Edge of Space Drone

Teaching

Browse the GIS and remote sensing courses that Dr. Meerdink offers within the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability.

Field Data Collection with LiCOR

Equipment

Check out the equipment available in LOQATE for research. If interested in using this equipment, contact Dr. Susan Meerdink.

News

Nina Osborne at FURF

Nina presents her research at the Fall Undergraduate Research Festival

Thursday, November 20, 2025
As an Office of Undergraduate Research Fellow, Nina conducted research this summer titled, "Responses of bur oak leaf physiology and spectroscopy to elevated temperature, CO2 and precipitation variability". She presented this work at the Fall Undergraduate Research Festival.
Lab Photo at 3MT

Mainul wins People's Choice Award for Social Science at 3MT

Friday, November 14, 2025
Riley and Mainul represented our lab very well at the 3MT yesterday! Congratulations to both of you for your hard work. Congratulations to Mainul, who won the People's Choice award for Social Sciences and Humanities.
NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC)

Sam Taylor is awarded a NASA Iowa Space Grant Fellowship

Monday, November 10, 2025
Congratulations to Sam for being awarded a NASA Iowa Space Grant Fellowship in the amount of $6,000, which will support his dissertation work on detection of harmful algal blooms with remote sensing.

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