Proposal
Name:
3D Optical & Laser Scanners for Heritage Science Technologies Student Training
FiscalYear:
2022
Audience:
Arts & Letters, College of
Submitter:
Napora, Katharine
Budget Manager:
Dimaggio, Kathleen M.
Project Manager:
Napora, Katharine Grace
Proposal Approvers
Dept. Chair:
Harris, Michael S
Local IT:
N/A
Dean:
Barrios, Barclay J.
Facilities:
N/A
OIT:
Bagdonas, Joseph A.
Proposal Funding
Year 1:
$ 79,989.00
Year 2:
$ 0.00
Year 3:
$ 0.00
Total:
$ 79,989.00
Proposal Funding versus Average
Questionnaire
Narrative
State-of-the-art 3D scanning has become integral to heritage science, the interdisciplinary, collaborative field employing scientific techniques to study the human past. Experience with heritage science methodologies is increasingly expected for college graduates seeking careers in museums, cultural resource management, and related fields. To align FAU with R1 universities also training students in these technologies, we seek $79,988.61 to acquire an Artec Leo wireless optical scanner and a Trimble X7 tripod-mounted laser scanner as well as two Dell OptiPlex 7000 desktop computers and a Dell Mobile Precision 3561 laptop for student processing of data. The two 3D scanners we request complement one another, with the Leo ideal for high-accuracy documentation of medium-sized artifacts and structures (Supporting Documentation) and the X7 capable of recording full sites. Anthropological applications of scanning include developing online teaching collections and recording excavations, earthworks, architectural remnants, burials, and the impact of erosion. Anthropology classes that will heavily incorporate these scanners include Research Methods in Archaeology (ANT4116), Stones & Bones: Unearthing the Past (ANT4930), FAU’s long-running archaeological/ethnographic field school in Ecuador (ANT4802/4824), and Forensic Anthropology (ANT4520). Faculty in the College of Engineering & Computer Science and A&L Departments of Visual Arts & Art History and Geosciences, as well as the Florida Public Archaeology Network, are equally enthusiastic about using these scanners for diverse teaching applications (Supporting Documentation), increasing accessibility to hundreds of students each semester. Obtaining these scanners represents a strategic investment for multiple departments, strengthening student success and engagement with gold standard technologies on FAU’s road to R1 and bolstering FAU’s interdisciplinary and inter-college collaboration.
Facilities
none (space is available in the Anthropology Department’s student computer lab for the computers as well as for scanner storage and use)
Hardware Requirements
Artec Leo optical scanner and associated hardware; Trimble X7 laser scanner and associated hardware; 2 Dell OptiPlex 7000 desktop computers with large monitors for students to process and visualize data; Mobile Precision 3561 laptop for in-field processing of data
Software Requirements
none; Artec software & 20 non-expiring licenses included with hardware purchase; Trimble Business Center software & 20 perpetual licenses already available at the Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering (CEGE) Department for student and faculty use
Timeline
purchase in Spring 2023; technologies can be incorporated into the second half of Spring 2023 courses and integrated fully for Summer & Fall 2023 courses
Sustainability
Artec hardware purchase includes non-expiring software with 2 years of updates; perpetual Trimble software licenses already available at College of Engineering's Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering (CEGE) Department; the equipment is expected to remain useable and at the high end of scanner technology for years
Resource Matching
none expected
Implementing Organization
Department of Anthropology
Proposal Budget
|
Fiscal Year 1 |
Fiscal Year 2 |
Fiscal Year 3 |
Total |
| Hardware One-Time |
$ 79,988.61 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 79,988.61 |
| Hardware Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Software One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Software Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Personnel One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Personnel Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Other One-time |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Other Recurring |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
| Totals |
$ 79,989.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 0.00 |
$ 79,989.00 |
Supporting Documentation
| Filename |
Size |
Description |
| KNapora-Artec_Leo_MammothCave_trough_scan.mp4 |
6,238,602b |
Video of a scan K. Napora and colleagues made using the Artec Leo scanner at the University of Kentucky's new heritage science EduceLab of an 11 foot-long wooden trough from the early 19th century saltpeter mining operation in Mammoth Cave |
| Quote-2_Dell_Optiplex_7000_desktops.pdf |
58,716b |
Quote for 2 desktop computers with large monitors for on-campus student data processing |
| Quote-Artec_Leo.pdf |
98,911b |
Quote for Artec Leo scanner & associated hardware |
| Quote-Dell_Mobile_Precision_Laptop.pdf |
54,655b |
Quote for 1 laptop for in-field student data processing |
| Quote-Trimble_X7.pdf |
32,315b |
Quote for Trimble X7 and associated hardware |
| Support-Letter-Visual_Arts_Art_History.pdf |
135,936b |
Support letter from the Department of Visual Arts and Art History |
| Support_Letter-Civil_Envi_Geomatics_Engineering.pdf |
190,735b |
Support letter from the College of Engineering and Computer Science's Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatics Engineering |
| Support_Letter-FPAN.pdf |
116,189b |
Support letter from the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) |
| Support_Letter-Geosciences.pdf |
170,211b |
Support letter from the Department of Geosciences |
| Support_Letter-Ocean_Mechanical_Engineering.pdf |
238,240b |
Support letter from the College of Engineering and Computer Science's Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering |
