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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: GILBERT L. ROCHON, III, PH.D, MPH
ADDRESS: 42 Queens Court W.
Chalmette, LA 70043-1047
PHONE: (334) 421-9881
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT):
(1976-1982 &’99) Ph.D. (1999) Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
Concentrations: Planning Support Systems; International Development & Regional Planning
Dissertation: “Scientific Visualization of Multi-Temporal
Remotely-Sensed Data for Monitoring Drought-Related Famine
Conditions: Nutritional, Socio-Economic & Climatic Vulnerability in
Sudan’s Gezira.” Doctoral General Exam Areas: International Food and Nutrition Planning,
Urban & Regional Planning in Developing Countries, International Management.
(1974-1976) YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public
Health: Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, received in June, 1976. Concentration:
Health Services Administration. Thesis: Boundary Management Issues in a Drug Addiction
Triage Facility.
(1966-1968) XAVIER UNIVERSITY of LA, New Orleans, LA: B.A., 1968, English
EXPERIENCE:
1/2014- Present MSF GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LLC – New Orleans, LA
-Senior Consultant [email protected]
Current projects include preparation of a presentation on Pan-African
Biogenic and Anthropogenic Disaster Resilience, to be delivered at the
African Association for Remote Sensing of Environment (AARSE 2016)
Conference, to be held in Kampala, Uganda.
-Co-Authoring book on African Sustainable Development and the Role of
Emerging Technologies.
-Advisory Board, Curtis Robinson Center for Health Equity – St. Francis
Hospital – Hartford, CT
11/2013-12/2015 -Final Report Submitted for a multi-year grant awarded by NATO Science for
Peace: as the NATO country Project Director- (NPD): Mediterranean
Dialogue Earth Observatory (MDEO) Project: “Real-Time Remote
Sensing for Early Warning of Disasters & Epidemics” at two universities in
Morocco: (i.e. Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane and Abdelmalek Essaâdi
University in Tangier), initially in collaboration with Cairo University and Al
Azhar University (Egypt) & partnering with Boğaziçi University (Turkey).
-President’s Council – University of New Orleans (UNO)
-Board of Directors, Eastern National – Non-Profit Partner of the National
Park Service
11/2010-10/2013 TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, Tuskegee, AL
- President and University Professor
During my tenure as President of Tuskegee University:
⦁ Enrollment increased from 2,800 to over 3,100.
⦁ The endowment rose from $105 million to $122 million.
⦁ The average HS CGPA of entering Freshmen rose from 3.1 to 3.24.
⦁ The SAT average score of entering Freshmen increased from 901 to 923.
⦁ Tuskegee U. was ranked #1 in Research Expenditures among all 353 Baccalaureate
Colleges in the USA by Washington Monthly for each of the past three years
(2011-2013).
⦁ Research grants & sponsored programs increased from $42
million to $47.6 million, prior to sequestration.
⦁ SACS COC accredited 12 new undergrad & grad. degree programs
⦁ ABET reaffirmed accreditation for all Engineering degree programs for the
maximum 6 yr. period to 9/30/2019.
⦁ AACSB reaffirmed accreditation for the Andrew Brimmer College of Business &
Information Science
⦁ AVMA conducted its site visit for reaffirmation of accreditation for the College of
Veterinary Medicine
⦁ 1st
year retention rates increased from 71% to 77%
⦁ Major renovation projects completed included the $30 million+ 92,000 sq. ft.
student center, two residence halls and two apartment complexes.
⦁ A new science building was constructed, the first in 80 years, and work begun on a
$42 million large and small animal veterinary teaching hospital and on an
agricultural sustainability center.
⦁ Tuskegee U. was designated as a National Center for Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance by the NSA for 2012-2017.
⦁ Tuskegee U. was designated by NSF as a Center of Excellence in
Research on Nanobiomaterials
⦁ TU has emerged as the #1 producer of African-American Ph.D.’s in Materials
Science and Engineering
⦁ The Health Disparities Institute for Research & Education (HDIRE) was established
at Tuskegee University and its first Director appointed.
⦁ Numerous MOUs were completed with universities in Senegal, Liberia, Ghana,
Nigeria, Brazil, India and Bangladesh.
⦁ On-line and blended courses were introduced in 2013 and an array of graduate and
undergraduate distance learning degree programs was scheduled to be initiated in
Fall, 2014.
⦁ Tuskegee U. was ranked 2nd
among 17 colleges & universities in Alabama by the
College Database as Most Affordable/Best Return on Investment, based upon the
average starting salaries of graduates:
http://www.onlinecollegesdatabase.org/onlinecolleges-in-alabama/#high-starting-
salary-colleges-Alabama
⦁ I served as PI for the Research Centers for Minority Institutions
(RCMI) grant and continued as NATO country Project Director (NPD) for a
NATO Science for Peace grant to establish real-time satellite remote sensing
groundstations at partnering universities in Morocco, for early warning of natural
disasters and epidemics, through monitoring infectious disease vector habitat,
under a grant received while at Purdue U., originally partnering with Egypt.
⦁ Tuskegee University received an unmodified/unqualified/clean audit each year.
⦁ With an annual operating budget of approximately $145 million, we raised $70
million thus far, towards the Capital Campaign goal of $250 million by June 30,
2017.
⦁ The 2012 SIAC championship was won in football by the TU Golden Tigers and
SIAC season championships were won in basketball and tennis in 2012.
⦁ The Strategic Plan 2013-2023 was completed and the Master Plan for 2013-2028
was initiated.
⦁ As a result of the early warning and tutorial program for Freshmen, 87%-95% of
students failing a course at midterm of their 1st
semester, achieved passing grades
by the end of the course and TU experienced a record number of honor students.
⦁ TU is lead for a $9.9 million NSF grant to improve STEM education in middle
schools, incorporating nanotechnology & 3D scientific visualization in 6th
, 7th
and
8th
grade classrooms.
⦁ TU is lead on an $8.2 million USAID grant to improve hydrological infrastructure
in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, and Nigeria.
⦁ We succeeded in introducing a bill under consideration by
Congress to repatriate 65 of the 300 acres donated to the Federal Government by
Tuskegee’s 2nd
president, Robert Russa Moton, ninety years ago, to establish a
VA Hospital for Black Veterans returning from World War I. The bill is
supported by the entire Alabama Congressional delegation, and several veterans
groups. TU would then have 20 building structures to support its expanding
graduate degree programs.
⦁ A partnership was developed with Chevron to upgrade, modernize and green the
power infrastructure on Tuskegee University’s 5,000 contiguous acre campus
with 100 buildings.
⦁ A broadband project was initiated to exponentially increase bandwidth on campus
and connect TU to the nearest gigapop in Atlanta, to enable national and
international distance learning.
⦁ Two groundstations, for real-time earth-observing remote sensing geostationary &
polar orbiting satellites, were purchased from SeaSpace, Inc., which will allow
regional multi-sensor data acquisition and near-real-time data product
development for time critical events.
⦁ TU is lead on a USDA funded Black Belt small farmer fruit & vegetable food
processing, packaging and labeling plant in Selma, AL, in partnership with Wal-
Mart and Whole Foods.
⦁ We achieved contract compliance in transfer of the microfiche of the Booker T.
Washington papers from the Library of Congress to Tuskegee University’s
archives.
2/02/02- 10/31/10 PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) - W. Lafayette, IN
Associate Vice President for Collaborative Research & Engagement
Director, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory (PTO) - a real-time satellite ground station
for interdisciplinary multi-sensor remote sensing.
Senior Scientist, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing
Courtesy Professor, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Dept. of
Agronomy, and Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Terrestrial Observation
Co-PI, National Geospatial Agency (NGA) NURI grant, in collaboration with the
Purdue’s Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, the Univ. of Northern Iowa, the
U. of Iowa for development of a “Real-Time Predictive Model for Mosquito-Borne
Diseases.”
Director, Purdue Research Opportunities Program (PROP)
Director, IndianaView Consortium (Member: AmericaView-USGS)
Dissertation/Thesis Committees at Purdue: ABE, FNR, EAS, Agronomy
Prior Appointments at Purdue University: (2/2002-6/2010)
-Interim Director, Lab. for Applications of Remote Sensing- LARS (9/04-1/06) -Faculty Advisor, Black Graduate Association (BGA) (9/04-6/06) -Coalesce Committee, Purdue Climate Change Research Center -Building Committee, Mann eEnterprise Building, Discovery Park -Faculty Advisory Council-Purdue Cytometry for Life (C4L) -Visiting Faculty, Environmental Health, Purdue University, with the Master of Public
Health degree program, (Spring, 2008). -Co-Investigator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Sub-contract with IUPUI Polis Center (May, 2008-September, 2008) The project
produced 100 year flood zone maps for 800+ counties in the USA, utilizing
FEMA’s HAZUS-MH modeling software. -Fulbright Committee 2009.
9/00-2/02 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), Office of Research &
Development (ORD), National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL),
Sustainable Technologies Division, Sustainable Environments Branch, Cincinnati, OH -Research Community Planner-Remote Sensing (GS13- 0020)
-Research Team Leader, Land Use & Hydrology
-Research Integration-Co-Lead Investigator, “Riparian Zone Restoration in
Midwestern Watersheds and its Potential for Reducing Nutrient, Sediment, and Pathogen
Export to Downstream Ecosystems, Assisted by High Resolution Satellite & Aerial
Imagery,” with collaborating scientists from EPA ORD’s NRMRL, NCEA, NERL &
NHEERL.
-Recipient: EPA Superior Achievement Award
-EPA Representation Team Member: Inter-Agency Planning Team (i.e. EPA, USDA
Forest Service, State Department, USAID, etc.) for: World Summit on Sustainable
Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sept. 2002
11/82-12/00 DILLARD UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA:
-Tenured Associate Professor
- Director/Chair, Urban Studies & Public Policy Institute
& ultimately, Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professorship
-Principal Investigator, Remote Sensing & GIS Lab, securing grants and contracts
from US DOT, AT&T, DEC, USDA Forest Service, ESA, NASA, State of Louisiana,
etc. in support of research, training, cyberinfrastructure development, endowed
professorships and student research assistantships.
-Established BA/MS 3/2 degree programs in collaboration with counterparts at
Columbia University (City Planning), New School for Social Research (Planning)
and State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook (Coastal Oceanography)
N.B.: Throughout my tenure with Dillard University, I held a succession of joint
appointments, beginning with an adjunct faculty appointment with
Tulane University’s School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
in Health Systems Management (‘83-‘84 & ’86-‘87) , followed by
appointments as Equal Opportunity Officer for NASA’s John
Stennis Space Center (8/90-6/92), as Geographer for the USDA
Forest Service’s Southern Research Station in New Orleans (8/92-
1/96), as Physical Scientist with the U.S. Naval Oceanographic
Office in Mississippi, under an IPA (6/96-5/97) and as University
Affiliates Coordinator, under Northrop Grumman sub-contracts,
with the DOD High Performance Computing Office’s
Programming, Environment & Training (PET) Program 94/98-
4/99) in Mississippi. In that latter capacity, I facilitated DOD HPC
partnerships, research and supercomputing access for nine
universities’ computational research initiatives.
2/79-11/82 OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, CITY OF
BOSTON, DEPT. OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS:
- Coordinator, Planning & Evaluation Unit
9/77-1/79 Director - DORCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH CENTER,
Boston State Hospital, Boston Massachusetts.
9/76-8/77 CONNECTICUT MENTAL HEALTH CENTER. Drug
Dependence Unit, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Coordinator, Screening & Evaluation
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS:
Honorary Member, Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor
Society of Agriculture, Tuskegee University Chapter, 2013
Toussaint T. Tilton, MD Award for Outstanding Leadership,
Central Alabama Veterans Health Services, Feb., 2013
Fulbright Senior Specialist – Environmental Science-
Environmental Technology. Assignment: Center for
Natural Resources & Environmental Management, Mae
Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand (June 22, 2010-July 20,
2010 and previously May 5, 2006-June 5, 2006).
Superior Achievement Award, US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), NRMRL, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.
Visiting Scientist, EPA/NAFEO Faculty Research Fellow,
National Risk Management Research Lab (NRMRL),
Sustainable Technology Division, Cincinnati, OH, Summer, 2000
Research Affiliation, International Food & Nutrition Policy and
Planning Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Spring, 1999.
Visiting Researcher. University of Oxford ECU
(Environmental Change Unit), Oxford, UK, Summer, 1997
UNCF/Andrew Mellon Environmental Careers Awareness Program
(ECAP) grant. UNCF and the Ecological Society of America.
Summer, 1997. Supported travel to Oxford & ESA conference in San
Antonio, TX for self and two student researchers.
NASA/JOVE Faculty Research Fellow, 1993-1996
Summer 1993: NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image Processing Section, Cartographic Applications Group.
Pasadena, CA.
Summers 1994 & 95: Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia, in
collaboration w/ the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Dwight David Eisenhower Faculty Fellow, 1995
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, for participation in the URISA
(Urban and Regional Information Systems Assoc.) Conference in San
Antonio, TX, July, 1995.
UNCF/Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fellow, 1991/92
Faculty Research Fellow, USDA Forest Service International Institute
for Tropical Forestry, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Summers, 1991 &
1992.
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow:
-John C. Stennis Space Center, Summer, 1990 -Goddard Space
Flight Center, Summer, 1989
Fellowships for Research in Sudan:
(Residence: 3 months 1981/82 & 3 months 1984)
-United Nations University (UNU) Fellow, 1981 -Dorothy Danforth
Compton Fellow, 1981/82
EDITORIALS:
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johansen and Soizik Laguette. Editors’ Introduction
“Celebrating the 51st
Anniversary of Remote Sensing: Overcoming Limitations,
Establishing Relationships, Reviewing Systems, Refining Models & Clarifying
Terminology.” Journal of Terrestrial Observation, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring, 2010, Article 2, pp.
3-4.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johansen and Soizik Laguette. Editors’ Introduction. “Remote
Sensing’s Methodological Introspection and Expanding Applicability,” Journal of Terrestrial
Observation. Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 2010, Article 2, pp. 3-5.
Gilbert L. Rochon & Chris Johannsen. Editors’ Introduction. “The Extension of
Remote Sensing from the Traditional Sciences to the Social Sciences and from National
Applications to International Implementations,” Journal of Terrestrial Observation. Vol. 1,
Issue 2, Winter 2009, Article 2, pp. 3-5.
Gilbert L. Rochon & Chris Johannsen. Editors’ Introduction: “Observing the Earth from
Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” Journal of Terrestrial Observation. Vol. 1, Issue 1, article 2.
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2008
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Fall, Souleymane; Pielke, Roger A.; Niyogi, Dev; Rochon, Gilbert L. “Moist Enthalpy
Climatology and Long-Term Anomaly Trends.” In Encyclopedia of Natural Resources;
Wang, Y.Q., Editor; Taylor & Francis: New York, 2014; pp. 992–998.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chaker El Amrani, Tajjeddine Rachidi, Tarek E Ghazawi,
Gamal El Afandi, Joseph Essamuah-Quansah, Souleymane Fall, Gülay
Altay and Mohammad A. Mohammad “Real-time access to orbital optical sensors for disaster
early warning: A NATO science for peace sponsored partnership of universities in Morocco,
Turkey and the USA,” Journal of Physical Chemistry and Biophysics, 2013, Vol. 3, Issue 5,
p. 56. OMICS Publishing Group.
ISSN 2161-0398. Scientific Track Abstracts http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0398.S1.002
Gilbert L. Rochon and Thierno Thiam. “Democracy & Education: Evolution of the Tuskegee
University Governance Model,” in Council of Europe Reimaging Democratic Societies: A
New Era of Personal and Social Responsibility; Editors: Ira Harkavy, Sjur Bergan and
Hilligje van’t Land. ISBN 978-871-7537-3. http://book.coe.int, 2/7/2013.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Remote Sensing for Disaster Response,” in Barney Warf,
Piotr Jankowski, Barry Solomon, et al., editors. Encyclopedia of Geography, (pp. 2425-
2429). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Reference Project, six volume set,
September, 2010, 3,560 pages. ISBN: 9781412956970 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412939591.n980 http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book230922.
http://knowledge.sagepub.com/view/geography/n980.xml?rskey=rFj8AJ&row=1
Gilbert L. Rochon, Joseph E. Quansah , Souleymane Fall, Bereket Araya,
Larry L. Biehl, Thierno Thiam, Sohaib Ghani, Lova Rakotomalala, Hildred S. Rochon,
Angel Torres Valcarcel, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Darion Grant, Wonkook Kim,
Abdur Rahman M. Maud& Chetan Maringanti. “Remote Sensing, Public Health & Disaster
Mitigation,” in Nancy Hoalst-Pullen and Mark W. Patterson, Eds. Geotechnologies & the
Environment, Part IV Human Health & the Environment, Chapter 11, pp. 187-210, NY:
Springer, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl, Darion Grant, Souleymane Fall, Thierno
Thiam, Bereket Araya, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Sohaib Ghani,
Madgy Abdel Wahab, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Gülay Altay, Okan Ersoy,
Angel Torres Valcarcel and Cesar Javier Gonzalez, “Real-Time Remote
Sensing in Support of Ecosystem Services & Sustainability,” pp. 217-223, in Peter H. Liotta,
W.G. Kepner, J.M. Lancaster and D.A. Mouat, Eds. Achieving Environmental Security:
Ecosystems Services & Human Welfare. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, August, 2010.
Joseph E. Quansah, Bernard Engel and Gilbert L. Rochon. “Early Warning Systems: A
Review,” (2010) Journal of Terrestrial Observation. Vol. 2 Issue 2, Article 5, pp. 24-44.
Spring, 2010, Purdue University Press. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jto/vol2/iss2/art5
Gilbert Rochon, Dev. Niyogi, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah, Larry Biehl, Bereket
Araya, Chetan Maringanti, Angel Torres Valcarcel, Lova
Rakotomalala, Hildred S. Rochon, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo & Thierno Thiam. (2010) “Best
Management Practices (BMPs) for Corporate, Academic and
Governmental Transfer of Sustainable Technology to Developing Countries.”
Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy. Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 19-30,
February, 2010. Special Issue on Best Management Practices for Technology
Transfer to Industry. Invited submission. 4/28/09 ISSN 1618-954X (Print) 1618-95558
(online). Eds., Antonio Martins & Teresa Mata, Springer: DOI 10.1007/s10098-009-
0218-3. http://www.springerlink.com/content/103074/?
Content+Status=Accepted&sort=p_OnlineDate&sortorder=desc&v=expanded
Souleymane Fall, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Dev Niyogi, Roger A. Pielke Sr. and
Gilbert Rochon. (2010) “Temperature and Equivalent Temperature over the
United Sates (1979-2005). International Journal of Climatology. Vol. 30, Issue 13, 15
November 2010, Pages 2045-2054. DOI: 10.1002/joc.2094 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123275386/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Gilbert L. Rochon. (2009) “Space-Based Technologies and High Performance
Computing in Support of Environmental Sustainability in Developing Countries,” Clean
Technologies and Environmental Policy. Vol. 11, No. 3/ Sept. 2009.
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0254-z. http://www.springerlink.com/content/667949r21p2r9343/
Souleymane Fall, Dev Niyogi, Alexander Gluhovsky, Roger A. Pielke Sr., Eugenia Kalnay
and Gilbert Rochon. (2009) “Impacts of land use land cover on temperature trends over the
continental United States: Assessment using the North American Regional Reanalysis.”
International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 30, Issue 13, 15 November 2010, Pages 1980-
1993. Published online in Wiley InterScience DOI
10.1002/joc.1996 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122572433/abstract
Gilbert L. Rochon, Dev Niyogi, Alok Chatturvedi, Krishna Madhavan, Raj
Arangarasan, Larry Biehl, Joseph Quansah and Souleymane Fall. “Adopting
Multisensor Remote Sensing Datasets and Coupled Models for Disaster
Management,” Ch. 5, pp. 75-100, in Shailesh Nayak & Sisi Zlatanova, Eds., Remote Sensing
and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters. Heidelberg: Springer,
2008. DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-79259-8_5
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n5540231621v2136/?
p=feb9f09dbe1c4b2eb07a0fe2b84be038&pi=4
Govindaraju, R., B. Engel, D. Ebert, B. Fossum, M. Huber, C. Jafvert, V.
Merwade, D. Niyogi, L. Oliver, S. Prabhakar, G. Rochon, C. Song, L. Zhao
(2008) "A Vision of Cyberinfrastructure for End-to-End Environmental
Explorations (C4E4)" Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. American Society of Civil
Engineers DOI 10.1061/(ASCE) 1084-0699(2009)14:1(53), 14(1), pp. 53-64.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Dev Niyogi, Alok Chaturvedi and U.C. Mohanty. “A case for a
permanent space for spatial data.” Geospatial Today, Vol. 5, No. 2, November, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Loring F. Nies, Chad T. Jafvert, Julie A. Stuart, Rabi H. Mohtar, Joseph
Quansah and Akilah Martin. “Education in Sustainable
Production in US Universities.” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. Vol.8, No.
1, pp. 38-48. Springer Verlag (2006). [Originally presented to the NATO CCMS Annual
Meeting, May 2-6, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.]
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johannsen, David Landgrebe, Bernard Engel,
Jonathan Harbor, Sarada Majumder and Larry Biehl. “Remote Sensing for
Monitoring Sustainability,” in Subhas K. Sikdar, Peter Glavič and Ravi Jain, Editors.
Technological Choices for Sustainability. Berlin, Heidelberg & NY: Springer-Verlag
Publishers, 2004, [Originally presented at the NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs
Division, Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) Technological Choices for Sustainability
Maribor, Slovenia Oct. 12-17, 2002, Poster Session.]
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johannsen, David Landgrebe, Bernard Engel, Jonathan
Harbor, Sarada Majumder and Larry Biehl. “Remote Sensing as a Tool for
Achieving and Monitoring Progress Toward Sustainability,” Clean Technologies and
Environmental Policy, Vol. 5, Nos. 2/3, pp. 310-316. Springer-Verlag, August, 2003.
G. L. Rochon, D. Szlag, F.B. Daniel, and C. Chifos. “Remote Sensing
Applications for Sustainable Watershed Management and Food Security,” in
Gerard Begni, Editor, Observing our Environment from Space: New Solutions for a New
Millennium. Lisse, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2002.
Rochon, Gilbert L. and William Cibula, "Establishing a Protocol for Global
Positioning in Tropical Forest Environments," Remote Sensing for Tropical
Forest Assessment (Evaluacion de Bosques Tropicales Utilizando la
Tecnica Telesensorial) proceedings of a USDA Forest Service/U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Workshop. San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 7-11,
1991, A. Gillespie, editor, USDA FS General Technical Report SO-113. Nov. 1994.
Van Deusen, Paul C., Gregory A. Reams, Margaret S. Devall, Gilbert L. Rochon and Tommy
R. Dell, "Study Turns Up Ancient Cypress Trees," Forests and People, 3rd Quarter, 1993, pp.
24-27.
Rochon, Gilbert L., Paul C. Van Deusen, Margaret S. Devall and Gregory Reams, "Remote
Sensing of Old Growth Cypress for Global Change Research," Earth Observation Magazine,
Apr.1993, pp.32-35.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Dillard University Studies Global Change," ERDAS Monitor, Atlanta
Georgia, February, 1993.
PRESENTATIONS:
Gilbert Rochon, Marseyas Fernandez, Thierno Thiam, Joseph Essamuah-Quansah, Souleymane Fall,
Gamal Salah El Afandi, Chaker El Amrani, Tajje-eddine Rachidi, Subhas Sikdar, Gülay Altay, Tarek
El-Ghazawi, Mohamed Magdy Abdel Wahab, Nosa Egiebor and Chadia Affane Aji. “TOWARD
PAN-AFRICAN DISASTER RESILIENCE: Potential Collaborative Extension of the Mediterranean
Dialogue Earth Observatory (MDEO) Model to Support Biogenic and Anthropogenic Disaster
Resilience, Early warning, Mitigation and Recovery for Vulnerable Populations within the African
Continent and in the African Diaspora,” presented at the 11th
International Conference of the African
Association for Remote Sensing of Environment (AARSE). Kampala, Uganda, 24-28 October, 2016.
Chaker El Amrani, Gilbert L. Rochon, Tarek El-Ghazawi, Joe Piskor, Gülay
Altay, Tajeddine Rachidi. “MDEO SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN
MOROCCO,” NASA Direct Readout Conference (NDRC-9), Valladolid, Spain, June 21-24, 2016.
Gilbert Rochon, “AFRICANS AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN HIGHER EDUCATION:
History, Present Status & Future Potential,” Invited Keynote Address, University of Virginia, 2016
Conversations in the Commonwealth Conference, Office of African-American Affairs, Luther Porter
Jackson Black Male Initiative (BMI), Charlottesville, VA April 1, 2016.
Gilbert Rochon, “GLOBAL EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY IN U.S. HIGHER
EDUCATION,” Invited Lecture, University of Mississippi, Office of Global Engagement,
International Education Week. Oxford, Mississippi. November 11, 2015.
Gilbert Rochon, Chaker El Amrani, Tajje-eddine Rachidi, Gülay Altay, Tarek El
Ghazawi, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Mohammed A. Mohammed, Joseph Essamuah-Quansah,
Souleymane Fall and Chadia Affane-Aji. “The role of the NATO Science for Peace
supported Mediterranean Dialogue Earth Observatory (MDEO), based in Morocco, in
addressing Early Warning of Disasters, including those associated with Meteorological and
Climatic Change Events, and the anticipated correlates with Food Security and Public
Health,” International Symposium on Weather and Climate Extremes, Food Security and
Biodiversity (ISCEFS), Sponsored by George Mason University, Global Environment and
National Resource Institute (http://genri.gmu.edu/), the UN World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to be held in
Washington, DC, Oct. 20-24, 2014. Invited presentation-Session 5-Food, Water & Energy in
Africa http://www.iscefs.org/
Gilbert Rochon, Chaker El Amrani, Tajje-eddine Rachidi, Gülay Altay, Tarek
El Ghazawi, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Mohammed A. Mohammed, Joseph
Essamuah-Quansah, Souleymane Fall and Chadia Affane-Aji. “Real-Time
Access to Orbital Optical Sensors for Disaster Early Warning: NATO Science for Peace
Sponsored Partnership of Universities in Morocco, Turkey and the USA. The OMICS Group
OPTICS 2013: International Conference and Exhibition on Lasers, Optics and Photonics.
Oct. 07-09, 2013. San Antonio, Texas.
C. El Amrani, G.L. Rochon, T. El Ghazawi, G. Altay, T. Rachidi, “System
Architecture of the Mediterranean Dialogue Earth Observatory,” IEEE International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Melbourne, Australia, 21-26, July,
2013. Digital Object Identifier:
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721228 Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): 600-603.
Gilbert Rochon. Keynote Address. “90th
Anniversary: Tuskegee VA Medical Center,”
Central Alabama Veterans Health Services, Tuskegee, AL 2/12/2013.
Gilbert Rochon, Nosa O. Egiebor, Thierno Thiam, Gamal Salah El Afandi and Ben Oni.
“Africa & Solar Energy,” International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering
(2IE). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Dec., 2012. (Delivered by Prof. Nosa O. Egiebor)
El Amrani, C.; Rochon, G.L.; El-Ghazawi, T.; Altay, G.; Rachidi, T. “Development of a real-time
urban remote sensing initiative in the Mediterranean region for early warning and mitigation of
disasters,” Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International Digital
Object Identifier: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350855 Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): 2782 – 2785.
Gilbert Rochon. “Closing the Gap: Collaborative Research Between 1862 and 1890 Land
Grant Universities.” Association of Public & Land Grant Universities, (APLU) 125th
Annual
Meeting, Joint Session: Council of 1890 Universities and Commission on Access, Diversity
and Excellence. (CADE). Denver, Colorado, Feb. 11-13, 2012
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl, Okan Ersoy, Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gamal El Afandi,
Gülay Altay, Mohamed Shokr, Tarek El-Ghazawi, Mohamed A. Mohamed; Darion
Grant, Souleymane Fall, Thierno Thiam, Joseph Quansah, Angel Torres Valcarcel,
Bereket Araya, Bertin H. Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Wonkook Kim, Derrick Kearney,
Abdur Rahman M. Maud, Acushla Antony, Magda Galloza, Bala Murugan
Gnanasekaran, Benjamin M. Weiss & Jay Destino. “Advances in Urban Remote
Sensing and the Implications for Sustainable Development & Metropolitan
Sustainability,” Invited Keynote Presentation at the Mini-Symposium on Remote Sensing of
the Urban Environment, 1st
International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization. Hong
Kong, China, 15-17 December, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Tuskegee University: Building upon the Legacy & Envisioning the
Future,” Board of Trustees Annual Meeting. Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center,
Tuskegee, Alabama, October 16, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl, Jinha Jung, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman
M. Maud and Bertin Hilaire Mbongo. “Global Acquisition, Processing &
Distribution of Data from Earth Observing Satellites: The Purdue Terrestrial Observatory,”
SeaSpace 19th International Remote Sensing Conference: The Contributions of Remote
Sensing to Public Safety & Natural Resource Preservation. Turtle Bay, Hawaii, August 2-3,
2010.
Hampapuram Ramapriyan, Gilbert L. Rochon, Erich Franz Stocker,
Ruth Duerr, Robert Rank, Stefano Nativi. (2010) “Advances in Spatial Data Infrastructure,
Acquisition, Analysis, Archiving & Dissemination.” Overview
Presentation, Data Archiving and Distribution Technical Committee (DAD TC)
Invited Session: Data System Technologies for Improving Data Access and Usability -
Challenges and Solutions, Honolulu, HI 7/25-30, 2010. IEEE IGARSS, Proceedings of, pp.
1980-1983. Digital Object ID: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5653074 Publication Year: 2010,
Page(s): 1980 – 1983
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman M. Maud,
Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah,
Thierno Thiam, Benjamin Weiss and Oluwatoba Omotilewa. (2010) "Earth
Observing Satellites for Environmental Monitoring & Assessment: Availability, Acquisition,
Analysis & Application of Archival and Real-Time Remotely Sensed Data." International
Conference on Disaster Risks and Climate Change:
Technological and Managerial Opportunities & Challenges for the Greater
Mekong Sub-Region. Mae Fah Luang University, Natural Resources & Environmental
Monitoring Center (NREMC) & School of IT, in collaboration with the Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center (ADPC), MRC, DDPM, Water Resources Dept., National Park Dept.,
Purdue University and Fulbright-Thailand. Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 10-12, 2010
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl and Souleymane Fall. “Application of Remote Sensing to
Health Sciences and the Environment.” University Research Lecture. Naresuan University,
Phitsanulok, Thailand, July 5, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Souleymane Fall and Larry Biehl. “Remote Sensing &
Spatial Data Infrastructure to Support Disaster Mitigation & Sustainable Natural Resources
Management,” Faculty Seminar, Naresuan University, Faculty of Agriculture, Natural
Resources & Environment, Phitsanulok, Thailand, 7/5/2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl and Souleymane Fall. “Remote Sensing
Theory, Systems, Spatial Data Analysis and Applications,” Training Workshop
Co-Sponsored by Fulbright-Thailand, the Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Center (NREMC), Department of Information Technology and the School of Science, Mae
Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 6/28/2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl and Souleymane Fall. “Spatial Data
Infrastructure: Implications for the Greater Mekong Sub-Region,” Training
Workshop Co-Sponsored by Fulbright-Thailand, the Natural Resources and
Environmental Management Center (NREMC), Department of Information Technology
and the School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 29,
2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman M. Maud,
Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah,
Thierno Thiam, Benjamin Weiss and Oluwatoba Omotilewa. (2010) "Earth
Observing Satellites for Environmental Monitoring & Assessment: Availability, Acquisition,
Analysis & Application of Archival and Real-Time Remotely Sensed Data." International
Conference on Disaster Risks and Climate Change:
Technological and Managerial Opportunities & Challenges for the Greater
Mekong Sub-Region. Mae Fah Luang University, Natural Resources & Environmental
Monitoring Center (NREMC) & School of IT, in collaboration with the Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center (ADPC), MRC, DDPM, Water Resources Dept., National Park Dept.,
Purdue University and Fulbright-Thailand. Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 10-12, 2010
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl and Souleymane Fall. “Application of Remote Sensing to
Health Sciences and the Environment.” University Research Lecture. Naresuan University,
Phitsanulok, Thailand, July 5, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Souleymane Fall and Larry Biehl. “Remote Sensing &
Spatial Data Infrastructure to Support Disaster Mitigation & Sustainable Natural Resources
Management,” Faculty Seminar, Naresuan University, Faculty of Agriculture, Natural
Resources & Environment, Phitsanulok, Thailand, 7/5/2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Abdul Rahman M. Maud, Wonkook Kim, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo and
Larry Biehl, "Earth Observing Satellites and Remote Sensing's Relevance to African
Sustainable Development." Sudan Studies Association. 29th Annual Conference. Purdue
University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, May 28-30, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman M. Maud and Larry Biehl.
“Earth Observation Utilizing Small Satellites: Evolution, Expansion and Projected
Interdisciplinary Benefits.” The International Space Station for Earth Observation and
Climate Change Workshop. Embassy of Italy in the USA. Washington, DC. May 14, 2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon and Larry Biehl. “Real-Time Data Access & Near-Real-Time
Data Products,” Kick-Off Workshop for the National Geospatial Intelligence
Agency (HGA) University Research Initiatives (NURI) Project: Real-Time Predictive
Framework for Mosquito-Borne Diseases. Cedar Falls, IA, U. of North. Iowa, May 6,
2010.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Mohamed Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gamal Salah El Afandi,
Gülay Altay, Okan Ersoy, Mohammed Shokr, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Tarek
El Ghazawi, Belal Elleithy, Larry Biehl, Darion Grant, Souleymane Fall,
Bereket Araya, Bertin Mbongo, Thierno Thiam, Sohaib Ghani and Jinha
Jung. “Research Infrastructure for Real-Time Remote Sensing Applications to Mitigate
Biogenic and Anthropogenic Disasters,” Global Space Technology Forum (GSTF) Dec. 7-9,
2009, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Gilbert L. Rochon, Okan Ersoy, Larry L. Biehl, Gülay Altay, Mohamed
Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Tarek El Ghazawi, Mohamed
A. Mohamed, Mohammed Shokr, Darion Grant, Bereket Araya, Souleymane Fall, Abdur
Rahman Mohamed Maud, Thierno Thiam, Jinha Jung, Joseph Quansah, Bertin Hilaire
Mbongo, Wonkook Kim and Sohaib Ghani.
“Acquisition, Analysis and Distribution of Real-Time Multi-Sensor Satellite Data in a High
Performance Computing Environment: Case Studies from the NATO Science for Peace
funded Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory in Egypt, the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY)-
Africa and the US Geological Survey (USGS) supported AmericaView.” Presentation at
IEEE Sensors Conference, Oct. 25-28, 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand
Altay, G. ; Ersoy, O. ; Wahab, M.A. ; El Afandi, G. ; Shokr, M. ; El Ghazawi,
T. ; Mohamed, M.A. ; Eleithy, B. ; El-Magd, I.A. ; Biehl, L. ; Grant, D. ; Rochon, G. ; Fall,
S. “Deployment of real-time satellite remote sensing infrastructure to support disaster
mitigation: A NATO Science for Peace collaboration project with Research Universities in
Turkey, Egypt and the USA,” Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2009. RAST '09.
4th International Conference. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/RAST.2009.5158192
Publication Year: 2009, Page(s): 18 – 22, Istanbul, Turkey.
Gilbert Rochon, Larry Biehl, Jinha Jung, Joseph E. Quansah, Thierno Thiam, Bereket Araya,
Bertin H. Mbongo, Wonkook Kim, Abdur Rahman M.
Maud and Souleymane Fall, Featured Presentation: “Engaging Remote
Sensing & High Performance Computing Technologies for Sustainable
Development, Public Health & Disaster Mitigation in African Countries,” AmericaView, Inc.
Fall Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 6-8, 2009.
Rochon, G.L. ; Araya, B. ; Biehl, L.L. ; Grant, D. ; Ersoy, O. ; Quansah, J. ;
Altay, G. ; Wahab, M. ; El Afandi, G.S. ; El Ghazawi, T. ; Mohamed, M.A. ; Shokr, M. ;
Sithole, H. “Acquisition, analysis and distribution of real-time multisensor satellite data, in a
high performance computing environment, for disaster mitigation applications: Case studies
from the NATO science for peace funded Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory in Egypt, the
Electronic Geophysical Year
(eGY)-Africa and the US Geological Survey supported AmericaView” Sensors, 2009 IEEE
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398522 Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):
1020 - 1025 IEEE Conference Publications.
Rochon, G. ; Wahab, M.A. ; El Afandi, G.S. ; Altay, G. ; Ersoy, O. ; Song,
X.C. ; Zhao, L. ; Niyogi, D. ; Biehl, L. ; Grant, D. ; Elleithy, B. ; Shokr, M. ; Mohamed,
M.A. ; El Ghazawi, T. “The Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory: A
NATO supported real-time remote sensing receiving station being established in Egypt with
HPC-enabled near-real-time data products for mitigation of environmental & public health
disasters,” Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International, IGARSS
2009 Vol: 4 Digital Object
Identifier: 10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417599 Pub. Year: 2009, Page(s): IV-53IV-56
Gilbert L. Rochon, Larry Biehl, Darion Grant, Souleymane Fall, Thierno
Thiam, Bereket Araya, Bertin Hilaire Mbongo, Jinha Jung, Sohaib Ghani,
Madgy Abdel Wahab, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Gülay Altay, Okan Ersoy, Angel Torres
Valcarcel & Cesar Javier Gonzalez. “Real-Time Remote Sensing in support of Ecosystems
Services & Sustainability.” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Research
Workshop (ARW): Achieving Environmental Security: Ecosystems Security and Human
Welfare, Pell Center for International Relations & Public Policy. Salve Regina University,
Newport, Rhode Island, USA, July 5-10, 2009
Gilbert Rochon, M. Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Gülay
Altay, Okan Ersoy, Tarek El-Ghazawi, Mohamed A. Mohamed &
Mohammed Shokr. “International Collaboration for Disaster Mitigation and
Sustainable Development: The NATO Science for Peace Partnership involving Egypt,
Turkey and the USA.” Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, April 11, 2009.
G. Rochon, M.M.A. Wahab, G.S. El Afandi, Gülay Altay, O. Ersoy, M. Shokr, T. El
Ghazawi & M. A. Mohamed. “Remote Sensing Applications for Natural
Resource Sustainability,” Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) and the
Environ. Climate Research Institute (ECRI). Al-Kanater Al-Khayreia, Egypt, April 9, 2009
G. Rochon, M.A. Wahab, G.S. El Afandi, Gülay Altay, O. Ersoy, M. A. Mohamed & M.
Shokr & T. El Ghazawi, Bereket Araya, Souleymane Fall, Darion Grant, Jinha Jung, Sohaib
Ghani and Bertin Hilaire Mbongo. “Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response:
Utilization of Remote Sensing Data” Al Azhar University. Faculty of Science (Males),
Department of Meteorology & Astronomy. Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, April 8, 2009.
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G. Rochon, M.M.A. Wahab, G.S. El Afandi, Gülay Altay, O. Ersoy, M. A. Mohamed & M.
Shokr & T. El Ghazawi. “Public Health & Emergency
Response Applications of Remote Sensing – The Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory,” The
World Health Organization (WHO)/Emergency & Humanitarian Action (EHA). Regional
Office, Cairo, Egypt, April 8, 2009.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) - National, Regional &
Global: Origins, Current Status & Future Prospects.” Invited Keynote Presentation, National
Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Conference. Seoul, Korea, Oct. 8-10, 2008.
Gilbert L. Rochon, M. Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gamal El Afandi, Ado Dan-Isa,
Happy Sithole, Khomotso Kganyago, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah,
Bereket Araya, Chetan Maringanti, Cliff Robinson, Kaiem L. Frink and Jean Pierre Antelo.
“Overcoming Bandwidth & Satellite Communications Limitations to Accelerate Applications
of Remote Sensing & High Performance Computing for Sustainable African Development:
Contributions from Egypt, Nigeria & South Africa.” Paper ID: 4130. Session: WE4.110.
IEEE IGARSS, Boston, MA, Hynes Convention Center, July 9, 2008. Digital Object
Identifier:
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779428 Pub. Year: 2008, Page(s): III - 636 - III - 639
IEEE Conference Publications
Guofan Shao, Jie Shan, Ejaz Hussain, KyoHyouk Kim, Lina Tang, Larry
Biehl, Chris Johannsen, Kaiem Frink, Cliff Robinson, Jean Pierre Antelo,
Gilbert Rochon, Bernard Engel and Larry Theller. “Monitoring the 2008 Spring Flood in
Indiana” IEEE IGARSS Special Poster Session on Recent Disasters.
Boston, MA, June 6-11, 2008.
Gilbert Rochon, M. Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gülay Altay, Gamal El Afandi,
Okan Ersoy and Mohammed Shokr. “Real-Time Remote Sensing for Early
Warning and Mitigation of Disasters and Epidemics,” invited presentation before the NATO
Science for Peace (SfP) Expert Panel on Environmental Security. Brussels, Belgium: North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Headquarters, June 2, 2008.
Gilbert Rochon, Larry Biehl, Joseph Quansah, Souleymane Fall, Bereket
Araya, Chetan Maringanti, Derrick Kearney, Parr Durr, Jessica Daw, Hildred
Rochon, Angel Torres Valcarcel and Heather Whitcomb. “Space-Based Technologies &
Public Health,” Indiana Public Health Association (IPHA) Conference. West Lafayette,
Indiana: Purdue University, May 12, 2008.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Magdy Wahab, Gülay Altay, Gamal El Afandi, Okan Ersoy and
Mohamed Shokr. “The Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory: A NATO Science for Peace
Planning Grant in Collaboration with Egypt, Turkey and the USA.” NATO CCMS/SfP Pilot
Study on Clean Technologies & Processes, Final Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 4-9, 2008.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Lefteri Tsoukalas, Chris Johannsen, Joseph Quansah,
Larry Biehl, Derrick Kearney, Souleymane Fall, Chetan Maringanti, Bereket Araya, Cliff
Robinson, Vasanthy Kolluri, Jinha Jung, Parr Durr, Jessica Daw and William Hutchinson.
“BioFuels: The Dialectics of Energy Security and Food Security,” BioFuels Symposium,
NATO Pilot Study on Clean Technologies & Processes. Berlin, Germany, May 4-9, 2008.
Gilbert Rochon, Larry Biehl, Souleymane Fall, Bereket Araya, Chetan
Maringanti, Cliff Robinson, Vasanthy Kolluri and Jinha Jung. “Monitoring the Earth from
Space: Advances in Satellite Remote Sensing,” Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
Freshman Seminar, College of Science, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, April 22,
2008.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Remote Sensing, GIS, Disease Vector Habitat and
Mitigation of Epidemics & Epizootics,” 4th
annual presentation to Basic Medical
Sciences (BMS) 509-International Veterinary Medicine, (Prof. A. Nour), Purdue University,
School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, IN, March 27, 2008.
Gilbert Rochon, Larry Biehl, Chetan Maringanti, Souleymane Fall, Cliff Robinson, Bereket
Araya, Jinha Jung and Vasanthy Kolluri. “The Origins and Deployment of Orbiting Sensors
& Spatial Databases to Facilitate Disaster Mitigation in Africa,” Egyptian Meteorological
Authority (EMA) & Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO), Cairo, Egypt, March
16, 2008.
Gilbert Rochon. Plenary Session Address: “Advances in Remote Sensing for Disaster
Management.” Crane & Hoist Conference & Expo, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 3-5, 2007.
Gilbert Rochon. “The Evolution, Applications and Convergence of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and Satellite Remote Sensing,” Invited Keynote Speaker, GIS
Day 2007, Indiana University, Herman B. Wells Library, Bloomington, IN, Nov. 14, 2007.
Gilbert L. Rochon and Hildred S. Rochon, “Emerging Technologies in Support of Disaster
Mitigation in Africa: From Satellites to Cytometry.” The Black Cultural Center Library Third
Symposium on Culture and Technology: Moving African Communities Toward a Position of
Strength, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Nov. 3, 2007.
Gilbert Rochon. "Poverty & Vulnerability: Disaster Mitigation and Infectious
Disease Vector Habitat Identification facilitated by Satellite Remote Sensing." Wabash Area
Lifelong Learning Association (WALLA). Morton Center, West Lafayette, IN, October 24,
2007.
Gilbert Rochon, Melba Crawford and Larry Biehl. “HPC for Large Data
Volumes: Real-Time Satellite and In Situ Data,” High Performance Computing Panel
Luncheon. Purdue University, Computer Research Institute (CRI), ITaP RCAC and Cyber
Center. West Lafayette, IN, October 5, 2007.
Gilbert Rochon and Joseph Quansah. “Methodology: Worldwide Experience and Assessment
of the Application of Space Technologies to Forecasting and Hazard Assessment of Natural
Disasters” Invited Keynote Address, International Conference on Natural Disasters:
Challenges for Better Forecasting and Hazard Assessment,” Sponsored by the Thailand
Commission on Higher Education. Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai, Thailand
September 20-22, 2007.
Gilbert Rochon, Butare Rukundo, Joseph Quansah and Mohamed A.
Mohamed. “Remote Sensing for Sustainable Public Health & Infectious Disease
Mitigation in Africa,” UN Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) Workshop.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sept. 16-18, 2007
Gilbert Rochon. “Mare Nostrum and Terra Nostra: The Potential for Research Collaboration
in HPC, Remote Sensing & Earth Science,” Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona,
Spain, July 25, 2007.
Joseph E. Quansah, Gilbert L. Rochon, Kwamena K. Quagraine, Steve
Amisah, Mucai Muchiri and Charles Ngugi. “Remote Sensing Applications for
Sustainable Aquaculture in Africa,” Institute for Electrical Engineering &
Electronics (IEEE) International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).
Barcelona, Spain, July 23-27, 2007. IEEE Proceedings No.
1-4244-1212-9/07. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423034 Publication Year: 2007, Page(s):
1255 - 1259 IEEE Conference Publications.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Remote Sensing in Support of Public Health & Disaster
Mitigation in Swaziland” presented for HRH Princess Ncengencenge Dlamini and
HRH Prince Lethuthando Dlamini of the Kingdom of Swaziland. Purdue University, Gerald
D. & Edna E. Mann Hall Conference Room, West Lafayette, Indiana, July 20 2007.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Okan K. Ersoy, Larry Biehl, Joseph E. Quansah and
Oguz Gungor. “Establishing a Shared Spatial Database of Archival and
Remotely-Sensed Data for NATO Countries and Affiliates,” NATO Science for Peace &
Security, Pilot Study on Clean Technologies Processes Annual Meeting. Porto, Portugal,
May 5-9, 2007.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Utility of Remote Sensing for Epidemics, Epizootics and
Zoonoses,” Annual presentation to School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue
University, BMS 509. International Veterinary Medicine (Prof. Abdelfatah Nour),
West Lafayette, IN. April 19, 2007. Previous presentations on this topic given at BMS 509 in
2004, 2005 & 2006
Gilbert L. Rochon, J. Paul Robinson and Hildred S. Rochon “Remote Sensing
Applications for Multi-Sector Sustainable Development in Nigeria,” United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Center of Excellence/Imo State
Environmental Protection Agency. Owerri, Nigeria. March 16, 2007.
J. Paul Robinson, Hildred Sarah Rochon and Gilbert L. Rochon. “Cytometry for Life (C4L)
CD4 Diagnostic Device for HIV/AIDS.” Co-Sponsors: Purdue University Cytometry
Laboratories, ICYT, Parker Life Sciences, Wealthy Consults and convoy of Hope
International. Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, March 14, 2007.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Remote Sensing, GIS & GPS in Support of Public Health &
Disaster Mitigation,” “Groundstation Facilities and Computational Resources for
Real-Time Satellite Remote Sensing,” “Introduction to GIS/GPS/Remote Sensing
& International Interdisciplinary Applications.” and Commentaries on Provincial,
District and Sub-District priority problems and initiatives. Training Workshop for
Academic Research Network in Upper Northern Thailand. Co-Sponsored by
Thailand’s Ministry of Education and the University of Chiang Mai, Faculty of Economics,
on location in Uttradit, Thaton, Mae Hiya, Mae Phoon, and Maeai Districts, Thailand, Feb.
18- March 4, 2007.
Akilah Martin, Rabi Mohtar, Bernie Engel, Brian French and Gilbert Rochon.
“Assessment of the Century Model Web Interface in Undergraduate education to
Improve Decision-Making and Learning.” Published by the American Society of Agricultural
and Biological Engineers (ASABE), St. Joseph, Michigan, www.asabe.org Paper No.
068002, 2006 ASABE Annual Meeting.
Govindaraju, R., B. Engel, D. Ebert, B. Fossum, M. Huber, C. Jafvert, V.
Merwade, D. Niyogi, L. Oliver, S. Prabhakar, G. Rochon, C. Song, L. Zhao,
"Cyberinfrastructure for End-to-End Environmental Explorations (C4E4)", poster presented
at the Joint Workshop for WATERS Network Test Beds and CUAHSI Hydrologic
Information Systems, Austin, TX, November 15-17, 2006.
Dev Niyogi, Gilbert L. Rochon, Krishna Madhavan, Rajarathinam
Arangarasan, UC Mohanty, Alok Chaturvedi, Maruti Ram Ponaganti, Larry Biehl, Joseph E.
Quansah, Hussam Nour, Aisha Chini Reed, Hsin-I Chang, and Anil Kumar . "Modeling,
Visualization and Fusion of Archival Data to support Disaster Mitigation." Geo-Informatics
for Disaster Management (Gi4DM 2). Sept. 25-26, 2006, Goa, India.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Dev Niyogi, Krishna Madhavan, Rajarathinam
Arangarasan, Alok Chaturvedi, Maruti Ram Ponaganti, UC Mohanty, Larry Biehl,
Joseph E. Quansah, Hussam Nour, Aisha Chini Reed, Hsin-I Chang, and Anil Kumar.
'Toward Intelligent and Sustainable Archiving of Geo-Spatial Data," International
Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS) International Symposium on
Geospatial Databases for Sustainable Development. Sept. 27-30, 2006, Goa, India.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Krishna Madhavan, Dev Niyogi and Rajarathinam Arangarasan.
"Interdisciplinary Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing." Goa University, September 28,
2006, Goa, India.
GL Rochon, Carol Xiaohui Song, Lan Zhao, Dev Niyogi, Derrick S. Kearney and Jie Shan.
"Supporting Interdisciplinary e-Science through Real-Time Remote Sensing & High
Performance Computing in a High Bandwidth Environment," 20th International CODATA
Conference. Scientific Data and Knowledge within the Information Society. Oct. 23-25,
2006, Beijing, China.
Gilbert L. Rochon, “Satellite Remote Sensing for Infectious Disease Mapping &
Vector Habitat Monitoring.” Infectious Disease Informatics: Surveillance,
Modeling & Response. National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Sept. 7-8, 2006.
GL Rochon, J. Paul Robinson, Carol Xiaohui Song, Lan Zhao, Dev Niyogi and Derrick S.
Kearney. "Remote and Proximal Sensing in Support of Disaster Mitigation and Sustainable
Development," Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Remote Sensing Ground Station
(RSGS), Beijing, China, Oct. 24, 2006.
GL Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Dev Niyogi, Melba M. Crawford, J. Paul
Robinson, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah, Larry Biehl, Jie Shan,
Carol Xiaohui Song, Derrick S. Kearney, Lan Zhao and Amy Neuenschwander. "Integration
of Real-Time and Archival Remote Sensing with High Performance Computing & Dynamic
Modeling to Support Disaster Mitigation." African Assoc. for Remote Sensing of
Environment (AARSE), Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2006.
GL Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Dev Niyogi, Melba M. Crawford, J. Paul
Robinson, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah, Larry Biehl, Jie Shan,
Carol Xiaohui Song, Derrick S. Kearney, Lan Zhao and Amy
Neuenschwander. 'In Situ Monitoring, Satellite Remote Sensing, Proximal
Sensing & High Performance Computing to Facilitate Sustainability and Disaster
Preparedness." Cairo University, Aerospace Studies Department, Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2, 2006.
GL Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Dev Niyogi, Melba M. Crawford, J. Paul
Robinson, Souleymane Fall, Joseph E. Quansah, Larry Biehl, Jie Shan,
Carol Xiaohui Song, Derrick S. Kearney, Lan Zhao and Amy
Neuenschwander. "Multidisciplinary Research Enabled by Real-time and Archival Remote
Sensing and High Performance Computing to Support
Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Mitigation." Al Azhar University, Departments of
Astronomy and Meteorology, Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 4, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Satellite Remote Sensing Research & Education in Support of Disaster
Mitigation and Environmental Sustainability,” Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand,
June 2, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Interdisciplinary Utility of Archival and Real-Time Satellite Remote
Sensing,” Kasetsart University, School of Forestry, Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Spatial Technologies as Tools for Trans-Boundary Management and
Eco-System Monitoring,” “Collaborative Research & Training Initiatives; The Role of Bi-
lateral, Multi-lateral & NGO Resources,” “NREM: Natural Resources & Environmental
Management Case Studies,” “Universities & Sustainable NREM.” Four key-note addresses
presented as an invited Fulbright Senior Specialist-Environmental Sciences at the Innovative
Approaches to Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM): Spatial
Technologies Perspectives for Thailand and the GMS [Greater Mekong Sub-Region]
Seminar. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand, May 23-24, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Satellite Remote Sensing Supporting Multi-Sectoral
Sustainable Development,” Invited Presentation, Aeronautical & Space Technology Institute
(ASTIN), Air Force Academy, Istanbul, Turkey, May 11, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Virgil Sharpton & Okan Ersoy. “Networking Satellite
Groundstations to Support Global Science: Toward a Distributed Shared Spatial Data
Archive & Grid Access to Near-Real-Time Remote Sensing Data.” North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) Committee on the Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Pilot Study
on Clean Products & Processes Annual Meeting. Istanbul, Turkey, May 5-12, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Hildred Sarah Rochon & Joseph E. Quansah. The Role of
Technology in Facilitating a Coalition Between Conventional Medical
Practitioners and Indigenous Healers in the Struggle Against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Invited Presentation at the Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine and
Indigenous Knowledge. Accra, Ghana, March, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed and J. Paul Robinson. Remote
Sensing Applications within a High Bandwidth and High Performance Computing
Environment. International Conference on Peace, Development & Reconstruction. Islamic
Network for Engineering & Technology (ISNET). Khartoum, Sudan. October, 2005.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Tsefaye Woldai, Joseph
Quansah, Victor Taylor, Tommy Coleman, Yaw Twumasi and Hussam Nour. Remote
Sensing and Sustainable Development in Sudan: Post Armed Conflict Reconstruction.
Remote Sensing Authority of Sudan. International Conference on Peace, Development &
Reconstruction. Islamic Network for Engineering & Technology (ISNET). Khartoum, Sudan.
October, 2005.
Virgil L. Sharpton & Gilbert L. Rochon. Invited presentation, “Archival and Real-Time
Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Environmental Sustainability within NATO
Countries: Toward NATO View,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Committee
on the Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Pilot Study on Clean Products & Processes
Phase II, June 17-15, 2005, Ålesund, Norway
Gilbert L. Rochon and J. Paul Robinson. “The Reality and Potential of Remote
Sensing & Multispectral Analysis for Societal Benefit,” Invited Plenary Speaker, Recent
Advances in Space Technology (RAST 2005): Space in the Service of Society, Istanbul,
Turkey, June 9-11, 2005.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Real-Time Remote Sensing as a Tool for Development.” Cosponsors:
University of Antananarivo and U.S. Embassy. Antananarivo, Madagascar, May, 2005.
Gilbert L. Rochon, J. Quansah, M. Mohamed, Y. Twumasi, T. Coleman, V. Taylor, C.
Luther, C. Johannsen and D. Landgrebe. “Applicability of Near-Real-Time Satellite Data
Acquisition and Analysis and Distribution of Geoinformation in Support of African
Development,” United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA) Committee for
Development Information (CODI IV) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April, 2005.
Rochon, Gilbert. Remote Sensing’s Utility for Epidemics, Epizootics and Zoonoses.
Presentation for BMS 509 International Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University School of
Veterinary Medicine. West Lafayette, IN. March 30, 2006.
Gilbert Rochon1, Budhendra L. Bhaduri
2, Gordon Wells
3, Bernard A. Engel
1,
Larry Biehl1, Joseph Essamuah Quansah
1, Sebastien Goasguen
1, and
Krishna P.C. Madhavan1
“Collaborative Remote Sensing Among Multiple Ground Stations in
a High Bandwidth Environment.” Presented at ASPRS 2005, American Society for
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Annual Conference.
Baltimore, Maryland, March 7-11, 2005. 1Purdue University,
2US DOE Oak Ridge National
Lab (ORNL), 3University of Texas at Austin
Gilbert. L. Rochon. “Nanotechnology Research, Education, Infrastructure, and
Collaboration at Purdue University,” 8th
International Union of Materials Research Societies
(IUMRS) International Conference on Advanced Materials, Workshop on Nanotechnology
Networking & International Cooperation, Presented in Yokohama, Japan, October 8-12,
2003.
Gilbert Rochon, David Landgrebe, Chris Johannsen, Sarada Majumder and
Larry Biehl, “Real-Time Remote Sensing for Time-Critical Environmental Applications,”
Presented at the International Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE 2003) Symposium,
Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 8-12, 2003.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johannsen, David Landgrebe,
Bernard Engel, Jonathan Harbor, Sarada Majumder and Larry Biehl. “Intergenerational
Prudent Resource Management in Africa: The Contributions of Remote Sensing & Spatial
Technologies in Achieving Sustainability,” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2003). Presented in Toulouse, France, July, 2003.
Gilbert Rochon, Chris Johannsen, Steve Mayo, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Sarada Majumder,
Mersey’s Fernandez and Larry Biehl. “Remote Sensing and Decision Support for
Environmental Sustainability,” State of the Planet
Conference, General Assembly of the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics
(IUGG 2003). Presented in Sapporo, Japan, June 30-July 11, 2003.
Gilbert Rochon. “The Utility of Remote Sensing for Epidemics and Epizootics,” School of
Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, International Veterinary Medicine, BMS-509,
April 17, 2003.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Remote Sensing and International Sustainable
Development,” Town and Gown Forum, Lafayette, Indiana, April 4, 2003
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and Earth Observation,”
Greater Lafayette Information Technology Society (GLITS).
Purdue Technology Park, West Lafayette, Indiana, April 1, 2003.
Gilbert Rochon. “Remote Sensing for Social Transformation and Community
Empowerment,” Purdue University, Department of African American Studies Lecture Series,
Stewart Center, March 4, 2003.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johannsen, David Landgrebe,
Bernard Engel, Jonathan Harbor, Sarada Majumder and Larry Biehl. “The Evolution of
Remote Sensing & the Purdue Terrestrial Observatory,” Research in Indiana,
Supercomputing 2002, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 17-21, 2002.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Next Generation Remote Sensing,” The 7th
International Workshop and
Seminar on GIS,” Seoul, Korea, Nov. 8, 2002.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johannsen, David Landgrebe,
Bernard Engel, Jonathan Harbor, Sarada Majumder and Larry Biehl.
“Remote Sensing as a Tool for Achieving and Monitoring Progress Toward
Sustainability,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Scientific and
Environmental Affairs Division, Advanced Research Workshop (ARW)
Technological Choices for Sustainability Maribor, Slovenia Oct. 12-17, 2002, Poster Session.
The paper was subsequently published in Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy,
Springer Verlag – Publisher.
Gilbert L. Rochon, F. Bernard Daniel and Michael Goss. “Remote and
Proximate Sensing in Support of Sustainable Watershed Development,” 29th
International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. April 3-12, 2002. Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
Gilbert L. Rochon “Sources of Remotely Sensed Data for the Little Miami River Watershed,”
National Technical Association (NTA), Cincinnati Chapter.
Environmental Solutions, Awareness and Outreach Conference, University of Cincinnati,
College of Applied Science, September 13, 2001
Gilbert L. Rochon, F. Bernard Daniel, David Szlag and Carla Chifos
“Remote Sensing, Visualization and Decision Support for Sustainable Watershed
Management and Food Security,” Presented at the European Association of
Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) Symposium Observing our
Environment from Space: New Solutions for a New Millennium. Marne-la-Vale, France, May
19-21, 2001
Gilbert L. Rochon and David Szlag. “Classification of Riparian Landcover,
Utilizing Remotely Sensed Data, GIS and GPS: The Little Miami River
Watershed Case Study,” U.S. EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory
(NRMRL), Andrew Breidenbach Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, August 2, 2000.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Environmental Monitoring Utilizing Remote Sensing, GPS,
GIS, Visualization and Decision Support Systems,” 2000 Sustainable
Technology Division Seminar Series. National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2000.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Sidney J. Fauria and Marseyas
Fernandez. “Space-Based Technologies and the Pedagogy of Vulnerable
Populations,” Panelist for Teaching & Learning Strategies and Technology, New York
University (NYU) Faculty Resource Network, “The Teaching & Learning Continuum: A
National Symposium”. New Orleans, Nov.19-20, 1999.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Sidney J. Fauria and Marseyas
Fernandez. “Three Dimensional Scientific Visualization of Remotely-Sensed
Data in Support of Spatial and Temporal Analysis: Case Studies, Constraints & Potential,”
Presented at the International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Integrated Technologies,
Istanbul, Turkey, Oct., 1999.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Advances in Faculty and Student Research in High
Performance Computing, Remote Sensing and Visualization Technologies at HBCUs,”
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Boston Chapter. New England Aquarium
Education Center, April 21, 1999.
G. L. Rochon and M. A. Mohamed. “Scientific Visualization of Global Forest Data, Utilizing
High Performance Computing,” presented for the NASDA/JPL sponsored Global
Rainforest/Boreal Forest Mapping (GRFM/GBFM) Program. InSAR Meeting, European
Commission, Joint Research Centre. Ispra, Italy, November, 1998.
Gilbert L. Rochon, “GIS as a Lingua Franca for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies.”
Faculty Development, Environmental Justice Workshop. Paine College, Augusta, Georgia,
March, 1998.
Mason, Michael, Gilbert L. Rochon, Morris Singletary, Robert Carrier,
Nicole Blackman, Derek Bardell, Cytheria Jernigan and Marseyas Fernandez. “Data
Integration in Support of Research on the Gulf of Mexico,” Poster Session. IEEE
IGARSS’98, Seattle, Washington, 1998.
Rochon, Gilbert L.; Luong, Phu Vin; Costolo, J. Houston; Ruby, G.; Goon, Ludwig A.
(1997). “Three-dimensional visualization of oceanographic data: A case study of the Gulf of
Mexico's coastal interface with Texas and Louisiana.” MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings,
OCEANS '97, 2 (787). Digital Object
Identifier: 10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624167 Halifax, Nova Scotia. Publication Year: 1997
IEEE Conference Publications
Mason, Michael, Gilbert L. Rochon, Craigston Webb, Quincy Jones and Gwinyayi Pearson.
“Urban Waste Management: Routing & Scheduling to
Support Efficiency & Urban Ecosystems,” Ecological Society of America
Annual Meeting, Poster Session, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug.11-14, 1997
Kravipin, V.F., Bui Ta Long, Nguyen Minh Nam, Nguyen Xuan Minh, Gilbert
L. Rochon and David R. Hicks. System of Survey and Simulation for Air Pollution over
Large Industrial Regions. Proceedings of the International Association of Science and
Technology Development (IASTD), August 1997, Singapore.
Gilbert L. Rochon, “Scientific Visualization of Drought-Related Famine
Conditions in Sudan: An Approach to Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Remotely-Sensed
Multi-Spectral Data,” Presented at the International
Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS’97) Singapore, 1997.
Krapivin, Vladimir, Nazar A. Nazaryan, Gilbert L. Rochon and Sidney Fauria. “Criteria for
the Survivability of the Okhotsk Sea and the Role of Remote Monitoring,” International
Conference on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice,” Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, February, 1997.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Advances in Urban Ecological Monitoring,” International
Workshop on Application of Information Technology to the Problem of Environmental Monitoring. Presented in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, December 17-23, 1996.
Vladimir Krapivin, Gilbert L. Rochon & David R. Hicks. "A Global Simulation
Model as a Method for Estimating the Role of Urban Areas in Global Change," Proceedings
of ECOINFORMA '96, sponsored by ERIM, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Nov., 1996.
Gilbert L. Rochon, L. F. Borodin, Vladimir F. Krapivin and David R. Hicks. "Application of
GIMS Technology to the Study of the Aral-Caspian System." Presented as an interactive
poster session at ECOINFORMA '96, sponsored by ERIM, Epcot Science & Technology
Center, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 1996.
Vladimir F. Krapivin, L. P. Vilkova, Gilbert L. Rochon and David R. Hicks. "Model
Estimation of the Role of Urban Areas in Global CO2 Dynamics," Proceedings of
ECOINFORMA '96, sponsored by ERIM, Epcot Science & Technology Center, Lake Buena
Vista, FL, Nov., 1996.
Rochon, G.L., Vladimir Krapivin, Morgan Watson, Sidney Fauria, Francis Y. Tsang and
Marseyas Fernandez. “Remote Characterization of the Land/Sea Interface: A Case Study of
the Vietnamese/South China Sea Coastal Zone.” Proceedings of the Second HoChiMinh City
Conference on Mechanics. Sept.
24-25, 1996 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Sponsored by the Institute of Applied Mechanics
of the National Center for Natural Science & Technology of Vietnam.
Krapivin, V. F., Bui Ta Long, Gilbert L. Rochon and David R. Hicks. “A Global
Simulation Model as a Method for Estimating the Role of Regional Areas in
Global Change,” (In Vietnamese with English Abstract). Proceedings of the
Second Ho Chi Minh City Conference on Mechanics, Sept. 24-25, 1996 in Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam, sponsored by the Institute of Applied Mechanics of the National Center for
Natural Science & Technology of Vietnam.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Urban Ecosystems and Global Change: Deployment of
Remote Sensing & GIS Monitoring Infrastructure," International Geographical Union (IGU)
Conference, Moscow State University, Russia and post-conference research expedition to
Irkutsk & Ulan Ude, Eastern Siberia. August 14-2, 1995
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Food Security, Public Health and Sustainable Development:
Participation of U.S. Agencies and the United Nations in Remote Sensing & GIS in Africa,"
GIS IN GOVERNMENT: The Federal Perspective, 1994 - Proceedings of the First Federal
Geographic Technology Conference. Sept. 26-28, 1994, Washington, DC. GIS World Books,
1995.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Tiered Usage of Multi-Temporal Landsat TM and MSS and
NOAA AVHRR for Monitoring Drought, Desertification, Deforestation and Famine
Conditions in Sudan," presented at the Fifth Global Warming International Conference and
Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 4-7, 1994.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Vegetated Areas in Sudan, Using
Remote Sensing and GIS: Implications for Famine Warning and for Deforestation
Assessment," presented at the International Symposium,
Problems of Ecoinformatics, sponsored by the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian
Academy of Natural Sciences, The Moscow Science and Engineering A.
S. Popov Society for Radio, Electronics and Communication, Institute of Radio
Engineering and Electronics and Institute for Ecoinformatics Problems, Zvenigorod,
Moscow Region, Russia, 14-18 December, 1992.
Kelley, John J., Gilbert L. Rochon, O.A. Novoselova, V. Krapivin and F.A.
Mkrtchyan, "Toward Global Geo/Eco-Information Monitoring." Published in the Proceedings
of the International Symposium, Problems of Ecoinformatics, Zvenigorod, Russia, Dec. 14-
18, 1992.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Deployment of Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and NASA's Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
(CAMS) for Research on Tropical Forest Ecosystems," presentation at the conference,
Integrating Forest Data Over Time and Space, Canberra, Australia, Jan.12-17, 1992,
sponsored by the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations).
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Remote Sensing Applications for Tropical Forest Research within
NASA and the USDA Forest Service's International Institute for Tropical Forestry," National
Workshop on Minority Participation in Forestry and Forestry Related Sciences (MINFORS).
Huntsville, AL Nov., 1991.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Toward Development of a Global Urban Spatial Database," presentation
at the invitation of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Engineering Ecology '91,
Zvenigorod, Moscow Region, USSR, co-sponsored by the Academy's Institute for Radio
Engineering and Electronics and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences' Institute for
Ecoinformatics Problems, Oct., 1991.
Rochon, Gilbert L., "Applying Spaced-Based Technologies to the Protection of Terrestrial
Ecosystems," presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Equal
Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Washington, D.C., 1991.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Archival Surface Data Availability in the Gulf-South Region, of
Relevance to NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) Interdisciplinary Research and Sensor
Teams," abstract in James Miller and Armond Joyce, eds. NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty
Research Projects. Hattiesburg, MS: University of Southern Mississippi, 1990.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Identification of an Appropriate GIS Package for Integration with
NASA's LAS Image Analysis Software," Abstract in the University of Maryland, the 1989
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
RECON 91n25939 Issue 17, p. 2884, Category 82, NTIS. Greenbelt, MD, 1989.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Specification of Parameters for Development of a Spatial
Database for Drought Monitoring and Famine Early Warning in the African
Sahel," Abstract in University of Maryland, The 1989 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty
Fellowship Program, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA RECON 91N25938, Issue 17, P.
2883, Category 82, NTIS. Greenbelt, MD, 1989.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Preparing Undergraduates for Research and Teaching Careers,"
presented at a workshop sponsored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Spellman
College, Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 1988.
Rochon, Gilbert L. "Is Graduate School for You?" presented at the Black Collegian
Magazine's Going Places Seminar, Xavier University, Sept. 1988.
Aultman, Kathryn and Gilbert Rochon, "Hazardous Chemicals, Computer
Technology and Public Policy," A course module sponsored by the Sloan
Foundation and the Georgia Institute of Technology, under the Resourceful Exchange:
Technology and the Liberal Arts Program. Atlanta: Georgia Tech, 1986.
Gilbert Rochon, "Summation of the Conference on North-South Trade: The Latin American
Connection," held in New Orleans, 1985, published in the Proceedings of the Council on
Religion and International Affairs, New York: CRIA, 1985.
Gilbert L. Rochon, "Development of a Hazardous Chemical and Oil Spill
Information System and a Waterway Management Information System," Joint Meetings of
the Marine Safety Society and the Delta Safety Society. New Orleans, LA: October, 1986.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Presentations on "Investment in Food Production in Sudan," and on
"Disaster Planning and Emergency Management Using the PC/FOCUS Data Base
Management Software and Interactive Laser Video Mapping," North Carolina A&T
University, International Agricultural Programs and the Dept. of Agricultural Economics,
Greensboro, NC, 1986.
Gilbert L. Rochon, "The Role of African Nations Within the United Nations," Black History
Month Lecture Series, Southern University in New Orleans, sponsored by the SUNO
Division of the Social Sciences, 1985.
Gilbert L. Rochon, "The Catholic Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the Role of the United States
Economy," Respondent, The First H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Lecture Series, New Orleans,
LA: Loyola Univ., 1985.
Gilbert L. Rochon, "The Status of Black Transportation Workers," Annual Meeting of the
New Orleans Association of Retired Pullman Porters, 1984.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Respondent to Dr. Eamon Kelley, President, Tulane
University, on "The Future of the New Orleans Environment: Air, Water and
Health." Symposium on the Future of New Orleans, Sponsored by the New Orleans
Consortium for Urban Service and Policy Research, Holy Cross College, New Orleans, LA,
1984.
Gilbert L. Rochon, "Nutritional Deficiency in the Third World Countries," UNICEF Pavilion.
Louisiana World Exposition, (1984 World's Fair), New Orleans, LA.