Last Update: 08/26/2023
2013 - Darrell & Gloria Dean
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Dr. Darrell Dean, Emeritus Professor, West Virginia University
Gloria Dean, Owner Curiosity Shoppe, Rowlesburg, WV
Dr. Darrell R. Dean, Jr.
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979
M.S.F., West Virginia University, 1968
B.S.F., West Virginia University, 1966
Dr. Darrell Dean has a graduate degree in surveying and mapping from Purdue University. His teaching career began in 1969 at Glenville State College where he was instrumental in starting the surveying program there. Since 1977, he has taught surveying at West Virginia University. He has served as president of the West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors and as chairman of the West Virginia State Board of Examiners of Land Surveyors, now the WV Board of Professional Surveyors
Research Focus Area: Civil Infrastructure
Research Interests Application of GPS and GIS technology to environmental and infrastructure problems
timber access roads legal aspects of property boundary surveying
Teaching Interests Surveying and Mapping
Forest Roads Planning and Design
Service and Outreach Develops and presents surveying workshops through the WV LTAP Center.
Special Interests Use of technology to do a better job of teaching.
Professional Societies American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
