ED11B:
Field Geodesy in Undergraduate Education: Using Photogrammetry, Lidar, Sonar, and GPS to Promote Spatial Learning Posters l

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Session ID#: 24165

Session Description:
Technologies for measuring and understanding the Earth are evolving rapidly, but despite their importance in academic research and industry, relatively few undergraduate courses include these methods. High-resolution topographic and bathymetric models generated by structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry, airborne and terrestrial lidar, and sonar methods can be used for applications ranging from geohazard analysis to geomorphic change and environmental assessment. The global positioning and global navigation satellite systems (GPS and GNSS) are fundamental to precise positioning and provide velocities that can be used in hazard monitoring, groundwater subsidence, engineering, and more. This session invites presentations that illustrate ways field geodetic methods are being used in undergraduate courses. We hope to highlight new initiatives and provide a forum for discussing successes and challenges.
Primary Convener:  Bruce James Douglas, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
Conveners:  Scott M White, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, United States, Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States and Christopher J Crosby, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Boulder, United States
Chairs:  Bruce James Douglas, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States and Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-Organized with:
Education, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, and Geodesy

Cross-Listed:
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Incorporating Geodetic Technologies in to Field and Campus Courses at the University of Michigan: Best Practices and Lessons Learned (Invited) (212708)
Nathan A Niemi, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Marin Kristen Clark, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
The Application of the Complex Field of Geodesy to an Entrance Level College Course using Cognitive Learning Techniques. (233851)
Julie Menard, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, Allyson Beall King, Washington State University, School of the Environment, Pullman, WA, United States and Peter B Larson, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA, United States
Undergraduates Conducting Research Using High-Resolution Multibeam and Sidescan Sonar to Map and Characterize the Seabed: the BEAMS Program (Invited) (236453)
Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, United States and Michael Scott Harris, College of Charleston, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
An Undergraduate Research Experience that Integrates Traditional Field Mapping, LiDAR, and 3D Numerical Modeling: Applying Lessons from a Recent Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in an Intermediate-Level Tectonic Landscapes Course (246485)
Linda A Reinen, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, United States and Kerry Brenner, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States
Teaching Resources and Instructor Professional Development for Integrating Laser Scanning, Structure from Motion, and GPS Surveying into Undergraduate Field Courses (256762)
Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States, Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States, Bruce James Douglas, Indiana University, Geological Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States, Benjamin T Crosby, Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences, Pocatello, United States, Christopher J Crosby, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, United States, Ian H Lauer, Idaho State University, Geosciences, Idaho Falls, ID, United States and Katherine Shervais, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Use of Geodetic Surveys of Leveling Lines and Dry Tilt Arrays to Study Faults and Volcanoes in Undergraduate Field Geophysics Classes (265775)
Jascha Polet, Karen Alvarez and Kaitlan Elizondo, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States
Immersive Virtual Reality Field Trips in the Geosciences: Integrating Geodetic Data in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses (285075)
Peter C La Femina1, Alexander Klippel2, Jiayan Zhao2, Jan Oliver Walgruen2, Chris Stubbs3, Kathy Lou Jackson3 and Ryan Wetzel3, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geography, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Teaching and Learning with Technology, University Park, PA, United States
High Precision Positioning at Field Camp: Using GNSS as the primary data source to answer geologic questions (291932)
Benjamin T Crosby, Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences, Pocatello, United States, Ian H Lauer, Idaho State University, Geosciences, Idaho Falls, ID, United States and Beth A Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
Combining outcrop, magnetic, and airborne LiDAR data in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE): interpretation of bedrock fracturing in the northeastern Deep River Basin and adjacent basement, North Carolina (291489)
Cheryl L Waters-Tormey, Diane Styers, Richard Pedigo and Eliza Chase Hurst, Western Carolina University, Geosciences and Natural Resources, Cullowhee, NC, United States
Geospatial Field Methods: An Undergraduate Course Built Around Point Cloud Construction and Analysis to Promote Spatial Learning and Use of Emerging Technology in Geoscience (297070)
Michael P Bunds, Utah Valley University, Department of Earth Science, Orem, UT, United States

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