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Joshua Hrisko Takes 1st Place for Oral Presentation in AMS Urban Environment Symposium

Posted on March 12, 2020 NOAA CESSRST Fellow Joshua Hrisko won first place for best oral presentation in the 15th annual Symposium on the Urban Environment at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 16. His topic was “Quantifying the Heat Stored in Urban Environments Using Remote Sensing Technology.” The Manhattan resident is a 4th-year PhD candidate at City College of New York majoring in mechanical engineering.

Maria Tzortziou Named to GLIMR Satellite Science Team

Posted on March 2, 2020 NOAA CESSRST faculty member Maria Tzortziou, Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Science at City College of New York, has been appointed a member of the Science Team for NASA's new satellite mission GLIMR (Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Instrument).

NOAA CESSRST Scholar Ronald Adomako Wins Honorable Mention in Student Competition at AMS

Posted on February 25, 2020 Center scholar Ronald Adomako was awarded honorable mention for his oral presentation at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Two NOAA-EPP CESSRST Scholars Receive Best Research Presentation Awards at NOAA NESDIS Annual CoRP Science Symposium

Posted on September 15, 2019 Two NOAA-EPP supported doctoral candidates received honors at the NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Research Program (CoRP) Science Symposium, held August 27 – 29 at the University of Maryland at College Park. Equisha Glenn, a doctoral candidate in civil engineering at City College of New York, won second prize for Best Oral Presentation and Suhey Ortiz Rosa, who is working toward a PhD in marine sciences at University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, won third prize for Best Poster.

Suhey Ortiz Rosa, seen with her NOAA mentor, took 3rd place in the Best Poster competition at the NOAA NESDIS CoRP Science Symposium.

Congratulation to our 2019 Graduates !!!!!!

Posted on June 10, 2019 Congratulation to our 2019 Graduates !!!!!!

NOAA-CESSRST Awards Third Lautenbacher Scholarship

Posted on April 16, 2019 ​Suhey Ortiz Rosa becomes the third recipient of Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher Public Service Graduate Scholarship, administered annually by the NOAA Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA CESSRST)

NOAA-CESSRST Scholar Harold Gamarro wins AMS Poster Competition 2019

Posted on January 10, 2019 Harold Gamarro, a NOAA-CESSRST graduate scholar majoring in Mechanical Engineering, was selected as a finalist and won the poster session competition during the 18th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Student Conference

NOAA CESSRST Faculty Dr. Miguel Velez Reyes Receives grant for Space Research

Posted on November 23, 2018 Dr. Miguel Velez Reyes, NOAA CREST Faculty and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, El Paso receives a $600,000 grant for research in remote sensing of space.  The project is supported by the Department of Defense...

NOAA CESSRST Fellow Will Help Map Pacific Ocean Seafloor Aboard NOAA Exploration Vessel Nautilus

Posted on October 3, 2018 ​Stephen Escarzaga will be part of the crew of the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus, a research vessel operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust. The internship opportunity is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institution (NOAA-EPP-MSI) funding to the NOAA-Cooperative Science Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA-CESSRST). UTEP is one of six consortium members of the NOAA CESSRST Center led by the City College of the City University of New York.

Stephen Escarzaga, UTEP (Photo credit: UTEP Communications)

NOAA CESSRST Researcher wins NSF - IUSE Award

Posted on August 1, 2018 Dr. Jonathan Munoz Barreto wins NSF new award for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education in Hispanic-Serving Institutions