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nsf-funded texas a&m study working to reduce flash flood fatalitiestexas a&m geographys lei zou is on the team of scientists analyzing flash flood impactsnov 5 2019a neighborhood under floodwaters near austin texas in 2018 (istock photo)dr lei zou (image courtesy of texas a&m geosciences)more than two-thirds of all flood-related fatalities and injuries are attributed to flash flooding making flash floods one of the most lethal forms of natural hazards in the united states a new texas a&m research project recently funded by the national science foundation (nsf) will study why unsafe conditions exist during flash flood events and how to reduce or eliminate these conditions dr lei zou an assistant professor in the department of geography in the college of geosciences at texas a&m is part of this research team to explain why unsafe conditions exist during flash flood events this project will first develop a geographic micro-database of flash floods through web harvesting natural language processing artificial intelligence and gis analysis zou said then we will focus on analyzing the underlying causes of flash flood fatalities and injuries using casual models the results of this research will shed light on strategic plans to reduce unsafe conditions during flash flood events and help improve community preparedness the project will be led by dr nasir gharaibeh associate professor in the zachry department of civil and environmental engineering along with zou co-principal investigators include: dr michelle meyer director of the texas a&m hazard reduction and recovery center; dr francisco olivera associate professor of civil engineering at texas a&m; and dr garett sansom research assistant professor in the school of public health at texas a&m the 3-year $350 000 nsf grant began sept 1 2019map showing the exposure to flash flood in us at a county-level scale (image courtesy of dr lei zou)because of the complex interactions and process leading to disasters it is beyond the capability of any single discipline to capture and model the full array of causes and effects that a disaster presents zou said therefore we're using an interdisciplinary approach with experts in engineering (gharaibeh and olivera) social science (meyer) public health (sansom) and geosciences (myself) i am very excited about this collaboration the new data and model principles created by this project will be used to improve emergency response plans and capital improvement plans ultimately helping protect communities and lives there is currently a data gap in fine-resolution flash flood data zou said such data are needed to understand the complete circumstances leading up to fatalities and injuries and to design effective structural and non-structural risk reduction measures this project will help fill that gap by leslie lee 09
a neighborhood under floodwaters near austin texas in 2018 (istock photo)dr lei zou (image courtesy of texas a&m geosciences)
more than two-thirds of all flood-related fatalities and injuries are attributed to flash flooding making flash floods one of the most lethal forms of natural hazards in the united states a new texas a&m research project recently funded by the national science foundation (nsf) will study why unsafe conditions exist during flash flood events and how to reduce or eliminate these conditions dr lei zou an assistant professor in the department of geography in the college of geosciences at texas a&m is part of this research team to explain why unsafe conditions exist during flash flood events this project will first develop a geographic micro-database of flash floods through web harvesting natural language processing artificial intelligence and gis analysis zou said then we will focus on analyzing the underlying causes of flash flood fatalities and injuries using casual models the results of this research will shed light on strategic plans to reduce unsafe conditions during flash flood events and help improve community preparedness the project will be led by dr nasir gharaibeh associate professor in the zachry department of civil and environmental engineering along with zou co-principal investigators include: dr michelle meyer director of the texas a&m hazard reduction and recovery center; dr francisco olivera associate professor of civil engineering at texas a&m; and dr garett sansom research assistant professor in the school of public health at texas a&m the 3-year $350 000 nsf grant began sept 1 2019
map showing the exposure to flash flood in us at a county-level scale (image courtesy of dr lei zou)
because of the complex interactions and process leading to disasters it is beyond the capability of any single discipline to capture and model the full array of causes and effects that a disaster presents zou said therefore we're using an interdisciplinary approach with experts in engineering (gharaibeh and olivera) social science (meyer) public health (sansom) and geosciences (myself) i am very excited about this collaboration the new data and model principles created by this project will be used to improve emergency response plans and capital improvement plans ultimately helping protect communities and lives there is currently a data gap in fine-resolution flash flood data zou said such data are needed to understand the complete circumstances leading up to fatalities and injuries and to design effective structural and non-structural risk reduction measures this project will help fill that gap by leslie lee 09
cynthia lyle appointed as texas sea grant senior associate director and extension leaderthe new senior associate director and extension leader is "eager to build upon the organization's successes" nov 4 2019texas sea grant welcomes cynthia lyle as its new senior associate director and extension leader in this role she will lead strategic planning federal reporting and extension efforts she plans to use a team culture approach to further texas sea grants mission to improve the understanding wise use and stewardship of texas coastal and marine resources "i am honored to be part of the texas sea grant team " lyle says "to build upon the organization's successes to integrate research and extension with community partnerships that serve the economic environmental and societal needs of today's texas gulf coast citizens and our future generations" lyle brings 15 years of research development experience to the position since 2010 she has worked with research faculty and university leadership at texas a&m university – corpus christi on various projects throughout the gulf of mexico she has served as the director of foundation and corporate relations and she was most recently senior research development officer developing and managing key research initiatives lyle was also ceo of geospatial research innovation & design (grid) a small business specializing in engineering and software development she wrote and served as principal investigator for three nasa-sponsored projects through which the company developed and commercialized a secure geo-authentication air quality and environmental monitoring system for nasa in addition to her research experience lyle has experience in communications and public relations through her work at emory university hospital midtown and the international ocean discovery program on the campus of texas a&m university at emory she also worked as a registered respiratory therapist lyle holds a bachelors of science in journalism from texas a&m university and a bachelors of science in health sciences – respiratory therapy from georgia state university cynthia has exceptional leadership qualities and experience in addition to an exemplary record of service says texas sea grant director dr pamela t plotkin her outstanding skills and knowledge will help further texas sea grants mission to advance the common good across the state of texas and beyond by sara carney '13 texas sea grant communications manager
texas sea grant welcomes cynthia lyle as its new senior associate director and extension leader in this role she will lead strategic planning federal reporting and extension efforts she plans to use a team culture approach to further texas sea grants mission to improve the understanding wise use and stewardship of texas coastal and marine resources "i am honored to be part of the texas sea grant team " lyle says "to build upon the organization's successes to integrate research and extension with community partnerships that serve the economic environmental and societal needs of today's texas gulf coast citizens and our future generations" lyle brings 15 years of research development experience to the position since 2010 she has worked with research faculty and university leadership at texas a&m university – corpus christi on various projects throughout the gulf of mexico she has served as the director of foundation and corporate relations and she was most recently senior research development officer developing and managing key research initiatives lyle was also ceo of geospatial research innovation & design (grid) a small business specializing in engineering and software development she wrote and served as principal investigator for three nasa-sponsored projects through which the company developed and commercialized a secure geo-authentication air quality and environmental monitoring system for nasa in addition to her research experience lyle has experience in communications and public relations through her work at emory university hospital midtown and the international ocean discovery program on the campus of texas a&m university at emory she also worked as a registered respiratory therapist lyle holds a bachelors of science in journalism from texas a&m university and a bachelors of science in health sciences – respiratory therapy from georgia state university cynthia has exceptional leadership qualities and experience in addition to an exemplary record of service says texas sea grant director dr pamela t plotkin her outstanding skills and knowledge will help further texas sea grants mission to advance the common good across the state of texas and beyond by sara carney '13 texas sea grant communications manager
texas a&m department of geography doctoral student and us marine corps veteran luis martinez received the national defense science and engineering graduate (ndseg) fellowship through the us department of defense this year the fellowship will fund his dissertation research in subterranean mapping for three years with a monthly stipend and full tuition covered the intent is to map gps-denied environments so that is any kind of environment where there is not a gps signal martinez said specifically caves tunnels and other kinds of subterranean environments for decades the us military has worked to improve its capability to navigate underground tunnels and caves martinez said that inferiorly equipped forces can go underground and use both their knowledge of the subterranean environment and the us militarys lack of knowledge to their advantage with his research luis hopes to support and improve military readiness below-ground the end goal is to have an autonomous robot that can go in to a gps-denied environment map out the environment using lidar and slam technology and then come back out with a picture of the environment so that soldiers arent going in blind martinez said while the technology that will be developed in the project is designed to be used in a military setting martinez emphasized that the technology will not be restricted to military-use only since one of the key aspects of the project is to provide spatial intelligence about an environment that is too dangerous for humans to enter he expects that the technology will also be useful for emergency services first responders such as police firefighters and fema will also be able to utilize the technology he said
luis martinez helping high school students at the college of geosciences 2019 geox camp (photo by the texas a&m foundation)
putting together an interdisciplinary research project with a background in gis martinez is well-equipped to develop the gis technology that will be needed to complete this project however as with any large project that has numerous moving parts additional expertise will be necessary for it to come to fruition for example the technology that martinez develops will need to be mounted on an autonomous robot so that it can be physically transported in to the subterranean location that needs to be mapped with comparatively little expertise in robotics luis has reached out to organizations in the college of engineering that can provide the skillsets necessary to build the robot after meeting with the student organization turtle (texas a&m university robotics team and leadership experience) luis expects to bring on members of their team to help construct the autonomous robot i am in the process of selecting students who applied to their organization to help get on this project he said it will be nice having people who do robotics coming to join help out and provide their expertise with his background in the marine corps luis has expressed particular interest in recruiting texas a&m student veterans and members of the corps of cadets to join the project being a veteran having a military background and this being a project essentially for the military i would like to bring those people in whether they have served in the military prior or they are intending to serve he said
from usmc to geography doctoral student luis martinezs career in gis started with relatively little knowledge of the subject his first introduction to gis occurred when he joined the us marine corps in 2013 after receiving a high math score on his marine corps entrance exam he was told that he would be assigned to become a geospatial intelligence analyst luis reflected on the time it took him to appreciate the importance of the job he had been assigned to in the marine corps originally i started out with something i didnt want but it was given to me and i took it he said even after graduating as the honor graduate of his intelligence course luis said he still didnt see the purpose of his job it was only when he was assigned to support a reconnaissance team on a training exercise that he began to fully appreciate the work he had been trained to do they said ‘your map kept us from taking certain routes that would have put us in some risky situations thank you luis said hearing someone say that really gave me the opportunity to see the value of geospatial intelligence and that is where my desire to follow this career path really began
luis martinez receiving a promotion to corporal (e-4) (photo courtesy of luis martinez)luis martinez and his wife karina riches at a marine corps ball (photo courtesy of luis martinez)
while still in the marine corps luis visited texas a&m for a football game to see an old friend after visiting the campus luis fell in love with aggieland and decided to apply to the online master of geoscience program while he was still active duty once he was admitted into the program luis managed to complete most of his degree requirements while still active duty then with 85% of his coursework completed luis finished his masters degree in-person after he left the marine corps though he did not originally plan to go for a doctoral degree encouragement from department of geography faculty members dr stacey lyle and dr daniel goldberg convinced luis to apply to the phd program in geography dr goldberg supported my desire to do military-based research and dr lyle provided me with the advice that pushed me to apply for the phd he said finally martinez had some advice for those who are thinking about applying for awards or fellowships when i applied i wasnt sure if i would get the fellowship i did end up getting it but if i hadnt overcome the fear and doubt that i wasnt qualified to apply for it i would be sitting here right now without funding he said whether you are nervous or unaware of potential opportunities there are plenty of scholarship or fellowship opportunities if you are willing to put yourself out there by rhett douris
graduate student attended urbino summer school in paleoclimatologydanielle schimmenti traveled to italy for the 3-week intensive courseoct 30 2019danielle schimmenti at the bonarelli level a famous sedimentary sequence in furlo italy (photos courtesy of danielle schimmenti)the participants of the 16th urbino summer school in paleoclimatologydanielle schimmenti is a paleoclimatologist paleoceanographer and geochemist and a third-year doctoral student and research assistant in the texas a&m university department of geology and geophysics this summer she was awarded national science foundation (nsf) support to attend the 16th annual urbino summer school in paleoclimatology the school is a three-week intensive course for graduate students studying paleoclimate held each year in urbino italy this year's program ran from july 10-26 and focused on a wide range of paleoclimate topics from cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology to isotope and organic geochemistry as well as micro and nano-paleontology and paleoclimate modeling she said it was a fantastic experience attending this course schimmenti said it was intense but transformative i learned so much not only from the instructors and their lectures but also from my peers that were in attendance i have never felt more fulfilled and empowered by the science i do than i did during the program surrounded by others in my field she said that she highly recommends the school as a fantastic learning professional development and networking experience to all those studying paleoclimatology or paleoceanography schimmenti is advised by dr franco marcantonio geology and geophysics professor and jane and ken r williams 45 chair in ocean drilling science technology and education her doctoral research focuses on millennial scale variability in the ocean and atmosphere over the eastern equatorial pacific ocean for the past 100-300 kyr danielle will be presenting a poster titled assessing export production on millennial timescales in the eastern equatorial pacific ocean at the 2019 american geophysical union fall meeting in san francisco in december originally published by the climate science lab
danielle schimmenti at the bonarelli level a famous sedimentary sequence in furlo italy (photos courtesy of danielle schimmenti)the participants of the 16th urbino summer school in paleoclimatology
danielle schimmenti is a paleoclimatologist paleoceanographer and geochemist and a third-year doctoral student and research assistant in the texas a&m university department of geology and geophysics this summer she was awarded national science foundation (nsf) support to attend the 16th annual urbino summer school in paleoclimatology the school is a three-week intensive course for graduate students studying paleoclimate held each year in urbino italy this year's program ran from july 10-26 and focused on a wide range of paleoclimate topics from cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology to isotope and organic geochemistry as well as micro and nano-paleontology and paleoclimate modeling she said it was a fantastic experience attending this course schimmenti said it was intense but transformative i learned so much not only from the instructors and their lectures but also from my peers that were in attendance i have never felt more fulfilled and empowered by the science i do than i did during the program surrounded by others in my field she said that she highly recommends the school as a fantastic learning professional development and networking experience to all those studying paleoclimatology or paleoceanography schimmenti is advised by dr franco marcantonio geology and geophysics professor and jane and ken r williams 45 chair in ocean drilling science technology and education her doctoral research focuses on millennial scale variability in the ocean and atmosphere over the eastern equatorial pacific ocean for the past 100-300 kyr danielle will be presenting a poster titled assessing export production on millennial timescales in the eastern equatorial pacific ocean at the 2019 american geophysical union fall meeting in san francisco in december originally published by the climate science lab
the toasts had been made the tables cleared the hugs and farewells given but at the front table of the ballroom a half-ring of students still stood listening eagerly around a new-found hero sitting in the middle of these young aggies was dr inda immega a trailblazing geoscientist who graduated from texas a&m in 1971 as the very first woman to ever earn a geology degree from texas a&m at the 2019 texas a&m college of geosciences distinguished achievement awards ceremony and gala oct 11 immega was honored as the recipient of the 2019 michel t halbouty geosciences medal and after an evening of honors memories and comradery she generously stayed into the night to share wisdom stories and encouragement with geosciences students
the 2019 geosciences distinguished acheivement awards at the george ballroom (photo by daniela weaver photography)current geosciences students listen to award recipient dr inda immega following the event (photo by fred chester)
each of the four recipients imparted their advice and invaluable experience to current students during the gala and during their remarks providing aggies with a unique chance to hear from heroes in their fields every year this event brings together former students honored guests current students faculty staff and friends of the college to honor learn reminisce and look forward this year the college honored four outstanding geoscientists for their excellence leadership innovation remarkable achievements and significant contributions to both the scientific community and the public good the individuals we honor tonight are the very essence and fulfillment of our mission and our purpose said dean of the college of geosciences dr debbie thomas at the gala we honor excellence and we honor the many forms and paths excellence can take what this college has instilled in me is excellence in the forms of discipline passion and courage said rene castillo 20 environmental geosciences senior who delivered an inspiring speech to conclude the evening all of these qualities and lessons can be seen in the character of the recipients of tonights awards their work and their stories thank you for paving the way for those coming up behind you the legacy of excellence you have built is an investment in the future"
dean of the college of geosciences dr debbie thomas addressing the event (all photos by daniela weaver photography)marissa rene castillo '20 giving her remarks at the gala
dr inda immega 71 was honored with the michel t halbouty geosciences medal; pictured with her husband dr neal immega (left) and dr debbie thomas dr dawn wright was awarded the geosciences innovator award pam kersh (left) accepted on her behalf with dr debbie thomas and guest
colonel david e bacot '90 received the geosciences distinguished alumni award; pictured with his wife (left) and dr debbie thomas dr elizabeth satterfield received the 2019 geosciences young alumni award; pictured with dr jerry north and dr debbie thomas
every summer the texas a&m university department of geology and geophysics faculty and graduate student teaching assistants (tas) guide undergraduate students through a multi-week field experience the department has both stationary and traveling field courses each led by different faculty members the following are faculty accounts of this summers unique field camp experiences