Courtesy Photo | Two Soldiers with the 142nd Engineer Detachment (Survey & Design), 84th Engineer...... read more read more
Courtesy story from the 142nd Engineer Detachment (Survey and Design)
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – The 142nd Engineer Detachment (Survey & Design), 84th Engineer Battalion, held a demonstration for a select group of fifth graders from Mililani Ike Elementary School, May 12, showing them the use and functional capabilities of their survey equipment.
The eight children were hand-selected by their teachers, by writing an essay to prove that they were willing to stay after school to expand their knowledge.
Sgt. Richard Deobler and Spc. Bradley Wilson, both technical engineers with the 142nd, went over the different aspects of their jobs in the classroom and showed the students the equipment Army surveyors use.
The children learned about topographic surveying, computer-aided drafting, soil analysis and were provided with historical references why those topics are important throughout society. The students were also given information on the technological advances of surveying: from the pen and paper method to the new computerized method used by modern surveyors.
“The fifth graders were eager and asked an ample amount of questions,” said Deobler. “They were very engaged in the demonstration.”
During the hands-on portion of the demonstration, Deobler and Wilson demonstrated the practical use of the two pieces of equipment they brought with them.
The GPS equipment allows Soldiers to survey a construction site single-handedly using satellites orbiting the Earth to give precise position data on where the instrument is on the ground. The other piece of equipment is used to turn and record horizontal and vertical angles, and measure horizontal distances to create an accurate topographic representation of the land that is being surveyed.
“After the demonstration, the students were able to practice their surveying skills,” Deobler said. “They were able to walk around with the GPS equipment surveying the trees and surrounding area outside of their classroom."
“One student had thought the machine was acting like a robot when the auto-tracking function was turned on and the machine was following the target prism automatically,” Deobler joked.
| Date Taken: | 05.12.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 05.14.2014 21:20 |
| Story ID: | 129803 |
| Location: | MILILANI, HAWAII, US |
| Hometown: | MILILANI, HAWAII, US |
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