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CEE's Lee Receives Funding to Continue Flood Analysis Work Along Asia's Mekong River

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… 		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.
New NCALM Datasets in California and Arizona Now Available

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… 		Contours overlaid on a hillshade of a Digital Terrain Model (DTM). (Credit: OpenTopography)
NCALM Invites Graduate Students to Submit 2022 Seed Proposals

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… 		National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
New NCALM Dataset in Nevada Now Available

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… 		Point cloud colored by elevation of a river channel. (Credit: OpenTopography)
New NCALM Dataset Over the South Padre Island, TX Available

A new lidar dataset covering 61 km2 over Padre Island, TX is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (… 		Hillshade draped on a Digital Surface Model (DSM) colored by elevation of the Port Mansfield Channel on Padre Island. (Credit: OpenTopography)
New NCALM Dataset Over the Wax Lake Delta, LA Available

A new lidar dataset covering 53 km2 in the Wax Lake Delta, LA is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)… 		Colored hillshade of a DTM over a portion of the Wax Lake Delta. (Credit: OpenTopography)
NASA Grant Supports UH, UCI Project to Assess Flood Risks Using Radar Technologies

By: Stephen Greenwell With a $675,000 grant from NASA, researchers at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and the University of California, Irvine are launching a… 		Pietro Milillo, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received a $675,000 grant from NASA to work on flood risk assessment with the University of California, Irvine.
New Ph.D. Opportunities in GSES Graduate Research Program

UH's Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences Seeks Multiple Ph.D. Students The University of Houston's Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences graduate research program and… 		GSES at UH College of Engineering
Four New NCALM Datasets Available on OpenTopography

Four new lidar datasets collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) are now available on OpenTopography. These include a dataset covering 73 km2 of the Marble,… 		3D point cloud colored by elevation of the Rampart Range in Colorado. (Credit: OpenTopography)
Two Geosensing Doctoral Candidates Defend Dissertations

Chi-Hung Chang and Tien Du Defend Dissertations in Fall 2021 Two students advised by Dr. Hyongki Lee, from the Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences (GSES) program, recently… 		Chi-Hung Chang's and Tien Du's dissertations with Dr. Hyongki Lee.