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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.
Donghwan Kim Receives Best Dissertation Award

Kim Receives Awards at Department and College Levels Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences Ph.D. graduate Donghwan Kim won the best dissertation award in the Department of Civil… 		Donghwan Kim and Hyongki Lee at department ceremony.
GSES Ph.D. Candidates Defend Dissertations

Andrea Albright and Sean Zhu Defend Ph.D. Dissertations in April Two doctoral candidates from the Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences (GSES) graduate program recently defended… 		Andrea Albright's and Sean Zhu's dissertations with Dr. Craig Glennie.
New NCALM Dataset Northwest of Salmon, Idaho Available

A new lidar dataset covering 42 km2 northwest of Salmon, Idaho is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (… 		3D point cloud colored by elevation of the Dump Creek basin in Idaho. (Credit: OpenTopography)
NCALM Announces 2021 Seed Proposal Winners

2021 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… 		National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
New NCALM Lidar Dataset in Southeastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains

A new lidar dataset covering approximately 133 km2 north of Ridgecrest, California, in the southeastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains, is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar… 		DTM colored by elevation of a section north of Ridgecrest, California. (Credit: OpenTopography)
Radar Tech From CEE's Milillo Records Antarctic Glaciers Losing Ice Faster Than Ever Documented Before

By: Sally Strong In a new University of Houston study using an advanced remote imaging system known as synthetic aperture radar interferometry, three glaciers at the South Pole are… 		Pietro Milillo, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Houston, is joined in the project by University of California Irvine researchers and scientists from NASA, the German Aerospace Center and the Italian Space Agency.