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OGIS members have had the use of the CEARS lab for both teaching and research for several years, and many participating department have smaller scale facilities for their upper division classes and research groups. Since spring 2001, OGIS members have had access to a new teaching/research laboratory in 1010 Torgerson Hall for teaching GIT lab sections with up to 64 students per section.
Our mission is to provide interdisciplinary leadership in environmental analytics and remote sensing through formal instruction, outreach, cooperative research, and consulting. CEARS contributes to applications of the science and technology necessary to better understand effects of both natural and human-induced variability and change within the Earth system.
CEARS focuses on three pressing priorities, namely
to further our understanding of the earth's major biogeochemical cycles,
to improve understanding of the factors affecting biological diversity and ecosystem structure and functioning, and
to develop a systematic understanding of changes in land uses and land cover that are critical to ecosystem functioning and services and human welfare.
The Data Consulting Lab, formally know as the Data Transformation Lab, supports the analysis, curation, sharing, and archiving of data. Additionally, we provide support for a variety of geospatial information systems (GIS). Our specialized hardware, software, and consultations are open to everyone but especially useful for VT community members working with research data.Â
The CEECL instructional lab provides multimedia equipment (Computer, VCR, ELMO, LT) for faculty/staff to instruct audiences in the use of installed engineering software. The podium allows an instructor to project two independent video signals simultaneously on two seperate screens. The primary purpose of this room is instruction for CEE courses and special classes.
CEECL is a designated CEE student workroom from 7:45 AM until 9:55 PM during the week when classes are NOT scheduled in the room. If the main lab is occupied, the overflow lab in Room 319 has duplicate computers with the identical software as the instructional lab. This room is operated on the same schedule as the main lab and both rooms are open to students currently enrolled in Civil Engineering.
The geospatial analysis lab specializes in the use of GIS and other spatial technologies to enhance and add capability to our research programs in agriculture, land management and reclamation, and environmental analyses.
The lab contains three computer workstations available for faculty and student research with one-on-one training and support available. Software packages installed in the lab include ArcGIS, Surfer, Trimble GPS Pathfinder, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI/IDL and SAS/JMP.
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