Facilities and Research Laboratories of Geomorphology Department

  Laboratory Name Manager About Facilities and Equipment
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Geomorphology Laboratory
Head of the Department
The scientific activities performed in this laboratory concern:
  • granulo-metric operation of soil using shaker devices, laboratory ovens and dryers, etc.
  • soil science practice including EC and soil pH measurement using the available devices
  • operation pertaining to geomorphological mapping techniques
  • classes involving training on field and laboratory work in geomorphology
classes of all MSc courses in Environmental Hazards, including those on research methods on environmental hazards, environmental hazards, hydrological hazards, etc.
Stones, Shaker Devices, Laboratory Ovens and Dryers, Maps (Both Paper and Scanned and Digitized), pH Meter, Digital Scale, GPS Devices, Digital Altimeter, Compasses, Standing Three-Function Compass, Replicas, Screen-scopes, Soil Compaction Measurement Devices, Laser Meters, Polarizing Microscopes, Field Operation Equipment such as Geological Hammers, Shovels, and Soil Ogres, Audio-visual System
  WorkshopName Manager About Facilities and Equipment
1 GIS Workshop Head of the Department The GIS site was launched in 2006 to host classes and student projects. Meteorology and Geomorphology courses such as the following are taught at this site at the undergraduate and graduate levels: Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), Aerial Photo Interpretation, Statistics and Probability, Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Application of Remote Sensing in Climatology, Application of Remote Sensing in Geomorphology, Application of Remote Sensing in Environmental Hazards, Application of GIS in Climatology, Application of GIS in Geomorphology, and Application of GIS in Environmental Hazards.
Students also spend their hours beyond class time at the workshop to work on their projects and with different software.
12 computers with various software installations including ArcGIS, ArcView, Autodesk Map, Erdos, IDRISI, ENVI, PCI Geomatica, SPSS, etc.
  Workshop Name Manager About Facilities and Equipment
1 Map Reading and Remote Sensing Workshop Head of the Department
  • Practical activity concerning courses on map reading, involving topographic maps, planimeters, curvimeters, etc.
  • Practical activity concerning courses on cartography, involving drawing and cartography tools
  • Interpretation of aerial photographs using the screen-scopes and stereoscopes available in the workshop
  • Practical activity concerning courses on interpretation of topographic and geologic maps
  • Currently, this workshop is used by graduate students for scientific research and dissertation work.
This workshop has been set up in order to host practical classes on map reading, cartography, interpretation of aerial photographs, processing of satellite images, etc. It contains 5 computer systems, 5 planimeters, 10 curvimeters, maps (both paper and scanned and digitized), stereoscopes, and drawing tools.