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Steven Cordiviola

RESUME

Present Position

Kentucky Geological Survey
Head, Geoscience Information Section
Manage geologic data center, editorial and cartographic services, publications sales, computer services, and publications sales offices.

Education

• Rutgers, The State University, B.A., Geology, 1972
• University of Cincinnati, M.S., Geology, 1974

Professional Experience

• Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  Geologist and Head, Computer and Laboratory Services 1982-2000
  Responsible for computer systems and laboratory facilities. This responsibility includes all administrative, programming support, training, and equipment maintenance and procurement.
• Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  Research Geologist ,1978-1982
  Studies include hydrogeology of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field and oil shale areas in Kentucky, delineation of selected aquifers and oil and gas maps of various areas of Kentucky, and miscellaneous studies for coal evaluation, structural geology, and general geology of Kentucky.
• Dames and Moore, Lexington, Kentucky
  Consulting Geologist 1977-1978
  Prepared geologic reports for various clients in the United States including reports on coal resource evaluations, studies for proposed siting of power plants, synfuel refineries, liquid gas storage facilities, and industrial parks.
• Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington
  Research Geologist , 1975-1977
  Primarily involved with water resources projects in the coal field regions of Kentucky.
• Ashland Exploration, Ashland, Kentucky
  Assistant Geologist, 1974-1975
  Assisted senior geologists in evaluating oil and gas potential in the Illinois and Appalachian Basins.

Publications

• Cordiviola, S., 1999, Accurate geologic map products: The role of geological surveys in HAZUS and Project Impact: Seminar at FEMA's PROJECT IMPACT '99 Summit, Washington, D.C., December.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Bauer, R., Kiefer, J. D.), 1999, Earthquake hazard mapping in the Midwest by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium State Geologists: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colo, October.
• Cordiviola, S., 1998, From paper to digits, recent experiences in converting historical data sets: Presented at the GIS Brno '98 Conference, Brno, Czech Republic.
• Cordiviola, S. (with R.E. Sergeant), 1988, Stand-alone workstation applications in a networked and clustered environment at the Kentucky Geological Survey: Presented at the GEOTECH 1988 Conference, Denver, Colo., October.
• Cordiviola, S., 1988, Performance considerations in VAX DATATRIEVE application design: Presented at Spring Digital Equipment Users Society U.S. Symposium, Cincinnati, May, and at the Fall Symposium Anaheim, October.
• Cordiviola, S., 1987, DATATRIEVE application design considerations and tutorial: Presented at Spring Digital Equipment Users Society U.S. Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee, April.
• Cordiviola, S., 1986, DATATRIEVE application and design tutorial: Presented at Fall Digital Equipment Users Society U.S. Symposium, San Francisco, California, October.
• Cordiviola, S., 1986, Fourth-generation languages: Flexible software tools for handling geologic data: Presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, June.
• Cordiviola, S., 1986 DATATRIEVE application design tutorial: Presented at Spring Digital Equipment Users Society U.S. Symposium, Dallas, Texas, April.
• Cordiviola, S., 1985, Use of VAX DATATRIEVE for establishing and maintaining a bibliographic system: Presented at Fall Digital Equipment Users Society U.S. Symposium, Anaheim, California, December.
• Cordiviola, S., 1985, VMS accounting using VAX Datatrieve: DECUS Annual Spring Meeting Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, May.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Sergeant, R.E.), 1985, Using VAX Datatrieve in earth science research and public service information environment: DECUS Annual Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, May.
• Cordiviola, S., 1984, Improved data distribution at Kentucky Geological Survey through computer usage: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Abstracts, Tulsa.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Sergeant, R.E.), 1984, A comprehensive computerized coal database for Kentucky: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Boulder.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Thrailkill, J., Troester, J.W., Spangler, L.E.), 1984, Nature of a groundwater basin divide near Georgetown, Inner Bluegrass karst region, Kentucky, U.S.A., in Burger, A., and Dubertret, L., eds., Hydrogeology of karst terrains: Case histories: International Contributions to Hydrogeology, v. 1, p. 76-79.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Nuttall, B.), 1983, The computerization of Kentucky: Northeast Oil Reporter, v. 3, no. 9, October 1983.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Sergeant, R.E.), 1983, A comprehensive and interactive coal data base for Kentucky: Proceedings of the First Conference on Use of Computers in the Coal Industry, Morgantown, West Virginia.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Leist, D., and Davis, R.W.), 1983, Hydrologic reconnaissance of the shale outcrop area in Kentucky: 1982 Eastern Oil Shale Proceedings, University of Kentucky.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Mull, D.S., Risser, D.W.), 1981, Availability and quality of water from underground coal mines in Johnson and Martin Counties, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 81-690.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Townsend, M., Dugan, T., and Gilmore, M.), 1981, Evaluation of selected geologic zones for potential disposal of wastes underground: Final Report to U.S. E.P.A.
• Cordiviola, S., 1981, Denudation processes on hillslopes in southwestern Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 10.
• Cordiviola, S., 1980, Hillslope processes in southwestern Arizona, in Studies in Western Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 12, p. 53-62.
• Cordiviola, S., 1980, Proposed methods for determining water quality of deep aquifers in Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey Open-File report.
• Cordiviola, S. (with Townsend, M., Dugan, T., Gilmore, M.), 1980, Indirect methods for delineating fresh-water aquifers in areas with limited water-quality information: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 10.