CREST hosted the first United Nations University (UNU) Hub —Remote-Sensing and Sustainable Innovations for Resilient Urban Systems (R-SIRUS) retreat at the City College of New York on February 13, 2025. The goal of the retreat was to deliberate, brainstorm and develop the
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CREST, under the leadership of CUNY CREST High School Initiative in Remote Sensing of the Earth Systems Engineering and Sciences (HIRES) Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant successfully completed the 2024 Bridge to College (B2C) on January 10, 2024. The B2C initiative began in
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CREST faculty affiliate and professor of civil engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY), Dr. Naresh Devineni received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a holistic research and training program for its Reaching
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Dr. Arthur Paul Pedersen, faculty research scientist with the CUNY Remote Sensing Earth Systems Institute (CREST Institute) and faculty doctoral lecturer of computer science at City College, is the lead author of a paper appearing in the January 2025 issue of the Proceedings
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Application for a ten week research experience focused on atmospheric sciences and environmental engineering solutions to address climate change and environmental challenges is open. This opportunity is based at UAlbany’s state-of-the-art ETEC building and offers a stipend of $6000 along with support
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Dr. Jack A. Kaye, Associate Director for research of the Earth Science Division (ESD) within National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) visited the City College of the City University of New York on November 21, 2024. Dr. Kaye
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Distinguished scholars and researchers from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) visited the City College of the City University of New York from October 31-November 1st. Researchers included Dr. Jan-Peter Weiss Director, UCAR COSMIC Program, Dr. Ying-Hwa (Bill) Kuo Director, UCAR
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CREST’s Business Development and Entrepreneurship Pillar Director, Harry Cikanek, CREST’s Research and Application Pillar Co-Director, Maria Tzortziou, CREST’s Environmental Justice & Social Science Pillar Co- Director, Marzi Azarderakhsh, and Akira Kawaguchi along with several other faculty from CUNY campuses received funding for:
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CREST Faculty affiliate and Professor of Civil Engineering at CCNY, Naresh Devineni received two grants this fall. The first grant is entitled ‘Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet)’ and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). For this project, researchers
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CREST attended the 2024 Heroes of High Ridge Walk/Run & Family & Community Resource Fair organized by the New Pathways Academy in NY on November 23, 2024. Dr. Shakila Merchant, CUNY CREST HIRES Director along with CREST members; Mr. Cesar Ortiz, Office
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