Computer Science students produce software that could change the way geologists work in the field
During last year’s trip to Wyoming for a geology class, students carefully recorded longitude and latitude, angles of sediment beds, rock types, and other observations in an orange field notebook. This year, students used an application on an iPad that was developed by four computer science and engineering students doing EXCEL research with Chun Wai Liew, associate professor and head of computer science.
During fall break, Germanoski joined seven of his classmates in Greybull, Wyo., to field test the app as part of the course Basin and Structural Analysis being team taught by Lawrence Malinconico, associate professor of geology and environmental geosciences, and David Sunderlin, assistant professor of geology and environmental geosciences. Students used the app, called GeoData, to digitally map a portion of Sheep Mountain, a barren and craggy area with exposed rocks ranging in age from 70 to 250 million years old.
“We looked for glitches and then reported back to the computer science department,” says geology major Caitlin von Stein ’13 (Centennial, Colo.). “It made it a lot easier to record the information. All the data was already on the computer and in one spot.”
Computer Science students produce software that could change the way geologists work in the field
During last year’s trip to Wyoming for a geology class, students carefully recorded longitude and latitude, angles of sediment beds, rock types, and other observations in an orange field notebook. This year, students used an application on an iPad that was developed by four computer science and engineering students doing EXCEL research with Chun Wai Liew, associate professor and head of computer science.
During fall break, Germanoski joined seven of his classmates in Greybull, Wyo., to field test the app as part of the course Basin and Structural Analysis being team taught by Lawrence Malinconico, associate professor of geology and environmental geosciences, and David Sunderlin, assistant professor of geology and environmental geosciences. Students used the app, called GeoData, to digitally map a portion of Sheep Mountain, a barren and craggy area with exposed rocks ranging in age from 70 to 250 million years old.
“We looked for glitches and then reported back to the computer science department,” says geology major Caitlin von Stein ’13 (Centennial, Colo.). “It made it a lot easier to record the information. All the data was already on the computer and in one spot.”