January 18, 2019
Wetland from a UAV/UAS (drone)
A few months ago Dr. Meghan Halabisky (PFC/RSGAL) and Colton Miller (PFC/RSGAL) PhD Candidate and 107b pilot), with the help of Yukio Endo (a visiting MSc student from Tohoku University, Japan), ventured into Washington forested wetland to explore our Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) as a wetland monitoring tool…here is a little preview. Colton will be presenting this…
January 16, 2019
FUNDED! STF funds PFC/RSGAL TLS Proposal
Congratulations to Jonathan Batchelor for spearheading this effort, the proposal was funded: $109,708! Expect two new TLS scanners (FARO Focus3DX and International LiBackpack D50) joining our Leica, T-Lidar and 4 micro TLS scanners…the family of our TLS scanners is getting big! Proposal site here: https://uwstf.org/proposals/2019/21
January 3, 2019
UW eScience Institute ‘Remote Sensing’ Winter Quarter Meetings
We will kick off the quarter with a networking event at the Data Science Studio on Wednesday, January 9th, 3:30 – 5:00pm. Shay Strong, Director of Data Science and Machine Learning at EagleView will give a short talk on the intersection of machine learning and satellite imagery. This would be a great opportunity to meet…
December 13, 2018
NASA-MSU Awards for US-IALE
Call for NASA-MSU Award Applications With support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Michigan State University (MSU), NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Awards are given to students, postdocs, and junior researchers (e.g., assistant professors) to cover expenses associated with attending the meeting of US-IALE (U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology),…
2019 OLI Meeting, Save the date: March 14th, 2019
The next meeting will be hosted by Dr. Jacob Strunk, on March 14th at the Olympic National Forest Supervisor’s Office. Please save space on your calendar for the meeting. The format will be a single day, with a social event the evening before for folks that show up early. Jacob will send out a registration…
December 5, 2018
Remote Sensing Conference Calendar
A good resource listing some of the larger RS conferences: http://www.isprs.org/calendar/2019.aspx
UW Drone (UAS) Video
Professionaly shot footage of the UW: https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t66.18014-6/10000000_207595320129879_6350235570886229459_n.mp4?_nc_cat=102&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Im9lcF9oZCJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=9b364a7aeecf381d778c8f2311f00dbd&oe=5C6A9A9C
Remote Sensing Webinars
These free webinars utilize the PCI Geomatica software, these are free and some cover fundamental concepts in remote sensing quite well: http://www.pcigeomatics.com/resources/more-resources/webinars?mc_cid=076caf6483&mc_eid=403814e530
Canadian Postdoc and Other Opportunities
Postdoctoral Research Program: https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?mc_cid=076caf6483&poster=785734&mc_eid=403814e530 Research Assistantships: https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?poster=1113732&mc_cid=076caf6483&mc_eid=403814e530
2018 NASA FINESST Fellowships (phased out NESSF)
The NASA NESSF program, from which SEFS students received two (!) awards in 2018, including one of our, PFC students, has transitioned to a new program, referred to as FINESST. The NESSF program has been phased out. Proposals for FINESST are due Feb 1, 2019. As always, be sure to let the SEFS grants office…
