The achievements and potential of remote sensing, dr. The geological society of america has honored usgs senior scientist and university of arizona adjunct professor julio betancourt right, credit usgs with the farouk elbaz award for desert research, named after dr. Space scientist, geologist farouk elbaz to receive 2018. Farouk elbaz zewail city of science and technology. Image interpretation is an art, said farouk elbaz, director of the boston university center for remote sensing.
Farouk elbaz of boston universitys center for remote sensing. He developed the system of remote sensing in the discovery of some egyptian monuments. Shami created the worlds first ammoniafree hair color and is the owner of 23 patents and counting. Elbaz is director of the center for remote sensing at boston university. Elbaz served as science advisor 19781981 to the late anwar sadat, president of egypt. He is known for pioneering work in the applications of space images to groundwater exploration in egypt, somalia, sudan, oman and the united arab emirates uae.
Currently, elbaz is research professor and director of the center for remote sensing at boston university in boston, massachusetts. Profnet experts available on pope francis visit, stephen. Farouk elbaz in boston, massachusetts, for the johnson space center oral history project. Farouk elbaz director of center for remote sensing at boston university, talks about innovation project. Executive team farouk systems pro haircare products. Sia ru007415, elbaz, farouk, farouk elbaz papers, circa. Farouk elbaz took care to train astronauts to select suitable samples of moonstones and soil to bring them to earth for analysis and study. Buy physical principles of remote sensing book online at. Farouk elbaz director, center for remote sensing, boston university rees new edition of his popular remote sensing textbook is written in an easytofollow style, but doesnt neglect the mathematical underpinnings. The technology has many different forms and applications. Publications are by farouk elbaz only unless indicated by.
Desert development corridor plan accepted by egypts. Farouk elbaz director, center for remote sensing, boston university. He is known for pioneering work in the applications of space images. Center of excellence, the center for remote sensing at boston. Elbaz is research professor and director of the center for remote sensing at boston university, boston mass. Farouk elbaz, director of the center for remote sensing. Largest crater in the great sahara discovered by boston university scientists. A farouk elbaz award for desert research has even been established by the geological society of america, and the farouk elbaz student research award to inspire the new generation to continue desert research. Farouk elbaz research professor of remote sensing boston university elbaz is an expert on crowd estimation and the director of boston. Largest crater in the great sahara discovered by boston. Elbaz began his distinguished career by teaching geology at asyut university and heidelberg university, starting in 1958.
In 2009, his name was given to a teaching and research laboratory as the farouk elbaz center for remote sensing and geographic information systems at port said university, egypt. By using remote sensing satellite, is there any website. Elbaz is the brother of osama elbaz, senior advisor to egypts former president hosni mubarak. The authors would like to thank james acker from nasas gsfc for his help related to the acquisition and use of modis. Director of the center for remote sensing and research professor. Farouk elbaz is research professor and director of the center for remote sensing at boston. General geology 1961 1968 lunar studies 1969 1977 desert explorations 1978 1982. Kuwait first remote sensing conference and exhibition. Since 1986, his research at boston university applies remote sensing. Rees, 9780521181167, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He officially joined the farouk systems team in 2009 and has spent time in each department since then. Farouk elbaz, boston university, center for remote sensing, faculty member.
Satellite sleuth closes in on noahs ark mystery live. Farouk elbaz, egyptianamerican scientist, is a graduate of ain shams university. Investigating the source of thermal anomalies in the. No, satellite images do not show any craters in egypts western desert that can account for the mysterious desert glass found there, dr. By using remote sensing satellite, is there any website that give us the amount of ground water in specific region in the world. Farouk elbaz director, crs boston university linkedin. From 1982 to 1986 he was vice president for science and technology of itek optical systems, lexington, ma. I am highly thankful and indebted to professor farouk elbaz, director of the center for. Farouk elbaz, director, center for remote sensing boston university u. It covers principles related to all the key wavelength. Professor archaeology, ece director, center for remote sensing. He is known for pioneering work in the applications of space images to. In addition to his work on remote sensing, elbaz is also known for his participation in the international astronomical unions.
Company overview farouk systems professional hair care. Farouk elbaz had just finished telling filmmakers interested in exploring the origins of the yellowgreen glass fragments in late february 2006. Well, here to fill us in on how those experts do indeed make those crowd estimates is dr. The following topics for technical papers are strongly encouraged. Ain is very grateful for his continued support and encouragement. Remote sensing software used for some of this research is provided by pci geomatics.
Farouk elbaz director, center for remote sensing boston university former nv medalist. Emily johnson, boston university systemic boost for us research culture. Farouk elbaz interviewed by rebecca wright boston, massachusetts 2 november 2009. Barbara ross elbaz with boston university bu student shareleigh bernard, who works as an assistant at the bu center for remote sensing. Farouk elbaz, research professor and director of the center for remote sensing at boston university.
Farouk elbaz is director of the center for remote sensing at boston university and research professor in its departments of archaeology, earth and envi. The smithsonian institution archives is using constant contact, a thirdparty contact management software vendor, to manage contacts and send enewsletters. Farouk elbaz, an egyptian geologist at boston university and an authority on remote sensing, whose done a lot of work for nasa, and has done indepth studies of the arabian desert. Albaz founded and managed the center for earth and planetary studies at.
Farouk elbaz, has been adopted by the countrys interim government as its. Shami ii, the next generation of the family business, began his involvement with farouk systems, inc. A visionary plan for a desert development corridor in egypt, researched and created by boston university geologist dr. Since 1986, his research at boston university applies remote sensing technology to archaeology, geography and geology. The company was founded in 1986 by farouk shami, a hairdresser whose mission is to provide the professional beauty industry with the most advanced american technology based upon environment, education, and innovation. Using modis images and trmm data to correlate rainfall. Farouk elbaz, director of the center for remote sensing, boston university, usa. Farouk elbaz is an egyptian american scientist who worked with nasa to. Farouk elbaz, director, center for remote sensing, boston university rees new edition of his popular remote sensing textbook is written in an easytofollow style. Goldman adjunct professor desert research institute former nv medalist. Farouk elbaz is research professor and director of the center for. Farouk elbaz is research professor and director of the. Eman ghoneim is a research associate at the center for remote sensing.
This oral history interview is being conducted with dr. Space scientist, geologist farouk elbaz to receive 2018 inamori ethics prize. Workshop on radar imaging and cultural resource management at the angkor ecosite and. They also provided me with the remote sensing data. Using modis images and trmm data to correlate rainfall peaks and water discharges from the lebanese coastal rivers.
The latter established the farouk elbaz award for desert research to reward excellence in arid land studies. Yasser sultan is the director of farouk elbaz center for remote sensing and gis, faculty of science, port said university. Rees has done a superb job of updating what was already a wellloved and established text in a way which makes it a worthwhile investment for anyone studying the remote sensing and mapping of our planet. Elbaz has led a very full life and contributed much to science, and to his native egypt.
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