Spatial Analysis Lab at NIMBioS: News
Drone Research at UT
From scanning deserts to forests, scientists across the UT campus are using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or drones, in their research. Among its field instrumentation, the Spatial Analysis Lab is equipped with a drone that will take a maximum payload of 5kg for use in research studies. SAL also hosts periodic seminars with speakers from across the UT campus describing their use of drones in research. View the video interviews below to find out how drones are being used in scientific research at UT.
Mapping for Biodiversity (2:59) UT graduate student Mia Wavrek explains how she uses drones to help identify and map key areas for plant biodiversity and migratory bird species conservation.
Science for Earth and Mars (5:58) UT Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Jeff Moersch explains how he uses drones to bring fresh science to the study of Earth and in learning what to bring to Mars for future research.
Uses in Civil and Environmental Engineering (4:13) Dr. Shuai Li and Dr. Khalid Alshibli of UT's Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering explain how drones are used in their civil and environmental engineering research.
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| SAL Director Featured. Monica Papeş was profiled on NASA's Earth Data website. In her research, Papeş uses NASA Earth science data to study geographic distributions of plant and animal species. October 2019. Read more. |
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| New Partnership. A new partnership with the University of Arizona and NIMBioS will bring Lemon Labs to NIMBioS. The TRIPODS+X:VIS: Data Science Pathways for a Vibrant TRIPODS Commons at Scale award from the National Science Foundation supports two data science collaborative workshops. The first was held in May 2019 at the UA. Read more. |
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| Weather Researchers. Mona Papeş and Eric Carr visited with researchers from the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division (ATDD) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at Oak Ridge National Lab. The researchers are using UAS as part of the Verifications of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE). (L to R): Michael Buban, Temple Lee, Ed Dumas and Papeş. June 2018 |
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Working Group Visits
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| Members of the NIMBioS Working Group on Models of Produce Contamination tour SAL and discuss the use of drones in addressing agricultural issues with Eric Carr (far right). September 27, 2017 |
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| Working Groups Tour SAL@NIMBioS. Members of the Modeling Molecules-to-Organisms Working Group tour SAL. (L to R): Eric Carr, Christopher Remien, Karen Watanabe, Teresa Matthews, and Louis Gross. September 14, 2017 |
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SAL Contacts:
Lab email: SAL@nimbios.org
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Mona Papeş, SAL Director
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Tennessee Email: mpapes@utk.edu |
Eric Carr, SAL Science Coordinator
NIMBioS Computational Data Engineer Email: carr@nimbios.org |
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