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

2018

• Glacier branch lines and glacier ice thickness estimation for debris-covered glaciers in the Central Tien ShanPieczonka, T., Bolch, T., Kröhnert, M., Peters, J. & Liu, S., 2018, In: Journal of Glaciology. 247, p. 835-849, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Multi-temporal photogrammetric analysis to monitoring the river Las Minas, Punta Arenas, ChileKoschitzki, R., Schwalbe, E., Elias, M., Cárdenas, C. & Maas, H., 2018, In: IEEE Latin America Transactions. 9, p. 2481-2489, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Versatile mobile and stationary low-cost approaches for hydrological measurementsElias, M. & Eltner, A., 2018, In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Archives). p. 543-550, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article

2017

• Camera based low-cost system to monitor hydrological parameters in small catchmentsEltner, A., Sardemann, H., Kröhnert, M. & Maas, H., 2017, p. 6698-6698, 1 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
• Determination of spatio-temporal velocity fields at Grey Glacier using terrestrial and satellite imagerySchwalbe, E., Koschitzki, R., Elias, M., Cárdenas, C. & Maas, H., 2017Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
• Determination of spatio-temporal velocity fields at Grey Glacier using terrestrial image sequences and optical satellite imagerySchwalbe, E., Kröhnert, M., Koschitzki, R., Johnson, E., Cárdenas, C. & Maas, H., 2017, p. 1-6, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
• Image-to-Geometry Registration on Mobile Devices – Concepts, Challenges and ApplicationsKröhnert, M., Kehl, C., Litschke, H. & Buckley, S. J., 2017, 3D-NordOst 2017: 20. Anwendungsbezogener Workshop zur Erfassung, Modellierung, Verarbeitung und Auswertung von 3D-Daten. Paul, L. & Stanke, G. (eds.). Berlin: Gesellschaft z. Förderung angewandter InformatikElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
• Segmentation of environmental time lapse image sequences for the determination of shore lines captured by hand-held smartphone camerasKröhnert, M. & Meichsner, R., 2017, In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. p. 1-8, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article

2016

• Automatic Waterline Extraction from Smartphone ImagesKröhnert, M., 2016, In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Archives). p. 857-863, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article
• Brute Force Matching Between Camera Shots and Synthetic Images from Point CloudsBoerner, R. & Kröhnert, M., 2016, In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Archives). p. 771-777, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article

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Presentations / Posters

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