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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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time unselfishly to the Society and have
worked diligently for the science and the
profession.” The two new awards will be
bestowed during a ceremony during the
ASPRS Annual Conference in Baltimore
in March.
I am grateful to the ASPRS, which
has provided an invaluable technical
environment and shaped me as
professional, and to many of my former
and current bosses who allowed me to
be creative. I am also grateful to many
of my friends and colleagues who I meet
at work or technical conferences and who
have trusted my technical opinions. I also
want to offer many thanks to the readers
of my column, “Mapping Matters,” who
challenged me with difficult questions,
which have contributed to polishing my
skills and knowledge.
Finally, my friends, I encourage you to
keep up the good work and do not get
discouraged if the tide sometimes flows
against your dreams. This too shall pass.
You will prevail.
Who I am?
Phonetic pronunciation of my first name: KAA-SIM
I am a civil engineer and photogrammetrist, a graduate of the Civil Engineering
Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. I consider myself an
accomplished scientist with more than 40 years of combined industrial, research
and development, and academic experience in analytical photogrammetry, digital
remote sensing, and civil and surveying engineering. My current responsibilities
include designing and managing strategic programs to develop and implement
new remote sensing technologies focused on meeting the evolving needs of
geospatial users. Currently, I work as a lead research scientist and a member of
Woolpert Labs team. In addition, I serve as an adjunct professor at the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County and at Penn State teaching graduate courses
on UAS, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
My latest accomplishments include evaluating and introducing the Geiger and
single photon LiDAR to the geospatial industry and leading Woolpert research
activities in the field of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), its sensor calibration,
and its workflow development. I publishes a monthly column “MappingMatters”,
in the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
journal PE&RS. Besides being a certified photogrammetrist by ASPRS, I am
also a licensed professional surveyor and mapper with the states of Florida,
Oregon, Virginia, and South Carolina. I am also a certified thermographer by
the FLIR Infrared Training Center and a Certified GEOINT Professional in
Remote Sensing and Imagery Analysis (CGP-R) by the United States Geospatial
Intelligence Foundation (USGIF).
