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Mona Hess

Professor for Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation

Sabbatical summer term March - September 2021

Dipl.-Ing. Univ. Architecture, M.A. Denkmalpflege / Heritage Conservation, PhD in 3D imaging metrology for cultural heritage (UCL Faculty of Engineering/ UCL CEGE), UCL Honorary Senior Research Associate, Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (UK FHEA)

  • Lead of the Chair of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation, Program director of the M.Sc. Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation
  • Lead of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation at the Centre for Heritage Studies and Technologies (KDWT) , Am Zwinger 6, Bamberg
  • Vice Womens' officer of the University of Bamberg

Meetings can be agreed by appointment through the assistant.

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien
Lehrstuhl für Digitale Denkmaltechnologien
Office: ZW4/01.26

Am Zwinger 4 (Villa)
D-96047 Bamberg
Germany
Tel.: +49 951 863-1634 / Secretary: +49 951 863-1633
Mail: mona.hess(at)uni-bamberg.de

Since November 2019

Honorary Senior Research Associate, Centre for Digital Humanities, University College London, United Kingdom

Since Januar 2019

Womens officer of the University of Bamberg

Oktober 2017

Appointment to Professor of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation and Chairholder at the University of Bamberg, Germany

October 2017 to September 2019

Honorary Senior Research Associate, 3DIMPact Research Group, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering,

January 2014 to September 2017

Research Associate, Research Manager, Module coordinator, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

September 2016 to January 2017

Research Fellow, Preserving Maya Heritage, Department for Africa, Oceania and Americas at the British Museum, Coordinator via Adecco UK on assignment to Google (The Google Cultural Institute), London, UK

August 2015 to June 2016

UCL Robotics Coordinator, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – Impact Acceleration Award, UCL Robotics and Autonomous Systems, UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

2008 to 2013

Research Associate, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL Public and Cultural Engagement, University College London, UK

September 2006 to August 2007

Graduate Research Intern, Getty Conservation Institute, Fields Projects department, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, USA, Project: Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities – Jordan (MEGA-J)

February 2005 to August 2006

Freelancer: Digital Cathedral Archives, Bamberger Dom, Dombauhütte, Staatliches Hochbauamt Bamberg

June 2004 to August 2006

Research Assistant, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Professorship of Building Preservation Sciences, Institute for Archeology, Heritage Sciences and Art, cooperation with Prof. Dr. Rainer Drewello

August 2002 to September 2003

Apprentice Architect, L’étude de Louis Brillant, Montreal, Canada, Architect's office with a focus on the preservation of architectural monuments and conservation

August to September 2000

Apprentice Architect, Luca Gazzaniga & Carlo Ceccolini Architetti, Lugano, Schwitzerland

August to Oktober 1999

Apprentice Architect, Braunfels Architekten, Munich

2017

Appointment to Professor and Chairholder for Digital Technologies in Heritage conservation

2016

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for supporting and learning in higher education, Descriptor 2. certificate of educational qualification

2015

PhD in 3D imaging metrology for cultural heritage, UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London, UK

2014

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA UKPSF)

2005

Master of Arts in Heritage Conservation, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg/ Fachhochschule Coburg

2002

Dipl.-Ing. Univ. Architecture, Technische Universität München (TUM)

2021

  • under review: Hess, M. (2021), Use of digital heritage resources within the museum context, Proceedings of  the 2020 Second International Symposium on Digital Heritage. Next Digital Transformation: Broadening the Territory of Digital Heritage - Expanding the roles and scope of digital documentation.Organiszed by Cultural Heritage Administration , Korea and KAIST (Graduate School of Culture Technology)
  • Popovas, D., Chizhova, M. Gorkovchuk, D. Gorkovchuk, J., Hess, M., Luhmann T. (2021), Virtual Terrestrial laser scanner simulator in a digital twin environment, Proceedings of the joint international event 9th ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 & 3rd GEORES (‘GEOmatics and pREServation), Valencia (Spain). 26–28 April 2021 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/Arqueologica9.2021.12091
  • under review: Chizhova, M., Gorkovchuk, D., Kachkovskaya, T., Popovas, D. , Gorkovchuk, J., Luhmann, T., Hess, M., (2021), Qualitative testing of an advanced terrestrial laser scanner simulator: users experience and feedback, ISPRS conference, Commission V, WG V/7
  • under review: Hess, M., Schlieder, C. , Schnier, V., Troi, A. (2021), M.Sc. in Digital Technoloies in Heritage Conservation. Sustainable Mission for education in heritage. SBE21. Conference: Sustainable Built Heritage 2021 with the topic: Renovating historic buildings for a low-carbon built heritage. EURAC, Bolzano, IT. April 2021.

2020

  • Chizhova, M., Korovin, D., Luhmann, T., Hindmarch, J., Hess, M. (2020), Mathematical modelling of laserscanning process. Conference on “Modern mathematics and concepts, innovative mathematical education” Moscow, June 25, 2020
  • Chizhova, M., Pavlovskis, M., Hindmarch, J.; Hess, M. (2020), Application of multi-criteria decision making for the selection of sensing tools for historical gravestones, The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B2-2020, pp. 1435–1442. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2020-1435-2020.
  • Chizhova, M., Popovas, D.,  Gorkovchuk, D., Gorkovchuk, J., Hess, M., Luhmann, T. (2020), Virtual terrestrial laser scanner simulator for digitalization of teaching envoronments: concepts and first results. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B5-2020, pp. 91–97. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B5-2020-91-2020.

2019

  • Huth, O., Hess, M., Troi, A.and Jagfeld, M. (2019) ‘Digitale Denkmaltechnologien - neue Ansätze zur Fortschreibung der Denkmalpflege’, Die Denkmalpflege, vol. 2, no. 77.Jg., pp. 145–151.https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/47312 

  • Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien : 2016 - 2018 / hg. von Tobias Arera-Rütenik, Stefan Breitling, Rainer Drewello, Mona Hess, Gerhard VinkenBamberg: Univ. of Bamberg Press, 2019, (Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien (KDWT): Berichte des KDWT  ; 1), 978-3-86309-652-6, Beschreibung : Kompetenzzentrum Denkmalwissenschaften und Denkmaltechnologien: 2016-2018

  • Hess, M., Schlieder, C., Troi, A., Jagfeld, M., Hindmarch, J., Henrich, A., 2019. Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation. Methods of teaching and learning this M.Sc. degree, unique in Germany, in: Luigini, A. (Ed.), AISC 919: Digital Environments for Education, Arts and Heritage (EARTH2018). Presented at the Conference Proceedings #EARTH2018 Conference, Springer, Springer, Cham, Brixen, Italy, pp. 53–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12240-9_7

2018

  • Hess, M., Colson, A. and Hindmarch, J. (2018) Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange of Digital Technologies in Cultural Heritage Institutions, Museum International, vol. 70, no. 1–2, pp. 48–61 [Online]. DOI: 10.1111/muse.12192 , Full text PDF: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/muse.12192

  • Chizhova, M., Gurianov, A., Hess, M., Luhmann, T., Brunn, A., Stilla, U., 2018. Semantic segmentation of building elements using point cloud hashing, in: ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Presented at the ISPRS TC II Mid-term Symposium “Towards Photogrammetry 2020” , June 2018, Copernicus GmbH, Riva del Garda, Italy, pp. 241–250. doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-241-2018

  • Hess, M., Drewello, R., Engel, U., Rahrig, M. (2018) Welttheater in 3D. Wie barocke Deckenmalereien ihre Geheimnisse offenbaren(503.7 KB, 2 pages). in: Der universelle Wert. Neue Perspektiven auf das Welterbe in Bamberg und in aller Welt. Uni.vers Forschung. Mai 2018. S.20-23.

  • Hess, M. (2018). Digitalisierung für Kultur, in: Epple, P. (Hrsg.), Digitalisierung, Zwischen Den Welten. Cuvillier, Göttingen Germany, pp. 53–74. ISBN 978-3-7369-9737-0, eISBN 978-3-7369-9737-1.
  • Hess, M. (2018). Das Puppenhaus als Vorläufer des immersiven virtuellen 3D-Modells, in: Fuchs, B., Holtorf, C., Spiller, C. (Hrsg.), Modelle Die Die Welt Bedeuten. Wie Wissen Entsteht. Erich Weiss Verlag, Bamberg, Germany, pp. 60–65. ISBN: 978-3-940821-62-1

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Für weitere Publikationen, siehe ORCID und UCL IRIS.

Teaching and Tutoring

Courses in the M.Sc. programme of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation, since October 2017 (all German)

  • Modul 1: Introduction to Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation
  • Modul 3: Digital acquisition of objects, with Dr. Maria Chizhova
  • Modul 8: Digital Modelling, with Dr. Maria Chizhova
  • Modul 9B: Introduction to BIM and HBIM (Heritage Building Information Modelling) with Egbert Keßler (HS Coburg) and Dr. Cinzia Tommasi (Politecnico di Milano)
  • Modul 12B: Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) Advanced Course with Dr. Maria Chizhova

From Autumn 2021: Lecture contribution to Digital Imaging & Conservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage, Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem

2/2020Digitale Strategien in den Denkmalwissenschaften (Digital Strategies in Heritage Sciences), Gastvorlesung an der Universität Würzburg, Professur für Museologie und materielle Kultur (Lecture for a seminar in museum studies) hosted by Dr. Menke and Prof. Dr. Guido Fackler

09/2020 Digital Technologies in heritage conservation - integration of optical surveying and measurement methods and sensor technologies into clasical heritage conservation and museology, interactive seminar with student presentations for University of Roma III, Attività didattica nell’ambito dei Master “Didattica Museale Generale”, “ Studi avanzati di educazione museale” e nell’ambito dei seminari autunnali del progetto di ateneo “Il progetto Inclusive Memory nell’era post covid”, per Prof. Dr. Antonella Poce (organiser)

08/2020 Tutor at the Summer School Monitoring Heritage 2020, Surveying the castle ruin Burg Neideck in the Fränkische Schweiz, Course directed by Prof. Dr. Till Sonnemann, with Prof. Dr. Mona Hess and Phil Burgdorf

05/2020Digitale Rekonstruktion/Digital Reconstruction , seminary 'Deckenmalerei Digital', geleitet von PD Dr. Matteo Burioni, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, LMU München. Cooperative Project with : Akademieprojekt Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland

09/2019 Second Internationalal Summer School Monitoring Heritage in Havana/ Cuba , by Prof. Dr. Till Sonnemann/ Prof. Dr. Mona Hess/ Dr. John Hindmarch/ .

2019/08 Tutor at the Summer School LEVERAGE ICTs : Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism for preserving Living Heritage,  August 24 - 31, 2019 , Lugano & Müstair, Switzerland, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Schweiz

2019/05 Tutor at the 2-day course: Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation - integration of optical surveying and measurement methods and sensor technologies into classical heritage conservation. for the Master annuale di II livello “Didattica Museale Generale”, Master di II livello in “Studi avanzati di educazione museale”, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Italien.

07/2018 First International Summer School Monitoring Heritage in Bamberg, led by Prof. Dr. Till Sonnemann, Prof. Dr. Mona Hess and Dr. John Hindmarch together with Gastprofessor Prof. Dr. Jesus Pacheco Martinez

 

 

Professional Memberships

  1. CIPA ICOMOS Heritage Documentation
  2. ICOMOS Deutschland
  3. ICOM Deutschland
  4. Deutscher Werkbund Bayern
  5. Deutscher Hochschulverband

EU COSCH - Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage, Working Group II: Spatial Object Documentation. Case study: Multi-modal imaging of Roman coins

EU COSCH Action: Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage. Part of Working Group II: Spatial Object Documentation. The main objective of this COST Action is to promote research, development and application of optical measurement techniques – adapted to the needs of heritage documentation – based on an interdisciplinary cooperation, on a concerted European level and to offer a novel and reliable, independent and global knowledge base facilitating the use of today's and future optical measuring techniques to support the documentation of European heritage. Part of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is one of the longest-running European frameworks supporting cooperation among  scientists and researchers across Europe.

Wel(l)come@3D - knowledge exchange in 3D imaging technology, 3D printing and dissemination of archival and collection objects , Knowledge Exchange Champion, UCL Enterprise

Principal investigator, UCL Enterprise Knowledge Exchange Grant plus match funding by the partner Wellcome Trust for a collaborative project on in-house capacity building of 3D imaging in collections. "Wel(l)come@3D". Collaboration of UCL CEGE with UCL Digital Humanities, partnering with the Welcome Trust.

Stamp printing plates, dies and rollers–from vault to view

The British Postal Museum & Archive [BPMA] has a comprehensive record of stamp production in the UK from the introduction of the world’s first stamp, the Penny Black. BPMA holds approximately 1300 dies and rollers from the stamp printing process and 280 printing plates. These objects, made of metal, provide a fuller context for the cycle of stamp production. The objective for this project is to provide access to these very valuable objects. The aim is to capture these finely engraved printing plates, rollers and dies as 3D digital objects. These objects pose a challenge for 3D digitization since they are manufactured mainly from steel with high reflectance, making them difficult to measure with optical surface technologies. A public outreach event will be qualitative evaluation and feedback from the public and researchers through user testing of a public delivery with selected objects from the feasibility study. The 15 Share Academy projects 2013-2014 aim to build sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships between the higher education sector and specialist museums in London.

More information about Shareacademy
More information about the British Postal Museum and Archive
Collaborators and more information on the project

3DPetrie: 3D imaging research, digital applications and use of new technologies in the museum

3DPetrie at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: 3D imaging research and use of new technologies in the museum. 3DPetrie is researching the viability of using high quality 3D images of museum collections to engage a range of audiences through the production of 3D models of Petrie Museum  artefacts and the development of end-user digital 3D applications.

Publication

Re-engineering Watt: 3D laser scan and 3D printing in museum artefact documentation

Re-engineering Watt: A case study and best practice recommendations for 3D colour laser scans and 3D printing in museum artefact documentation. The project completed the full production cycle from an original negative plaster cast to the final product in the form of a physical exhibition replica of a newly discovered bust of James Watt. The replica has been accessioned and exhibited by the Science Museum, London, in "James Watt and our World".

More information on the projekt
The project in the media
Publication

British Museum War Canoe - 3D virtual reconstruction and digital repatriation

3D digital documentation of a highly significant cultural heritage object from the Melanesian Southwest Pacific, held in the ethnographic collections of the British Museum. The object, which dates from about 1910, is a large plank-built war canoe from the island of Vella Lavella in New Georgia, Solomon Islands. 3D laser scanning is paired with anthropological research, which aims to deliver a holistic virtual 3D reconstruction and multimedia interactive delivery of the boat for the digital repatriation to the source community.Collaboration: University of Bergen, Norway; British Museum, London.

Publication

Play it again SAM. Design with Heritage.

The project will investigate issues of authenticity of historic objects and the relationship between original and reproduction(s), in particular digital reproduction, by making a reproduction of a kinetic interactive work. The project will use SAM (Sound Activated Mobile), by Edward Ihnatowicz (1968), as an exemplar by 3D scanning the existing artefact, constructing a 3D virtual model and validating the model by 3D printing the constituent parts. Design with Heritage is a twelve-month Knowledge Exchange project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The aim of the project is to develop connections between designers, academic researchers, and arts and heritage institutions by identifying shared interests and creating opportunities for collaboration.

E-Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification and assessment

The project 'E-Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification and assessment' was a one-year project from 2007 to 2008 at UCL Museums and Collections. This project draws on UCL's expertise both in curatorship and in e-Science. It takes advantage of the presence at UCL of world class collections across a range of disciplines and of a state of the art colour scanner, the quality of which is unequalled in the UK. The project explores the use of 3D colour scanning and e-Science technologies to capture and share very large 3D colour scans and detailed datasets about museum artefacts in a secure computing environment. The combination of these technologies could assist curators and conservators in object identification and assessment, both locally and remotely. The E-Curator project was jointly funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre (AHESSC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The aim of this project is to bring together, through workshops, practical sessions and conferences, as well as in an edited publication, museum conservators, educators, scientists, curators and other professionals from the higher education and museum sectors who are interested in this technology and its implications across the heritage sector.

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