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 … [Read more...]
$19,700/yr fellowship opportunity for sophomores
See below for information on an undergraduate fellowship opportunity from the EPA. Current sophomores can apply to receive up to $19,700 per academic year for their junior and senior years - along with a stipend for a summer internship. Title: Fall 2012 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental … [Read more...]
Peer-reviewed articles on spatial thinking & GIS
Diana Sinton, Director of Spatial Curriculum and Research for the University of Redlands' LENS Initiative, recently tipped me off to a website with full-text PDFs of peer-reviewed papers that are being presented this week at the Spatial Thinking & GIS conference being held in Tokyo, Japan. The papers (including one from GIS Hall of Fame-r - yes, there is such a thing … [Read more...]
Physics Dept coffee talk on using the Flying Bison drone to collect aerial imagery
Come hear Nick Urban, Computer Science '12, talk about designing, building and flying the remote-controlled Flying Bison drone. Nick will be presenting on Monday, 9/26 at noon (Olin 364) as part of the Physics department's coffee talk series. He'll have the plane with him and will be showing some new video that will be captured by the drone in test flights he's conducting this … [Read more...]
Deadlines for upcoming GIS paper, poster & scholarship competitions
Below is a list of upcoming deadlines for student GIS paper, poster & scholarship competitions. All of these deadlines are listed on the newly re-designed Bucknell GIS Calendar. The calendar also includes dates for upcoming GIS conferences, meetings, presentations, workshops and course/lab sessions. If you have an event you'd like to list on the GIS calendar, please … [Read more...]