Dr. Ramesh Shrestha, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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• Areas of expertise

  • Airborne Lase Swath Mapping
  • Geodesy
  • GPS, GIS
  • Lidar surface modeling
  • Airborne digital imaging and mapping

• Awards

  • Feature Article (with Carter and Slatton), "Geodetic Laser Scanning ,” Physics Today, Dec., 2007.
  • Winner of Cover Page Image, “Topography Unveiled,” Physics Today, Dec., 2007.
  • Named semifinalist in the International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge (2007), sponsored by the
  • National Science Foundation and the Journal of Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
  • Recipient of: John I. Davidson President’s 2nd Place Award for Best Practical Paper (with Parris, and Tuell), “Configuring an Airborne Laser Scanner for Detecting Airport Obstructions,” Journal of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), 2006.
  • Recipient of: Intergraph Award for Best Scientific Paper in Spatial Data Standards for an outstanding merit that advances knowledge of spatial standards (with Stanislawaski, and Dewitt), “Estimating Positional Accuracy of Data Layers Within a GIS Through Error Propagation,”, Journal of the American Society for Photogrammetry and RemoteSensing, 1996.
  • Merit Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), 1996.
  • Region Newsletter of the Year Award (2nd Place), 1996, ASPRS.
  • Presidential Citation for Exceptional Service for an outstanding contribution to the land surveying profession and the Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors, 1993.
  • Plaque and Citation by the UF Surveying and Mapping Student Chapter for an "Outstanding Support to the Student Chapter," 1992.

• Publications

  • Raabe, E., M.S. Harris, R.L. Shrestha, and W.E. Carter; “Determination of Ground Surface and Vegetation in a Coastal Florida Wetland with Airborne Laser Technology,” Open‐File report 2008‐1125, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1125/, 2008.
  • Carter, W. E., R. L. Shrestha and K.C. Slatton; “Geodetic Laser Scanning ,” Feature Article, Physics Today, pp.41‐47, Dec. 2007.
  • Slatton, C., W. E. Carter, R. Shrestha; "Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Achieving the resolution and accuracy for geosurficial research,”, Special Section, Geophysical Research Letter, Vol 34, L23S10, Dec. 2007.
  • Shrestha, R.L. W. E. Carter, M. Sartori, B. Luzum, and C. Slatton “Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Quantifying Changes in Sandy Beaches Over Time Scales of Days to Decades,” (invited) Journal of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,, Vol. 59, pp. 222‐232, 2005.
  • Luzum, B. J., Slatton, K. C., Shrestha, R. L., 2004, “Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Stability of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping Data in Feature Space,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 1403‐1420, June 2005.
  • Parish, C., G. Tuell, B. Carter and R. Shrestha; “Configuring an Airborne Laser Scanner for Detecting Airport Obstructions,” Winner of ASPRS 2006 John I. Davidson President’s 2nd Place Award for Best Practical Paper, Journal of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 37‐ 46, 2005.
  • Carter, W.E., R. L. Shrestha, and K. C. Slatton, “Photon Counting Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (PC―ALSM),” Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions, edited by C. Jekeli, L. Bastos and J. Fernandes (Eds), published by Springer, IAG International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Vol. 129, pp. 214 ‐ 217, 2005.
  • Slatton, K.C., K. Nagarajaan, V. Aggarwal, H. Lee, W. Carter and R. Shrestha, “Multiscale Estimation of Terrain Complexity Using ALSM Point Data on Variable Resolution Grids,” Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions, edited by C.
  • Jekeli, L. Bastos and J. Fernandes (Eds), published by Springer, IAG International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Vol. 129, pp. 224 ‐ 229, 2005.
  • Brian J. Luzum, K. Clint Slatton, and Ramesh L. Shrestha, "Identification and Analysis of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping Data in a Novel Feature Space", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 1 , no. 4, pp. 268 ‐ 271, 2004.
  • Carter, W.E., R. L. Shrestha, G. Tuell, D. Bloomquist, and M. L Sartori ‘Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Shining New Light on Earth Topography,” The EOS Transaction, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 82, No. 46, pp. 550‐555, Nov. 13, 2001.

  For more publications, see faculty website above.

• Patents

  • None available.

• Grants and Funded Research

  • NCALM received grants from:

    #	NSF Programs Supporting NCALM	Federal Gov. & Military	State & Others
    1	Division of Earth Sciences	Office of Naval Research	Florida DEP
    2	Biocomplexity	USGS	Florida DOT
    3	Civil and Mechanical Systems	USDA	Pinellas County
    4	Continental Dynamics	US National Park Service	Broward County
    5	EarthScope	NASA	Lake County
    6	Geology and Paleontology	US ARMY	Miami‐Dade County
    7	Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics	NOAA	Alachua County
    8	Hydrologic Sciences (SGER)	US Forest Service	Florida International University
    9	Mathematical Geosciences	FAA	San Francisco Public Utilities
    10	Petrology and Geochemistry	Joint Precision Strike Force	Tennessee DOT
    		Demonstration, VA	State of FL Division of Forestry
    11	Science and Technology Center Grant	US DOT	Georgia DOT
    12	Tectonics		University of Georgia
    13			Swiss Federal
    14			CA Water Quality Control Board
    15			South FL Water Man. Dept.
    16			St. Johns Water Man Dept.
    17			SW FL Water Man. District
    18			Jones $ Edmunds Associates, Inc.
    19			Sabina & Waters, Inc.
    20			Nova Digital Corporation

  More research information in faculty website above.

• Curriculum Vitae

  • None available.

• Contact information

  UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Rm. 216

  Phone: 832-842-8882 | Fax: 713-743-0186

  rlshrestha@uh.edu