PhD Surv UNSW (1963-1982)

The first PhD in Surveying from UNSW was awarded to Peter (Petrus) Richardus in 1963. Peter was at that time an academic staff handling BSurv program at UNSW. Following were the pioneers of PhD graduands in surveying program of UNSW from 1963 to 1982.

Peter Richardus - seated no 1 from left

1963:
Petrus Richardus "The application of diffractive light in surveying."
[In 1960 he obtained his ME degree also from UNSW "Investigations into the accuracy of geodetic methods applied to measurements of horizontal deflections and displacements of concrete dam"]

1968:
Allman, John Stuart "Investigations into the accuracy of geodetic methods applied to measurements of horizontal deflections and displacements of concrete dam"
Mather, RS "The free air geoid in South Australia and its relation to the equipotential surfaces of the Earth's gravitational field" Ronald Sunthereraj Mather

1971:
Bennett, GG (BSurv Melb 1954, MSc Melb 1965) "Theoretical and practical study of gyroscopic attachment for a theodolite"
Fryer, JG "The effect of the geoid on the Australian geodetic network"
Trinder, JC "The accuracy of monocular pointing to blurred photogrammetric signals" (Trinder b.1938 and retired 1999)

1973:
Stolz, A "Three dimensional Cartesian coordinates of part of the Australian Geodetic Network by the use of local astronomic vector systems" (BSurv UNSW 1963)

1974:
HL Mitchell "Relations between mean sea level and geodetic levelling in Australia"
AJ Robinson (BSurv UNSW 1962) "A study of zero error and ground swing of model MRA101 Tellurometer"

1975:
GJ Hoar "The analysis, precision and optimization of control surveys"
GJF Holden "An evaluation of orthophotography in an integrated mapping system"

1976:
EG Anderson "The effect of topography on solution of Stokes' problem"
AHW Kearsley "The computation of deflections of the vertical from gravity anomalies" Arthur Henry William

1977:
K Bretreger "Earth tide effect on geodetic observations"

1980:
Rizos, C "The role of the gravity field in sea surface topography studies" (BSurv UNSW 1975)

1981:
Richard Coleman "A geodetic basis for recovering ocean dynamic information from satellite altimetry"
Forster, BC "Some measures of urban residual quality from Landsat multi-spectral data"

1982: Larden, D "Monitoring of the Earth's rotation by Lunar Laser Ranging"

1983: Patterson, RC "Approximation and statistical methods in physical geodesy"

1985: Harvey, BR "The combination of VLBI and ground data for geodesy and geophysics"

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