As a Geomatics Engineer, Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) pilot, and SAIT faculty member with over 25 years in the geomatics industry, Rick Duchscher leads SAIT’s Connector lab to support students and industry partners engaging with highly advanced technological hardware and software platforms. Duchscher helps innovate workflows in the areas of construction, information technology, business, energy, manufacturing and transportation to collaboratively reach intended outcomes.
Duchscher’s vast experience in 3D modeling, photogrammetry, reality capture, XR, research practices and construction project management has allowed him to advise countless capstone groups, assisting learners as they discover their passion for reality capture and geomatics through new theoretical and applied methods.
Other areas of expertise include project management, specialized industrial and commercial RPAS, airborne payload sensors, photography, terrestrial laser scanning applications, GIS, web mapping, technical writing and earthworks. Duchscher is also a musician and horror film fanatic.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.