The latest traverse maps for the Mars rovers: Spirit (as of Sol 1516) and Opportunity (as of Sol 1496). Full size maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
The Lab congratulates Wei Chen and Sagar Deshpande, who received their M.S. degrees in June, and Jue Wang, who will be receiving her doctoral degree at the summer graduation ceremonies.
You are invited to attend the Upcoming Geodetic Science Seminar on Wednesday, June 25. The following presentations will be made:
- Multi-dimensional Geospatial Data Integration for Coastal Change Analysis, presented by Dr. Bo Wu, postdoc
- Towards Autonomous Mars Rover Localization: Operations in 2003 MER Mission and New Developments for Future Missions, presented by Dr. Kaichang Di, Research Scientist
- Bundle Adjustment of Mars HiRISE Stereo Images Based on Rigorous Sensor Model, presented by Yunhang Chen, masters student and winner of ISPRS Best Paper by Young Authors Award (see below)
- Rigorous Photogrammetric Processing of HiRise Stereo Images for Mars Topographic Mapping, presented by JuWon Hwangbo, PhD Candidate
- Initial Results of a New Ground-Based Stereo Panoramic Scanning System for Robotic Exploration, presented by Lin Yan, PhD Candidate
Yunhang Chen, a master's student at the GIS & Mapping Lab, has won one of the prestigeous Best Papers by Young Authors awards conferred by ISPRS, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing . This award is designated for papers on Space Science or Real-time Photogrammetry, which was established by Dr. Sherman Wu. The award, given for his paper “Bundle Adjustment of Mars HiRISE Stereo Images Based on Rigorous Sensor Model”, consists of a check for Swiss Francs 2500 and a certificate. It will be presented at the annual ISPRS Congress being held June 30 to July 3, 2008 in Beijing, China, where Yunhang will present his paper.
A posdoctoral researcher position is currently open at the Mapping & GIS Laboratory. Follow this link to see position details.
Visiting Scholar Dr. Min Tang has accepted the position of postdoctoral researcher at the Mapping & GIS Lab effective immediately. He will lead the Planetary Research Team.
Professor Ron Li has been awarded the 2008 Innovators Award. The award is presented each year to an individual or team of faculty and/or research scientists who best demonstrate innovation in the development of a product and/or technology originating from the OSU research enterprise. The innovative software system, MarsMapper, developed by Professor Ron Li and his OSU team have gained a tremendous reputation during the four years of mission operations of NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, by supporting precision navigation, winter haven selection, ingress/egress of Mars craters, and other mission critical tasks.
Professor Ron Li along with professors Dorota Brzezinska and Charles Toth are the 2008 recipients of the Lumley Research Award. This award is to recognize faculty and research scientists on the basis of their research accomplishments during their last five years at The Ohio State University. Five categories of information are provided in the committee evaluation that include their research program and contribution, publications, thesis and dissertations, a listing of their research grants, and other auxiliary information related to their research.
The Lab has received major funding for a NASA NSBRI (National Space Biomedical Research Institute) project "Enhancement of Spatial Orientation Capability of Astronauts on the Lunar Surface". This project represents a collaboration between the OSU Mapping & GIS Lab, the OSU Photogrammetric Computer Vision Lab, the BANKSLAB at UC Berkeley, the Man Vehicle Laboratory at MIT, and the NASA Glenn Research Center. Project objectives and methodology can be found here.
Friday, April 4, from 1 to 2:30 pm, Dr. Subrahmanyam Bulusu of the Satellite Oceanography Laboratory, University of South Carolina, and Associate Editor for the Journal of Marine Geodesy will give a talk entitled "SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY - The Next Space Technology Challenges". Please read more about Dr. Bulusu's talk.
The twin Mars rovers have survived everything the Red Planet could throw at them for four years: massive sandstorms, blistering-hot days and freezing nights.But perhaps their greatest feat has been accomplished millions of miles away on Earth: surviving NASA budget cuts. Click here to read story.
Min Tang has recently joined the Mapping & GIS Lab as a Visiting Research Scholar from Wuhan University. Min will investigate image processing and mapping research.
Dr. Li and his co-authors are the First Place recipients of the 2008 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems for the paper "A WebGIS for Spatial Data Processing, Analysis, and Distribution for the MEr 2003 Mission". Presentation of the award certificate will take place during the ASPRS 2008 Annual conference in Portland, OR. Read more here.
Dr. Li has been selected to serve as a Participating Scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. Dr. Kaichang Di is Co-I. The proposal, “Integration of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Data for Precision Lunar Topographic Mapping and Landing Sites Assessment”, proposes to integrate Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data to provide the first highly accurate 3-D lunar cartographic maps. These maps are particularly important for the assessment of lunar surface features as possible landing sites for future lunar landed missions.
Gang Qiao has recently joined the Mapping & GIS Lab as a Visiting Research Scholar from Tongji University. With the support of the China Scholarship Council, Gang will investigate rational function model-based photogrammetric analysis and processing.
The Lab welcomes visiting scholars Yuan Zhou and Jianliang Ou. Zhou is the recipient of a 2-year China Scholarship Council for studying coastal mapping. Ou has come to OSU to investigate remote sensing technologies.
Dr. Liu, Professor, Dept. of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, will speak on
"Determination of Routing Velocity with GPS Floating Car Data and WebGIS-based Instantaneous Traffic Information Dissemination". Click here for announcement.
Dr. Xutong Niu and master's student Shaojun are the recipients of the 2007 Mapping & GIS Lab awards. This award is given annually to those research staff or students who have made a significant contribution to the research conducted at the Mapping & GIS Lab.
On November 21, the 2007 Duane Brown Junior Award was awarded to Dr. Xutong Niu. The Duane C. Brown Junior Award was established to “promote and stimulate scientific activity in photogrammetry” at The Ohio State University. Annually, on the Eve of Thanksgiving Day, an award is made to a talented enthusiastic and devoted student, teaching or research associate who has had particular interest in photogrammetry at the University.
The first Geospatial Data and Analysis (GSDA) lecture will feature Rongxing Li from Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science at Ohio State, who will be speaking on "Geospatial Information - Continued OSU Support for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission". Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. in Cockins Hall 240 (CH 240). A reception will follow.
The Lab is very happy to welcome Dr. Chun Liu as visiting scholar to the Mapping & GIS Lab. Dr. Liu is an associate professor at Tongji University, China. He has received a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council for 1 year to pursue research in photogrammetry and remote sensiong, focusing on LIDAR feature extraction and its integraiton with high-resolution satellite images as well as construction of 3-D models.
Rebecca Greenberger, an undergraduate student majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has returned to Washington University after working at the Lab over the summer on a special Mars research project. Working under the direction of Dr. Ray Arvidson, Deputy PI of the Mars Exploration Rover mission, she analyzed traverse data for the Mars Spirit rover in addition to other assignments. Read about her work here.
When Opportunity heads into Victoria Crater, it will follow a route plotted by a team led by mapping specialist Rongxing Li of Ohio State University. Read the story in the Columbus Dispatch, July 13, 2007.
Keeps Going and Going...
In its third year on Mars, far beyond its expected oeperative life, NASA's exploration rover Opportunity prepares to enter the giant Victoria Crater. Read the story in THE TIMES OF INDIA, July 12, 2007
Rebecca Greenberger, an undergraduate student majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has joined the Lab for the summer to work on a special Mars research project. Working under the direction of Dr. Ray Arvidson, she will be analyzing traverse data for the Mars Spirit rover in addition to other assignments. Rebecca is a graduate of Columbus School for Girls.
EMH&T
and
Precision Laser &
Instrument, Inc. Acquire 3-D Targeting Information for
New Mars Camera Calibration
Adam W. Long of EMH&T and Shawn Spencer of Precision Laser & Instrument, Inc. spent a day recently at the new Camera Calibration Facility in Hitchcock Hall, volunteering their time and use of their highly accurate robotic total system to help establish this new Facility. Under the direction of Dr. Ron Li, the Mapping and GIS Lab is developing a camera system that would potentialy be used for Mars robotic exploration.
The Mapping & GIS Lab is
very proud to announce that Sagar
Desphande, PhD student at the Lab, has received a 2007 Topcon Graduate
Student
Award for “Exceptional achievements in graduate research in the art and
science of satellite navigation and geodetic surveying”. The award is
one of two sponsored annually by Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS). TPS
is the worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of precision
positioning equipment and offers the widest selection of innovative
precision GPS systems, laser, optical surveying, and machine control
products.
On March 29, the Lab welcomed a dozen middle school girls from across Franklin County to the Lab to learn about Mars mapping and to exgage in rover localilzation activities.
I-Chieh Lee, a PhD student from Taiwan, China, and Yunjae Choung, a master's student from South Korea, have recently come to OSU to study under Dr. Ron Li.
The 2006 GIS & Mapping Lab Awards have been presented to PhD students Lin Yan and Sagar Deshpande.
The latest traverse maps for the Mars rovers: Spirit (as of Sol 1062) and Opportunity (as of Sol 1041). Full size maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
Congratulations to Feng Zhou
The Lab is proud to announce the
graduation of Mr.
Feng Zhou with a master's of science.
The
Lab is proud to announce that Jeremiah Glascock
graduated in December with a BS and Evgenia Brodyagina and Sanchit
Agarwal both graduated in September with their MS.Evgenia Brodyagina, CEEGS Chair Dr. Carolyn Merry, and Sanchit Agarwal
2006 MAKIO
[Click on image to see entire
spread.]Wei Chen has just joined the Lab as a master's student working on the Mars mission.
Latest
Mars Traverse Maps
The latest traverse maps for the Mars
rovers: Spirit (as of
sol 1039) and Opportunity (as of
sol 1019). Spirit is moving now. Traverse
maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
In November, the Lab welcomed 3 visiting European scientists involved in Mars research: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joerg Albertz and Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Lehmann of the Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Paar, Institute of Digital Image Processing, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria. Public events included:
Nov. 7 (Tues) -- 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 216 Bolz Hall Lecture by Prof. Joerg Albertz:
“The Orientation of Human Beings in Their Environment and the Role of Maps in this Process”
Nov. 8 (Wed) -- 1:30-3:30 p.m. in 216 Bolz Hall
1:30-2:30 Presentation by Prof. Joerg Albertz: “Mars Cartography: Historical Aspects and
Recent Activities with HRSC Products in the Framework of the Mars Express Mission”
2:30-3:30 Presentation by Mr. Gerhard Paar: “Photogrammetric Tunnel Reconstruction System DIBIT
and ExoMars PanCam 3d Vision”
Nov. 9 (Thurs) -- 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 216 Bolz Hall Brown bag lunch and talk by Mr. Hartmut Lehmann:
“Practical Aspects for the Generation of Mars Maps, Especially Thematic (Geologic) Maps”
Dr. Albertz, Dr. Li, and Mr. Lehmann Dr. Albertz, Dr. Kaichang Di, and Dr. Xutong Niu
Ron
Li Featured on COE WebsiteRead about Dr. Li's research on the College of Engineering Web site, October 2006 (link).
Li-Ju (Lisa) Chen has just joined the Lab as a master's student working on the Mars mission.
Latest
Mars Traverse Maps
The
latest traverse maps for the Mars
rovers. Opportunity (as of
sol 962) has just reached Victoria Crater. Spirit (as of
sol 982) has not moved since sol 807 due to the Mars winter. Traverse
maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
Jeremiah Glascock is one of several students who had life-changing summer experiences, from working on housing issues in New Orleans to teaching developmentally disabled children dance in Mansfield. Read article here.
Lab scientists presented an evening of activities at the August 31 COSI Family Friday Night including making anaglyph 3D images and a treasure hunt for the "blueberries" that proved water once existed on Mars.
Lab scientists presented an evening of activities at the July 27 COSI Family Friday Night including making anaglyph 3D images and a treasure hunt for the "blueberries" that proved water once existed on Mars.
Jeremiah Glascock has just been awarded an Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) residency at the NASA Glenn Research Center for studies for Lunar Exploration. He is spending the summer at a residency at the NASA Glenn Center in conjunction with his work on the Lab's Mars projects. Click here for story.
Dr. Bo Wu and master's students Yunhang Chen and Shaojun He have recently joined the Mapping & GIS Lab. Yunhang and Shaojun will be taking the place of Evgenia Brodyagina and Sanchit Agarwal, who have recently completed their master's degrees.
Lab scientists presented an evening of activities at the June 30 COSI Family Friday Night including making anaglyph 3D images and a treasure hunt for the "blueberries" that proved water once existed on Mars. Click here for story.
Geomatics
Presentation at Annual Digital Government Conference
A half-day of activities based on our Mars Exploration Rover project will be held May 3 at Hastings Middle School in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Click here for the day's activities.
Dr.
Ron Li and his
co-authors including OSU Research Scientist Dr. Kaichang Di and PhD
candidate Jue Wang are the first place
recipients of the 2006 John I. Davidson President's Award for Practical
Papers presented by ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing) for their paper "Initial Results of Rover Localization
and Topographic Mapping for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission"
published in the society's journal, PE&RS, vol. 71, no. 10, pp.
1129-1142. 
Dr.
Ron Li and Lab
Research
Associates Dr. Xutong Niu, Ruijin Ma, and Dr.
Tarig Ali
are the third place recipients of the 2006 ESRI Award for Best
Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems presented by ASPRS
for their paper "Integration of Mobile GIS and Wireless Technology for
Coastal Management and Decision Making" published in PE&RS, Vol.
71, No. 4, pp. 453-459.Click on images for full-size illustrations.
Mars localization and mapping was featured at the 2006 OSU Women In Science Day when 7-10th grade girls visited campus to learn about their future in science and engineering. Visit our webpage for more information and photos.
Spirit
Discovers "New" Highest Peak in
"Columbia Hills" Dr. Ron Li featured on NASA JPL Website
Dr. Ron Li, et al., have just published "Spirit rover localization and topographic mapping at the landing site of Gusev crater, Mars" in J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S06, doi:10.1029/2005JE002483.
The Mapping & GIS Lab has just been award a NASA Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) grant for its project entitled "Integration of Orbital, Descent and Ground Imagery for Topographic Capability Analysis in Mars Landed Missions". The project will last through March 2009.
Early Mornings
with the Red PlanetOSU Website Feature on Jeremiah Glascock (pictured) and the Lab's student workers on
OSU home page.
January 18, 2006
We are happy to welcome Ho Wook Chang to the Mapping & GIS Lab for 2 months. Mr. Chang is a master's student Seoul National University.
Sanchit Agarwal has been awarded the 2005 Mapping & GIS Lab Award in recognition of his dedication, perseverance, and application to the Mars research team.
Dr. Fengliang Xu, who received his Ph.D. from OSU in 2004, has just received the 2005 Duane C. Brown Junior Award. Dr. Xu previously was awarded the 2003 and the 2004 Mapping & GIS Lab Awards.
“Remote Sensing Images and Algorithms”
PRESENTATION BY Professor Harvey Rhody, Rochester Institute of Technology
“Update on Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 2003 Mission And OSU Research for Future Mars Exploration”
PRESENTATION BY the Mars Research Team of the Mapping and GIS Laboratory
The Mars Exploration Rover team has won the 2006 National Air & Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement.
Congratulations to Jue Wang, who has passed her candidacy exam on October 10, and now is a PhD Candidate. Jue is part of the Mars Exploration Rover research team, and has recently had a paper published in the ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering entitled "Evaluation and Improvement of Geopositioning Accuracy of IKONOS Stereo Imagery", (Vol. 131, No. 2, pp. 35-42).
Sept 2005
The latest traverse maps for Mars rovers Spirit (as of sol 549) and Opportunity (as of sol 533) can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate link.
Dr. Li is quoted in the August 11 Columbus Dispatch as the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is prepared for launch.
Dr. Rongxing Li has just received Group Achievement Awards for both the first and second Mars Exploration Rover Extended Missions.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science received the OSU University Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award for 2005.
News in Engineering Vol. 77, No. 1 - Spring 2005
Faculty, staff and students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
Lab
Maps Featured in National
Geographic MagazineThe July issue of National Geographic magazine (p. 70-71) features maps created at the Mapping and GIS Lab for the Mars Exploration Rover 2003 mission.
Mars
Exploration Rover Spirit - Traverse
as of Sol 502
The ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, ASPRS (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), was awarded toDr. Ron Li, Dr. D.A. Grejner-Brzezinska, N. Haala and Charles Toth for “From Mobile Mapping to Telegeoinformatics: Paradigm Shift in Geospatial Data Acquisition Processing and Management.”
On April 1, 2005, Dr. Ron Li has named to the Lowber B. Strange Designated Professorhip in Civil Engineering by the OSU Board of Trustees. His term goes through June 30, 2009
NASA
Education/Public
Outreach Funded
A NASA Education/Public Outreach Proposal
- Mars
Long-range Autonomous Rover Localization Education and Public Outreach
- is awarded in December, 2004.
The Research Team has received two awards for their MER (Mars Exploration Rover) efforts
2004
NASA Group Achievement
Award - MER Mission Science Operations Team
Award
2004 Earth and Space Foundation Award - MER Mission Team Award
2004 Earth and Space Foundation Award - MER Mission Team Award
Click on image for full-size illustration.Mars Exploration Rover - Opportunity - 3-D Model of Endurance Crater
PI Dr. Ron Li and co-I's Dr. Hakan Ferhatosmanoglu and Dr. Kaichang Di have just been awarded an Interdisciplinary Grant by the OSU Office of Research entitled "A New Laboratory of Spatial and Planetary Sensor Networks"
Research papers Data-Sharing & Integration (I) at dg.o 2003 and Demo - Spatial Technologies for Coastal Management at dg.o 2004 (Download QuickTime and iTunes player)
Click on image for full-size illustration.
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity - Traverse as of Sol 324
The yellow line indicates Opportunity's track across the Mars surface in and around the Endurance Crater
Mars Exploration Rover
- SpiritTraverse as of Sol 233
The yellow line indicates Spirit's track across the Mars surface climbing Husband Hill.
Click on image for full-size illustration.
Lab alumnus Dr. Tarig Ali has been awarded the 2004 American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Educational Award for his doctoral research New Methods for Positional Quality Assessment and Change Analysis of Shoreline Features.
PI Dr. Ron Li and co-I Dr. Keith Bedford have just been awarded funds for a new project - Seamless Integration of Geospatial Data from Water to Land - by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit - Traverse as of Sol 158
The yellow line indicates Spirit's track across the Mars surface toward the West Spur.
OSU team to help with 2009 Mars missionOSU mapping expert Rongxing Li hopes to extend his Mars work with NASA. He’s developing navigation equipment that may be used in rovers planned for 2009.
The Columbus Dispatch August 3, 2004
READ DISPATCH ARTICLE
With the twin Mars roverss working well, ecstatic NASA brass found another $15 million to extend the $820 million mission to September. There's no sign any wheels are ready to fall off one of the rovers, which are rolling into their fifth month on Mars. Their mission originally was slated to end after 90 days. READ DISPATCH ARTICLE
Image credit:
NASA/JPL/Ohio State University
Spirit's Traverse to the Columbia Hills - Sol 88The yellow line indicates Spirit's track across the Mars surface toward the Columbia Hills.
Mapping MarsNews in Engineering Vol. 76, No. 1 - Spring 2004
Cover Photo A 3-D model created by Rongxing Li, professor of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science, to determine the initial landing position of the rover Opportunity during the 2003 Mars Exploration Mission.
Photo courtesy of Rongxing Li.
Dr. Li along with his Co-Is Dr. Kaichang Di (OSU), Dr. Larry Matthies (JPL) and Dr. Reg Willson (JPL) have been awarded a new NASA grant for "Incremental Bundle Adjustment Techniques using Networked Overhead and Ground Imagery for Long-range Autonomous Rover Localization in MSL 2009 Mission and Beyond".
With the twin Mars roverss working well, ecstatic NASA brass found another $15 million to extend the $820 million mission to September. There's no sign any wheels are ready to fall off one of the rovers, which are rolling into their fifth month on Mars. Their mission originally was slated to end after 90 days. READ DISPATCH ARTICLE
Dr. Li speaks on the results of the Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
Spirit
Traverse to the Bonneville CraterThe yellow line indicates Spirit's track across the Mars surface as shown in a Pancam image taken during its traverse toward the large crater dubbed "Bonneville."
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ohio State University
What
Lies AheadThis map shows the path the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will travel toward its future target, the large crater dubbed "Bonneville." The red line indicates Spirit's travels up to the 59th martian day, or sol, of its journey, and the blue line, the route it will follow.
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ohio State University
Mars
was once 'drenched with water'Rocks yielding evidence of evaporation, NASA says
Covered
GroundThis image is a traverse map, illustrating Spirit's path over the last 45 sols. When the rover reached the point called "Laguna Hollow," it had driven 131 meters (430 feet) from Columbia Memorial Station. Spirit is about halfway to the edge of the crater dubbed "Bonneville."
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Ohio State University/Cornell
Halfway
ThereSo far, Spirit has traveled about 120 meters from its lander. Data within the yellow box represent a digital map made of images taken by rover's panoramic and navigation cameras. Data outside this box are a composite of images from the rover's descent image motion estimation system camera and the orbiter Mars Global Surveyor.
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/MSSS/Ohio State University/New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
RON
LI BROADCAST ON
NASA TV -NASA Mars Rover Mission Briefing (01/30/2004)
First
3D Model From Inside a Crater on Mars - A
Unique This 3-D topographic map shows the martian crater currently cradling the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It is the first look at the shape of a crater on another planet from the unique vantage point of inside the crater itself. Engineers and scientists will use this data to plot an exit route for
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Ohio State University
An Intimate Look at a Martian CraterThis 3-D contour map shows the martian crater currently cradling the Mars Exploration Rover
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Ohio State University
Come to room 212 Cockins hall at noon for refreshments and then stay to hear Dr. Li speak on the first results of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. This event is being presented as part of The Remote Sensing Data Seminars being hosted by the Spatial Statics & Environmental Sciences program of the Department of Statistics.
Mars Landing - January 3rd
a Big Success!"We have landed safely on Mars. It was a great and "smooth" landing. Images were acquired right after that. We are working intensively to map the landing site. Will present an update seminar on 1/21/04." Ron Li.
OSU Mars Project Pre-landing SeminarDr. Ron Li and team explain the mission and outline pre-landing preparation tests
Nov 2003
Team Helps Guide Mars
Exploration Rovers in Search for Life on Mars Mapping and GIS Lab
Professor Ron Li is a Participating Scientist, helping guide the Mars
robots
Ohio State University researchers are collaborating with the state's natural resource department, parsing erosion data to predict the future shape of the Great Lakes' volatile coastlines.
Sept 2003
Coastal
Decision Making Project Presented at NSF Digital Government Conference
2003 (Download QuickTime )
July 2003
June 2003
OSU
Team
Attends Mars
Exploration Rover Launch 
OSU team is
Conducting Pre-landing Visibility
Analysis at the Two Landing Sites