 |
|
 | |
| |||||
 |
|||||||||
|
Contact
Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia email: W.Featherstone@curtin.edu.au tel: +61 (0)8 9266 2734 mob: +61 (0)4389 23018 fax: +61 (0)8 9266 2703 Education
D.Phil Geodesy, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, England
Research
Ellipsoidal physical geodesy Environmental geodesy using GRACE Non-stationary least-squares collocation GNSS height determination Height systems and vertical datum unification The Australian Height Datum (AHD)
Synthetic gravity field modelling (free downloads) Long-range airborne GNSS positioning (software now used by AAMHatch) Rigorous definition of orthometric heights and gravity anomalies Coastal retracking of satellite radar altimetry High-degree spherical harmonic synthesis Deterministic modifications to Stokes's kernel Computation of gravimetric terrain corrections Geodetic and geophysical studies of the South West Seismic Zone
Potential PhD and MSc projects
Teaching
Applied Geodetic Surveying 482 (syllabus) Coordinate Systems and Map Projections 481 (syllabus) Responsibilities
Director, Western Australian Centre for Geodesy Deputy Director, The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR) Member, WASM Research and Development Committee
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Stuttgart University Head, Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin Chair, International Association of Geodesy Special Study Group 3.177 - synthetic modelling of the Earth's gravity field Member, International Association of Geodesy Special Study Group 3.167 - regional land and marine geoid modelling President, Australasian Surveying and Mapping Lecturers' Association Editor, Geomatics Research Australasia Dean (Research), Division of Resources and Environment, Curtin Chair, Divisional Research and Development Committee, Curtin Member, University Research and Development Committee, Curtin
Affiliations
Fellow, Institution of Surveyors, Australia Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society Fellow, Spatial Sciences Institute of Australia Fellow, Western Australian Institute of Surveyors Member, American Geophysical Union - Geodesy Section Member, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Member, Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia (til 2006) Member, Institution of Engineering and Mining Surveyors, Australia (til 2006) Member, European Geophysical Union Member, Royal Society of Western Australia Member, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Member, Canadian Institute of Geomatics
|
