Dr.  Ben Surpless

Professor of Geosciences

Trinity University

Joint Meeting

Thursday Dec 9, 2021 12:00-1:00pm

IEEE Student Branch – CSI 282 (The Cube)

IEEE Robotics & Automation Chapter – SAMSAT

Simulcast on Zoom

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become an increasingly integral part of industrial operations and scientific investigations.  As costs of operating and maintaining UAVs have come down over the past decade, scientists are now able to inexpensively, efficiently, and accurately collect remotely-sensed data from localities once thought inaccessible.  When combined with recent advances in hardware and software, scientists across a range of disciplines can now address research questions once thought, literally, out of reach.  In addition to reviewing recent changes in drone use and operation, Surpless will explore how drone data are collected and analyzed in the context of a real-world geologic investigation.

Speaker:  Ben Surpless is Professor of Geosciences at Trinity University, where he has performed research with students since 2005.   Ben earned his Ph.D. in geosciences from Stanford University and has been awarded several National Science Foundation awards to support his research with students.  He was awarded the 2013 Junior Faculty Teaching and Research Award and the 2020 Z.T. Scott Fellowship, for excellence in teaching and advising.

RSVP by Dec 7 for lunch –
https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287424 

(You don’t need to be an IEEE member… yet)