Events for March 3, 2016 - February 2, 2017
March 2016
Emerging Scientific, Technological, and Industrial Challenges and Opportunities for the Mexican Space Agency
The Agencia Espacial Mexicana, (AEM) Mexico’s space agency, was created in 2010 to promote academic and industrial activity in Mexico related to space sciences and to contribute to the country’s scientific, technological, industrial and economic development. One of its priorities is to explore the use of satellite technology to provide early warning to the population in the event of natural disasters, to track the effects of global warming, and to predict the spread of diseases, among others.
Read MoreSearch for the Malaysia Flight MH-370: Survey Strategy and Technology
This presentation documents the deep water search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH-370, a Boeing 777 commercial passenger airliner that mysteriously disappeared in the southern Indian Ocean, in March 2014 with 239 people onboard.
Read MoreApril 2016
Stochastic Design of an Early Warning System
Stochastic Design of an Early Warning System:
From Integrating Multiple Sources of Evidence Varying in Real Time (Data, Model Predictions and Experts' Beliefs), to the Release of "The Wave" (Now in Theaters)
Geo-Informatics Applied to Address Infrastructure Challenges of a Mega-City (Built on What Once was a Magnificent Lake)
Dr. Gabriel Y. Auvinet Institute of Engineering, National University of Mexico (UNAM ) Professor & Researcher Abstract During the last 20 years, the Geo-informatics Laboratory of Instituto de Ingeniería, UNAM, Mexico has constructed a Geotechnical Database for Mexico City subsoil. The presentation will refer to the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) that have been developed taking advantage of this Geotechnical Database and to their applications in Civil Engineering. The…
Read MoreSeptember 2016
Bridging the Texas Water Gap: A Holistic Spatial Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach With Localized Solutions
The 2017 Texas Water Development Board’s State Water Plan predicts that Texas will suffer a 41% water gap by the year 2070. The tight interconnections between water, energy, and food systems, requires that assessment of projected trends and impacts of possible interventions.
Read MoreOctober 2016
Computational and Stochastic Methods for Characterizing Joint Flood Hazards under Extreme Hurricane Events
This talk will discuss the development, calibration, and implementation of coupled numerical models for providing in-depth hydrologic analyses at the land-sea interface resulting from discrete-event hurricane simulations.
Read MoreUse of LiDAR Data for Managing Surface Drainage Infrastructure
This seminar will discuss the use of mobile Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems in managing roadway drainage features.
Read MoreNovember 2016
Geospatial Data Needs for Next Generation Earth System Models
In this seminar, we will examine the current and future geospatial data needs of general circulation models (GCMs) and discuss several modeling studies, including one of the Brazos River, which make heavy use of these data to construct and test complex simulations.
Read MoreMonitoring Storage Variations of Large Reservoirs by Leveraging Multi-Satellite Observations
Satellite remote sensing offers a unique opportunity for monitoring large reservoirs from space, particularly over data sparse regions. This presentation introduces a series of novel algorithms using multi-satellite observations geared towards estimating reservoir storage variations at improved spatial coverage, and at improved temporal resolution.
Read MoreFebruary 2017
Scientific Visualization of Geospatial Data Using a Visualization Wall
Dr. Bishop will present new geovisualization capabilities that the Center for GEOSAT has invested in, and provide a demonstration of a new visualization wall for the display and interpretation of multispectral imagery and digital elevation models.
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