<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2207"> Lighten Everyone's Load: LIDAR Applications to Support Engineers, Planners, Scientists and More</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2206"><br>Seminar Speaker: <br>Michael Olsen, Assistant Professor of Geomatics, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2213"><br>Seminar Cost: <br>Free and open to the public</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2214"><br>Event Date: <br>Friday, May 8, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2215"><br>Where: Room 204 of the Distance Learning Center Wing of the Urban Center at PSU</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2699"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2216">Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology is reshaping the civil engineering profession and offers many unique advantages. National efforts such as the 3D Elevation Plan (3DEP) are helping increase the availability of LIDAR data. LIDAR is one of the crucial technologies that is transitioning the world of civil and construction engineering from 2D paper-based design to 3D digital design. The high spatial resolution and accuracy capabilities of LIDAR have led to increased efficiencies, improved analyses, and more informed decision making.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2240"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2217">A further advantage of this dataset is that multiple people can use the same dataset for a variety of purposes across multiple disciplines. The visual nature of the dataset also is more intuitive than traditional data acquisition and analysis techniques. This presentation will provide a brief background of LIDAR , its capabilities, limitations and platforms, and discuss its current and future role in civil engineering. Examples of a wide range of transportation, geotechnical, coastal, and structural engineering, science, and planning applications will be presented including development of mobile LIDAR guidelines for transportation applications, seacliff erosion in San Diego, CA, landslides and slope stability studies in Oregon, Alaska, and New Zealand, earthquake and tsunami damages in American Samoa, Chile, and Japan, cultural heritage in Florence, Italy, and in-situ change detection for geomorphological studies and infrastructure monitoring. Benefits and challenges of LIDAR for these applications will be highlighted. E-learning resources created as part of the mobile LIDAR guidelines for the website learnmobilelidar.com will also be shown.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2218"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2225"><a href="https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_5BZZOAQqOu8353f" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">Stream</font></a> the seminar live, or watch an archived video here when made available.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2239"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2224"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429730448960_2223" href="http://trec.pdx.edu/events/professional-development/lighten-everyones-load-lidar-applications-support-engineers-planners">http://trec.pdx.edu/events/professional-development/lighten-everyones-load-lidar-applications-support-engineers-planners</a></div></div></body></html>