Meet the Instructor
 Eric "Rick" Householder is a senior
scientist and geographer with the South
Florida Water Management District. He
specializes in developing GIS/GPS
applications and projects for environmental
monitoring and analysis. He also serves as
mobile GIS coordinator and is a professional
development instructor teaching geospatial
technology. Rick has also been an adjunct
professor for over 10 years at Florida
Atlantic University (FAU), Nova Southeastern
University and Palm Beach State College
teaching classes in applied GIS, GPS, Mobile
GIS, Environmental Issues and Ecotourism. He
also servers as co-instructor and GPS data
coordinator for Palm Beach State College’s
Tropical Ecology workshop in Belize and Costa
Rica. Rick is an avid traveler and
adventurer and has hiked and mapped
extensively in Hawaii, Northern California,
Grand Canyon and Ireland. He also has
experience teaching geology, archaeology and
mapping and has participated in scientific
projects in Belize, Costa Rica and Mexico.
He recently developed and taught an applied
fast track GIS/GPS workshop for K-12 teachers
and is currently supporting the Everglades
python eradication effort.
Contact:
ehouseh@gmail.com
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