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Danial Perry

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Dan Perry

Biography

Danial L. Perry is a tenured Professor and Surveying and Mapping Program Coordinator. He has been teaching surveying, mapping, drafting, and design courses at UVU since 2005. He holds an MBA and is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in the State of Utah. He also operates his own consulting firm in Utah Valley. Prior to UVU he was a co-owner in two civil engineering and surveying firms and was a civil designer and survey technician for several firms accumulating over 25 years’ experience.

Education

MBA, University of Phoenix, 2006

Major: Business Management

BS, Linfield College, 1992

Major: Management

AAS, Utah Technical College, 1982

Major: Drafting and Design Technology

Teaching

SURV 3400

Emerging Surveying and Mapping Technologies, Fall 2024

SURV 455G

Global Professional Ethics and Liabilities GI, Fall 2024

SURV 2010

Land History of America WE, Fall 2024

SURV 481R

Surveying and Mapping Internship, Fall 2024

EGDT 1400

Surveying Applications and Field Techniques I, Fall 2024

EGDT 1040

Fundamentals of Technical Engineering Drawing, Summer 2024

SURV 490R

Professional Topics in Surveying and Mapping, Summer 2024

SURV 481R

Surveying and Mapping Internship, Summer 2024

SURV 481R

Surveying and Mapping Internship, Summer 2024

SURV 3030

Land Development Planning-Platting-Mapping, Spring 2024

SURV 4500

Professional Services Practicum, Spring 2024

SURV 4930

Senior Surveying and Mapping Capstone WE, Spring 2024

SURV 451R

Surveying and Mapping Lecture Series, Spring 2024

Presentations

Perry, Dan (Author Only), Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS) Annual Conference 2024, "Workforce Development and Education", UVU, St. George, Utah. (February 10, 2024)
Perry, Dan (Panelist), Annual Conference, "The Future of Professional Practice- Ethics in Surveying", Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS), St. George, Utah. (February 9, 2023)
Perry, Dan (Presenter & Author), Hexagon 2013, "Multi-disciplinary aspects of HDS play out at Israel's major Beit Lehi underground archaeological village_ multiple applications and educational disciplines ", Leica Geosystems, Las Vegas, NV. (June 6, 2013)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Perry, Dan , (2023) "The Geospatial Crisis" (Issue: 2023, vol. Array). Salt Lake City: Utah Engineers Council (UEC).

Awards

Surveyor of the Year

Utah Council of Land Surveyors - February 19, 2014