The program offers temporary use of ASD field instruments (FieldSpec® 3, and FieldSpec® HandHeld) to a minimum of three, and maximum of ten, recipients each year for field work for graduate level research associated with an accredited North American University program. Additionally, ASD will provide up to $500 towards printing charges for resulting publication of findings of each recipient.
The annual award program, introduced at the 2006 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Symposium (IGARSS) in Denver, Colorado, was established in honor of ASD’s co-founder, Dr. Alexander F. H. Goetz. After more than twenty years at the University of Colorado as a professor, and director of the Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES), Dr. Goetz retired earlier this year. Dr. Goetz is a life-long contributor to, and world-renowned expert in, the field of spectroscopy and remote sensing and he has now joined ASD full-time as Chief Scientist, and remains Chairman of the company.
About ASD
Founded in 1990, Analytical Spectral Devices manufactures cost-effective, precision, transportable and field-portable, research-grade Vis/NIR spectrometers, spectroradiometers, spectrophotometers and corresponding software and accessories. Originally designed for the demanding remote sensing and mineral exploration markets, ASD’s instruments perform well in a range of environmental conditions, in and outside the laboratory, and currently have process and quality control applications in agriculture, biomass, chemical and petroleum, cosmetics and beauty products, dietary supplements and natural products, explosives, food and beverage, light measurement, production mining and mineralogy, pharmaceutical, and wood, paper and commercial forestry product industries world-wide. For more information, please contact Amanda Griffin, Analytical Spectral Devices, 5335 Sterling Dr., Suite A, Boulder, CO, 80301; 303/444-6522, 303/444-6825 (fax); www.asdi.com.
