Invited International & Other Activities
(1992 - present)
2003
- Presented a seminar titled GIS applications in Water Resources to the Texas A&M University student chapter of the American Water Resources Association on October 15, 2003.
- Invited to join University of Geissen, Germany to study the N-cycle in-stream process developed for SWAT model from June 12 - July 25, 2003.
- Organized and served on technical and organization committees of 2nd International SWAT Conference, held at Bari, Italy from July 2-4, 2003. There were 60 participants from 20 countries and over 40 presentations presented in this conference.
- Presented an invited seminar at Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos, TX on Application of Spatial Technologies to Address Water Resource Issues as part of their "WATER RESOURCES SEMINAR," sponsored by Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center. February 20, 2003.
2002
- Invited to Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, India under an UNDP project, Information Technology: Sustainable Agriculture for Punjab. Conducted training on field scale crop and environmental simulation models and performed field visit for ten days. December 13 - 24. 2002.
- Presented a seminar about the Use of GIS and Homeland Security to the Animal Health Inspection steering committee at Austin, TX on October 3, 2002.
- Invited to present a seminar in joint session of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Civil Engineering departmental seminar series on Near Real-Time Water resources modeling using Spatial Science, October 2, 2002.
- Invited to present a guest lecture on GPS theory and applications to graduate level class in Civil Engineering on April 29, 2002.
- Invited to speak on Statewide real-time drought related research products by Texas Drought Preparedness Council on February 7th, 2002 at the Department of Public Safety office at Austin, TX.
http://www.txwin.net/dpc/. - Invited to participate as a panel member to discuss Where do we go from here? in An Environmental Forum on TMDL in Texas held at J. J. Pickle Research Campus Commons Building, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, February 7-8, 2002.
2001
- Invited to present a seminar on the Role of GIS in Watershed Management by the Department of Geography Colloquium. November 30, 2001.
- October 8-12 2001, invited to India by Department of Science and Technology under an UNDP program of GIS for local governments. Participated in various technical discussions and committees of this conference, and presented a technical paper on Advances in Watershed Modeling and Management using GIS. About 200 participants attended the workshop/conference.
- Conducted a workshop on the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and its interfaces on October 1-2, 2001, at Zurich, Switzerland through EAWAG. Thirty scientists from Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Spain, Italy, the UK, and Germany attended the workshop.
- Presented a seminar on GIS in public health for an infectious disease epidemiology class for School of Rural Public Health course at TAMU on September 17, 2001.
- Presented a seminar on Evaluation of Environmental Policies using biophysical Models at Phoenix Park Hotel, Washington DC, for the Farm Bill and the Environment organized by Winrock International on June 28, 2001.
- Presented a seminar on Comprehensive watershed management using GIS and Water Quality models at EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology), Zurich, Switzerland on May 9, 2001.
- Presented a seminar on Calibration/validation of SWAT model for the Bosque Watershed for TMDL development at EPA Region VI, Dallas, TX on April 23, 2001.
- Presented a seminar on Role of Spatial Sciences on Hydrologic and Water Quality Modeling at Range Science department at TAMU on March 6, 2001.
2000
- Presented seminars on several topics at various institutions in China, including the Chinese Academy of Science, the Department of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, the Institute of Ecology, and Nanjing Forestry University. Topics included the latest development and use of spatial sciences and watershed technologies for hydrologic and water quality applications. The Chinese Academy of Science invited me to make a series of presentations at various places including Beijing and Nanjing. October 21, 2000-November 5, 2000.
- Presented seminar on the Role of Spatial Sciences for Natural Resources Management to the Agriculture Development Council on October 6, 2000 at College Station, TX.
1998-1999
- (1999) Presented two invited papers on Hydrologic modeling and role of spatial technologies for large watershed management in Germany for Giessen University and the Potsdam Research Institute in May 1999.
- (1998-present_ Presented various guest lectures (1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001) on spatial technology role in public health to various courses offered by the graduate classes of the School of Rural Public Health. Also helped graduate students in the public health area to use the analytical tools developed on the Internet to analyze public health data.
- (1998-1999) On several occasions, presented the HUMUS topic to graduate seminar classes at Texas A&M University in the Civil Engineering and Agricultural Engineering departments (1998, 1999).
- (1998) Presented methods and materials of modeling and GIS concepts to a graduate class at Mississippi State University, Civil Engineering Department. January 26-28, 1998.
1995
- Invited as a resource expert in conducting the workshop entitled "Role of GIS in Developing and Transferring Sustainable Agriculture Technologies in the Tropics" at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, from February 20, 1995 to March 7, 1995. The workshop was sponsored by several international organizations including FAO, USAID, ICRISAT, IRRI, GRID, and UNEP.
1993
- Guest speaker at International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources at New Delhi, India. December 20-22, 1993.
1992
- Conducted a short course entitled "Advanced Geographic Information Systems and Applications using GRASS" at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. September 5-15, 1992.