On Tuesday, November 18th, Dr. Frank Kelly, Director, USGS EROS presented the 2014 William T. Pecora Awards. The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or groups that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth by means of remote sensing. The award is sponsored jointly by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The ISPRS Foundation awards travel grants to support student and young professional travel to various ISPRS conferences throughout the year. The Foundation has presented a total of $29,000 to 29 students and young professionals who attended eight symposia throughout the Midterm year in 2014. The ISPRS Technical Commission I awarded three individuals on Wednesday, November 19th in Denver, Colorado. Their awards totaled over $4,000.
Dr. Marguerite Madden, ISPRS Second Vice President, University of Georgia, presented ISPRS Technical Commission I travel grant awards to:
+ Mr. James (Kenny) Ogunmola, Ph.D. student in the Department of Geosciences, University of Lagos and Principal Scientific Officer with the National Centre from Remote Sensing in Jos, Nigeria
+ Mr. Jin Tang, Ph.D., Student Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
+ Mr. Rizwan Ahmed Ansari, Ph.D. student at the Center of Studies in Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Further Information:
+ ASPRS Press Release
+ 2014 William T. Pecora Award Winners

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