Gottfried Konecny

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Education:

• Master of Science in Geodetic Science (1955) - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
• Dipl. Ing. in surveying engineering (1957) - Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
• Dr. Ing. in Photogrammetry (1960) - Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Dates Employed: 1959 - 1971

Faculty: Engineering

Department: Civil Engineering; Surveying Engineering

Position(s) held:

• Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (1959 - 1962)
• Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (1962 - 1966)
• Head of Department of Surveying Engineering (1966 - 1971)

Activities/Contributions:

• Head of division of surveying engineering, established to develop a separate Surveying Engineering Department
• First head of the Department of Surveying Engineering at UNB

Notes:

• Participant in National Geographic Society Mount Kennedy expedition in 1965
• Named senior research fellow by the National Research Council in 1966
• Visiting Professor at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia during summer 1967
• Did research in lunar mapping at NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre in Texas, 1967

Sources:

• University Monthly, vol. 36, no. 1, October 1916, p. 5.
• UA Case 77

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