地理传感系统工程理学硕士[非学位论文]

地理传感系统工程和科学是一个跨学科计划，重点是使用机载地图来满足私营企业，政府机构和学术机构的需求。将训练研究生使用称为LiDAR的工具，即光检测和测距。借助LiDAR，研究人员可以在要绘制地图的区域上空飞行，每秒在地面上发射数十万个激光脉冲。即使通过茂密的植被和浑浊的水，光如何返回其源也可以用于创建极其详细的地形图。UH LiDAR数据生成的地图为私人和政府机构的数百个研究项目提供了支持。这些地图帮助在洪都拉斯雨林中找到了一个古老的文明，<br> <br>地理传感系统工程和科学计划是世界上唯一的此类研究
The Department of Civil Engineering offers graduate study in environmental, geosensing systems, geotechnical, materials, hydraulic/water resources, and structural engineering. The department has well-equipped research laboratories fitted with state-of-the-art instruments. The structural laboratory has more than 2,500 square feet of strong floor with a 2.5-million-pound MTS testing system, a large panel tester with forty 100- ton jacks, a biaxial fatigue tester and a walk-in chamber for large scale environmental testing. The materials testing laboratory is equipped with a 2-foot-deep strong floor and a 400-kip Tinius-Olsen universal testing machine. The geotechnical facility includes a laboratory with triaxial testing capability, sophisticated pile test chambers and fully equipped grouting and soil mechanics laboratories. The hydraulic facility is equipped with a fluid mechanics/wave mechanics laboratory with a 50-ft long tilting flume and state-of-the-art ADV and LSPIV. The environmental laboratories encompass a 2,000 square foot analytical research facility with state-of-the-art instrumentation that allows for analysis of most contaminants in soil, water and air as well as microbial and molecular analysis. The geosensing laboratory includes an optical laboratory and specialized airborne and terrestrial-based remote sensing equipment.