Alumni Highlights
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Meet Dr. Jose L., Pillich
Founder, IQSpatial
CESSRST Alumni
Student Highlights
The CUNY CREST Institute is filled with so many talented students and we feel that it is important to recognize the successes of our students and to showcase them to our whole community.
Click below to learn about a recent publication by our esteemed students!
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Meet Fatemeh Yavari!
Doctoral Candidate
Civil Engineering
CUNY City College of New York
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Meet Elsuida Hoxha!
Doctoral Candidate
Civil Engineering
CUNY City College of New York
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Meet Said A. Mejia Manrique!
Doctoral Candidate
Civil Engineering
CUNY City College of New York
Flood Impacts on Critical Infrastructure in a Coastal Floodplain in Western Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria
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Meet Juan P. Montoya-Rincon!
Doctoral Candidate
Mechanical Engineering
CUNY City College of New York
On the Use of Satellite Nightlights for Power Outages Prediction
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Meet Dr. Jeongwoo Hwang!
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Earth and Environmental Engineering
Columbia University
An Improved Zhang’s Dynamic Water Balance Model Using Budyko-Based Snow Representation for Better Streamflow Predictions