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List of Past Projects

The list below shows the diverse research projects carried out by the LASERS lab under the principal leadership of Dr Sorin Popescu.

  1. NASA ROSES: ICESat-2 Science Definition Studies to Measure Forest Structure. Supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2012 – 2016.
  2. Updating the 12 km CAMx Domain Land Cover Dataset and High-Resolution Urban Vegetation Maps. Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 2015-2016 
  3. NSF IDR: Development of a monitoring system using UAVs for forest management. Funded by the National science Foundation 2010 – 2014 
  4. NASA New Investigator Program in Earth Sciences. Supported by NASA 2008 – 2014 
  5. National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Food and Agricultural Sciences, National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship, 2009 – 2014, A Graduate Program in Forest Resources: Developing Integrated Expertise in Forest Resource Management, Conservation, and Restoration. Funded by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2009 – 2014 
  6. Satellite and airborne profiling laser sensors for multiscale vegetation assessment. Funded by NASA 2008 – 2011 
  7. Lidar-assisted Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA). Funded by USDA Forest Service 2009 – 2012 
  8. Urban Vegetation for Biogenic Emissions. Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 2011 
  9. Spatial Analysis of Vegetation in Eastern Texas via Hyperspectral Imagery and LiDAR. Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 2010 – 2011 
  10. Brush to biogas: potential for converting rangeland woods to biogas. Funded by Texas Bioenergy Initiative 2009 
  11. Biomass Availability and Feedstock Transport Logistics of Rangeland Woody Plants for Bioenergy Uses. Funded by Texas Bioenergy Initiative 2009 
  12. Expansion of Texas Land Use/Land Cover Through Crosswalking and Lidar Parameterization of Arboreal Vegetation. Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 2009
  13. Texas Land-use/Land-cover mapping – Phase II. Funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 2008
  14. Airborne lidar for Environmental Applications.  Funded by NASA 2008
  15. Mapping Southern Pine Beetle Risk. Funded by National park Service 2007 – 2008
  16. Airborne LIDAR for Natural Resources Applications Award. Funded by NASA 2004 – 2007
  17. LiDAR Remote Sensing of Forest Fuel Loads and Fire Risk Assessment in Texas. Funded by the Texas Forest Service 2003 – 2006
  18. Forest Resources and Fire Risk Assessment Using Remote Sensing Project. Funded by McIntire-Stennis 2003 – 2011