Gottfried Konecny

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Education:

• Diploma in surveying engineering - Technical University in Munich 
• Master of Science in Geodetic Science - Ohio State University

Dates Employed: 1959 - 1971

Faculty: Engineering

Department: Civil Engineering; Surveying Engineering

Position(s) held:

• Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
• Head of Department of Surveying Engineering (1965 - 1971)

Activities/Contributions:

• Head of division of surveying engineering, establishing 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
• Awarded senior research fellowship from the National Research Council in 1966
• 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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