Trevor F Baker – Earth tides and ocean tide loading

Trevor Baker name is spotted when glancing through the IAG 104 symposia proceeding. Baker is a scientist working at Bidston Observatory, Merseyside UK. Later searching through google a lot more info on him were found. Baker worked a lot on tide … [Continue reading]

Urho Uotila (PhD – OSU 1959)

The first PhD thesis on gravimetry at OSU was written by Urho Uotila.Uotila is a re-known professor in geodesy at OSU Geodetic Science Dept. Uotila (his full name is Urho Antti Kalevi Uotila) obtained PhD from OSU in 1959. His thesis “Investigation … [Continue reading]

Fred Doyle dan GS OSU (1920-2013)

Apabila Dept of GS OSU ditubuhkan Fred Doyle adalah salah seorang professor yang menjadi pengasasnya. Beliau bersama Heiskanen merupakan tokoh utama di belakang penubuhan GS di OSU. Pada ketika itu nama GS belum digunakan sebaliknya Institute of … [Continue reading]

Bengkel Pemantapan Kurikulum Geomatik

Satu lagi bengkel yang turut diadakan minggu ini ialah Bengkel Pemantapan Kurikulum BSc Kej Geomatik. Bengkel diadakan selama dua hari 18-19 Jan 2017. Ini adalah lanjutan dari resolusi yang diputuskan ketika Bengkel Strategi di Melaka pada Dec 2015 … [Continue reading]

Bengkel Penyediaan Proposal FRGS

FGHT telah mengadakan bengkel berkaitan penyediaan proposal FRGS. Bengkel diadakan sehari pada hari ini di Blok T06. Penceramah yang dijemput ialah PM Dr Zulkifli Latif dari Jabatan Sains Ukur Uitm dan juga salah seorang pengurus RMC di Uitm. … [Continue reading]

Clair Eugene Ewing (PhD OSU – 1955)

The first PhD awarded by OSU Dept of Geodetic Science was to C. E. Ewing in 1955. Ewing wrote a thesis "The parallel radius method of solving the inverse Shoran problem". At that time the GS Department was known as Institute of Geodesy, … [Continue reading]

William Mason Kaula (MSc OSU – 1953)

The first MSc in Geodetic Science at OSU was awarded to William Mason Kaula (WM Kaula) in 1953. He wrote a thesis “Gravimetrically computed deflections of the vertical”. The work was supervised by WA Heiskanen and the thesis was 60 pages. … [Continue reading]

Final Exam Sghu4863

The final exam of Sghu4863 (Industrial Svy) was held today starts at 9 am at BK2. All 43 students turned out and sat the exam. One of them came almost 40 minutes late. She over slept and have to be called through handphone. Luckily her roommate … [Continue reading]

Majlis Pautan Ukhwah BKFGHT

Pada pagi ini BKFGHT mengadakan satu majlis khas yang dinamakan Majlis Pautan Ukhwah. Antara agendanya adalah untuk meraikan staf fakulti yang bersara sepanjang 2016 dan juga meraikan staf yang baru bertugas/bertukar tempat kerja ke FGHT. Empat staf … [Continue reading]

PSM Proposal Presentation

Today all final year students of BGeom program (4Sghu) presented their PSM proposal. The session ran parallel at six different rooms. The session I am involved was at DK2 with six students. Photo after session finished - - - - - … [Continue reading]