Professional+Resume

Teaching Experience

 * Science Instructor, Natrona County High Schoool, Casper, Wyoming: August 2012 to present
 * Instructional Facilitator, Natrona County High School, Casper, Wyoming: 2011-2012
 * Instructional Facilitator, Kelly Walsh High School, Casper, Wyoming: 2010-2011
 * Course Developer and Facilitator for six online professional development courses: 2011-2012
 * Earth Science Teacher, Natrona County School District, Casper, Wyoming: 1991-2001

Additional Professional Responsibilities (2012-13)

 * Advisor to the Natrona County High School First Technical Challenge Robotics Team
 * National Board Certification facilitator

Awards

 * 1997 Medallion of Excellence, Natrona County School District
 * 1997 Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, United States Department of Education
 * 1997 Science Teacher of the Year, Wyoming Science Teachers Association
 * 1996 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Math Teaching, National Science Foundation administers PAEMST on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Grants

 * 2001-2006 Co-Principal Investigator for National Science Foundation project: Project Manager for development of the Digital Water Education Library (DWEL - $900K).
 * 2001-2006 Co-Principal Investigator for two National Science Foundation projects: Project Manager for K-12 Program Manager Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE - $797K).
 * 2001 Curriculum Developer for the Earth Science Internet Investigation Guide (publisher: McDougal Littell), TERC, Cambridge, MA.
 * 2001 Project leader for Blueprint for the Future of Earth System Education, national workshop held in Snowmass, Colorado
 * 2000 Organizing Committee for "[|Revolutions: a Blueprint for the Future of Earth System Education]", NSF and NASA held at the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
 * 1999 Organizing Committee for "Portal to the Future, A Digital Library for Earth System Education", NSF and NASA held in Washington, DC.
 * 1999 Organizing Committee for "Earth and Space Science Standards Project", GSA, NSF and NASA held in Washington, DC.
 * 1997 Co-Director of Natrona County School District Eisenhower Grant for the development of a district plan to integrate Math, Science and Technology into the K-12 Curriculum.
 * 1997 Project Director for the Natrona County School District for the design and overall vision of a Children's Science Discovery Center to be built in Casper.
 * 1997 Steering Committee Member for organizing the "Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on the Northern Great Plains" workshop for the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
 * 1996 Team Leader for the "Earth Systems Science Internet Project" through the University of Wyoming, Laramie.
 * 1995 Grant from D.D. Eisenhower Program for developing a Macintosh-based sensor and data collection laboratory for use in teaching junior high physical science.
 * 1995 TAPESTRY grant "Community-Based Image Processing for the Environmental Sciences" from Toyota and the National Science Teachers Association ($10,000).
 * 1995 "Community-Based Image Processing for the Environmental Sciences" from the US WEST Foundation ($5,000).

Endorsements (Wyoming)

 * Biology (Secondary)
 * Earth Science ( Secondary)
 * Chemistry ( Secondary)
 * Physical Science ( Secondary)
 * Anthropology ( Secondary)

Education Background

 * 1997-2007 Doctoral candidate at the University of Wyoming, Laramie (Computer Visualization Tools in Earth Science Education). ABD.
 * 1986-1988 Bachelor of Science in Secondary Science Education from the University of Wyoming, Laramie (earth science & biology majors, chemistry minor)
 * 1975-1978 Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder
 * 1973-1975 Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from California State University, Fresno

Other Professional Experience

 * 2005-Pres President, ROCONA, Inc. Casper, Wyoming. Developing innovative technological solutions for agricultural problems.
 * 2001 Curriculum Developer for the Earth Science Visualization project (publisher: McDougal Littell), TERC, Cambridge, MA.
 * 1997-2000 Technology Instructor for the Earth and Space Science Technology Education Project (ESSTEP). Conducting national workshops For the Geological Society of America in Colorado and Virginia to train teachers in the use of image processing, geographic information systems and GPS technologies, and how to use them effectively in educational settings.
 * 1991-2001 Earth Science Teacher, Natrona County School District, Casper, WY.
 * 1998-2001 Geographic Information Systems Trainer, Center for Image Processing in Education, Tucson, Az
 * 1994-2001 Image Processing Trainer, Center for Image Processing in Education, Tucson, Az
 * 1988-1991 Science Instructor, Fresno, CA.
 * 1982-1986 Owner of Pronghorn Anthropological Associates, an archaeological consulting firm in Casper, WY doing work in the northern Rocky Mountain states.
 * 1977-1981 Staff Archaeologist for United States Department of the Interior.

Publications

 * 2008 Zude M; Pflanz M; Kaprielian C; Aivazian B L. NIRS as a Tool for Precision Horticulture in the Citrus Industry. //Journal Biosystems Engineering// 99 (3): 455-459. [[file:NIR.pdf]]
 * 2007 Bryan L. Aivazian and Dr. Edward E. Geary. Enhancing Earth Science Eduation with DLESE: The Digital Library for Earth System Education. //The Earth Scientist// 23 (1): 10-13. [[file:Earth Scientist - DLESE.pdf]]
 * 2007 Bryan L. Aivazian and Dr. Edward E. Geary. The Digital Water Education Library (DWEL): A K-12 Collection for DLESE. //The Earth Scientist// 23 (1): 14-15. [[file:Earth Scientist - DWEL.pdf]]
 * 2004 “Building and Using the Digital Water Education Library (DWEL) for K-12 Education”, //Proceedings of the ED-MEDIA 2003 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii//.
 * 2003 Serving K-12 Education with the Digital Water Education Library (DWEL)” in //Knowledge Quest//, January/February (Vol. 31, No. 3), with Edward Geary, Michael Khoo, Tamara Sumner and Shirley Ireton) [[file:KnowledgeQuest - DWEL.pdf]]
 * 2000 ESSTEP The Earth and Space Science Technological Education Project. In //Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 2000// (pp. 17-21). With Edward Geary & Holly Devaul.
 * 1998 "A museum Teacher-In-Residence Program" for //Science Scope//, March (Vol. 21, No. 6). [[file:Museum.pdf]]
 * 1997 "Revealing History Through Image Processing" for //Science Scope//, March (Vol. 20, No. 6). [[file:Image Processing.pdf]]
 * 1996 "Laser Light and the Inverse Square Law" for //The Science Teacher// (February, Vol. 63, No. 2). [[file:Inverse-Square Law.pdf]]
 * 1995 "Teaching Meteorology with a Portable Hand Warmer" for //The Science Teacher// (October, Vol. 62, No. 7).

National Science Foundation and NASA Review Panels

 * 2011 NSF - Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, Edward Geary, Program Officer
 * 2004 NSF - Division of Earth Sciences Education and Human Resources Program, Mike Mayhew, Program Officer
 * 2004 NSF - National STEM Education Digital Library (NSDL) Program, Corby Hovis, Program Officer
 * 2003 NASA - Reason Program, MingYing Wei, Program Officer
 * 2003 NSF - Division of Earth Sciences EarthScope Program, Kaye Shedlock, Program Officer
 * 2003 NSF - Division of Earth Sciences Education and Human Resources Program, Mike Mayhew, Program Officer
 * 2002 NSF - Division of Earth Sciences Education and Human Resources Program, Jewell Prendville, Program Officer
 * 2002 NSF - Division of Earth Sciences Education and Human Resources Program, Paul Filner, Program Officer
 * 2000 NSF - Advanced Technology in Education

U.S. Patent
AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURE PLATFORM GUIDANCE SYSTEM. Patent No. 8,180,514 issued on 15 May 2012. Inventors: Craig L. Kaprielian, Bryan L. Aivazian, Adam Bry, Aleksander Lorenc, Mark Cavolowsky, Andrew Kalcic, David Barrett