Shrestha

Ramesh L. Shrestha

Professor- Director, NSF supported National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)- Director, The GEM Research Center
Division: Geosensing Systems

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Office Phone: (352) 392-4999
Location: 404 Reed Lab
Email Address: rshre@ce.ufl.edu
Fax: (352) 392-5032
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Education

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin 1983
M.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University 1979
B.S. Land Surveying Sciences, North East London Polytechnic (London, England) 1976
B.S. Math, Science, Physics, Statistics, Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu, Nepal) 1971 
(Certificate in GPS Tutorials) Institute of Navigation 1987
(Certificate in Geographic Information Software ARC/INFO Training) 1990
(Certificate in ASHTECH GPS Survey Training) 1990


Years of Service on this Faculty

Professor 2004-present Geosensing Systems
Professor 1997 - 2004 Surveying and Mapping
Associate Professor 1991-97 Surveying and Mapping
Assistant professor 1986-91 Surveying and Mapping


Professional Registration


Principal Publications

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, May, 2005 (invited, in press)

Luzum, B. J., Slatton, K. C., Shrestha, R. L., 2004, "Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Stability of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping Data in a Novel Feature Space," IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, December, (in press), 2005.

Parish, C., G. Tuell, B. Carter and R. Shrestha; "Configuring an Airborne Laser Scanner for Detecting Airport Obstructions," Journal of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), Vol. 71, No. 1, January 2005, pp. 37-46.

Brian J. Luzum, K. Clint Slatton, and Ramesh L. Shrestha, "Identi?cation and Analysis of Airborne Laser Swath Mapping Data in a Novel Feature Space", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 1 , no. 4, Oct. 2004, pp. 268 - 271.

Carter, W.E. and R. L. Shrestha, '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.