| RSI members are distributed among the following academic departments: | | RSI Overview  The Remote Sensing Institute (RSI) is an institute aimed at facilitating and promoting research and education in remote sensing and related areas by bringing together individuals and groups separated by departmental and/or college boundaries. Remote Sensing comprises not just instrumentation or measurement tools, but represents a perspective that employs a broad morphology of disciplines and demands interdisciplinary breadth. For example, current members collaborate on projects spanning imaging science, atmospheric science, data/signal processing, data visualization and remote sensing instrumentation. These are typically applied to a specific problem in earth system science, ecosystem studies, limnology/oceanography, global change, and a host of other areas. At least nine different departments currently have faculty members participating in RSI.
Our goals are to work by consensus to promote remote sensing and related topics on the MTU campus through (1) Interdisciplinary coursework and programs, (2) Group funding efforts for equipment and research, (3) Interdisciplinary seminars and short courses, and (4) Development of a campus culture that actively supports transdisciplinary activities. Details on RSI's mission and objectives are presented in the RSI Charter.
Primary research areas at RSI include:
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Great Lakes ecosystem atmospheric chemistry applications in forestry, geology, geophysics, electrical engineering, biomedical imaging hyperspectral remote sensing signal processing image analysis astronomy, astrophysics, radio astronomy optical instrument design and fabrication satellite limnology volcanology -
remote sensing education
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