Year: 2024

Dr. Te Pei joined the CREST institute as its affiliated faculty member in Spring 2024. Dr. Pei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He teaches Geotechnical…

CREST co-sponsored the Lidar/Radar workshop held at the City College of New York on June 13, 2024. The workshop was organized by NOAA CESSRST II and led by Melvin Felton,…

CREST and the Earth Systems & Environmental Engineering degree program at the City College of New York (CCNY) co-hosted the Earth Systems Science & Environmental Engineering External Advisory Board (EEAB)…

CREST Scientist, Dr. Erin Friedman was invited to a panel discussion on Tracing the Contours of Caribbean Geography, Green Development and Environmental Justice, as part of the Caribbean Geography Specialty…

CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Student, NOAA CESSRST II Fellow, and CUNY CREST HIRES Mentor, Richard Rivera participated in the community outreach event on incorporating equity and justice into National Weather…

CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant attended the American Society of Civil Engineers Gala that celebrated Cities of the Future: a giant-screen film experience held at the Brooklyn Tech…

Dr. Shakila Merchant, CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Mr. César Ortiz, CREST Office Manager, Dr. Liubov Kreminska, Associate Director for Administration and Advising, Earth System and Environmental Engineering (ESE) Program at…

Sor Bello and Jose Armando Keppis are the recipients of the 2024 National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) Undergraduate Scholarship Awards. They began…

CREST launched its Deliver, Dialogue, Discuss, and Discourse (D4) Series with a kick-off seminar on May 14, 2024 at the City College of New York and virtually.  The purpose of…

CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant participated in the State-Wide Natural and Nature-Based Feature (NNBF) Symposium held at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), New York on April…