Information about the Summer School lecturers

Topic: Airborne Lidar: Introduction, physical principles and data

processing

Prof. Dr. Dipl. Ing. Norbert Pfeifer

Vienna University of Technology
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Gusshausstrasse 27-29
1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-5880112201
Fax: +43-1-5880112299
Email: np@ipf.tuwien.ac.at
http://www.ipf.tuwien.ac.at

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Norbert Pfeifer is Professor at Vienna University of Technology where he also received in
2002 his Ph.D. with honours, focusing on 3D terrain modeling. Thereafter he went to TU
Delft, the Netherlands, where he became Assistant Professor later, working in airborne and
terrestrial laser scanning. In 2006 he moved to Innsbruck, Austria, to lecture in the geography
program at the University of Innsbruck and worked at alp-S, Centre for Natural Hazard
Management, as senior researcher, studying the exploitation of airborne laser scanning data in
risk management. Later in this year he took the position of Professor of Photogrammetry at
Vienna University of Technology. His research topics are full waveform laser scanning,
orientation and calibration of range and radiometric imaging sensors, topographic modeling,
and applications of photogrammetry in environmental sciences. Norbert Pfeifer is lecturing
regularly in the curriculum of Geodesy and Geoinformation. His research is funded by the
European Union Framework and InterReg Program, by ESA (European Space Agency), by
the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, and by regional and national administrative
authorities and companies with international and/or Austrian background.
Topic: Airborne Lidar: Introduction, physical principles and data
processing (practical exercises)

Dr. Gottfried Mandlburger

Vienna University of Technology
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Gusshausstrasse 27-29
1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-5880112235
Fax: +43-1-5880112299
Email: gm@ipf.tuwien.ac.at
http://www.ipf.tuwien.ac.at

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Gottfried Mandlburger went to the private sector (geodetic engineering company Stolitzka)
after his study of geodesy, and pursued an academic career thereafter, receiving his Ph.D. in
geodesy with honours on a work of DTM generation for hydraulic applications in 2006.
Since 1996 he is research assistant at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (I.P.F.). His research interests include Airborne Laser
Scanning, DTM technology in development and research, management of country-wide
topographic data, development of scientific software (SCOP++, TopDM, OPALS), DTM
generation and processing for hydrology and hydraulics. His articles were published in
internationally acknowledged journals like Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and
Geoinformation processing, Photogrammetric Record, ISPRS, River Research and
Applications, and HESS (Hydrology and Earth System Sciences), for which he also acts as a
reviewer. Gottfried Mandlburger is giving lectures and practicals in 'Topographic Models'
and he is coordinating the software development team at the I.P.F.
Topic: Use of Airborne Lidar remote sensing technology for forestry
applications

Prof. Nicholas Coops

Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing
Department of Forest Resource Management
Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel.: +1-604-8226452
Fax: +1-604-8229106
Email: nicholas.coops@ubc.ca
http://farpoint.forestry.ubc.ca/FP/search/Faculty_View.aspx?FAC_ID=22700

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Prof. Nicholas Coops is a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Remote Sensing and leads the
Integrated Remote Sensing Studio (IRSS) at the Univeristy of Bristish Columbia, which
has 15 MSc and PhD students, with research assistnads and post doctoral fellows working
on a wide range of remote sensing projects. Nicholas obtained his PhD from the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne Australia, and then worked at CSIRO,
the Australian government research labs, for 10 year prior to coming to UBC in 2004.
Nicholas’ research focuses on the application of remote sensing imagery to the monitoring
and mapping of forest and vegetation health and productivity. His research includes
advanced forest inventory techniques using high spatial resolution optical remote sensing
imagery and LIDAR, the use of remote sensing and spatial data modelling for ecosystem
and carbon accumulation modeling for biodiversity, production and greenhouse
calculations, wildfire, post fire severity and fuel hazard load mapping and detection of
damaging agents in forests using spectral forest condition mapping. He has published more
than 150 refereed journal papers, including a number on LiDAR. Nicholas is the editor in
chief of the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (CJRS) and is an affiliate faculty
member at Oregon State University (OSU), Oregon, USA.
Topic: Lidar in the coastal zone: theory, techniques and applications

Thomas R. Allen, Ph.D. , Associate Professor

Department of Geography
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858, USA
Tel.: +1-252-3286624
Fax: +1-252- 3286054
Email: allenth@ecu.edu
http://personal.ecu.edu/allenth

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Dr. Allen took his B.S. in 1991 at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia (with magna
cum laude) and Major in Geography and Minor in Geology. He achieved his PhD degree in
1995 at the Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is
since 2006, Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC.

The research interests of Dr. Allen are: GIScience and technology; emphasizing GIS, remote
sensing, and environmental modeling of coastal and estuarine environments, geomorphology,
landscape ecology, and spatial techniques in environmental analysis.

His teaching activities include lectures on GIS, digital image processing, cartography and
visualization, geospatial field techniques; earth surface processes, coastal geography,
environmental systems and sustainability, and tropical field course.
Topic: Practical aspects of Airborne Lidar and applications

Dr. Valerie Ussyshkin

Technology Group Manager, Airborne Survey Products
Optech Incorporated
300 Interchange Way, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 5Z8
Tel.: +1-905-6600808x3600,
Fax: +1-905-6600829
Email: valerieu@optech.ca
http://www.optech.ca/

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Dr. Valerie Ussyshkin is a Technical Manager at Airborne Survey Product (ASP) business
unit, Optech Incorporated. She joined Optech Inc. in 2000 as a Project Scientist in Space and
Atmospheric division where she was involved in feasibility studies of airborne and
spaceborne lidar sensors for international space programs WALES and Phoenix. Her current
work is focused on performance characterization and analysis of airborne laser scanning
systems. She is supervising a multi-disciplinary team of junior scientists, data analysts and
project managers serving as a technical lead on research studies running in the group and as a
part of cross-divisional projects. Dr. Ussyshkin also provides technical consulting to sales and
marketing teams promoting lidar technology at conferences and through publications in
scientific journals and professional magazines. Dr. Ussyshkin is a member of ASPRS PDAD
(Primary Data Acquisition Division) Working Group on lidar calibration and QA/QC. She has
presented and/or published over 50 articles at refereed international conferences and in
academic and technical journals.
Topic: Airborne Lidar in real action: the helicopter-based Eagleeye
Mapping System

Bobby Tuck
President, Tuck Mapping Solutions Inc.
4632 Aerial Way
P. O. Box 760
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219, USA
Tel.: +1- 276-5234669
Fax: +1- 276-5234673
Email: btuck@tuckmapping.com
http://www.tuckmapping.com

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Bobby Tuck attended Carson Newman College and received a BS in Pre-Engineering. He
then graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Civil Engineering. In
1985 Mr Tuck formed Tuck Mapping Solutions where he used his mining and civil
engineering background to provide the mining companies permitting and mine planning
services.

Bobby Tuck is a Civil Engineer registered as a Professional Engineer in four states,

Professional Surveyor in seven states, and a Certified Photogrammetrist. He is also a
commercial airplane and helicopter pilot. His love for flying and surveying has resulted in the
development of a mapping system that is recognized as the highest accuracy system in the
world. The eagleeye mapping system has averaged 0.11 feet vertical accuracy over the past
three years. The eagleeye mapping system has completed projects for the Air Force, Army,
Marines, highway departments, developers, and utilities companies.
Topic: Multi-sensor coastal mapping

Jennifer Wozencraft
Research Physical Scientist, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and
Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Director, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
7225 Stennis Airport Road, Suite 100
Kiln, MS 39553, USA
Tel.: +1-228-2521101
Email: jennifer.m.wozencraft@usace.army.mil
http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil/

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Jennifer Wozencraft is a Research Physical Scientist in the Coastal and Hydraulics
Laboratory of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and
Development Center, currently detailed as Director of the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry
Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX). At the JALBTCX, she coordinates operations
and research and development in airborne lidar bathymetry and complementary airborne
technologies in support of the USACE, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition to her
directorial duties, she is manager of the USACE National Coastal Mapping Program, which
provides regional scale, engineering-accuracy elevation and imagery data to support USACE
regional sediment management, navigation, environmental restoration, regulatory
enforcement, asset management and emergency response activities in the coastal zone. The
NCMP also fosters development of new technologies for airborne coastal mapping and
charting, and under this portion of the program Ms. Wozencraft manages development of the
latest generation of airborne coastal mapping and charting systems, the Coastal Zone
Mapping and Imaging Lidar, or CZMIL. Ms. Wozencraft has worked in the field of lidar
bathymetry for the past 15 years, beginning with the USACE SHOALS program during her
college years. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama in
mathematics and dance and her master’s in marine sciences from the University of South
Alabama.
Topic: Advanced technologies of Airborne Lidar and practical aspects

Ronald B. Roth
Product Manager - Airborne LIDAR Leica Geosystems Inc.
13 Park Drive Westford, MA 01886, USA
Tel.: +1-978-6928500 x225
Fax: +1-978-6928510
Email: Ron.Roth@leicaus.com
http://www.leica-geosystems.com/en/index.htm

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Ron Roth is the product manager for Leica Geosystems’ airborne lidar product line. He has
had a 27-year career in the development, manufacture and marketing of high-performance
military and commercial electro-optic systems, including the past seven years associated with
all phases of development of Leica’s line of airborne lidar products.
Topic: Terrestrial and Mobile LiDAR Applications

James Van Rens

President, Riegl USA, Inc.
7035 Grand National Drive, Suite 100
Orlando, FL 32819, USA
Tel.: +1-407-2489927
Tel.: +1-855-GO-Riegl
Fax: +1- 407-2482636
Email: jvanrens@rieglusa.com
http://www.rieglusa.com/

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Van Rens has been with Riegl USA Inc. for over a decade. He joined Riegl USA in 1997 as
vice president and in 2009 Mr. Van Rens was promoted to president. Prior to Riegl he was
Principal of a specialty distributor, LDC, Inc that focused on measuring devices. James has a
combination BA/BS from the schools of Business and Liberal Arts at Marquette University.
He is a member of MAPPS, ASPRS, SPIE, USGIF, IAFSM and serves on the LiDAR
Subcommittee. In the past, Van Rens has also been an active member of the IEEE/AIAG, JIT
effort and was a contributor to the Packaging and Containerization Standards. Mr. Van Rens
has over 17 years of experience in the Laser Industry and over 31 years of successful sales
and marketing experience.
Topic: LiDAR Data Acquisition– A Case Study of Project Planning,
Management and Application in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
and Chattahoochee National Forest, USA

Marguerite Madden, Ph.D., Professor

Director, Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS)
Department of Geography
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Tel: 706-542-2379
Fax: 706-542-2010
Email: mmadden@uga.edu
http://www.crms.uga.edu/

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Dr. Marguerite Madden is the Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping
Science (CRMS) and Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia
(UGA). She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Biology from the State University of New
York at Plattsburgh and her Ph.D. in Ecology in 1990 from the University of Georgia. Her
research over the past 26 years at UGA has focused on geographic information science
(GIScience) and spatio-temporal landscape analysis with special emphasis on GIS,
optical/LiDAR remote sensing, geovisualization and object-based image analysis. Her areas
of application include mapping dynamic vegetation distributions, assessing landscape-level
human impacts on natural environments, LiDAR analysis of vegetation structure, tracking
animal behavior-navigation and ecological modeling of environment and disease. Dr. Madden
is Technical Commission President of the International Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Commission IV “Geodatabases and Digital Mapping” (2008-2012)
and Past President of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS) (2007). She is the recipient of ISPRS Willem Schermerhorn (2004), ASPRS Fellow
(2010) and ASPRS SAIC Estes Teaching (2011) Awards and Editor of the ASPRS Manual of
Geographic Information Systems (2009). At the Unviersity of Georgia she teaches courses in
remote sensing, image interpretation and geospatial tools in landscape analysis. She also
involves students in her externally-funded research at the CRMS including
LiDAR/Orthoimagery data acquisition for Southern Appalachian forests (USGS), MODIS
time-series analysis of climate effects on vegetation productivity (NASA), capuchin monkey
spatial cognition and route navigation (NSF) and environmental factors related to patterns of
Salmonella disease outbreaks (NIH).