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 (1997 - Present, Tenured), Surveying and Mapping
- Associate Professor (1991-97, Tenured), Surveying and Mapping
- Assistant professor (1986-91), Surveying
and Mapping
- Graduate Status Faculty (GSF) 1988-91.
- Doctorate Research Faculty (DRF) since January,
1991
Principal Publications
Books
- Contributor to Adjustment Computations (Practical
Least Squares for Surveyors by Paul R. Wolf, 4th. Printing
1987, Landmark Enterprises, 10324 Newton Way, Rancho Cordova,
CA 95670
Refereed
- 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.
- 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.
- Shrestha, R.L., W.E. Carter, M. Lee, P. Finer and M. Sartori;
"Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Accuracy Assessment for Surveying
and Mapping Applications," Journal of American Congress
on Surveying and Mapping, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 83-94,
1999.
- Gutelius, G, W.E. Carter, R.L. Shrestha, E. Medvedev, R.
Gutierez, and J.G. Gibeaut, "Engineering Applications of Airborne
Scanning Lasers: Reports from the Field," HIGHLIGHT
ARTICLE, PE&RS, The Journal of American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing, Vol. LXIV, No. 4, pp. 246-253,
1998.
- Raabe, E.A., R.P. Stumpf, N.J. Marth, and R.L. Shrestha
(1996); "A Precise Vertical Network: Establishing New Orthometric
Heights With Static GPS Surveys in Florida Tidal Marshes,"
Surveying and Land Information Systems, the Journal
of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM),
Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 200-211.
- Stanislawski, L.V., B.A. Dewitt & R. S. Shrestha (1996);
"Estimating Positional Accuracy of Data Layers Within a GIS
Through Error Propagation," the Journal of the American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol.62,
No. 4, pp. 429-433.
Archived Proceedings
- Slatton, K.C., William Carter, and Ramesh Shrestha, "A
Simulator for Airborne Laser Swath Mapping via Photon Counting,"
SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, (in
press), 28 March - 1 April 2005.
- Slatton, K.C., M. Coleman, W. Carter, R. Shrestha, M.
Sartori, "Control Methods for Merging ALSM and Ground?-Based
Laser Point Clouds Acquired Under Forest Canopies," Proceedings
of SPIE, 4th International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote
Sensing Symposium, vol. 5661, Nov. 2004, pp. 96-103.
- Carter, W.E., R. Shrestha, K. C. Slatton, "Photon-counting
airborne laser swath mapping (PC-ALSM)", Proceedings
of SPIE, 4th International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote
Sensing Symposium, invited, vol. 5661, Nov. 2004,
pp. 78-85.
- Carter, W.E., R. L. Shrestha, and K. C. Slatton, "Photon
Counting Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (PCALSM)," IAG
International Symposium: Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions
(GGSM), (in press), invited, 2004
- Shrestha, R.L. W. E. Carter, M. Sartori and B. Luzum,
"Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Quantifying Changes in Sandy
Beaches Over Time Scales of Days to Decades." International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Honolulu,
Hawaii, Nov. 10 - 14, 2003.
- Carter, W.E., R.L. Shrestha,, M. Sartori and B. Luzum,
"Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: Interpreting Artifacts in
the Processed Data Provide Important Information about the
Quality of the Observations," the 30th. International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Honolulu,
Hawaii, Nov. 10 - 14, 2003.
- Carter, W.E., R.L. Shrestha, D. Bloomquist, and M. Sartori,
"Airborne Laser Swath Mapping and High Resolution Digital
Photography: Detecting Invasive Exotic Plants," A
Workshop & Conference on: Detecting Invasive Exotic Plants:
Approaches for the Florida Landscape, Feb. 12 -
14, 2003, Miami Fl, pp. 1- 8.
- Carter, W.E., R.L. Shrestha, D. Bloomquist, and M. Sartori,
"Airborne Laser Swath Mapping: First and Second Epoch Surveys
of Landslide Areas in South Dakota," Abstract, AGU
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA Dec., 6-10, 2002.
- Carter, W. E., R.L. Shrestha and S. P. Leatherman, "Airborne
Laser Swath Mapping: Applications to Shoreline Mapping,"
proceedings of International Symposium on Marine
Positioning (INSMAP '98), FIT, Melbourne, FL, pp.
323-333, 1998.
- Carter, W.E., and R. L. Shrestha, "Airborne Laser Swath
Mapping: Results from Project Laser," Proceedings
of the International Society for Optical Engineering, Laser
Radar Technology and Applications III, pp. 270-268,
Orlando Florida, 1998.
Scientific and Professional Socities
- Member, American Congress on Surveying
and Mapping
- Member, American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing
- Member, Institute of Navigation
- Member, Florida-Nepal Association
Associate Member, Florida Society of
Professional Land Surveyors
- Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research
Society, NJIT Chapter
- Minutes Secretary (1983-94), New Jersey
Institute of Technology
- Member, Dean's Committee on Computer-Aided
Engineering, New Jersey Institute of
Technology
Honors and Awards
| 1996 |
National Award: "Intergraph
Award for Best Scientific Paper in Spatial Data Standards
for an outstanding merit that advances knowledge of
spatial standards," Title of the paper: Estimating
Positional Accuracy of Data Layers Within a GIS Through
Error Propagation, Published in: Photogrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing, the Journal of
the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing, Vol., 2, No. 4, pp. 429-433, 1996., Authors:
L.V. Stanislawski (Ph.D. candidate)., B.A. Dewitt & R.
L. Shrestha |
| 1996 |
Merit Award, American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) |
| 1996 |
Region Newsletter of the Year Award (2nd Place),
ASPRS |
| 1993 |
Presidential Citation for Exceptional
Service for an outstanding contribution to the land surveying
profession and the Florida Society of Professional Land
Surveyors |
| 1992 |
Plaque and Citation by the UF Surveying
and Mapping Student Chapter for an "Outstanding
Support to the Student Chapter," |
| 1983 |
Geodetic Fellowship Award, Association
for Geodetic Surveying, American Congress on Surveying
and Mapping |
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