Dr. Paul Zwick
My research emphasis has been directed at the design, development, and analysis of paradigms used for computer applications in Urban and Environmental Planning, and Engineering. More specifically, my research efforts have been directed at the analysis and design of dynamic models and the use of spatial analysis systems, commonly referred to as geographic information systems. For the past eight years I have been the principal or co-principal investigator for the development of an environmental geographic information system for the Florida Department of Transportation and for the Florida Geographic Data Library. The FGDL is a data library for the dissemination of GIS data to the citizens of Florida, including secondary schools, libraries, planning agencies, private corporations and businesses, and individual citizens. I have also completed a five-year project, as co-principal investigator, with a team of multidisciplinary researchers to identify and locate statewide greenway corridors and recreational trails. With greenways my work has continued as a co-principal investigator on a grant for the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection that locates greenway opportunities in the Southeastern United States.
Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Engineering Science, University of Florida, 1985. Specialization: Systems Ecology
Master of Arts, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, 1981. Specialization: Environmental Planning and GIS
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Technology, University of Central Florida, 1979. Specialization: Engineering Construction Management
Responsible for developing and teaching graduate level quantitative methods courses, environmental planning studio, and geographic information systems courses for the Urban and Regional Planning Department Master Program. Other responsibilities include: the direction and participation on thesis and doctoral dissertation committees, the development and instruction of real estate GIS course, and the development and instruction of continuing education GIS courses.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Best Environmental Practices National Award, 1999. Teacher of the Year, Urban and Regional Planning Department, 1998-1999 and 2000-2001. University of Florida Teaching Incentive Program Award, 1998. Urban & Regional Planning Faculty Bonus Award 1997. Presidential Service Award from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning. Mayor’s Award for Assistance during the Hurricane Andrew Disaster, Dade County, Florida. Outstanding Alumnus Award, University of Florida. Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, University of Florida. Tau Alpha Pi Engineering Honor Society, Florida Technological University. Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, University of Florida. Presidential Unit Citation USS Woodrow Wilson, United States Navy.
Hoctor, T.S., M. H. Carr, P.D. Zwick, The Florida Statewide Greenways Project, its realization and political context. “Chapter 13 “Ecological Networks and Greenways: Concept, Design, Implementation”. Ed. R.H. Jongmann and G Puntgetti, Cambridge Press. April 2003, 28 pages.
Zwick, P., Doty, S., Pfeilsticker, R., Bejleri, I., An Infrastructure-Oriented NPDES Database and Monitoring System, Stormwater, the Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals, 90-104, July/August 2003.
Ilir Bejleri, R. Roaza, A. Thomas, and P. D. Zwick, Florida’s Efficient Transportation Decision Making Process: Laying the Technology Foundation, Transportation Research Record, The Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Recommended for Publication, 17 pages, December 2003.
Ilir Bejleri, P. D. Zwick, and B. Crim, “Integrated Approach for Identifying Potential Environmental Issues of Proposed Transportation Corridors”, Transportation Research Record, The Journal of the Transportation Research Board, August 2002.
Margaret H.Carr, P. D. Zwick, and T. Hoctor, “Connections at the Crossroads: The Florida Greenways Experiment”, in Journal of the Public Interest Environmental Conference, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1998, University of Florida College of Law pp. 79-94.
