Robert T. Pack Research Associate Professor E-Mail: rtpack@cc.usu.edu |
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Degrees:
PhD Civil Engineering, Utah State University, 1985
M.S. Geological Engineering, University of British Columbia,
1982
B.S. Engineering Geology, Brigham Young University,
1980
Number of years of service on this faculty: 4 years
Date of original appointment: July 11, 1998
Other related experience:
1998-present Research Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
1998-present Principal, Lidar Pacific Corporation
1988-2000 Project Engineer and President, Terratech
Consulting, Ltd.
1996-1998 Adjunct Associate Professor, Utah State University
1985-1988 Project Engineer and Engineering Geologist,
Thurber Consultants, Ltd.
Consulting, patents, etc.:
Patent-Pending: Pack, R.T. and F.B. Pack. 2002, 3D Multispectral
Lidar. New U.S. Patent Application filed with the U.S. Patent Office, Washington,
D.C., January 15, 2002
State(s) in which registered: British Columbia, Washington, Utah
Principal publications of last five years:
There have been ~12 publications during the last five years. Below are some of the most recent ones.
An approach to the real-time 3D georectification of imagery. 2001 Conference of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, St. Louis, MO, April 23-27, 2001.
Imaging lidar development at USU Space Dynamics Laboratory. 15th Annual Conference on Geographic Information Systems, February 19-22, 2001, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2001.
A probabilistic approach for channel initiation. Presentation given at Colorado State University, Hydrology Days, March 2001. (With E. Istanbulluoglu, D.G. Tarboton, and C. Luce)
Assessing terrain stability in a GIS using SINMAP, 15th Annual Conference on Geographic Information Systems, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, February 19-22, 2001. (With D.G. Tarboton and C.N. Goodwin)
The Lidar Orthoimaging System (LOIS). Internal Research
and Development report to the Space Dynamics Laboratory, 29 p., 1999. (With
T.D. Wilkerson, B. Browther,
F.B. Pack, J. McKay, S. Moddy, and D.G. Tarboton)
Physical operability mapping and stability index mapping,
lower Sukunka TU. Research report prepared for Canadian Forest Products, Chetwynd
Division through Terratech Consulting,
Ltd, 17 p. 1999.
Scientific and professional societies of which member:
Institute of Navigation
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
American Society of Civil Engineers
Canadian Geotechnical Society
Geological Society of America
Honors and awards:
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for PhD work at USU, 1985
Graduate Research in Engineering and Technology Award,
Science Council of British
Columbia, 1981
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Geology Honor Society in Geology,
1980
Max Prescott Distinguished Alumni Award, Brigham Young
University, 1980
Edcuational Expeditions International (EEI) Nat’l
Scholarship in Archeology, 1974
Institutional and professional service in the last five
years:
GIS for Civil and Environmental Engineers, CEE 5190/6190
each Fall Semester at USU
Geometric Highway Design, CEE 5230/6230 each Fall Semester
at USU
Module 1 of the Forest Engineering Program for the Forest
Management Institute of
British Columbia, Vancouver,
B.C. Canada, once or twice a year.
Professional development activities in the last five
years:
President, Utah/Idaho Region of the American Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing, 2001 to present
Member of the Board of Directors of the Forest Engineering
Institute of British
Columbia, 1996-97
Member of the Professional Engineers/Professional Foresters
of British Columbia
Joint Practice Board, 1995-2000
Member of the Professional Engineers/Applied Science
Technologists of British
Columbia Joint Practice Board,
1995
Chairman, Vancouver Island Geotechnical Society, 1986-88
Geological Society of American Representative to the
ASCE-GSA-AEG Joint
Committee on Engineering Geology,
1985-91