Kurt B. Wurm, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Surveying Engineering

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Dr. Wurm’s educational background includes a B.S. in Surveying from Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Michigan. He earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Spatial Information Science and Engineering at the University of Maine, with a minor in adult and continuing education. His area of research is concerned with the development and long-term maintenance of the national cadastre. His career includes many years of employment with the USDI, Bureau of Land Management as a professional land surveyor. He has extensive expertise in the US Public Land Survey System, boundary surveying, digital spatial databases, and computer application development. He is a licensed professional land surveyor in Montana. Dr. Wurm joined the Surveying Engineering Faculty at NMSU in August 2002. He is a member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, the National Society of Professional Surveyors, the American Society for Engineering Education, and currently serves as the secretary of the Southern Rio Grande Chapter of NMPS.	Research Interests Dr. Wurm is the Principal Investigator on a research and cooperative agreement initiative with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. This initiative is providing students with hands-on experience with the BLM’s digital representation of the Public Lands Survey System known as the Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB). The New Mexico State Office of the BLM benefits from a spatial upgrade to the data product while students benefit from real-world experience in this exiting new area of the surveying profession. Measurement management for digital cadastral parcel databases Geodesy and GPS applications Boundary surveying Computer software design Teaching Activities Professor Wurm teaches introductory and advanced courses in Surveying Engineering including SUR 222 – Plane Surveying SUR292 – Public Lands Survey System Boundaries SUR 312 – Legal Principles of Boundary Surveying SUR328 – Construction Surveying SUR330 – Computer Applications of Surveying SUR351 – Survey Measurements, Analysis and Adjustments SUR 370 – Advanced Field Procedures SUR412 – Advanced Boundary Law SUR451 – Advanced Survey Measurements, Analysis and Adjustments
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