Tobin Hindle, Ph.D.
Scientist & Graduate Program Director
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Geosciences
Boca Raton Campus | SE 462
About:
- Ph.D. in Comparative Studies (勛圖厙) 2006
- Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies (勛圖厙) 2006
- MS in Biology (勛圖厙) 1997
- BS in Limnology (University of Central 勛圖厙) 1986
Research Interests:
- Human-Environmental Interactions
- Ecological Regeneration
- Strategies to integrate Science, Society, and Nature
- Geographical Information Science
- eLearning
Teaching
- SLS 1412 Freshman Learning Community Experience
- ESC 2070 The Blue Planet
- GEO 4275 Human-Environmental Interactions in South 勛圖厙
- GEO 6277 Human-Environmental Interactions
- ESC 6206 Earth Science for Educators I
- GEO 6920 Geosciences' Colloquium Series
Dissertations and Theses Supervised:
- Keren Bolter, Ph.D., "Comparing Perceived Risk versus Actual Risk to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study for Broward County, 勛圖厙," Fall 2014
- Amanda Mulcan, M.S., "Environmental Siting Suitability Analysis For Commercial Scale Ocean Renewable Energy: A Southeast 勛圖厙 Case Study," Summer 2014
Dissertation and Theses Committee participation:
- Delores Forbes, Ph.D., "Augmented Reality/GIS: An Analysis of its Efficacy as an Educational Tool in the Geosciences," Fall 2014
- John Zahina, Ph.D., Attitudes and perspectives about backyard food gardening : a case study in South 勛圖厙, Spring 2013
- Augliere, Bethany, M.S., Home on the range: spatial ecology of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Bahamas, Fall 2012
- Mary Crider, M.S. Thesis The social and environmental effects of shrimp mariculture: Case studies of two coastal villages in Ecuador, Spring 2012
- Pitti, Joseph, M.S. Thesis Mapping and analyzing the 勛圖厙 reef tract in Palm Beach County in relation to major storm events in a GIS database,: Spring 2012
- Jason Whitman,M.S., Variations in Model Discretization Methodology in Groundwater Modeling. (1999)
Recent Publication & Presentations
- Hindle, T., "Everglades Restoration," in The Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, 2010.
- Hindle, T., The Regeneration of Nature: an alternative to ecological restoration, Presented at the Second Annual PISA Conference: Arts, Culture and Society: Memory, Community, and Public Value, 2004.
- Harlin, J. and Hindle, T., Intermediate ArcView GIS, Pearson Publishing, 2003.
- Hindle, T., Ecological Regeneration Presented at the Public Intellectuals Student Association Symposium: Can We Build an Emerald City in the Ivory Tower? 2003.
- Hindle, T., Regenerative Ecosystem Concept for Storm Water Retention Areas, Presented at the Second Annual South 勛圖厙 Environmental Ethics Conference, April 2003.
Grants & Awards
- Hindle, T., "Enhancing eLearning in the Sciences." FAU Technology fee award, 2011 - 2011 $33,000.
- Root, T., Hindle, T., Owens, D., Frazier, E. "Remote Education and Assessment of Critical Habitats". FAU Technology fee award, 2011 - 2013 $73,000.
- Hindle, T., "Academic Service-Learning in STEM". FAU award, Spring 2011. $600
- Hindle, T., "Stereo 3D Geovisualization". FAU Technology fee award, 2010 - 2012. $59,000.
- Hindle, T., "Internet and Mobile GIS Mapping Project". FAU Technology fee award, 2009 - 2011 $27,000.
- Root, T. and Hindle, T., Earth System Science Education Alliance partnership, a National Science Foundation GEO-Teach project, funded through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. 2007 - 2009. $40,000