RMIT team works in UAE

A team of RMIT University researchers worked in the United Arab Emirates last month assisting the Fujairah Tourism and Antiquities Authority. Ahmad Khalifa Al Shamsi, Chairman, Fujairah Tourism and Antiquities Authority; Dr David Silcock; His Highness, the Fujairah Crown Prince, Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi; Associate Professor Colin Arrowsmith; and Mohamed Al Hassani. The researchers from the School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences spent more than two weeks undertaking 3D laser scanning of important cultural, historic and natural tourism sites in and around the city. Associate Professor Colin Arrowsmith, Dr David Silcock, Lucas Holden and Mohamed Al Hassani were working with the authority to establish a three-dimensional baseline model. Associate Professor Arrowsmith said climate change would impact upon Fujairah's na...