Benny Berkenkotter
Senior UAS Technician, Spatial Analysis Laboratory
PRONOUNS he/him
- B.S. Environmental Sciences, Geospatial Technologies minor, University of Vermont
BIO
Benny Berkenkotter is a UAS Pilot and Research Technician for the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) UAS Team. He graduated from UVM in 2023 and has a degree in Environmental Sciences with a Geospatial Technologies minor. He has worked with several multirotor and fixed-wing UAS platforms as a part of different research projects, such as landslide monitoring with the Vermont Geological Survey and VT Agency of Transportation, disaster response during the Great Vermont Flood of July 2023, mapping harmful algal blooms on Lake Champlain, and Precision Agriculture. These research projects include the use of UAS for true-color, multispectral, and thermal photogrammetry, as well as UAS LiDAR. In addition to research projects, he has also been an instructor for several UAS workshops and demos which includes FEMA UAS/Drone Training Courses, ASSUREd Safe, BHS YES, and demos with the Gund Institute.
Bio
Benny Berkenkotter is a UAS Pilot and Research Technician for the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) UAS Team. He graduated from UVM in 2023 and has a degree in Environmental Sciences with a Geospatial Technologies minor. He has worked with several multirotor and fixed-wing UAS platforms as a part of different research projects, such as landslide monitoring with the Vermont Geological Survey and VT Agency of Transportation, disaster response during the Great Vermont Flood of July 2023, mapping harmful algal blooms on Lake Champlain, and Precision Agriculture. These research projects include the use of UAS for true-color, multispectral, and thermal photogrammetry, as well as UAS LiDAR. In addition to research projects, he has also been an instructor for several UAS workshops and demos which includes FEMA UAS/Drone Training Courses, ASSUREd Safe, BHS YES, and demos with the Gund Institute.