S.E.N.L.S.A. FALL SEMINAR
Saturday, October 20, 2012
College
of Graduate Studies Concordia University - CGS
570 Fallbrook Blvd., Suite 203
Lincoln, NE 68521
8:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.
Hydrological Surveying
on the Missouri River
Brenda
Densmore
USGS Nebraska Water Science Center
Brenda Densmore has worked for the USGS Nebraska
Water Science Center since 2001. She has an undergraduate degree in fisheries
and wildlife and a graduate degree in Natural Resources with emphasis in
Aquatic Ecology, both from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has expertise in water-quality and
biological monitoring programs, GPS and LiDAR surveying, and hydrographic surveying. The newest tool being utilized by the NEWSC
is a multibeam echosounder. Brenda and
other scientists in Nebraska have been deploying this equipment in Nebraska,
North Dakota, Minnesota, and Cambodia to produce detailed hydrographic maps to
answer a number of scientific questions.
Boundary Surveying on
the Missouri River
Gene
Thomsen RLS 397
Deputy State Surveyor
Gene Thomsen is a life-long resident of Nebraska
who grew up on a farm between Fairmont and Exeter Nebraska. He attended Kearney State College, and
graduated from Southeast Community College with an associates degree in Civil
Engineering and Surveying. Gene worked
in private practice before joining the Nebraska Department of Roads Design
Division in 1974. He has been a
Registered Land Surveyor in Nebraska since 1983 and became a Deputy State
Surveyor in 1988. His interest is survey
history has inspired him to write articles for the Professional Surveyors
Association of Nebraska as well as “Nebraska History” published by the Nebraska
State Historical Society.
Steve
Cobb RLS 412
Nebraska State Surveyor
Mr. Cobb has over 35 years of experience as a
land surveyor in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Cobb was registered
to practice in Nebraska in 1982. Mr. Cobb came to the Nebraska State Surveyor’s
Office in 1987, appointed a Deputy State Surveyor in 1989 and the State
Surveyor in 2005.
