Richard E. Klosterman
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Professor, Urban Studies
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio  44325-5005
Phone: (330) 972-8037
E-mail: Klosterman@UAkron.edu

 Education                                                                       Positions Held
 Awards                                                                           Publications Related to the Project
Other Significant Publications                                      Collaborations
 Theses and Dissertation Advisees                              Graduate Advisors

Education

Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, Cornell, B.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1969

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Positions Held

Professor, University of Akron: 1992 to Present
Visiting Fellow, University of Hong Kong: 1994
Visiting Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
Associate Professor, University of Akron, 1983 to 1992
Assistant Professor, Florida State University, 1976 to 1983

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Awards

Listed in Men of Achievement, Annual Edition 1994 to Present
Cornell University Fellowships: 1973-1975
Public Health Service Fellowships: 1971-1072
Tau Beta Pi: 1968
Chi Epsilon: 1968

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Publications Related to Project

1. Planning Support Systems: Information, Models and Visualization. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research: In press.
2. Planning Support Systems: A New Perspective of Computer-Aided Planning.  Journal of Planning Education and Research 17 (1997): 45-54.
3. The What if? Collaborative Planning Support System.  In Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, eds.  P.K. Sikdar, S.L. Dhingra, and K.V. Krishna Rao.  New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House, 1997.
4. Spreadsheet Models for Urban and Regional Analysis.   New Brunswick, NJ:  Center for Urban Policy Research, 1994  (Edited with Richard K. Brail and Earl G. Bossard).
5. Community Analysis and Planning Techniques.  Savage, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1990

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Other Significant Publications

1. Loosely-coupled Modeling with GIS and a Spreadsheet. International Planning Journal.  (With Yichun Xie).  2:2 (1997): 175-192.
2. Planning in an Information Age. In Frank So, Charles Hoch and Linda Dalton, eds. The Practice of Local Government Planning, Third Edition. Washington, DC: International City Management Association, In press.
3. Guest Editor: Large-Scale Urban Models: Retrospect and Prospect. Journal of the American Planning Association. 60 (1994): 3-44.
4. Evolving Views of Computer-Aided Planning.  Journal of Planning Literature 6 (1992): 249-260.
5. Microcomputers in Urban and Regional Planning:  Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future.  Computers, Environment and Urban Systems  14 (1990): 177-185.

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Collaborators

Mike Batty, University College, London, Richard Brail, Rutgers University, Joseph Ferreira, Jr. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Britton Harris, University of Pennsylvania, Lewis D. Hopkins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, John Landis, University of California, Berkeley, Jay Lee, Kent State University, Duane Marble, Ohio State University, Mark Salling, Cleveland State University, Michael Wegener, University of Dortmund, Yichun Xie, Eastern Michigan University, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, University of Hong Kong

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Theses and Dissertation Advisees

Last five years: None
Total: Three dissertations and approximately 10 theses

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Graduate Advisors

Dr. Pierre Clavel, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell,
Dr. David Lyons, Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University,
Dr. Frank Young, Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

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