professional president professor
Doctor of Philosophy (Surveying Engineering) with minor in Economics. Department of Surveying Engineering, University of Maine, 1991
Master of Surveying Science, School of Surveying, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1987
Bachelor of Surveying, School of Surveying, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1978
Hurlstone Agricultural High School, Glenfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1971.
He currently holds the position of director of the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science. He is the former president of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors (1999) and of the Geographic and Land Information Society (2005). He is a registered professional land surveyor in Texas, Maine, and Australia.
Jeffress has been one of the original co-principal investigators of the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network since 1991, and held the Blucher Chair of Excellence in Surveying from 1990-1991.
He has held teaching positions in Australia and the United States, and has also taught short courses in Haiti. Jeffress continues to collect and analyze geographic data and information for land management and development.
His research interests incorporate geographic information system or geographical information science and digital surveying applications in environmental management, land titling, and land administration. Jeffress is also involved in promoting surveying and geographic information system or geographical information science education.
He organized and coordinated the 2006 GLIS geographic information system or geographical information science Competition for high school students, sponsored by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).
