Here is a list of our distinguished(?) alumni, all of which have gone on to real-world employment, along with their thesis and dissertation topics.

Roy Chen, MS

Jun Huang, PhD

Jody Thomas-Stahle, MS, 2001

Dong Lee, MS, 2001

Clay Blankenship, PhD, 2000
Passive Microwave Observations of Water Vapor Profiles during ENSO Events
Naval Research Laboratory
Monterey, CA

Chris Bellows, MS, 1999
Consistency Testing of Models used to Infer Rainfall from Passive Microwave Observations
United Space Alliance
Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX

Josephus Dossen, MS, 1999
Investigation of Madden-Julian Waves using a Rotating Coordinate Frame from Microwave Radiometric Measurements

Dan Redmond, MS, 1998
Validation an Improvement of Monthly Rainfall Estimates using a Physical-Statistical Method

Clay Blankenship, MS, 1997
Retrieval of Water Vapor Profiles over the Ocean using SSM/I and SSM/T-2
Naval Research Laboratory
Monterey, CA

Will Manning, MS, 1997
Remote Sensing of Total Integrated Water Vapor, Wind Speed, and Cloud Liquid Water Over the Ocean Using the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I)
Hughes STX
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD

Alex Wang, PhD, 1996
Modeling the Beamfilling Correction for Microwave Retrieval of Oceanic Rainfall
Global Change Data Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD

Lt. David Kohn, MS, 1995
Refinement of a Semi-Empirical Model for the Microwave Emissivity of the Sea Surface as a Function of Wind Speed
Scott AFB, IL

Capt. John Polander, MS, 1995
Statistics for the Global Applicability of Retrieval Algorithms for Geophysical Parameters Using the SSM/I
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Jeff Tesmer, PhD, 1995
An Improved Microwave Radiative Transfer Model for Tropical Oceans
FNMOC
Monterey, CA

Abdulrahman al-Khalaf, PhD, 1995
Retrieval of Atmospheric Water Vapor Profiles from the Special Sensor Microwave Temperature-2 (SSM/T-2)
King Abdul-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia

Lt. Cmdr. Don Conlee, PhD, 1994
Meteorological Information Content and Non-Profiling Applications of the SSM/T-2
FNMOC
Monterey, CA

Ye Hong, PhD, 1994
Retrieval of Monthly Rainfall Over Oceans from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD

Eric Nelkin, MS, 1992
Implication of SSM/I Obersvations for Retrievals of Oceanic Surface and Marine Atmospheric Parameters
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD

Continuing members

Other former members:

Rick Russell
User Services
Rice University, Houston, TX

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