Applied expertise
Coastal and hydraulic modeling, spatial data pipelines, LiDAR and remote sensing, enterprise GIS, scientific-code modernization, workflow automation, and human-in-the-loop AI.
Founder expertise
Dr. Zhifei Dong
Coastal engineer, geospatial data scientist, and GIS software developer building the systems behind complex spatial and engineering analysis.
Engineering judgment translated into operational software
Dr. Zhifei Dong founded Tellus to help engineering, government, environmental, and research teams modernize the geospatial workflows on which their decisions depend. His work combines coastal processes, spatial analytics, scientific computing, cloud platforms, and applied AI.
His experience includes storm surge, waves, sediment transport, coastal resilience, restoration planning, LiDAR processing, machine learning, ArcGIS Python toolbox development, and modernization of MATLAB and FORTRAN models. He is the first author of the Coastal Engineering Resilience Index and an award-winning ArcGIS geoprocessing expert.
Ph.D. Ocean Engineering, University of
DelawareM.S. Information and Data Science, UC BerkeleyPython,
ArcGIS, Earth Engine, MATLAB, FORTRAN, R, machine learning, and
AIExperience supporting
USACE, EPA, FDEP, GOMA, CPRA, and technical partners
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