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Current Projects

Environmental Research:

bullet Integration of GRACE Data with Inferences from Hydrologic Models, Geochemical Data, and Field Data for a Better Understanding of the Time-Dependent Water Storage Variability in Large-Scale Aquifers: Case Studies from Northern Africa

Collaborators: Argonne National Laboratory , Cairo University (Cairo, Egypt) , Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) , University of Illinois at Chicago

Sponsor: NASA Science Mission Directorate

bullet The Mesopotamian Marshes from Disintegration to Restoration 

Collaborators: Dr. Ahmad Al-Dousari – Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR); Dr. Sabbar Abdullah Salih Al-Kaisy, University of Tikrit; Dr. Lifta Salman Kadem, University of Tikrit.

Funded By: NSF

bullet Renewable Groundwater Resources in Sinai

Collaborator: Dr. Ahmed Wagdy, Cairo University

Funded By: NSF International Program    

bullet The Relation Between 20th Century Dune Migration and Wetland Formation at Cape Cod National Sea Shore, MA.

Collaborators: Dr. Steven Forman, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences at University of Illinois-Chicago ; Dr. Stephen Smith, Cape Cod National Seashore (National Park Service), MA

Funded By: a cooperative agreement by the US National Park Service

bullet Assessment and Development of Renewable Groundwater Resources in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan

Collaborators: Dr. Shuhab Khan, University of Houston; Dr. Abdul Salam Khan, and  Dr. Khalid Mahmood, National Center of Excellence In Mineralogy, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan; Mansoor-ul-Hada Abbasi,Iqra University, Quetta, Pakistan

Sponsor: US Agency for International Development, in cooperation with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan

bullet Assessing Subsidence in the Nile Delta using Radar Interferometry

PI: Richard Becker ,

Sponsor: European Space Agency (ESA)

bullet Assessment and Development of Alternative Water Resources in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

Collaborator: Dr. Farouk Soliman, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Funded by: NATO (Environmental Security Program)

 

GeoInformatics:

bullet A web-based GIS for Egypt’s Geological datasets

Collaborator: Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA)

Funded By: NSF

 

Aquatic Remote Sensing:

bullet Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB)  

Collaborator: Joseph Atkinson , SUNY- University at Buffalo ; Greg Boyer , SUNY – College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Funded By: NOAA

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Education:

bullet Mars Exploration Public Engagement Program

Collaborator: Dr. Mark Jenness, SAMPI

Funded By: JPL

 

Past Research

Environmental:

bullet Developing Renewable Ground Water Resources in Arid Lands: A Pilot Case – the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Collaborators: Cairo University ; Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

Funded By: UNDP Global Environmental Facility

bullet Water and Air Quality
bullet Monitoring Urbanization
bullet Seismic Hazard Assessment
bullet Examining Origins of groundwater and thermal waters
bullet Environmental Facilities
bullet Assessment, Monitoring, and Modeling of Changes in Land Use and Land Cover and their Impacts on the Nubian Aquifer, Saharan Africa  

Collaborator: Ain Shams University , Cairo, Egypt

Funded By: NASA - carbon cycle science and related opportunities in biology and biogeochemistry ofecosystems and applications

bullet Urban Aquifers in Costa Rica ( National University (Universidad Naciónal) of Costa Rica )

Collaborator: Universidad Naciónal de Costa Rica

Funded By: Universidad Naciónal de Costa Rica

bullet Towards a better understanding of the hydrology of Lake Nasser, Egypt

Collaborator: Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

Funded By: NSF International Program    

GeoInformatics:

bullet A GIS database for studying and visualizing Tethyan plate collisions

Collaborators: University of Illinois, Chicago ; University of Missouri, Columbia ; Idaho State University ; University of Houston

Funded By: NSF

Paleoclimate:

bullet Paleoclimate Studies in Northern Africa

Tectonics:

bullet Satellite Image Based Plate Reconstructions
bullet Red Sea
bullet Gondwana
bullet   Mapping Suture Zones
bullet Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
bullet Geochronology: Accretion of the Arabian Nubian Shield

Other Collaborative Research:

bullet Studying Volcanic Activity in Ecuador ( With Dr. Sheridan )
bullet Cotopaxi - Hyperspectral image analysis of Hyperion data as well as TM and SIR-C data
bullet Tunguroura - Hyperspectral image analysis of Probe-1 data as well as ALI and SIR-C data

 

 

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