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 Engineering/Geomechanics. Commenting on what motivated him to pursue a career in teaching,
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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, Deryck James, David Ligon, Huaqing Cai, and the team from Army Research
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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) Inaugural Meeting at the CCNY on June 12, 2024 at the Grove
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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 American Association Geographer’s (CGSG) group seminar series. The event was held on
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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 Service (NWS) products on May 18, 2024. The purpose of this event
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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 High School in New York, NY on May 18, 2024. The ‘Cities
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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 CCNY, and Ms. Srishti Tyagi, CREST Communication Manager participated in the New
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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 the internship in May 2024 at Silver Springs Maryland and will continue
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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 the D4 seminar series is to engage with a community of researchers,
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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 30, 2024. This event was part of an initiative by the Science
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