Nebraska Anthropology: Meet Aaron
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10/10/2016
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Meet Aaron, an anthropology graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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- [00:00:02.260]So what we're seeing here is a castle from Germany
- [00:00:05.534]called Bur-ko-ne-ken.
- [00:00:07.172]My master's research is the digitization of this castle
- [00:00:10.156]using photogrammetry as is shown in this,
- [00:00:13.610]it's a three-D model of it,
- [00:00:15.635]as well as laser scanning.
- [00:00:17.353]These type of tools are really important in anthropology
- [00:00:20.280]and, specifically, also archeology
- [00:00:22.887]because it really brings people back into the past.
- [00:00:26.604]The bio-anth lab is actually an incredible lab,
- [00:00:29.663]and it really is great because there are so many casts,
- [00:00:32.580]and it presents you with a hands-on opportunity
- [00:00:34.937]to work with these casts.
- [00:00:36.844]The whole department is very collaborative.
- [00:00:38.510]All the faculty and all the grad students
- [00:00:40.618]often work together.
- [00:00:41.811]We even have a club, that's undergrad and graduate club,
- [00:00:45.571]called Anthro Group that I'm president of.
- [00:00:48.366]The academic atmosphere is actually a very, very good ...
- [00:00:51.260]There's a close interaction between the faculty
- [00:00:53.240]and the students.
- [00:00:54.490]I hope to continue with a PhD in the ...
- [00:00:57.461]The Anthropology Department is done a very good job
- [00:00:59.618]with preparing me for going to the next level.
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