Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing

Dr. Ni-Bin Chang is currently a professor with the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering at the University of Central Florida. He is also a senior member of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) and is affiliated with the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. He has earned the selectively awarded titles of Certificate of Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) in 2004, Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) in 2006, Diplomat of Water Resources Engineer (DWRE) in 2007, elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EAS) in 2008, elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2009, and elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. He was one of the founders of International Society of Environmental Information Management and the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental Informatics. He is currently an editor, associate editor, or editorial board member of more than 30 international journals.Dr. Yang Hong is currently an associate professor with the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and Adjunct Faculty with the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. He directs the HyDROS Lab (Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing Laboratory) at National Weather Center and also serves as the co-director of WaTER (Water Technology for Emerging Regions) center, faculty member with the Atmospheric Radar Research Center, and affiliated member of Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms at the University of Oklahoma. He has served as Chair of the AGU-Hydrology Section Technique Committee on Precipitation (2008-2012) and as editor for three journals. He is the recipient of the NASA Award for significant achievements in systematically promoting and accelerating the use of NASA scientific research