Congratulations to our 2024 Graduates
Congrats to the class of 2024. Nine Fellows graduated this year making another successful journey for Center fellows. Our graduates include: Dr. Harold Gamarro (Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, CCNY/CUNY) Dr. Alana Menendez (Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY) Maria Novoa (M.S. in Electrical Engineering, UPRM) Stephany Garcia (M.S. in Geography, SDSU)...Read More
CESSRST-II & CCNY Faculty Receives NSF Grant to study landslides using AI and ML Technologies
The National Science Foundation provided funding to Dr. Yingli Tian, an electrical engineering professor at City College of New York, and Dr. Te Pei, an assistant professor of civil engineering, as co-PIs for their study, “Unifying Landslide Domain Knowledge and AI to Understand Landslide Causality.” By fusing cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...Read More
Alana Menendez & Harold Gamarro Successfully Defends Theses and Complete their PhD
Harold Gamarro & Alana Menendez are NOAA EPP Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing-II Scholar in Cohort 1 at the City College of New York and Graduate Center, CUNY respectively. Harold received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering integrating Building Energy Dynamics and Air Quality in Urban Boundary Layer Seasonal Extremes and Alana earned her Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric...Read More
Two CESSRST-II Scientists honored by American Meteorological Society
CESSRST-II Mentors, Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, Professor at the Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences at University of Albany (SUNY) and Dr. Reginald Blake, Professor of Physics at the New York City College of Technology (CityTech) were both honored for their efforts and contributions to STEM community by the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Gonzalez received the...Read More
CESSRST-II Scientist Joins NOAA Panel to Discuss the Impact of NOAA Research
Dr. Prathap Ramamurthy, CESSRST-II Researcher and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the City College of New York (CCNY) joined other panelists in showcasing research findings and some societal impacts of NOAA’s work in the 2023 NOAA Science Report. In working towards building a climate ready nation, the science report highlights NOAA’s research in air quality, coastal...Read More
CESSRST-II Faculty and Students present at both AGU 2023 and AMS 2024
Several Fellows and CESSRST Faculty participated in AGU in San Francisco, CA from December 11 – 15, 2023 and AMS conference in January 2024 held in Baltimore MD. American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023 Highlights Harold Gamarro (CCNY PhD Cohort I) A51J-2059 : Modeling Anthropogenic Influences on Urban Meteorology and Air Quality: Insights from Coastal Urban Environments in the...Read More
CESSRST Participated in the successful AEROMMA, CUPiDs and STAQS Mission.
Over the summer of 2023, NOAA and scientists around the world including CESSRST Faculty and students, participated in several field studies and campaigns including the AEROMMA, CUPiDs and STAQS Mission. CESSRST also join in a project called “Air (Ine)quality in New York City” which was a backpack/street level field mission. These campaigns combines data across multiple...Read MoreCongratulations to our 2023 Graduates
As the summer ends, CESSRST-II congratulates six master’s fellows who graduated with a shared commitment to turning knowledge into meaningful impact. Their goals range from designing sustainable infrastructure and advancing renewable energy to shaping equitable education policy, improving public health access, developing ethical artificial intelligence, and launching socially...Read More
EPP CESSRST Graduate Scholar, Stephanie Marquez Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Geological Sciences and Environmental Research
Stephanie Marquez, a CESSRST-II Fellow, is making waves in the field of geological sciences with her innovative investigation into multi-scale changes in soil moisture using remote sensing and geophysics techniques in the Chihuahuan Desert of North America. Her research has been highlighted in the July 2023 Newsletter of AGU’s Near-Surface Geophysics (NSG) Section. Having...Read More