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
Keneshia Hibbert receives Prestigious Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP)
Keneshia Hibbert, a Ph.D. student Fellow from CESSRST II Cohort 2 was selected for the NOAA EPP Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP) in June 2024. Her year-long engagement in the GFP starts on September 1, 2024, at NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service’s Center for Satellite Applications and Research (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR) in College Park, MD, under 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 Director & CCNY Faculty Receives NASA Group Achievement Award
Dr. Fred Moshary, Director of CESSRST-II and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the City College of New York received the Group Achievement Award as part of the Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for development and implementation of the network of tropospheric Ozone Lidars. TOLNet is a network of Ground-Based...Read More