Remote Sensing, Earth & Space Sciences
The Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Sciences focus area is a field that embodies a broad multidisciplinary approach. The expected competency at the graduating Masters level in the RSESS focus area is to have completed course work in four primary topics of study
- Data or Numerical Analysis Methods,
- Instrumentation Fundamentals,
- Physical Sciences of Earth and Space and
- Astrodynamics or Aerospace Engineering Systems.Ìý
RSESS Faculty
- Xinzhao Chu
- Khosro Ghobadi-Far
- Keith Gremban
- Delores Knipp
- Xinlin Li
- Robert Marshall
- Tomoko Matsuo
- Jade Morton
- R. Steven Nerem
- Scott Palo
- Sean Peters
- Zoltan Sternovsky
- Jeffrey Thayer
- Christopher Williams
Program Requirements
Master's
Required courses needed to specialize in the RSESS focus area are:
- One course in Data or Numerical Analysis
- One course in Instrumentation
- One course in Physical Science
- One course in Astrodynamics or Aerospace Engineering Systems
See the Graduate Handbook for a complete list of RSESS courses in each topic area.
PhD
There are no additional requirements for a doctoral degree in Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Sciences. See theÌýGraduate HandbookÌýfor the complete listing of requirements.