Gottfried Konecny

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Nicknames/Other names:

Education:

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