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Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz, a research assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and a co-investigator for the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM), is part of the 2023-25 cohort for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) LANDInG Academy Fellows. CEE's Fernandez-Diaz tabbed as AGU LANDInG Academy Fellow
September 13, 2023
Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz, a research assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and a co-investigator for the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (…
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping NCALM Seed Proposals Not Solicited in 2023
September 11, 2023
Seed Proposal Information for Students and Advisors For the past 18 years, NCALM has held an annual Seed Project competition for graduate students at U.S. institutions. These competitive,…
A 3D printed model based on airborne lidar data of a pyramid. Cullen Researchers Part of Team Opening Window to Maya Culture
July 17, 2023
In the ongoing quest to unearth the world’s hidden mysteries, University of Houston researchers and archaeology partners have discovered a lost Maya city deep in the jungles of Campeche, on…
University of Houston, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences Seeks Graduate Research Assistant
May 8, 2023
Graduate Research Assistantship in Geodesy, Remote Sensing, and Geophysics The Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences (GSES) program in the Department of Civil and Environmental…
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping NCALM Announces 2022 Seed Proposal Winners
March 21, 2023
2022 Student Seed Proposal Winners Selected The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping surveys multiple projects each year for graduate student PIs whose research would be enhanced by…
DTM of the Little River in Sparta, NC with 0.25m contours. (Credit: OpenTopography) New NCALM Datasets in California, Oregon, and North Carolina Now Available
January 12, 2023
Three new NCALM (National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping) datasets are now available from OpenTopography. Two of these datasets examine snow hydrology and dynamics in the western US.…
Hyongki Lee, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, has received about $692,410 in additional funding for a three-year extension of his research work, “Strengthening Regional and National Capacity for Operational Flood andDrought Management Services for Lower Mekong Nations via Mekong River Commission and SERVIR-Mekong.” Hyongki Lee, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, has received about $692,410 in additional funding for a three-year extension of his research work. CEE's Lee Receives Funding to Continue Flood Analysis Work Along Asia's Mekong River
October 31, 2022
By: Stephen Greenwell A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering will continue serving as the lead PI for a NASA project that examines land subsidence, flood forecasting and…
Contours overlaid on a hillshade of a Digital Terrain Model (DTM). (Credit: OpenTopography) New NCALM Datasets in California and Arizona Now Available
October 20, 2022
Two new Seed grant datasets from NCALM (National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping) are now available from OpenTopography. On July 13th 2021 a lidar dataset within the Sierra Nevada…
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping NCALM Invites Graduate Students to Submit 2022 Seed Proposals
October 10, 2022
2022 Seed Proposal Period: October 10, 2022–January 13, 2023 The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping invites proposals from graduate student PIs seeking airborne lidar data for use…
Point cloud colored by elevation of a river channel. (Credit: OpenTopography) New NCALM Dataset in Nevada Now Available
September 30, 2022
A new lidar dataset covering 53 km2 over the McLeod Springs Wash in Nevada is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser…