Science popularization in a changing world

Sebuah terbitan berjudul "Science popularization in a changing world" diterbitkan hasil usaha bersama Unesco dan Taylor & Francis. Judul kecilnya adalah Impact of Science on Society memuatkan beberapa artikel terpilih dari berbagai negara.

Antara judul artikel adalah;

Science through the cartoonist's eye (Sidney Harris).

Arab scientific journalism - achievements and aspirations (Radwan Mawlawi)

The Institute of Mech Engineer, LDN

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Detecting the unstable points in deformation monitoring geodetic networks (2017)

Sebuah artikel mengenai GDA dengan tajuk 'Detecting the unstable points in deformation monitoring geodetic networks in analysis method of subnetwork' terbit pada 2017. Artikel oleh Peyman Javadi dari Islamic Azad Uni terbit dalam jurnal Modern Applied Science 11(3).

Cerapan dilakukan menggunakan peralatan GPS.

The Institution of Civil Engineers

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Hari akhir tugas G&G

Sempena hari terakhir bertugas kesempatan diambil bertemu pelajar postgrad yang ada di Lab.

Khalilah, Ella, Nur Adila Zulkifli, dan Astina

Nur Anim, Asyraf, Hanifah dan Hanif Hamden

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Buku Least Squares Adjustment (2018)

The most current book on least squares adjustment. Written by Ogundare (UNB alumnus) published by Wiley. Publish date Nov 2018.

Buku oleh Ogundare (2018)

(source – Wiley)

Contents – sixteen chapters altogether;

Introduction; Analysis and error propagation of survey observations; Statistical distributions and hypothesis tests; Adjustment methods and concepts; Parametric least squares adjustment – model formulations; Parametric least squares adjustment – applications; Confidence region estimation; Introduction to network design and pre-analysis; Concepts of three-dimensional geodetic network adjustments; Nuisance parameter elimination and sequential adjustment; Post-adjustment data analysis and reliability concepts; Least squares adjustments of conditional models; Least squares adjustment of general models; Datum problems and free network adjustment; Introduction to dynamic mode filtering and predictions; Introduction to least squares collocation and the Krigging methods.

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Laporan Tahunan ljt 2017

 

LJT membentang laporan tahunan mereka setipa tahun kepada Parlimen Malaysia. Laporan Tahunan 2017 boleh rujuk dari laman Parlimen Malaysia.

Source - parlimen.

Lion Air Delhi

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140 Years of FIG

FIG is celebrating its 140 years anniversary. The event was held in Athens Greece on Nov 9, 2018.

140 Years of FIG

Among the speakers during the event was Prof Marinos Kavouras. He is now Vice  Rector of NTUA. He presented a talk “180 Years of NTUA”. This was followed by another presentation also from NTUA “100 Years of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineers-FIG Academic Member” by Dean of SRSE Prof Charalabos Iionnidis.

Prof Ionnidis (b.1959)

PhD 1992 NTUA “Aerial triangulation methods for Cadastre”; Dip-Ing 1982

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Buku First on the Moon

Antara buku yang paling awal diterbitkan tentang pendaratan angkasawan di Bulan ialah "First On the Moon". Buku pertama kali terbit pada June 1970 dan ulang terbit dengan cover berwarna pada 2002.

Tajuk kandungan buku

Cover (source amazon)

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Test 2 Mghu 2018

 Test 2 – Adv Eng Svy for taught course Mghu was held today. The test duration is one hour ++.

The attendees

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Last Lecture – Sghu4803

Today the last lecture for Sghu4803 was held in a two hour session. The topics covered were on the datum problems in LSA and the introduction on VCE. At the end of lecture a photography session was held.

Thanks to all students

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History Research Building on the Postdam

Baca sini (link - potsdam).

Portobelo Architecture

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Senarai Geodesist

Ada pula pengakji yang menyimpan rekod tarih lahir pakar-pakar geodesi sejak zaman silam. Sebagai contoh Isaac Newton rekod lahirnya ialah pada 25 Dec 1642; Johannes Kepler 27 Dec 1571. Senarai yang disediakan mengandungi 17 m/surat.

Rujukan lanjut - geodesists.

What is Geodesy?

Satu soalan / tajuk yang biasa disampaikan dalam presentation kepada mereka yang baru belajar geodesi. Presentation berikut adalah oleh Maria Karbon di SA.

Rujukan lanjut (maria).

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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History of Geodesy (Sneeuw)

Baca presentation oleh Sneeuw.

Among the geodesists mentioned in the presentation together with their contribution;

Willebrord Snell van Roijen aka Snellius (1580-1626) - methodology of triangulation;
Jean-Felix Picard (1620-1682)measures along the Paris meridian to the clock tower to Sourdon, near Amiens (1 deg = 110.46 km)
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) develops theory of mathematical and physical pendulum
Isaac Newton (1643-1727) describes the universal gravitation and the three laws of motion
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) - mathematician "Cartesian coordinates"
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) - mapping France; observes flattening of Jupiter
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) chief member of expedition to Lapland 1736-37
Pierre Bouger (1698-1758) member of expedition to Peru 1735-41

Sumber - stuttgart.

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Tesis Tentang NASA

Sewaktu membaca buku First Man timbul pula minat untuk mencari judul tesis yang pernah ditulis berkaitan Nasa. Mulanya cuma nak mencari tesis berkait genre sejarah Nasa. Berikut ialah beberapa judul yang ditemui serta sudah dimuat turun.

- A Fire to be Lighted: the training of American Astronauts from 1959 to present. PhD in History, Texan A&M University, 2017 (709 pages).

- Why can't a woman fly?: NASA and the cult of masculinity, 1958 - 1972. PhD in History, Mississippi State University, 2012 (321 pages).

- NASA's hidden power: NACA/NASA public relation and the Cold War, 1945-67. PhD in History, Auburn University, 2008 (328 pages). [NACA = the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]

- From myth to metaphor to memory: a rhetorical analysis of televised  representations of project Apollo, 1968-2004. PhD in Telecommunication, Ohio University, 2007 (259 pages).

Buku First Man
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The history of computer in celestial mechanics (2011)

Satu tesis phd dalam sejarah bertajuk "Just a beginning: computers and celestial mechanics in the work of Wallace J Eckert" selesai pada 2011 lalu. Tesis oleh Allan Olley dikemuka ke Institute for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto.

This thesis details and analyzes the interaction between computers and science in a particular case. The case is the career of Wallace J. Eckert (1902-1971). Eckert was a professor of astronomy at Columbia University and scientific researcher for IBM. He has received some attention in the history of computing for his significant work in machine computation in the 1930s and 1940s and was the foremost expert on lunar theory for much of his life.

Kandungan:

Introduction
The methods of celestial mechanics
Eckert before computer
Ever onward - Eckert at IBM
Eckert's work on the SSEC
Eckert's later work on lunar theory
Conclusion.

Source: Dell D - web fght - Ogos - Ogos G - french expedition

Medan jualan ikan 

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Magazine - Coordinates

Just received ... the recent Coordinates magazine.

November Week 3.

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C02 Level 2

The former General Office of fght at C02 Level 2 has a new look and new arrangement.

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PhD Deformation Delft 2018

A recent PhD on deformation.

PhD TU Delft 2018

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Cassini and NASA

Nama Cassini turut mendapat pengiktirafan oleh NASA. Projek kapal angkasa mengembara ke Saturn yang diusahakan oleh NASA dinamakan Cassini. Ini bertepatan dengan sumbangan Cassini yang merupakan ahli astronomi yang mengesan kewujudan jalur gelang planet Saturn.

Turut mendapat pengiktirafan dalam projek Saturn ialah Huygens, seorang ahli astronomi / sains Belanda.

Cassinis and Geodesy

Cassini family has contributed a lot in geodesy. There were four family members of Cassini involved in the advancement of geodesy from 17th to 18th Century. The four members were;

Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) – Cassini I. He discovered four satellites of planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn. In 1669 he moved to Paris Observatory.

Jacques Cassini (1677-1756) – Cassini II

Cesar-Francois Cassini de Thurry (1714-1784) – Cassini III

Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748-1845) – Cassini IV.

Giovanni Cassini

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Konvo ke-61 2018

Sempat merai beberapa pelajar yang konvo pada tahun ini.

3rd right – Aiman (skrg bersama JP Bandar Puchong)

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140 Years of FIG

FIG is celebrating its 140 years anniversary. The event was held in Athens Greece on Nov 9, 2018.

140 Years of FIG

Among the speakers during the event was Prof Marinos Kavouras. He is now Vice  Rector of NTUA. He presented a talk "180 Years of NTUA". This was followed by another presentation also from NTUA "100 Years of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineers-FIG Academic Member" by Dean of SRSE Prof Charalabos Iionnidis.

Prof Ioannidis (b.1959)

PhD NTUA 1992

From fig website (link);

FIG was founded on 18 July 1878 in Paris by delegates from seven national associations – Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Switzerland – and was known as the Fédération Internationale des Géomètres. This has become anglicized to the International Federation of Surveyors.

The year 2018 marks the 140 anniversary of FIG. It is an honour to celebrate this special occasion together with a handover event marking the end of term for current FIG President Chryssy Potsiou, Greece (2015–2018) to President Elect Rudolf Staiger, Germany, who will take over the FIG presidency on 1 January 2019.

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Alumni UTM di Geodesi Jupem

Sewaktu meeting GWG sempat bertemu beberapa graduan Geomatik UTM yang kini bertugas di BUG Jupem.

Alumni UTM di Geodesi Jupem

Paling kiri Encik Adi, Norehan (BGeom 2013; MSc 2016), Encik Ahmad Helmi (BGeom 2008-09)

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Hadir Mesyuarat Jupem - GWG Team 2

Hadir ke mesyuarat di Jupem. Lokasi Jupem betul-betul bersebelahan kampus utm kl. Menginap di Widad amat sesuai kerana mudah bergerak menuju Jupem. Mesyuarat merupakan yang terakhir di sertai sebelum bersara.

GWG Team-2 meeting was held at BUG Meeting Room. The meeting starts at 9.30am and finished after about two hours. Focus of the meeting was to discussed on preliminary results of Sarawak Precise Levelling network.

Bangunan Jupem

Lokasi mesyuarat

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GWG Team-2 Meeting

A GWG Team-2 meeting was held today at BUG Meeting Room at Level 7. The meeting discussion was focused on preliminary results of Sarawak precise levelling network adjustment.

The attendees

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Lawatan ke Jupem Johor

Satu lawatan telah dibuat ke Jupem Johor bersama pelajar 1 Sghu sesi 2018/19. Lawatan ini merupakan program tahunan untuk memberi pendedahan kepada pelajar baru Kej Geomatik. Pihak Jupem telah menyediakan aturcara lawatan meliputi sesi penerangan peranan Jupem dalam ukur dan pemetaan negara. Selepas sesi penerangan pelajar di bawa meninjau operasi yang berjalan di semua seksyen yang terdapat di Jupem JB.

Kaunter Jualan Peta Jupem JB

Pegawai Jupem yang memberi taklimat

En Fawzy Timbalan Pengarah Ukur dan En Sufi Penolong Pengarah Ukur

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Kursus e-Learning (2001)

Menghadiri kursus e-Learning pada 2001. Kursus diada di makmal komputer FS.

Jadual kursus

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PhD - Blending Geodetic Observations and Deformation Analysis

Kandungan bab tesis PhD Hiddo Velsink;

TU Delft 2018

Chp 1 Introduction
Chp 2 Analysis model and its essential elements
Chp 3 Analysis model in 2D (2 epochs)
Chp 4 Analysis model in 3D (2 epochs)
Chp 5 Testing adjustment models with constraints
Chp 6 Time series analysis with geodetic observations
Chp 7 Time series analysis with coordinates
Chp 8 Conclusions and recommendations

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Test 1 Mghu1524

Three students sit for test 1 Adv Eng Svy. A subject taken by MSc taught-course students.

Test 1 – Mghu1524

Wan Faris (Jupem), Anisah (Uitm Arau) and Ahmed Salman (from Iraq).

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Handbook of Geomathematic (2010)

A book published by Springer "Handbook of Geomathematics".

Handbook of Geomathematics

Some of the chapters related to physical geodesy;

Analysis of data from multi-satellite Geospace missions (28 pages)

Classical Physical Geodesy - Helmut Moritz (33 pages)
Earth observation satellite missions and data access (20 pages)
Geodetic Boundary Value Problem - Sanso (27 pages)
GOCE Gravitational Gradiometry in a Satellite - Reiner Rummel (14 pages)
Geodetic World Height System Unification - Sideris (16 pages)

Dell D Dec 2017

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Janusz Zielinski

Came across a few paper written by Janusz Zielinski.

He is a Polish geodesist BSc Warsaw (1957) PhD Warsaw (1965) Habilitation Warsaw (1975) Full Professor 1988.

Janusz Zielinski

Among the publications:

Monographs. 
1. JB ZIELIŃSKI - Gravity and Low Frequency Geodynamics. Chapters: 1.7 - The Geoid; 1.8 -Gravimetric Reductions, Isostasy and Gravity Anomalies; 2 - Space Geodesy Methods; 8 - Gravity and Reference Models. Ed. R. Teisseyre, PWN, Warsaw / Elsevier - Amsterdam, 1989. 
2. JB ZIELINSKI - Earth Size Changes. Geophysical Monograph 60, IUGG, Vol. 10, editors: GDGarland and JRApel, AGU Series 1990; and Geodesy and Cartography, Vol. 27. p.275, 1988.

81. JBZIELIŃSKI - My personal consequences of the 1st sputnik, 50 Year of Space Age Space: The First Step..Ed. Moscow, 2007, SRI RAS,

Source - here.

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KTH Mehdi Shafiei Joud 2018

Tesis oleh Mehdi Shafiei Joud “Contributions of Satellite Geodesy to Post-Glacial Rebound Research” merupakan tesis paling akhir diselia oleh Prof Sjoberg di KTH.

PhD in Geodesy, KTH (2018)

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PhD on Deformation and NCG Publication

Hiddo Phd thesis "The Elements of Deformation Analysis" submitted to TU Delft and the examining committee consists of Profs Ramon Hanssen and Welter Welsch as promoter. The other members include Profs Simkooei, Sneeuw, Klees, and Tiberius. The thesis was also published by NCG.

The Elements of Deformation Analysis

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Hiddo Velsink

A senior Delft geodesist submitted his PhD thesis on deformation. He works on his research at the age of fifty and obtained his doctorate at the age of 60. A very spectacular achievement.

Hiddo Velsink (b.1958)

Read his short cv link - hiddo

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Engineering & Mining Surveys (Chrzanowski 1999)

Adam has contributed a chapter entitled "Engineering and Mining Surveys" in a book Mapping A Northern Land. The book was published in 1999 by Mc-Gill Queen's University Press.

Contents;

Introduction; Pipeline Surveys; The St Lawrence Seaway Surveys; Mine Surveying - the techniques of mine surveying; the foundation of the International Society of Mine Surveying ISM; Hydroelectric mega projects - construction and survey of large dams, the Manicouagan-Outardes hydroelectric project, the James Bay project; Survey engineering during the construction of the Olympic Stadium; the Rogers Pass CPR Tunnel; Analysis of Deformation Surveys - the development of the generalized method of deformation analysis, the deformation analysis at the Mactaquac Power Generating Station; The monitoring of ground subsidence - subsidence at the Sparwood coal mining operation; the use of GPS in ground subsidence studies in Venezuela; Industrial alignment and metrology; The Superconducting Super Collider Project; Concluding Remarks.

Source Dell D 2 Feb 2018.

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Geodesy and Astronomy in Canada (1985)

"Geodesy and Astronomy in Canada 1885 to 1985: An historical assessment" is a monograph written by Julian A. Smith in 1985. The work is available at Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, U of Toronto.

Chp 1 Geodesy to the Renaissance
Chp 2 The scientific revolution in Geodesy
Chp 3 Geodesy in North America to Confederation
Chp 4 Canadian Geodesy in the 19th Century
Chp 5 Geodesy outside Canada to the modern era
Chp 6 Early twentieth century Canadian Geodesy
Chp 7 Geodesy between the Wars
Chp 8 Geodesy after WWII
Chp 9 Geodesy in the 1960s and 1970s
Chp 10 Geodesy in Canada  in the 1980s

Source - Dell D 2 Feb 2018.

Sonmarg

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The Contribution of Satellite Geodesy to Geosciences (Sigl 1984)

Prof Sigl menulis satu artikel awal tentang perkembangan teknologi satellite dan sumbangannya kepada geodesi. Beliau menyampaikan syarahan artikel "The Contribution of Satellite Geodesy to Geosciences" di IUGG Hamburg 1983. Artikel ini berikutnya diterbit oleh Springer dalam GeoJournal Vol 8, No 4, 1984.

Pada ketika itu Doppler masih diguna pakai manakala GPS masih dalam peringkat awal pelancaran. Teknologi satelit altimeter sudah beroperasi dengan adanya Seasat. Namun wujud pula masalah pada Seasat dan semua sedang menunggu pembangunan serta pelancaran altimeter ERS-1.

Source: Dell D 2 Feb 2018

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Terrain Indirect Effects (Chugiat Wichiencharoen 1982)

A MSc thesis by Wichiencharoen "The indirect effects on the computation of geoid undulations". The thesis was submitted to OSU Geodetic Science in Dec 1982 and later published as OSU Report 336.

Wichiencharoen MSc (1982)

Contents;

Introduction
Investigation of formula for computation
Calculation of the indirect effects and the attraction change effect using 1deg x 1deg mean elevation data
Results on the test areas
Summary and conclusion


Source - Dell D Desktop Jan 2017 PhD OSU

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Thailand, OSU and Photogrammetry (1977)

Ramai scholars dari Thailand yang menyambung pengajian ke OSU pada tahun2 1970-1980 dan berjaya memperolehi PhD dalam bidang Photogrammetry dan Geodetic Science. Antaranya ialah Wicha Jiwalai (b.1944). Beliau menulis tesis PhD ‘ANALYSIS OF PHOTOGRAMMETRIC AERIAL CAMERA CALIBRATIONS’ pada 1977.  Tesis beliau di bawah seliaan Professor S.K. Ghosh, U.A. Uotila, D C Merchant dan Professor S. Weissman.

Karier profesional Jiwalai meliputi berikut;

Pada 2004 beliau aktif dengan ISPRS dan sebagai Chairman GISTDA Thailand. Source- link dan link2.  Pada 2012 Dr Jiwalai adalah President, Asean Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics. Source - link.

ASEAN Flag Meeting
From L – R: Gerry Ong, Secretary General; See Seng Guan, Immediate Past President II, Dr. Wicha Jiwalai, President; Dia Kirana Kresnawati, Immediate Past President I and Pengiran Matusin Matasan, 

Source - fig

Karier akademik awal Jiwalai meliputi berikut;

1966 - B.S.G.E., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

1966-1969 Lecturer, College of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

1970 - BSc (Ph. E), International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Delft, The Netherlands

1972 – MSc (Ph. E) ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands  

1972-1977 Graduate Teaching and Research Associate, Department of Geodetic Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1976 MSc dari OSU.

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Buku (1997)

Satellite Orbit Integration based on Canonical Transformations with Special Regard to the Resonance and Coupling Effects.

Chunfang Cui

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