High-flying technologies focus of MSU forum
December 31, 2002
A variety of programs based around space-based technologies will be spotlighted Thursday [May 2] during the second annual Remote Sensing Research Forum at Mississippi State.
The public event begins at 1 p.m. in the university’s Bost Extension Center auditorium.
Remote sensing refers to the use of satellites or airplanes to collect images that reveal ground features not apparent to the naked eye. Forest mapping, pollution detection, crop analysis, or transportation corridor planning are among typical uses for the image data.
The Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative and MSU’s Remote Sensing Technologies Center are co-sponsoring the forum, which will include progress reports by research scientists and graduate students on projects applying remote sensing technologies to agriculture, forestry, environmental monitoring and meteorology.
“MSCI and RSTC have worked together for several years to develop and promote the remote sensing research infrastructure in Mississippi,” said MSCI executive director Allan Falconer. “This event showcases what has been accomplished, including the cutting-edge work being done by Mississippi researchers and graduate students.”
Located at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, MSCI is a partnership among the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, State of Mississippi and its research universities, and 38 companies using remote sensing and other technologies based on geographic information. Making available to Mississippi industries the NASA technologies developed at the Stennis Space Center and refined by research at the state’s universities is its primary mission.
“Mississippi is rapidly becoming a center of excellence in remote sensing and its applications to industry and resource management,” said RSTC director David Shaw. “Our annual forum provides an opportunity for individuals involved in this emerging technology to get together and share information.”