Sonia
C. Gallegos holds a Ph.D. degree in Oceanography from Texas A &
M University and is currently a Principal Investigator with the
Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
She has over 20 years of experience in Remote Sensing of the earth
and oceans. She started her remote sensing career as a physical
scientist with NOAA/NESDIS at the Johnson Space Center in Texas
and Washington. At NOAA, her work included the development of visible
and near-infrared algorithms for land and water applications. In
1986 she moved to the University of Texas at Austin - Center for
Space Research where she worked in developing algorithms for red
tide and oil detection from visible and infrared sensors. In 1990
she became part of Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Applications
Branch. At NRL she has developed algorithms for cloud detection
and masking as well as a number of applications for naval tactical
operations. She currently works in the Optics Branch of NRL where
she develops models that integrate remote sensing measurements,
in-situ data and products from dynamic models that allow the estimation
of inherent optical properties from the surface to the bottom of
the ocean.
Workshop Presenters
Dr.
K. Palaniappan is currently Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
and Computer Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He
graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
worked at NASA Goddard for six years before joining UMC. At NASA
he co-founded the Visualization and Analysis Laboratory in the Lab
for Atmospheres that has produced a number of spectacular Digital
Earth visualizations. He developed the first massively parallel
semi-fluid motion analysis algorithm for tracking winds in turbulent
hurricane cloud structures using rapid scan GOES data. At UMC he
co-founded the Multimedia Communications and Visualization Laboratory
funded by grants from NASA, NSF, Raytheon and SGI. He developed
the Distributed Image Spreadsheet for accessing and visualizing
image data in distributed archives over high performance networks.
His current interests are in scientific visualization, geometry
compression, computational remote sensing, VR applications, and
data mining.
Dr.
Mohamed Mohamed has 17 years of experience in use of remote sensing,
and geographic information system (GIS) for natural resources management,
environmental monitoring, land use/land cover mapping, cartographic
map publishing operation, and governmental and commercial applications.
He holds a Bachelor Degree with Honors in Forestry from University
of Khartoum-Sudan (1984), a Master Degree in Remote Sensing from
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988), and a Philosophy Doctorate
Degree in GIS/Remote Sensing from University of Wisconsin-Madison
(1997). Dr. Mohamed taught remote sensing and GIS classes at University
of Wisconsin-Madison and Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He also conducted, coordinated and supervised a variety of research
activities at universities, Lockheed Martin/NASA Stennis Space Center,
Raytheon, and Pixoneer Geomatics.
Mr.
Mike Crowley joined SeaSpace Corporation in January, 2003. He was
previously Director of the Marine Remote Sensing Lab, at the Institute
of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University for 10 years.
His research activities there focused on the collection, analysis,
visualization and interpretation of multi-platform remote sensing
and in situ datasets for use in building models to predict currents,
temperature change and optical variations along the New Jersey Coast,
with emphasis on upwelling fronts. Data were acquired through a
real-time observational network that includes a satellite remote
sensing lab, a coastal meteorological station, an offshore Long-term
Ecosystem Observatory (LEO-15), survey vessels and Autonomous Underwater
Vehicles (AUV’s).
Mr.
David Noble has been a natural resource specialist and manager for
over 25 years. For the last four years he has served as Head of
the Natural and Cultural Resources Planning Section of the Environmental
Planning Branch for the Atlantic Division of the United States Department
of Navy. Project work includes preparation and contracting of Integrated
Natural Resource Management Plans, Cultural Resource Management
Plans, Biological Assessments, archaeological studies, wetland delineations
and coordination of various scientific and technical studies and
reports. Mr. Noble served as Senior Field Representative for the
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management where he managed over
300 complex coastal development projects for regulatory review,
conducted wetland delineations, reviewed NEPA documents, land use
plans and coastal consistency determinations. He presently serves
on the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Council
and the Currituck Sound Restoration Advisory Committee.
Dr.
Kevin Chu earned a B.A. in Music and Biology from Swarthmore College
in 1973, a M.S. in Zoology from the University of Connecticut in
1980, and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Boston University in 1988.
His doctoral dissertation was a study of the songs and courtship
behavior of humpback whales off the Dominican Republic. After completing
his Ph.D., Kevin spent more than a decade working in resource management
and conservation policy —as a Foreign Affairs Officer for
the U.S. State Department, as staff member on the Foreign Affairs
Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, then as a policy
advisor for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Kevin’s
last appointment was Director of the Office of Cooperative Program
Coordination for NMFS.
Sonia
C. Gallegos holds a Ph.D. degree in Oceanography from Texas A &
M University and is currently a Principal Investigator with the
Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
She has over 20 years of experience in Remote Sensing of the earth
and oceans. She started her remote sensing career as a physical
scientist with NOAA/NESDIS at the Johnson Space Center in Texas
and Washington. At NOAA, her work included the development of visible
and near-infrared algorithms for land and water applications. In
1986 she moved to the University of Texas at Austin - Center for
Space Research where she worked in developing algorithms for red
tide and oil detection from visible and infrared sensors. In 1990
she became part of Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Applications
Branch. At NRL she has developed algorithms for cloud detection
and masking as well as a number of applications for naval tactical
operations. She currently works in the Optics Branch of NRL where
she develops models that integrate remote sensing measurements,
in-situ data and products from dynamic models that allow the estimation
of inherent optical properties from the surface to the bottom of
the ocean.
Dr.
K. Palaniappan is currently Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
and Computer Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He
graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
worked at NASA Goddard for six years before joining UMC. At NASA
he co-founded the Visualization and Analysis Laboratory in the Lab
for Atmospheres that has produced a number of spectacular Digital
Earth visualizations. He developed the first massively parallel
semi-fluid motion analysis algorithm for tracking winds in turbulent
hurricane cloud structures using rapid scan GOES data. At UMC he
co-founded the Multimedia Communications and Visualization Laboratory
funded by grants from NASA, NSF, Raytheon and SGI. He developed
the Distributed Image Spreadsheet for accessing and visualizing
image data in distributed archives over high performance networks.
His current interests are in scientific visualization, geometry
compression, computational remote sensing, VR applications, and
data mining.
Dr.
Mohamed Mohamed has 17 years of experience in use of remote sensing,
and geographic information system (GIS) for natural resources management,
environmental monitoring, land use/land cover mapping, cartographic
map publishing operation, and governmental and commercial applications.
He holds a Bachelor Degree with Honors in Forestry from University
of Khartoum-Sudan (1984), a Master Degree in Remote Sensing from
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988), and a Philosophy Doctorate
Degree in GIS/Remote Sensing from University of Wisconsin-Madison
(1997). Dr. Mohamed taught remote sensing and GIS classes at University
of Wisconsin-Madison and Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He also conducted, coordinated and supervised a variety of research
activities at universities, Lockheed Martin/NASA Stennis Space Center,
Raytheon, and Pixoneer Geomatics.
Mr.
Mike Crowley joined SeaSpace Corporation in January, 2003. He was
previously Director of the Marine Remote Sensing Lab, at the Institute
of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University for 10 years.
His research activities there focused on the collection, analysis,
visualization and interpretation of multi-platform remote sensing
and in situ datasets for use in building models to predict currents,
temperature change and optical variations along the New Jersey Coast,
with emphasis on upwelling fronts. Data were acquired through a
real-time observational network that includes a satellite remote
sensing lab, a coastal meteorological station, an offshore Long-term
Ecosystem Observatory (LEO-15), survey vessels and Autonomous Underwater
Vehicles (AUV’s).
Mr.
David Noble has been a natural resource specialist and manager for
over 25 years. For the last four years he has served as Head of
the Natural and Cultural Resources Planning Section of the Environmental
Planning Branch for the Atlantic Division of the United States Department
of Navy. Project work includes preparation and contracting of Integrated
Natural Resource Management Plans, Cultural Resource Management
Plans, Biological Assessments, archaeological studies, wetland delineations
and coordination of various scientific and technical studies and
reports. Mr. Noble served as Senior Field Representative for the
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management where he managed over
300 complex coastal development projects for regulatory review,
conducted wetland delineations, reviewed NEPA documents, land use
plans and coastal consistency determinations. He presently serves
on the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Council
and the Currituck Sound Restoration Advisory Committee.
Dr.
Kevin Chu earned a B.A. in Music and Biology from Swarthmore College
in 1973, a M.S. in Zoology from the University of Connecticut in
1980, and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Boston University in 1988.
His doctoral dissertation was a study of the songs and courtship
behavior of humpback whales off the Dominican Republic. After completing
his Ph.D., Kevin spent more than a decade working in resource management
and conservation policy —as a Foreign Affairs Officer for
the U.S. State Department, as staff member on the Foreign Affairs
Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, then as a policy
advisor for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Kevin’s
last appointment was Director of the Office of Cooperative Program
Coordination for NMFS.
