College Of Geosciences At Texas A&M Establishes Trimble Technology Lab
Officially opened Nov. 14, the state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Lab was made possible by a significant gift from Trimble to the College of Geosciences.
Nov 14, 2019
The College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University has received a gift from Trimble to establish the state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Lab. Officially opened on Nov. 14, the lab will provide an integrated field and classroom experience that will empower geospatial education in the college.
Through the Trimble Technology Lab, students, faculty and researchers will gain cutting-edge geospatial training and experience with Trimble’s laser scanning, mobile mapping, interior mapping, Building Information Models (BIM), 3D design and GNSS tools with the accompanying comprehensive suite of analysis solutions.
“The new Trimble Technology Lab at Texas A&M University is not only dramatically changing the geospatial learning environment, it’s empowering cutting-edge data acquisition and analysis to address the most pressing challenges in the geosciences and beyond,” said Dr. Debbie Thomas, dean of the College of Geosciences. "I have no doubt that our collaboration with Trimble will establish Texas A&M University as the most spatially-enabled geosciences college in the U.S."
Students, faculty, researchers, and staff from throughout the college, along with Trimble partners, experienced the technology and celebrated the lab opening at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Trimble Technology Lab will benefit students in the College of Geosciences, which includes Aggies in a unique combination of social science and STEM disciplines spanning the Departments of Atmospheric Sciences, Geography, Geology & Geophysics and Oceanography, as well as the interdisciplinary undergraduate Environmental Programs, and the graduate Water Management and Hydrological Sciences Programs.
“Trimble is very excited to be working with Texas A&M,” said Ronald Bisio, senior vice president, Trimble Geospatial.
"We believe the technology lab will be a catalyst to help fuel research and training activities in the geosciences and related fields to advance the university’s mission of transforming students into tomorrow’s global leaders, successful entrepreneurs and industry innovators."
Located on the 3rd floor of the Computing Services Annex (CSA) at Texas A&M, the lab will include a broad range of Trimble’s industry-leading hardware and software solutions such as the Trimble® GNSS survey receivers, Trimble Total Stations, handheld 3D scanners, Trimble T10 rugged tablets as well as advanced software such as Trimble Access, Trimble Field Link, RealWorks® scanning software, Trimble Business Center with UAS Master, Penmap, eCognition, Tekla® Structures, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Tedds, Trimble Connect and the company’s popular 3D modeling software, SketchUp Pro.
Dr. Stacey Lyle, an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Texas A&M, is looking forward to incorporating the Trimble Technology Lab and Trimble hardware and software into his course curriculum. With College of Geosciences students in high-demand from the industry, he understands the benefits of all geosciences students having hands-on experience with Trimble products.
“Trimble is a world leader in geospatial innovation,” Lyle said.
“Having our students working on projects and research with Trimble helps us in the College of Geosciences accomplish key experiential learning opportunities. Now with our partnership with Trimble, students will be able to be leaders providing their mastery of the use of the latest advanced geospatial technology to solve society problems.”
