All posts by Gavin Schrock
Aaron Morris, PhD
PhD Roboticist; Co-Founder & CEO, Allvision IO Pennsylvania, USA Aaron Morris earned his doctorate in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, where robotics and related research and enterprises are continuing to increase in prominence. Morris formed Allpoint Systems in 2009 in CMU’s hometown of Pittsburgh as a startup specializing in data processing for 3D for robotics,...
Anna Riddell
Geodetic Scientist & PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Tasmania, Australia The fact that Earth does not sit still—that it shrinks, swells, and wiggles—has so captured the imagination of Anna Riddell that she chose a career in geodesy (and has the Twitter handle @Wiggly_Earth). During high school when Riddell began thinking about careers, she knew that...
Chan Rithy Seng
Survey Engineer, Chihe Pre & Re Engineering Ltd. Phnom Penh, Cambodia At the first FIG Young Surveyors Asia-Pacific Meeting in 2014, attendees got to meet peers from among the 44 countries represented. The representative from Cambodia, Chan Rithy Seng, made quite an impression with his enthusiasm, knowledge of the profession and related technologies, and engaging...
Rana Charara
Global Solution Manager, Trimble Paris, France Rana Charara is a GNSS solution manager at Trimble Inc., where she leads tender bidding and tender response activities globally, including building long-term relationships with key customers, maintaining existing customers, and developing new business. In the geospatial sector, it is not only essential that a manager in a role such as hers...
Shristi Paudel
Survey Officer, Government of Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal Even while studying for her bachelor’s in geomatics engineering at the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Shristi Paudel was becoming deeply involved in volunteer work for her community and for geospatial initiatives and programs, both locally and internationally. This included volunteer work recognized by the International Federation Surveyors...
Tharcille Dukuzemariya
Assistant Lecturer, INES-Rhuhengeri Rhuhengeri, Rwanda Tharcille Dukuzemariya earned her bachelor’s in land surveying at the Institute of Applied Sciences, the University in Rhuhengeri, Rwanda, then her master’s at the Université de Liège in Belgium. She is now an assistant lecturer at her alma mater in Rhuhengeri. Dukuzemariya has co-authored an important paper from a study...