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The City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth System (CUNY CREST) Institute is elated to announce the Shahab Afshari’s Scholarship for Excellence in Engineering Education, a scholarship established in memory of Dr. Shahab Afshari who tragically passed away in 2023. Dr.
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Grove School of Engineering Expo 2025 CREST participated in the Grove School of Engineering Expo 2025 on February 25 at the City College of New York. The expo was a great opportunity for attendees to learn about the programs in engineering and
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CREST Institute in collaboration with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA-CESSRST II) hosted a Python Workshop on February 19, 2025 in the Grove School of Engineering, the City College of New York. The
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CREST hosted a seminar on Nature Water- New Journal in the Nature Portfolio at the City College of New York on January 30, 2025. Dr. Karin Sjöstrand, Senior Editor of Nature Water served as the speaker. The seminar was well attended by
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Dr. Shakila Merchant, CUNY CREST HIRES Director served as a co-panelist on the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) – UPEC panel discussion held on January 23, 2025. The session focused on the evolution of careers in disruptive environments. The session was
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CREST hosted its first External Advisory Board Meeting (EAB) on December 3, 2024 at the Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York (CCNY). The meeting was well attended by CREST EAB members, Board of Directors, leadership & management, and graduate
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CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant represented the CREST Institute at the 34th International Institute of Safety and Security Management (IISSM) Global Conclave on Total Risk Prevention – Risk to Resilience in December 2024 held at New Delhi, India. The overarching
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CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant and CREST Research Scientist, Dr. Vartika Saman visited the Lamont- Dohert Earth Observatory at the Columbia Climate School in New York on February 19, 2025. During the visit, the CREST team met with Steven L.
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Mr. Ali Haider, a CREST PhD student in Civil Engineering at CCNY, is building AI-based machine learning models to anticipate and forecast urban flooding situations in Mumbai, India. From mid-December 2024 to mid-January 2025, Ali traveled to India to collect important meteorological
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