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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In January, CREST Executive Director, Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi visited Argentina with the goal of fostering partnerships and advancing scientific collaboration between the USA and South America. The trip focused on connecting with key academic institutions and government agencies to explore potential areas
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CUNY CREST Doctoral student in Civil Engineering at the City College of New York, Mr. Said A Mejia Manrique successfully defended his dissertation on December 6, 2024. Mr. Manrique conducted research on Deep Learning Architectures for Improving Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
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CREST participated in the 105th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting from January 12 to 16, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. CREST Executive Director, Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi; CUNY CREST HIRES Director, Dr. Shakila Merchant, CREST External Advisory Board Member, Everette Joseph; Director
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CREST Faculty affiliate and Professor of Civil Engineering at CCNY, Dr. Naresh Devineni welcomed his new Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Dr. JaeUng Yu on January 2, 2025. Dr. Yu’s research focuses on Statistical Analysis between rainfall and Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO). He aims
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