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Reminder – Flying Bison & free pizza today at noon

Reminder – the Flying Bison coffee talk will be in Olin 268 at noon today.  Here’s the message center listing for the event:

Dan Farrell ’12 and Nick Urban ’12 will be giving the coffee talk on Monday, September 26 at Noon in the Olin auditorium (Olin 268). The title of their talk is “The Flying Bison: A Student UAV Project.”

ABSTRACT: UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are becoming increasingly prominent in various fields of study and work. To better understand and explore these applications, we constructed a UAV to compete in the 9th Annual AUVSI Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition. Following the competition, we adapted our system to fill an experimental role in aerial photography, land surveying, and environmental restoration. We will discuss the design of our automated system and present video footage that displays the performance and potential for future operations of our UAV.

Pizza and drinks will be provided.

By Janine Glathar

Janine Glathar joined the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship team in 2009 to fill the newly-created role of GIS Specialist at Bucknell. She has worked in the field of geospatial technologies for more than 15 years as research specialist, technical analyst and software trainer. Prior to joining L&IT at Bucknell, Janine spent seven years doing applied GIS research in Philadelphia’s non-profit social services sector as the GIS Senior Analyst for Philadelphia Safe & Sound and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. Before transitioning to the social services research world, Janine worked for the GIS software company ESRI as a trainer and education/non-profit coordinator. She earned a B.A. in European History and Russian Language/Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. If you ask Janine where she’s from, she’ll tell you she’s a Navy brat and will probably offer to show you a map of all of the various places she’s lived over the years.

Areas of expertise:
ArcGIS, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Scholarship, GIS, Google Earth, Spatial Thinking