John & Mary Louise Riley Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series:
Dr. Kristen D Splinter: ""How remote sensing and big data are changing
our view of the coast"
About the Speaker:
Dr. Kristen Splinter is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW Sydney (Australia). She has
completed a PhD in Geological Oceanography from Oregon State University
where she used remote sensing tools (cameras) to study sandbar
migration. Prior to that, she obtained a MSc in Coastal and
Oceanographic Engineering (U. Florida) and a BSc (Engineering) in Civil
Environmental Engineering (Queen’s University, Canada). Her love of
research began as a two-time summer NSERC student during her undergrad
and since then her passions for coastal and travel have taken her around
the world to study beaches.
Kristen has over 20 years of applied and fundamental research experience
in the fields of coastal processes and hazards and coastal structures.
Her research uses physical and numerical modelling as well as field data
collection to better understand coastal processes. Her team pioneers
the use of remote sensing in the coastal zone, including lidar, UAVs
(drones), video cameras and satellites. Her current interests also
include informed data-driven modelling, using the ever expanding data
sets that are being created via the Google Earth Engine platform and
CoastSat.
For more details, please visit: wrl.unsw.edu.au/staff/kristen-splinter
For more information about the Bodega Marine Laboratory, please visit
http://marinescience.ucdavis.edu 