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 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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CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant participated in the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s (NCAR) Research Application Laboratory (RAL) Advisory Board Panel meeting from March 12 to 15, 2024 in Colorado, CO. Dr. Merchant serves as one of the members on
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Kimberly Huppert joins the CREST institute as its faculty member. Dr. Huppert is an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences department at the City College of the City University of New York. She teaches Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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CREST hosted two seminars on February 29, 2024 at the Grove School of Engineering as part of its Entrepreneurship and Business Development pillar activities. The first seminar was on National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC) and the second seminar
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CREST participated in the Becoming Everything You Are (BEYA) Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) Conference at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland from February 16 to 17, 2024. Mr. César Ortiz, CREST Office Manager and Dr. Liubov Kreminska, Administrative Director of
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