Arras, Tracy
Senior Lecturer/Lower Division Coordinator
Contact:Email
Phone: 541-737-9697

Research Interests:
- Geographical information systems
- Integration of geomatic technologies (remote sensing, image processing, and GPS) for engineering applications

Teaching Interests:
- Introductory GIS
- GIS and Water Resources

Che, Erzhuo "Ezra"
Assistant Professor (Senior Research)
Contact: Email

Research Interests:
- Laser scanning
- Point cloud processing
- Error Modeling

Teaching:
- CE566 3D Laser Scanning and Imaging (4)
- CE562 Digital Terrain Modeling (4)

Personal Website:
LinkedIn

Jung, Jaehoon
Assistant Professor (Senior Research)
Contact:Email

Research Interests:
- Lidar data processing
- Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
- Scan-to-BIM

Teaching Interests:
- Machine Learning
- WebGIS

Olsen, Michael
Professor
Contact:Email
Phone: 541-737-9327

Research Interests:
- Terrestrial laser scanning
- Remote sensing
- GIS
- Geotechnical engineering
- Earthquake engineering
- Hazard mitigation
- 3D visualization

Teaching:
- CE 202, Geospatial info and GIS (3)
- CE 365, Highway Location and Design (3)
- CE 562, Digital Terrain Modeling (4)
- CE 566, 3D laser scanning and Imaging (4)
- CE 568, Least Squares Adjustment (3)

Personal Website:
LinkedIn

Park, Jihye
Assistant Professor
Contact: Email
Phone: 541-737-4563 		Research Interests:
- High accuracy GNSS positioning
- GNSS remote sensing
- GNSS meteorology
- GNSS-Reflectometry
- Geotechnical engineering
- Geohazard monitoring and mitigation

Teaching:
-CE 202, Geospatial info and GIS (3)
-CEM 263, Plane Surveying (3)
-CE 564, GNSS (4)
-CE 568, Least Squares Adjustment (4)
-CE 663, Geodesy (4)

Parrish, Chris
Associate Professor
Contact:Email
Phone: 541-737-5688

Research Interests:
- Full-waveform LiDAR
- Topographic-bathymetric LiDAR
- Hyperspectral imagery
- Uncertainty modeling
- UAVs for coastal applications

Teaching:
- CEM263, Plane Surveying (3)
- CE 361, Survey Theory (4)
- CE461/561, Photogrammetry (3)
- CE 567, Coastal Remote Sensing (4)
- CE 661, Kinematic Positioning and Navigation (3)
- CCE 561, Hydrographic Surveying (3)

Personal Website:
Parrish Research Group

Simpson, Chase
Instructor
Contact:Email
Phone: 541-737-7007

Research Interests:
- Uncrewed Aircraft Systems for surveying and mapping
- Real-Time GNSS Networks
- Boundary Surveys and Boundary Law
- Control Surveying

Teaching:
- CEM 263, Plane Surveying (3)
- CE 361, Survey Theory (4)
- CE 365, Highway Location and Design (3)
- CE 463/563, Control Survey (4)
- CE 465/565, Oregon Land Survey Law (3)
- CE 469/569, Property Surveys (3)
- CCE 561, Hydrographic Surveying (3)

Personal Website:
LinkedIn

Turkan, Yelda
Associate Professor
Contact:Email
Phone: 541-737-2631

Research Interests:
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning for the Built Environment
- Scan-to-BIM
- Automation in Construction
- Virtual Design and Construction
- Uncrewed Aircraft Systems for Infrastructure Monitoring
- Remote Sensing for Natural Hazard Engineering / Disaster Management

Teaching:
- CE 420, Engineering Planning
- CEM 442, Building Construction Management
- CCE 528, Advanced Virtual Design Construction

Personal Website:
LinkedIn

Emeritus


Schultz, Robert
Professor
Contact:Email
Phone: 541-737-3052

Research Interests:
- Surveying and mapping
- Geodesy
- Photogrammetry
- Boundary law

Teaching Interests:
- Plane and Geodetic surveying
- Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Survey Law and Property Surveying
- Highway Location and Design

Affiliated Faculty


Gillins, Dan
Courtesy Professor
Geodesist, National Geodetic Survey
Contact:Email

Research Interests:
- Evaluating UAV technology for performing aerial surveys
- Optimization of UAV flight paths and camera pointing angles
- Use of UAVs for inspecting structural systems
- Height modernization surveys with GNSS
- Evaluation and development of methods for deriving accurate orthometric/ellipsoidal heights with GNSS
- Development of a web-GIS for managing bridge inventory information, historical plans, and safety inspections
- Development of a web-GIS for exploring and assessing mapped earthquake hazards in Oregon
- Development of methods to predict and map liquefaction and lateral spreading hazards in GIS
- Assessing case histories of lateral spreading during subduction zone earthquakes
- Boundary surveys and boundary law
- Cadastral surveys and resurveys of the United States Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
- Federal land title claim

Teaching:
- CE 505, Least squares adjustments (3)
- CE 505, GPS Theory and Practice (3)
- CEM 263, Plane Surveying (3)
- CE 361, Surveying Theory (4)

Personal Website:
- LinkedIn

Berrett, Bryce

Ph.D Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Olsen & Dr. Leshchinsky

Education:
- M.S., Civil Engineering,  Brigham Young University, 2021
- B.E, Civil Engineering,  Brigham Young University, 2020  

Research:
- Geomatics and physical modeling in slope stability and natural hazards 

Paudel, Sanjaya

Ph.D Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Olsen 

Education:
- M.S., Civil Engineering,  Florida Atlantic University, 2021
- B.E, Geomatics  Engineering, WRC, Tribhuwan University, 2018  

Research:
- Natural hazard mapping and application of AI in Disaster Risk Reduction

Kasidet, Srisutha

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Park

Education:
- B.Eng, Surveying Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2019 

Research:
- GNSS Positioning, GNSS Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS), GNSS Reflectometry 

Suwanprapa, Marwin

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
 

Education:
- B.S. Civil Engineering King Mongkut's Institute of Technology 

 

Arjmand, Mohsen

Ph.D. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Olsen

Education:
- M.S. Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick 
- B.S. Surveying(Geomatics) Engineering, University of Science & Technology  

Research:
- LIDAR/ 3D laser scanning applications in Infrastructural, Construction & natural environment monitoring. 

Hustace, Weston

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Park

Education:
- B.S. Earth & Ocean Science, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research:
- Environmental Applications of GNSS-Reflectometry

Krivova, Maria

Ph.D Student                  Contact: Email                 Advisor: Dr. Olsen & Dr. Haller             


Education:                                         

- Michigan Technological University, Master's in Geographic Information Science. 

 - Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies, Engineer Specializing in Photogrammetry                                                   
Research: 

- The extraction of Tidal Frontlines and analysis of their Instabilities using the GIS approach.
 - US Highway 101 Coastal Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for Mitigation Prioritization

Website:                                                           

Kang, Daekun

Ph.D Student                  Contact: Email                 Advisor: Dr. Olsen & Dr. Fischer

Education:

- B.S Geoinformatics, University of Seoul, 2015

Research:

- Lidar/remote sensing applications in disaster response

Sen, Fatih

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Olsen 

 Education:

- B.S. Geomatic Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 2014

 

Lathrop, Eve

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Olsen & Dr. Stuedlein

 Education:

- H.B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2020

Research:
- Earthquake Resilience of the Western Power Grid

Holtan, Kat

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Olsen & Dr. Leshchinsky

 Education:

- B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2020

Research:
- Impact of rockfalls on roadways and prediction models

Loving, Carly

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Olsen & Dr. Barbosa

 Education:

- H.B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2020

Research:
- Lidar scanning of bridges for geometric data collection and structural assessment

Longman, Ryan

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisors: Dr. Turkan & Dr. Riggio

 Education:

- B.S. Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech, 2019

Research:
- Digital twins for CLT structural monitoring

Lambert, Selina

M.S. Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Parrish

 Education:

- B.S. Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2018

Research:
- Total propagated uncertainty in topo-bathymetric LiDAR

Sun, Qi

Ph.D. Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Turkan

Education:
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2018
- B.S., Construction Engineering Management, Heilongjiang Institute of Technology, 2014

Research:
- BIM-based simulation framework for fire safety management

Xu, Yiye (Stella)

Ph.D. Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Turkan

 Education:

- M.S., Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 2018
- B.S., Construction Engineering Management, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, 2014 

Research:
- Remote sensing applications in construction safety

Senogles, Andrew  

Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Dr.Olsen & Dr.Leshchinsky

Education:
- B.Sc (hons)., Earth Science, University of Glasgow, 2017

Research:
-Lidar/remote sensing applications in slope stability & coastal erosion.

Website:
-https://andrewsenogles.com/

Kim, Su-Kyung

Ph.D. Student
Contact: Email
Advisor: Dr. Park

Education:
- M.S., Geoinformation Engineering, Sejong University, 2013
- B.S., Geoinformation Engineering, Sejong University, 2010 

Research:
- GNSS/Geodesy

Lee, Jaebin

Visiting professor

Contact: leejaeb@oregonstate.edu 

Research Interests:
- UAV Photogrammetry
- Airborne Bathymetric Lidar system
- Digital Mapping, Remote Sensing and GIS

Education:
- Ph.D., Surveying and GIS, Seoul National University, 2008
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Yonsei University, 2000

  Name Degree Year Advisor Currently at
Babbel, Ben MS 2020 Dr. Parrish
Dr. Olsen		  Dewberry
Tahami, Hoda  PhD 2020 Dr. Park   
Slocum, Richard PhD 2020 Dr. Parrish   Argo.ai
Shahbazi, Anahita MS 2020 Dr. Park   Quantum Spatial
Kang, Insoo MS 2019 Dr. Park Republic of Korea Army
Forfinski-Sarkozi, Nicholas PhD 2019 Dr. Parrish NOAA Remote Sensing Division
Bunn, Michael PhD 2019 Dr. Olsen
Dr. Leshchinsky 		 Cornforth Consultants, Inc. 
Jamieson, Marian MS  2019  Dr. Olsen  AKS Engineering
Che, Erzhuo PhD 2018 Dr. Olsen Postdoc at Oregon State University
Dennis, Michael PhD 2018 Dr. Parrish NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
Simpson, Chase MS 2018 Dr. Parrish Instructor at Oregon State University
O'Banion, Matt PhD 2017 Dr. Olsen Assistant Professor at United States Military Academy at West Point
Javadnejad, Farid PhD 2017 Dr. Gillins Leica Geosystems
Kellum. Kory MS 2017 Dr. Parrish Phoenix Lidar Systems
Wilson, Nicholas MS 2017 Dr. Parrish Trimble
Weaver, Brian MS 2017 Dr. Gillins PhD at University of Nottingham
Allahyari, Mahsa MS 2017 Dr. Olsen  
Gillins, Matt MS 2016 Dr. Parrish Surveyor at Parametrix
Bunn, Michael MS 2016 Dr. Gillins PhD Student at OSU
Mahmoudabadi, Hamid PhD 2015 Dr. Olsen
Dr. Todorovic 		 Trimble
Rashidian, Vahid  MS 2015 Dr. Gillins PhD Student at Tufts
Kerr, Darren MS 2015 Dr. Gillins West Point Academy
Eddy, Michael  MS 2015 Dr. Gillins AKS Engineering
Burns, Patrick  MS 2015 Dr. Olsen
Dr.Barbosa		 Magnusson Klemencic 
Santha, Rubini  PhD 2014 Dr. Olsen Risk Management Solutions
Raugust, John MS 2014 Dr. Olsen AKS Engineering
Conner, Jeremy MS 2013 Dr. Olsen West Point Academy
Sharifi-Mood, Mahyar MS 2013 Dr. Olsen PhD Student at OSU
Chin, Abby MS 2012 Dr. Olsen AECOM
Williams, Keith MS 2012 Dr. Olsen UNAVCO
Silvia, Evon MS 2011 Dr. Olsen Quantum Spatial
Rikli, Tony MS 2011 Dr. Olsen PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc.