY Geospatial                                                                                                                July 2023 - Present

• Leading NJ office GIS efforts by maintaining, organizing, and creating internal GIS data to support field crew

• CAD drafting topographic and and utility features for transportation and infrastructure planning projects

• Performing 3D point cloud extraction on LIDAR scans to complement traditional survey mapping techniques

• Conducting research on property maps and utility records for digitization 

Indoor Mapping Researcher - Rutgers University Department of Geography                                                                                   Jan - July 2023

• Created an indoor-mapping system prototype for facility asset management and navigation at the university level

• Georeferenced and digitized CAD floorplans and converted building information into floor-aware maps in GIS

• Collaborated with ESRI solutions engineers to beta-test ArcGIS Indoors software

• Presented reports to Institutional Planning and Operations assessing the scalability of indoor-mapping workflows  

GIS Technical Intern - Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G)                                                                                                                June - Aug 2022

• Updated facilities in the electric GIS model to improve the accuracy of the utility asset registry

• Devised a systematic approach to identify and resolve field validation conflicts by calculating efficient routes for manual checks and consulting with various departments about field equipment and conditions

• Participated in educational and safety training programs to learn about the electric utility distribution system 

Research Assistant to Dr. Daniel Barone – Rutgers University CAIT                                                                                          May 2021 - Jan 2022

• Conducted real-time kinematic GPS surveys and set ground control targets for aerial surveys of an estuarine beach to monitor geomorphic changes at various stages of a dredging operation

• Analyzed drone imagery and GPS data to create orthomosaic and digital elevation model mapping products to report to the New Jersey Department of Transportation

• Organized electronic-wiring schematics, assembled turbidity sensors using Arduino microcontrollers, and constructed water-tight buoy casings, to keep costs within budget for an aquatic engineering assessment

Undergraduate Research Fellow - Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)                                                                          Jan - May 2021

• Collected open-source intelligence on social media platforms to track and report on disinformation campaigns and domestic extremism in the U.S.

• Utilized spatial analysis tools to create geographic models that helped visualize and predict the locations of COVID anti-vaccine and anti-restriction protests

• Contributed to written intelligence products and collaborated with fellow interns to host a webinar on COVID-19 anti-vaccine disinformation for key stakeholders including law enforcement agencies and policymakers

Experience in..

• Spatial analysis using QGIS and ESRI’s ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Indoors, and StoryMaps software

• Basic python and SQL scripting for GIS and web map applications using Jupyter notebooks

• Cartographic design using Adobe Illustrator 

• CAD drafting using AutoCAD (Carlson/Civil) and Microstation (OpenRoads)

• 3D point cloud extraction using Microstation (TopoDot)

• Photogrammetry using Drone2Map and Pix4D

• Remote sensing analysis using ERDAS Imagine

• RTK and static GPS field collection 

• Digital leveling for topographic surveying

Certificates

• Rutgers Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate (Geography Department)

• OSHA 10 certification 

• Part 107 remote pilot in-training

Recognitions

• ESRI publication written about mapping initiative at Rutgers 

• NJDEP's 34th annual mapping contest first and second place winner for best thematic map and analytic methods poster

• Rutgers Andrew Hill Clark Prize

• Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences' Dean's Excellence Award

• Rutgers Matthew Leydt Society Member

Student Participant - GeoSPACE Geoscience Field Program                                                                                                                May - June 2022

• Selected for an experimental planetary geology and volcanology field course in northern Arizona to assess the accessibility of the program and provide feedback on multi-modal learning techniques

• Instructed fellow participants on how to conduct a drone and ground GPS survey of a field site and create 3D models for geological analysis

Rutgers Student Volunteer - GIS Day “Mapathon”                                                                                                                                      Nov 2020 - 22

• Led a demonstration on how to contribute geospatial data to OpenStreetMap, a modifiable map of the world which is used to address local development challenges and aid in disaster response 

• Identified and mapped roads and buildings via aerial imagery in Nigeria and Tanzania to provide data for outreach work in improving vaccine distribution and decreasing domestic violence

• Rutgers University B.A. 2023

  • Major in geography with focus in geographical techniques 

  • Minor in critical intelligence studies 

  • Minor in international and global studies

  • Honors College Scholar 

• GPA: 4.0 (Summa Cum Laude)

• Relevant coursework

  • Spatial data analysis 

  • Command line GIS (python scripting for GIS applications)

  • GIS (intro and advanced - 1.5 years)

  • Cartography (intro and advanced - 1 year)

  • Remote sensing 

  • Geographical research methods

  • Field geography techniques 

  • Analytical writing for the Intelligence Community