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Meet with Dr. Yong, FAU CEGE Department Chair WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, November 14, 2015 WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EG101 \u2013 Akhurst Room, Engineering West, Building 36, First Floor<\/p>\n 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida<\/p>\n \u00a0Pizza and refreshments courtesy of the FAU Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n ABOUT THIS EVENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n Meet with Dr. Yong, Chair of the FAU Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering to share your ideas for program improvement, ask questions, voice your opinion and get department\u2019s Geomatics Engineering program latest updates.<\/p>\n South Florida Construction Career Day<\/strong><\/p>\n FAU Geomatics Engineering students, and faculty attended the\u00a0 South Florida Construction Career Day<\/a> in Davie, FL on Oct. 20-21, 2015. Over 1000 high school students visited the event. Drs. Nagarajan and Su<\/a>, Geomatics undergraduate students,\u00a0 Christina Sheehan and Augustus Slaven, Geomatics gruaduate student Debojit Biswas<\/a>, set up an hands-on learning lab on “Roadway & GPS Surveying” with the help from the partners from Bowman Consulting, Wantman Group, FSMS and FDOT.<\/p>\n FSMS Palm Beach Chapter Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n The November meeting is on Wednesday Nov. 04.\u00a0 Dr. Sudhagar Nagarajan, Assistant Professor discusses the status of the program along with a special message from Dr. Yan Yong, CEGE Department Chair. Please see the announcement:<\/p>\n Flyer 20151104 FAU<\/a><\/p>\n FSMS Indian River Chapter Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n The October meeting is Tuesday October 27th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Please see the announcement:<\/p>\n October_Announcements_Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n FAU Infrastructure Night 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday, October 22, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u2013\u00a08 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n Florida Atlantic University Theater<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.asce.fau.edu\/infrastructure-night-2015\/<\/a><\/p>\n 2nd FIG Young Surveyors North American Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2nd FIG Young Surveyors North American Meeting will be held on February 10, 2016 in conjunction with the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors (MSPS) 2016 Annual Conference at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n The program is in the process of being finalized. Key speakers currently confirmed include: – Melissa Robert- Surveyor, Uruguay Ministry of Transport and Public Works I<\/strong>MPORTANT NOTE: REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED! Deadline to register: December 31, 2015 (subject to capacity limit of 100 attendees).<\/strong><\/p>\n Updated program information as it becomes available can be found on the FIG Young Surveyors Network webpage (www.fig.net\/organisation\/networks\/ys<\/a>) and Facebook page (FIG Young Surveyors).<\/p>\n R<\/strong>egistration form:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/goo.gl\/IbvayI<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Registration Fee: \u00a0$40.00 (includes meeting, continental breakfast, lunch and gala dinner)<\/p>\n The FIG Foundation, Trimble Navigation and Leica Geosystems are generously providing a limited amount of funds to help support young surveyors to attend the meeting. Application form for funds:\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/DIXor4<\/a><\/p>\n Please note: \u00a0The FIG (International Federation of Surveyors) definition of a young surveyor is 35 years or younger or within 10 years of graduation.<\/p>\n Please contact me if you have questions or need more information.<\/p>\n Thank you!<\/p>\n John D Hohol, President<\/p>\n FIG Foundation<\/p>\n www.fig.net\/figfoundation<\/a><\/p>\n Fahad Khan won the 2nd place in the Poster Contest of Student Group in 2015 South Florida GIS Expo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n FAU Geomatics Engineering Faculty and Students attended 2015 South Florida GIS Expo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n GIS and Lidar Seminar on Boca Raton Campus on Oct. 06, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Please see the announcement:<\/p>\n FSMS Indian River Chapter Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n The September meeting is Tuesday September 29th<\/sup> at Bonefish Mac\u2019s on Becker Road in Port St. Lucie.\u00a0 Please see the agenda:<\/p>\n Sept_Announcements_Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n In August of 2015, FAU Geomatics Scholarship Fund received donations<\/strong> from FSMS local chapters:<\/p>\n Collier-Lee Chapter<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$500<\/p>\n Indian River Chapter<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $250<\/p>\n Thanks to the FSMS chapters for the\u00a0continued, faithful support of<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0mission of FAU Geomatics!<\/p>\n In July of 2015, FAU Geomatics Engineering Program received a generous donation of a Leica ScanStation 2<\/strong> System<\/strong> from Nobles Consulting Group, Inc<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Nobles Consulting Group, Inc. (NCG) is a leading consulting firm of professionals who provide land surveying, mapping, civil engineering and structural engineering throughout the southeastern United States.<\/p>\n Thanks to\u00a0Nobles Consulting Group, Inc. (NCG) for the great support to <\/span>FAU Geomatics Engineering Program!<\/p>\n FSMS MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 – JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE AND MUSEUM<\/p>\n Flyer 20150909 Lighthouse<\/a><\/p>\n ASPRS Event<\/strong><\/p>\n Harris Corporation has graciously offered a unique learning and social event for Florida Region ASPRS members. \u00a0\u00a0Please sign up<\/strong> for the field trip using the form link below by September 18th<\/sup><\/strong>. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow ASPRS members and learn at the same time!<\/p>\n \u00a0fill it out in Google Forms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Title: Harris Corporation Field Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Place: Harris Customer Briefing Center (CBC) <\/strong><\/p>\n 1025 W NASA Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Date\\Time: September 25th<\/sup>\u00a0@ 10 AM -2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Lunch: Provided<\/strong><\/p>\n Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n Harris Corporation is a worldwide provider of Defense and Aerospace product and services including a Geospatial Commercial Division.<\/p>\n Harris provides a variety of Space and airborne solutions to the international remote sensing community with over 23,000 employees and 9,000+ \u00a0engineers.<\/p>\n This two part field trip will be an introduction of Harris IntelliEarth\u2122 \u00a0Commercial Remote sensing hardware, products, and services including an introduction to Geiger Mode LiDAR<\/p>\n In addition, an interactive half hour tour of our customer Briefing Center (CBC) will highlight a broad variety of product and services from all Harris divisions many relevant to the work we do in the commercial and defense remote sensing community.<\/p>\n Geomatics student Paige Rogolin<\/strong> received the Outstanding Academic Students<\/strong> award from Northern Campuses Achievement Awards (NCAA). The Northern Campuses Achievement Awards were presented on April 14, 2015. Paige is the only engineering student who received the Outstanding Academic Students award in 2015. Congratulations to Paige!<\/p>\n More details of the award can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n About 20 FAU Geomatics students gathered to have a BBQ on April 11, 2015 to celebrate the ending the Spring semester. Before the BBQ, students finished the last surveying lab session on FAU campus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Events and activities related to FAU Geomatics are announced here: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS FAU Student Chapter, Contact President Jason Blankenship <jblankenship2014 at fau.edu>) Geomatics Engineering Student Society (GESS) (Student … Continue reading
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\n– Prof. Mike Barry- Chair, Land Tenure and Cadastral Systems, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
\n– Terry Bennett- Senior Industry Strategist for Civil Infrastructure, Autodesk
\n– Don Buhler- Chief Cadastral Surveyor, US Dept of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
\n– Bryn Fosburgh- Executive Vice President, Trimble Navigation
\n– Ken Mooyman- President, Leica Geosystems (NAFTA)<\/p>\n
\n– Jon Warren- President, National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
\n– Dave Zenk- State Geodetic Advisor, NOAA- National Geodetic Survey
\nYoung surveyors are also invited to attend the MSPS Annual Conference (February 11-12) at no charge (non-MSPS members only).<\/p>\n
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