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Past Graduate Students

Abureli Aierken
Abureli Aierken
M.S., 2018
Thesis: Non-Thesis Degree
Andrea Albright
Andrea Albright
Ph.D., 2022
Current Job: Postdoctoral Reasearcher at USDA Watershed Research Laboratory
Thesis: Nearshore Bathymetry from Fusion of ICESat-2 and Multispectral Satellite Imagery
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Surendar Babu
M.S., 2022
Thesis: Non-Thesis Degree
Rebecca Brown
Rebecca Brown
M.S., 2019
Current Job: Data Analyst at GeoDigital International
Thesis: Data Quality Analysis of the Leica SPL100 Airborne Single Photon Lidar Sensor
Ning Cao
Ning Cao
Ph.D., 2016
Thesis: Advanced SAR Interferometry Methods for Ground Displacement Estimation from Spaceborne and Airborne Platforms
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Chi-Hung Chang
Ph.D., 2021
cchang21 [at] uh.edu
Current Job: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Houston
Thesis: Forecasting Flood Levels and Areal Inundation in Downstream Mekong Using Remotely Sensed Data and Modeling
Ziyue Dang
Ziyue Dang
M.S., 2022
Thesis: Non-Thesis Degree
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Jieying Ding
M.S., 2023
Thesis:
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Sun Do
M.S., 2022
Thesis: Assessment of Hydropower Development Impacts on Hydrological Balance and Inundation Dynamics Change of the Lower Mekong River Basin
Tien Du
Tien Du
Ph.D., 2021
ldu9 [at] uh.edu
Current Job: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Houston
Thesis: Operational Water Management in Highly Regulated, Transboundary Watersheds Using Multi-Basin Modeling, Earth Observations and Co-Production
Nima Ekhtari
Nima Ekhtari
Ph.D., 2018
nekhtari [at] uh.edu
Current Job: Research Assistant Professor at University of Houston
Thesis: Land Cover and Impervious Surface Mapping Using Multispectral Airborne Laser Scanner Data
Pete Gadomski
Pete Gadomski
M.S., 2016
Current Job: Sr. Geospatial Software Engineer at Element 84
Thesis: Measuring Glacier Surface Velocities with LiDAR: A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Change Detection Methods
Preston Hartzell
Preston Hartzell
Ph.D., 2016
Current Job: Geospatial Software Engineer at Element 84
Thesis: Active and Passive Sensor Fusion for Terrestrial Hyperspectral Image Shadow Detection and Restoration
Darren Hauser
Darren Hauser
M.S., 2013
dlhauser [at] uh.edu
Current Job: Research Associate at NCALM
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Accuracy Analysis of a Mapping-Grade Mobile Laser Scanning System
Donghwan Kim
Donghwan Kim
Ph.D., 2019
Current Job: 102nd Engineer Battalion Commander, 1st Corps with the Republic of Korea Army
Thesis: Ensemble Learning Regression for Estimating River Discharge Using Remotely Sensed Data and Hydrological Model
Arpan Kusari
Arpan Kusari
Ph.D., 2015
Thesis: Precise Registration of Laser Mapping Data by Planar Feature Extraction for Deformation Mapping
Jordan Laughlin
Jordan Laughlin
M.S., 2020
jordan.laughlin [at] westpoint.edu
Current Job: Instructor at West Point
Thesis: Radiometric and Geometric Calibration of an Inexpensive LED-Based Lidar Sensor
Andrew Lyda
Andrew Lyda
M.S., 2019
awlyda [at] uw.edu
Current Job: Operations Engineer at NHERI RAPID Facility
Thesis: Non-Thesis Degree
Srijani Mukherjee
Srijani Mukherjee
M.S., 2019
Current Job: AI/Computer Vision R&D Engineer at GeoDigital International
Thesis: Non-Thesis Degree
Zhigang Pan
Zhigang Pan
Ph.D., 2016
Thesis: Shallow Water Bathymetry Using Full Waveform Bathymetric LiDAR and Hyperspectral Imagery
Sven Sorhus
Sven Sorhus
M.S., 2021
Current Job: GIS Analyst at Arup Canada
Thesis: Estimating Snowfall Metrics with a Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Zhiyue Sun
Zhiyue Sun
Ph.D., 2019
Thesis: Estimating Glacier Ice Thickness and Mass Balance using Multiple Spaceborne Geodetic Techniques
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Amirhossein Tayyebi
M.S., 2018
Thesis: Non-Thesis Degree
Xiao Wang
Xiao Wang
Ph.D., 2017
Thesis: Filtering of Single Photon LiDAR Data
Hongzhou Wang
Hongzhou Wang
Ph.D., 2016
Thesis: Fusion of Full Waveform LiDAR and Passive Remote Sensing for Improved Land-Cover Classification
Ting Yuan
Ting Yuan
Ph.D., 2017
Thesis: Congo Wetlands Hydrology using SAR, InSAR, and Radar Altimetry
Xiao Zhang
Xiao Zhang
Ph.D., 2016
Thesis: Lidar Based Change Detection for Earthquake Surface Ruptures
Xinxiang Zhu
Xinxiang "Sean" Zhu
Ph.D., 2022
Current Job: Software Engineer at Torc Robotics
Thesis: Estimated Distributed Near-Field Surface Displacements Using Nascent Mobile Laser Scanning