Research frame work at LACCOST, UFPE, Brazil

After finishing PhD sandwich (Rodrigo) under co-supervision of Professor Bernhard Heck in 2010 at GIK (Geodetic Institute of Geodesy) KIT, new ideas came true to start a laboratory of research dedicated to coastal studies (LACCOST) at Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Also the contact made at GIK with Professor Joseph Awange spreading his ideas about “Environmental Geodesy” add latter an international cooperation with Curtin University, Australia, improving this team and including beside coastal related studies researches with spatial geodesy as background to support questions about the environment, using Brazil and South America as study case. The objectives of this paper is firstly to thank Professor Heck for keeping always looking for international cooperation with naturally become an example and model to follow up and his incredible skills to support researches all over the world. Secondly propagate what has been the topic of master’s students showing researches under development at this laboratory.