Dr. Spencer Hill joins the CREST institute as its affiliated faculty member. Dr. Hill joined CCNY as an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences department in fall 2023. He teaches Climate dynamics, statistical methods in Earth Sciences. Dr. Hill joined
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CUNY-CREST’s Business Development and Entrepreneurship Pillar Director, Mr. Harry Cikanek received the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Distinguished Service Award on March 28, 2024 at the IAF Spring Meeting. Mr. Cikanek received this award for his exceptional service to IAF for more than
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CREST visited one of its sites in Caribou Maine as part of its project on Enhancing Resilience: National Weather Services for Environmental Justice in Vulnerable Communities from April 2 to 4, 2024. CREST Executive Director, Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi; CREST Research Scientist, Dr
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CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant, along with Dr. Jackie Weissman, Director of Proposal Development, Office of Research, CCNY and Dr. Effie MacLachlan, Director of Grants, CUNY Office of Research participated and presented in the recently held 2024 Advancing Research Impact
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Gabriella Garcia, Sameeha Malikah, & Stephanie Avila published a research article titled Historical Climate Trends and Extreme Weather Events in the Tri-State Area: A Detailed Analysis of Urban and Suburban Differences in the Climate journal by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) issued
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John Adams High School CUNY High School Initiative in Remote Sensing of the Earth Systems Engineering and Sciences (HIRES) Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant, CREST Research Scientist, Dr. Tarenra Lakhankar, and CREST Communication Manager, Srishti Tyagi participated in an recruitment and outreach visit
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CREST co-hosted the Earth System and Environmental Engineering (ESE) Program Mixer on April 18 2024 in Marshak 105-107, City College of New York. Current and prospective ESE students, faculty, and staff attended the mixer. The mixer event began with welcome remarks from
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CREST participated in the 2024 Pre-College Engineering Day by Latin American Engineering Student Association Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineerings on April 5, 2024 at the City College of New York, a 10 year long tradition. Mr. César Ortiz, CREST
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CREST Faculty affiliate and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at CCNY, Naresh Devineni welcomed a new Post-Doctoral Fellow, Seonho Kim in February 2024. Seonho’s work will focus on better understanding the role of water demand on drought risks. Seonho’s research aims to
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In partnership with New York City (NYC) Environmental Educators Advisory Council (EEAC), NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, CREST co-hosted “How Things Work” Eco-Literacy Conference on March 5, 2024 in the Great Hall at the City
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