Florida Region member and University of Florida Geomatics PhD Candidate Ben Wilkinson walked away with two Awards at the 2010 ASPRS conference in San Diego.

The first award given to Ben was the Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship, in recognition of his outstanding academic credentials and his plans and enthusiasm to become an education professional in Surveying, Mapping, and Photogrammetry.

The second award was for 2^nd Place in the John I. Davidson President’s Award for Practical Papers. His paper, “A new Approach for Pass-point Generation from Aerial Video Imagery” was published in the PE&RS, 75(4), p. 437-442 and was co-authored by Florida Region board member Bon Dewitt, Adam Watts, Ahmed Mohammed and Matthew Burgess.

ASPRS credited Ben as having demonstrated and has been recognized at all levels for his continued interest, dedication, enthusiasm and aptitude to become an education professional.

Congratulations, Ben – the Florida Region is proud of your accomplishments!