On March 3rd, 2005, Dr. Scott Hensley, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was the guest lecturer for the spring 2005 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Hensley has worked with ERS-1, JERS-1 and SIR-C data for differential interferometry studies of earthquakes and volcanoes. Current research also includes studying the amount of penetration into the vegetation canopy using simultaneous L and C band TOPSAR measurements and repeat pass airborne interferometry data collected at lower frequencies. Dr. Hensley’s lecture was entitled "Mapping the World’s Topography from Space – The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.”

Preceding the lecture a Faculty Funding Strategy Session was held in the ITC videoconference room. Taking part in the session were: Dr. Scott Hensley, Dr. Linda Hayden, Dr. Maurice Powers, Mr. Fred Willard, and Dr. Francisco San Juan.

Following the lecture, the Elizabeth City State University Northeastern North Carolina and Virginia State University Chapters of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) met in the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER) labs in Dixon Hall. A research poster presentation session and refreshments completed the day.

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