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The 3rd Virtual Summit on Drone Geophysics will take place this October, but abstracts close soon. Don't miss the deadline 10 August 2022 to submit your abstract!

For the past two years this virtual event has received overwhelmingly positive reviews. The Summit on Drone Geophysics is known for outstanding technical content, but equally important, the energetic engagement of all attendees especially during our group discussions at the end of each day.

This year's Summit on Drone Geophysics keynote speakers will present on a wide variety of methods, applications, and hot topics.

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Keynote Speakers

Jasper Baur?is a PhD?candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University studying volcanology with a specialization in remote sensing. He is the co-founder and president of the Demining Research Community, an organization that focuses on developing more efficient landmine and UXO detection methods by fusing unmanned aerial vehicles with remote sensing and machine learning to help combat the international landmine crisis. He has been working on landmine detection since 2016, primarily researching ways to improve the detection of the PFM-1 antipersonnel landmine. He is also interested in the use of drones and sensors to monitor volcanic activity to better anticipate volcanic eruptions. Jasper is an FAA certified remote pilot and passionate about combining art and science, through creating scientific illustrations.

Presentation Title: Utilizing UAV based imagery to identify and automate detection of surface lain mines and UXOs

Daniel Bochicchio,?is an environmental consultant, geologist, and drone pilot with an affinity for innovative technology. Dan has served as co-founder of a drone services company, director of drone program for an environmental consulting firm, and advocate for educating the public and scientific communities on the advances and advantages of using unmanned aircraft in environmental monitoring. His aim is to increase awareness and understanding of this burgeoning technology for fellow scientists and drone advocates alike.

Talk Title: BVLOS: Geoscience Beyond the Horizon

Timothy S. de Smet, PhD, is a research assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies and director of the Geophysics and Remote Sensing Laboratory at Binghamton University. His areas of expertise are aerial remote sensing and near-surface applied geophysics. Dr. de Smet’s research utilizing frequency and time-domain electromagnetic-induction, magnetometry, ground-penetrating radar, and aerial LiDAR and thermal infrared remote sensing has been published in?GEOPHYICS,?Remote Sensing,?Near Surface Geophysics,?Journal of Applied Geophysics,?Sedimentary Geology,?PLOS ONE,?Archaeological Prospection, and?The Leading Edge amongst others. Dr. de Smet has received funding for his research from the National Science Foundation, National Park Service, and United States Geological Survey. He is an FAA 107 certified UAS remote pilot.?

Jan Francke has spent the entirety of his 33-year career in geophysics trying to understand how and where ground penetrating radar works.?He runs Groundradar, which designs and deploys custom GPR systems, as well as Geolitix, a cloud-based GPR and geophysics processing platform He has worked in over 108 countries, and holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD all in GPR-related geophysics.

Jan frequently lectures at Universities and Conferences on managing expectations with GPR technology, a task made more challenging with a tool which is often misunderstood and oversold.

Talk Title: Managing Expectations with Drone GPR

Robert Jackisch, Postdoc, Technical University Berlin – Geoinformation in Environmental Planning Lab, is a geoscientist with an emphasis on remote sensing, geology,?geoecology, and enthusiastic for drone-based research. He completed his PhD in winter 2022 at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg in collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg. There, Robert worked with UAVs, spectral imaging, and magnetometers to develop integration workflows for UAV-based magnetics and hyperspectral methods for mineral exploration and geologic mapping since 2016. He applied UAV-based monitoring for environmental problems and, together with the Alfred Wegener Institute, led the 2021 UAV campaign in Eastern Siberia to investigate wildfire impacts on the boreal forest using LiDAR and multispectral sensors.

Presentation Title: Drone-based multi-sensor data integration in mineral exploration, mining legacy and environmental monitoring

Sami Khanal is an assistant professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering (FABE) at Ohio State University, where she leads the Ag Sensing Lab. She is also an affiliated graduate faculty member of OSU’s Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department, Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP), as well as a member of OSU’s Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS), Sustainability Institute, and Translational Data Analytics (TDA) Discovery Theme. Her research program focuses on improving the understanding of complex interactions among crop, water, and nutrient dynamics at field and landscape scales to enhance agricultural productivity and improve environmental quality. Her research involves the application of remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), ecosystem modeling, and machine learning approaches. The outcomes of her program contribute toward promoting the adoption of optimal site-specific agricultural conservation measures. More specifically, her research program focuses on three distinct, yet interconnected themes related to digital agriculture: 1) multiscale remote sensing for detecting crop and soil phenomena, 2) ecosystem modeling for assessing synergies and tradeoffs of agricultural practices, and 3) big data analytics (machine learning and geospatial assessment) for agricultural decision-making.

Presentation Title: Multiscale crop health monitoring using deep learning in remote sensing data

Scott McDougall, P.Eng. is an assistant professor of geological engineering in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He joined UBC in 2016 after working for 10 years as a consulting engineer with BGC Engineering Inc., where he was engaged in a wide variety of projects in the mining, energy, transportation, and municipal development sectors. He specializes in the development of new tools and techniques for the assessment and mitigation of geohazards, including landslides, landslide-generated waves, shoreline erosion, and dam breaches. His research approach involves a combination of field data collection and mapping of past events, statistical analysis, computer modelling, and laboratory experimentation.

Talk Title: with Andrew Mitchell: Geohazard characterization using a UAV-lidar system

Andrew Mitchell, P.Eng. is a senior geotechnical engineer with BGC Engineering Inc., based in Vancouver, BC. He works extensively with remote sensing techniques such as lidar and photogrammetry to enhance on-the-ground observations for geohazard assessments and mitigation design in the hydroelectric, transportation, mining, and municipal sectors. Dr. Mitchell also works with numerical and empirical models for predicting flow-like landslide runout. He recently completed his PhDd at the University of British Columbia, where one of his projects was collecting UAV-lidar data of debris flow fans in southwest BC, using the data to calibrate numerical runout models of debris flow events.

Talk Title: Geohazard characterization using a UAV-lidar system

Johannes B. Stoll has a background in geophysics and electrochemistry and has held various positions in teaching and research at universities and in the oil and gas industry, mainly borehole geophysics. He has more than 15 years of experience as an active exploration geophysicist.

In 2008, he began investigating the use of small and midsized drones for airborne geophysical data acquisition focusing on geomagnetic and electromagnetic methods. He formed Mobile Geophysical Technologies GmbH in 2011 to provide geophysical services employing unmanned multicopters and helicopters in commercial projects for the mining industry and environmental and groundwater industry. Johannes holds a PhD in Geophysics from University of Frankfurt/Main, and from Technical University of Freiberg/Saxony, Germany. His talk title for the 2022 Summit on Drone Geophysics is Drones in Geophysical Exploration - A New Era of Automation is Coming.

Presentation Title: Drones in Geophysical Exploration - A New Era of Automation is Coming

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