Engineering Technology: CAD/GIS Emphasis

AAs an interdisciplinary program, the GIS Program serves a variety of departments, degrees and affiliated entities throughout the SUU campus and surrounding communities. Central to the interdisciplinary nature of this program is providing access to spatial technologies accompanied with knowledge, theory, and hands on experience in order to foster a diversity of geographic research. Our mission is to prepare individuals to integrate spatial technologies into their chosen field of study by providing a learning environment that fosters undergraduate research and motivates individuals to develop required abilities.

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Name:Robert Robertson

Class of: 1993, Bachelor of Arts from
Portland State

1997, Masters of Business
Administration from
University of Portland

2008, PhD in Information
Systems from Nova
Southeastern University

Current job:Assistant Professor of Information Systems
and Interim Chair for Department of CSIS

“I enjoy teaching because it allows me to apply my knowledge and experience in ways that help students prepare for the real world.”

POINTS of DISTINCTION

Personalized attention from faculty
State-of-the-art facilities
Hands-on learning
Interdisciplinary Career-driven curriculum
Students Internship work on real-world problem

POSSIBLE CAREERS

Cartographic Designer, GIS Analyst I, II, III, GIS Program Analyst/Developer, Project Manager, GIS Coordinator, Database Administrator, Planning Decision Analyst, Image Photo Interpreter, Remote Sensing Technician, Field Data Collection/ GPS Specialist, Land Survey Design Technician

AVAILABLE RESOURCES

We have two state of the art mediated labs with high-end PCs. One lab contains 32 workstations with dual, flat screen monitors. A second lab contains 9 high end pcs with dual flat screen monitors. We have a 54” color scanner, 48” digitizing tablet, 42” wide format HP plotter. Two Data Servers and a single software server maintained in climate controlled data and power backup environment. In addition we maintain a GPS base station, and field equipment for GPS data collection, Garmin Legends, Trimble GeoII, Geo3 and pen based GeoXT, GeoXh, and Juno units.

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

Skills USA VICA
State, Federal, and Local Internships
UGIC (Utah Geographic Information Council)
ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department Name: Engineering Technology & Construction Management (ETCM)
Department Contact: Richard Cozzens
Website: http://suu.edu/cose/etcm/
Email Address: cozzens@suu.edu
Department Phone: 435.586.7983
Department Fax: 435.865.8077