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Success Stories
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April 3, 2023
Arushi successfully defended her MS thesis! Her work on "Understanding Inconsistencies and Implications of Global Surface Water Extent Estimates" was highly appreciated. Arushi will start her PhD with us from June 1, 2023. |
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December 17, 2022
H2I Lab had a great outing at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting 2022 in Chicago! We did eight presentations on emerging topics. |
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September 18, 2022
Our latest NASA project on predicting nation's water quality was featured in this TV news! The H2I Lab will lead a data-model interoperability experiment geared towards next-generation water quality remote sensing mission. |
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June 9, 2022
Our paper on "Flood Susceptibility of Critical Infrastructure in U.S. Cities" received the ASCE Best Paper Award at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. This work was developed by PhD student Qianjin Zheng. Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484258.115. |
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June 5, 2022
PhD student Krutik Patel starts a summer research position as the NOAA National Water Center Innovators Program Fellow. He will work on improved floodplain and channel representation in hydrologic models. See the Linkedin news here. |
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May 15, 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant Itohaosa Isibor has been named as the recipient of the Texas A&M University, Kingsville Honors College Distinguished Student Award. Her research on global floodplain alterations led to this highly competitive recognition. Itohaosa will continue working with us as a Graduate Research Assistant from Fall 2022. |
January 9, 2022
Our work to develop a new water quality modeling framework has been featured by NASA Earth Information System. This is the first framework capable of using Earth Observations for modeling human impacts on water pollution across continental-scales. See NASA's story map here.
Our work to develop a new water quality modeling framework has been featured by NASA Earth Information System. This is the first framework capable of using Earth Observations for modeling human impacts on water pollution across continental-scales. See NASA's story map here.
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October 15, 2021: Our most recent paper in Nature Scientific Data is the first to show how humans are altering natural floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin. This is also our PhD student Qianjin Zheng's first publication!
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October 5, 2021: Dr. Rajib has been awarded a new federal grant from the US Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation.
October 1, 2021: A great kick-off of our coastal resilience project. This project is funded by the NOAA Coastal Management Program - Texas General Land Office. The H2I Lab will integrate Earth Observations and field measurements to understand how native plants can enhance sand dunes and reduce the impacts of sea level rise. Dr. Rajib is a Co-Investigator of this project.
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September 8, 2021: How does restoring natural infrastructures reduce water pollution? We present a unique perspective in the Environmental Research Communications (Impact Factor 2.1).
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September 3, 2021: Our collaborative work with the US EPA has just been published in the Environmental Research Letters (Impact Factor 6.8). We discussed the importance of integrating non-floodplain wetlands in conventional flood modeling practices.
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July 20, 2021: Our paper in Water Resources Research was among the top 10% most downloaded articles of 2020! This is the first study integrating natural infrastructure storage in a large-scale hydrologic model.
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June 1, 2021: New paper alert! Another paper featuring our remote sensing-integrated hydrologic modeling approach just got published in the Science of the Total Environment journal (Impact Factor 7.9). A great outcome of our collaboration with the University of Maryland, College Park!
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May 13, 2021: Dr. Rajib received a new grant for flood hazard modeling in Texas Coastal Zone! With this grant, the H2I Lab will collaborate with federal, state, and local agencies to develop a new flood mapping workflow. See this news article!
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April 26, 2021: How do you teach climate and flood risk in classroom lectures using real-life data? We did this! Our work received the Fostering Pathways to Success Undergraduate Course Redesign Award through the US Department of Education!
April 1, 2021: Congratulations to PhD student Qianjin for receiving a National Science Foundation fellowship!
January 1, 2021: The H2I lab welcomes a new PhD student Krutikkumar Patel!
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October 16, 2020: Dr. Rajib receives a $250,000 grant from the US Department of Defense for natural infrastructure research! See this news article!
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August 5, 2020: Our recent paper in Remote Sensing journal is now among the top most downloaded articles! See this LinkedIn post!
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July 6, 2020: Just in! Our new paper in Water Resources Research (Impact Factor 4.4) is the first study integrating numerous surface depression storage in a large-scale hydrologic model.
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