Dr.-Ing. Melanie Elias (geb. Kröhnert)

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Research associate

Name

Ms Dr.-Ing. Melanie Elias

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Curriculum Vitae

• 2015 - 2021 PhD student at the Chair of Photogrammetry, TUD
  PhD thesis: On the use of smartphones as novel photogrammetric water gauging instruments - Developing tools for crowdsourcing water levels Qucosa
• since 2014 Research associate at the Chair of Photogrammetry, TUD
• 2011 - 2014 Research assistant at the Institute of Cartography, TUD in the area of high mountain and glacier cartography and remote sensing
• 2011 - 2013 Master study of Geoinformation Technologies at TU Dresden
  Master thesis: Investigation and visualization of glacier velocities in the Central Tien Shan based on optical satellite data. Degree: M.Sc.
• 2010 - 2011 Research assistant at the Institute of Cartography, TUD in the area of data processing for the generation of interactive maps / geomedia production
• 2008 - 2011 Bachelor study of Cartography and Geomedia Technologies  at TU Dresden
  Bachelor thesis: DTM generation in Llanos de Rivera using aerial imagery to detect cryogenic structures. Degree: B.Sc.

Memberships

• Head of the working group "Education and training" of the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation (DGPF)
• Rep. of research associates in the Earth Sciences Study Commission 

Reasearch projects (IPF)

Work in progress

• SEMECO-B6: Intelligent patient positioning in precision radiotherapy
• 4D Glacier margin change monitoring on the basis of multi-temporal 3D point clouds (DFG)

Finished

• Hydro-morphological change detection of rivers in cold climate regions with integrated spatio-temporal high resolution methods (DAAD, performed in co-operation with the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland)
• Crowdsourcing-based densification of hydrological measuring networks (ESF, IPF (TUD))
• Development and implementation of methods to analyse hemispheric fish-eye-camera images (BMLE, on behalf of the Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, TUD)
• Environmental monitoring in Patagonia (BMBF, Partner: IPF (TUD), Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG), Punta Areas, Chile) 
• Photogrammetric concepts of virtual GLOF monitoring gauges (DFG, Partner: IPF (TUD), Centro de Estudios Científicos, Validiva, Chile)

Teaching

All courses are given in German, unless otherwise stated.

Lectures

• GG15: The smartphone as photogrammetric measurement device (WS19/20, Bachelor Geodesy)
• G12/GIT08: 3D camera introduction (WS17/18 - WS19/20, Master Geodesy / Geoinformation Technologies)

Exercises

• GG01: Photo-realistic 3D modeling (since WS16/17, Bachelor Geodesy)
• G05/GIT02: Dense matching (since WS15/16, Master Geodesy / Geoinformation Technologies)
• G13/GIT07: Airborne laser scanning (since SS14, Master Geodesy / Geoinformation Technologies)
• Cart09: DTM generation (since WS16/17, Master Cartography [engl.])
• Cart09: Virtual 3D modelling (since WS16/17, Master Cartography [engl.])

Project seminars

• GG20: Geodetic seminar (on request / offer, Bachelor Geodesy)
• G07: Seminar photogrammetry & image analysis (since WS14/15, Master Geodesy)
• G07: Photogrammetric multi-image processing (since SS15, Master Geodesy)
• G07: Airborne laser scanning (WS16/17 - WS18/19, Master Geodesy. Replaced by Photogrammetry in autonomous driving)

Bachelor- & Master thesis supervision

• see offers (Chair of Photogrammetry)
• Possibility to discuss own topics on request

Extra-curricular activities (Workshops and Software development)

• 09/2021: 4D change detection workshop for students of the Dresden University of Fine Arts, DE
• 03/2020: 3D reconstruction workshop for police officers of the State Office of Criminal Investigations Saxony, DE
• 10/2018: 3D reconstruction lecture for police officers & students of the Saxon University of Applied Police Sciences, Bautzen, DE
• 10/2018: 3D reconstruction workshop for students of the Saxon University of Applied Police Sciences, Bautzen, DE
• 03/2016: 3D reconstruction workshop for students & research associates of the Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, CL
• 10/2015 - 10/2016: Engineering and Development of software "Hemisphere" for the Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, TU Dresden (Campus Tharandt)
  since 10/2016: Software support and feature integration.

Scholarships & Awards

• 06/2024 Best Paper Runner Up Award granted by the ISPRS at the ISPRS Technical Commission II Midterm Symposium "The role of photogrammetry in a sustainable world", Las Vegas, NV, USA
• 09/2018 - 01/2019 Grant recipient of the Graduate Academy of TU Dresden to promote young scientists in the doctoral graduation phase
• 10/2015 - 09/2018 Grant recipient of the ESF scholarship to promote national innovation promotions
• 09/2017 Zhizhuo Best Youth Oral Paper Award granted by the ISPRS at the ISPRS Geospatial Week 2017, Wuhan, China.
• 03/2016 Best Paper Award granted by La Comisión Organizadora de la Conferencia Internacional "Semana Latinoamericana de Percepción Remota LARS 2016" at the Latin American Remote Sensing Week (LARS) 2016, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 
• 12/2014 Lohrmann Medal Award for excellent studies at the TU Dresden
• 10/2012 - 09/2013 Grant recipient of the BMBF Deutschlandstipendium to promote the masters degree due to excellent studies

Publications

Link to my research profile of the research information system of TUD. 

ORCiD | researchgate.net

34 Entries

2022

• Measuring Water Levels by Handheld Smartphones – A contribution to exploit crowdsourcing in the spatio temporal densification of water gauging networksElias, M. & Maas, H., 31 May 2022, In:  International hydrographic review / spons. by the International Hydrographic Bureau, IHB. 28, p. 9-22, 14 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Review on the processing and application of historical aerial and satellite spy images in geosciencesRessl, C., Dehecq, A., Dewez, T., Elias, M., Eltner, A., Girod, L., McNabb, R. & 1 others, Apr 2022, EGU General Assembly 2022. EGU22-8738Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2021

• On the use of low-cost trail cameras for high-resolution monitoring of river bank erosion in cold climatesElias, M., Eltner, A., Wolff, F., Spieler, D. & Lotsari, E., Sep 2021Research output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
• On the use of smartphones as novel photogrammetric water gauging instruments: Developing tools for crowdsourcing water levelsElias, M., 15 Jun 2021, München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vol. C931. 192 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Types of Thesis > Doctoral thesis

2020

• Assessing the Influence of Temperature Changes on the Geometric Stability of Smartphone- and Raspberry Pi CamerasElias, M., Eltner, A., Liebold, F. & Maas, H., 2020, In: Sensors. 3, p. 643-643, 1 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Investigation on multi-sensor fusion strategies for improved orientation determination in mobile phone imaging applicationsElias, M. & Maas, H., 2020, In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. V-1, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article

2019

• Photogrammetric water level determination using smartphone technologyElias, M., Kehl, C. & Schneider, D., 2019, In: Photogrammetric Record. 166, p. 198-223, 26 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2018

• Watching grass grow - A pilot study on the suitability of photogrammetric techniques for quantifying change in Aboveground Biomass in Grassland experimentsKröhnert, M., Anderson, R., Bumberger, J., Dietrich, P., Harpole, W. S. & Maas, H., 30 May 2018, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . 42, 2, p. 539-542, 4 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article
• Automatic Image‐Based Water Stage Measurement for Long‐Term Observations in Ungauged CatchmentsEltner, A., Elias, M., Sardemann, H. & Spieler, D., 2018, In: Water Resources Research. 12, p. 10362-10371, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Entwicklung eines low-cost Kamerapegels zur Erfassung hydrologischer ExtremereignisseEltner, A., Sardemann, H., Elias, M. & Maas, H., 2018, Publikationen der DGPF: 38. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF und PFGK18 Tagung. p. 573-583, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

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