Daniel J.

Bakken
Moscow, Idaho 83843 | (208) 965-7286 | dbakken.011@gmail.com | danieljbakken.weebly.com

Education
University of Idaho | August 2018 - May 2022
Dean’s list for 4 semesters. Awarded Outstanding Junior from Department of Geography and
Geology.

Graduated May 2022.

B.S. Geography
Minor in Statistics
GIS academic Certificate
Remote Sensing academic certificate
Climate change academic certificate

Technical skills
 Expert with geospatial software: ESRI ArcMap, ESRI ArcPro, and QGIS.
 Coding Experience: RStudio, and Python.
 Experience with remote sensing software: ENVI, and ERDAS
 Experience with dendrochronology software: CooRecorder, and CDendro

Experience
Data Preservation Assistant | Idaho Geological Survey | August 2021 – May 2022
 Maintain statewide database on geological features for the state of Idaho.
 Treat and care for maps to be scanned that are updated to the database.
 Assist with different projects for the office. From cleaning, reorganizing files, and reference review.
 Data preservation for many different forms of media.

Internship | Climatepedia | February 2020 – May 2020

 Weekly tasks that included learning about global climate change and sciences that are part of the field.
 Completed projects for the purpose of the Tyndall petition.
 Awarded graduation certificate from course.

Lab Assistant | University of Idaho | September 2019 – May 2020

 Assist with PhD. Student projects in dendrochronology lab.
 Cored trees for projects using drill bores.
 Prepare tree core samples for analysis. Includes mounting tree cores, identification of sample, sanding
cores.
 Measured ring widths with the use of CDendro software.

Internship | Idaho tree ring lab | January 2019 – May 2019

 Learn basics of Dendrochronology such as sanding tree cores and analyzing tree core samples.
 Participated in weekly ITRL team meetings.

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Research Assistant | Univeristy of Idaho | January 2019 – June 2019
 Assisted Assistant Professor in conducting research on Energy Institutes across the United States, and
on the academic programs these institutes offered for the students in an Energy based curriculum.
 Created a database with the Universities in the United States that have and active Energy Institute on
their campus.

Certifications
FAA part 107 Remote Pilot Airman Certification | Date of issue January 20, 2018
 Received remote pilots license after completing the FAA Part 107 test.
 Certified for commercial use of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS).

First Aid Certified

 Certified in basic CPR and first aid.

Additional Experience
House Manager | Milestone descisions | May 2017 – May 2018
 Created, and implemented evacuation floor plan.
 Trained new staff, and new House Managers.
 Partook in Supervisory team that meets weekly to discuss the clients in the company, and if any changes
are needed to ensure that the clients are meeting the needs they required.
 Monthly On-Call supervisor rotation, where responsibility is to help facilities that need supervisor
permission/advice. Manage staffing logistics to fill staffing required at group care facilities.

Lead MAARC operator | TAD PGS | Seasonal 2018 - 2021

 Assisted the United States National Guard in the XCTC trainings across the country as a civilian
contractor.
 Operated multiple Linux systems in a functional and timely manner for the Soldiers of the National
Guard.
 Worked with Active-duty soldiers to help present trainings clearly and concisely using geospatial
software.

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