Abdallatef Mohamed MSc Project (2013)

I have managed supervising Abdalatef A M Mohamed (b.1977) for his project leading to a MSc in Geomatic Eng. Abdallatef is from Libya and he enrolled in MSc Geom Eng taught course program. Abdalatef thesis was entitled "Development of geodetic deformation analysis software based on iterative weighted similarity transformation technique". He submitted and defended his thesis in July 2013.

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GWG Team 2 Meeting - Jupem (2013)

A meeting for Geodetic Working Group Team 2 (GWG T2) was held at Geodesy Section, Jupem in July 2013. GWG T2 is the working group on gravity and geoid modelling. This is the first meeting called with the intention to get to know the members of the group. During the meeting I took the opportunity presenting a talk entitled "Geoid determination: A review".

A discussion with GWG Team 2 group members after the talk

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Completed PSM Topics (2012/13)

The title of PSM of the four students who have finished their work by June 2013 were;

Norehan binti Md Yaacob "The evaluation of related gravity field obtained from recent Global Gravitational Model - Case study: Klang Valley region".

Nor Atiqah binti Zulhisham "The assessment of variance components estimation for 2D network least-squares adjustment".

Tan Tian Chaun "The adjustment of geodetic network using robust technique of iterative weighting".

Mohd Nasrul Hafiz bin Mohd Noordin "Pembangunan peta web bagi UTM menggunakan ArcGis Online"

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Progress Report – Geomatics Eng Calgary

The annual report of Department of Geomatics Engineering U of Calgary is named as progress report. The contents include among others – personnel; undergraduate studies; graduate studies; research & publications; equipment and facilities.

Report 1992/93 to 1994/95

(Head of Dept Klaus-Peter Schwarz – 1992/93; 93/94 and 94/95)

Report 1996, 1997 & 1998

Head of Dept – Gerard Lachapelle (1996/97 & 1997/98)

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Annual Report – Geomatics Melbourne Uni

Turut sama ditemui ketika sesi mengemas librari di ofis ialah lapuran tahunan yang diterbit oleh jabatan geomatik di banyak universiti luar. Salah satunya ialah laporan tahunan Department of Geomatics, Melbourne University Australia. Laporan ini boleh diminta secara bertulis atau melalui emel dan mereka menghantarnya melalui pos.

Dept of Geomatics bermula dengan nama Dept of Surveying yang ditubuh pada 1949. Dept of Surv kemudian menukar nama kepada Dept of Surveying and Land Information dan seterusnya kepada Dept of Geomatics pada hujung 1993.

annual report – year 2002 and 2003

content page

lapuran menjangkau 70 m/surat

Baca AS vol 40 supp issue 1995 p.3-5 utk info ttg penukaran nama geomatics dept melb uni.

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PSM Supervision (2012/13)

Five students were doing final year project under my supervision in 2012-13. They finished their work by June 2013. The five were Atiqah, Norehan, Tan Tian Chaun, Nasrul and Khairunnisa.

Atiqah and Norehan (just after their successful presentations)

Tan Tian Chaun

(Tan is now works at a LS company in JB)

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UNB Pioneer Graduands (BScE and MScE)

It seems that surveying department at UNB has pioneer graduates in about the same period with those in UNSW. The first batch BScE from UNB graduated in 1962. There were four candidates graduated with BScE (three from Canada and one from USA). In 1963 another six graduates with BScE and one with MScE (the first postgraduate degree from UNB).

The first MScE graduand was Eugene Derenyi with thesis entitled “Deflections of the Vertical in Central New Brunswick.” In 1965 another two MScE candidate were graduated – Emenike from Nigeria and Wolfgang Faig from New Brunswick. Emenike’s thesis entitled “Analysis of Stereotemplet Triangulation Error” while Faig wrote on “Photogrammetry Applied to Arctic Glacier Surveys”

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