{"id":1014,"date":"2016-07-18T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2017-06-30T13:20:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T13:20:23","slug":"2016-hires-orientation-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/eventscalendar\/events-2016\/2016-hires-orientation-week\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 HIRES Orientation Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the CREST HIRES orientation, students were introduced to the City College of New York (CCNY) and CREST HIRES program. \u00a0The students had an opportunity to meet the professors and scientists at CREST and learn about their research projects. \u00a0The agenda for the orientation, scheduled\u00a0between June 30th and July 6th, can be found here: 2016 HIRES Program Orientation Agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HIRES Orientation Week Photo Gallery can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Following are the CREST HIRES\u00a0presentations<\/em> from the orientation:<\/p>\n

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  1. Shakila Merchant, CREST HIRES Director – Fostering a better Mentor-Mentee Relationship<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Reza Khanbilvardi NOAA-CREST Director, Civil Engineering (Saman) –\u00a0The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on the Runoff<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Maria Tzortziou, Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Science (Brian Lamb) –\u00a0Remote Sensing of Chesapeake Bay Wetlands<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Jimmy Booth, Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Science –\u00a0Which Months do New Yorkers\u00a0Need an Umbrella in the City?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Fred Moshary, NOAA CREST Deputy Director, Electrical Engineering –\u00a0Projects in the Remote Sensing\u00a0of Aerosols with focus\u00a0on Air Quality<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Nir Krakauer, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering (Behzad) –\u00a0Climate change and implications for\u00a0precipitation and river flow<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Prathap Ramamurthy, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering –\u00a0Running in The City<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Alex Gilerson, Professor, Electrical Engineering –\u00a0Interpretation of satellite measurements over the\u00a0ocean<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Tarendra Lakhankar, NOAA-CREST Research Scientist –\u00a0Analysis of drought and food security from\u00a0satellite remote sensing data<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Brian Vant Hull, CREST Research Scientist and Jose Pillich, NOAA CREST Research Assistant –\u00a0What is the Real Wind?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Simon Kraatz, Research Assistant, NOAA CREST – River Ice<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Luis Ortiz, Research Assistant, NOAA CREST –\u00a0Urban Climate and Humans: Observing and<\/em><\/a>
    \nmodeling urban climate and its impacts on\u00a0New York City during heat waves<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. Moises Angeles, Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA CREST –\u00a0Extreme Events – Caribbean Region<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Paul Alabi, Data Mining Manager, NOAA CREST – Satellite Receiving Station<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Naresh Devineni, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering<\/li>\n
  16. Michael Grossberg, Associate Professor, Computer Science<\/li>\n
  17. Olivo Yoribaldis, Graduate Student, NOAA CREST<\/li>\n
  18. Behzah Asadieh, Graduate Student –\u00a0Climate change and implications for\u00a0precipitation and river flow<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Kyle Mcdonald and Jessica Alvarez – Characterization of Tropical Wetlands Ecosystems with Radar Remote Sensing\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Kyle Mcdonald and Andrea Gomez –\u00a0Coral Reefs and Remote Sensing<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Honey Berk, Katiushka Freeman – Energy Efficiency in Buildings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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