Russ Aicher is a geospatial expert and educator with commerial and academic experience in GIS, remote sensing, and surveying. He has served as an Assistant Professor at Paul Smith’s College since 2009, where he teaches a wide range of GIS and surveying courses, develops curriculum, and mentors student research. His professional background includes roles as a GIS analyst, Project Scientist, and consultant, with work spanning land cover classification, photogrammetry, agricultural and environmental analysis, and geospatial data validation. Russ Aicher is highly skilled in GIS software, programming, and spatial data analysis, and has contributed to NASA-funded research projects, conference presentations, and academic publications.
Academic Background
- M.S. Environmental and Resource Engineering
- B.S. Environmental Studies
Courses Taught
- GIS 335 Advanced GIS Techniques
- DMR 330 Site Assessment
- GIS 201 Introduction to GIS
- GIS 255 Measurements and Mapping
- SRV 201 Field Surveying
- PHY 201 Physics 1
- SRV 210 Photogrammetry
- SRV 260 GPs and Geodesy
- 2025 Assessing Vertical Accuracy of FEMA Lidar in Forested Areas, New York State GIS Conference
- 2016 Getting Started with GIS Workshop, Land Surveying Conference