New Research Boosts Flood Risk Planning with Smarter Mapping Tools

Posted on March 3, 2026 by suh

We’re excited to share our latest publication in Natural Hazards , titled “A semi-automated workflow for multi-scenario flood risk mapping using Python and ArcGIS Pro” by Anil Mandal, Madan Chhetri, Fred Bloetscher, Yan Yong, and Hongbo Su.

The …

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Dr. Hongbo Su completed an ACUE course training on “Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learning”

Posted on March 3, 2026 by suh

Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learning in Your Online Course is one of four courses available in ACUE’s Course in Effective Online Teaching Practices. Modules in this course present practices for motivating students online, providing clear directions and explanations in …

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Dr. Hongbo Su completed a training on “Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment”

Posted on August 8, 2023 by suh

The training was provided by The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE).  …

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Joseph Gyegyiri, received the 2023-2024 Leidos Scholarship for AI/ML Advancement from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)

Posted on July 13, 2023 by suh

Congratulations, Joseph!  You are the only recipient in the category of “artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, or machine learning for geospatial research”.

Here is more information about the award: https://www.fau.edu/engineering/cege/news/2307-josephusgifaward/…

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An article on “Prioritizing environmental determinants of urban heat islands: A machine learning study for major cities in China” was published on International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation on

Posted on July 6, 2023 by suh

Highlights of the article:

  • We quantify the attribution of surface heat island using random forest.

  • NDVI is the most prominent determinant for annual mean heat islands.

  • We recommend locality-based and coordinated heat mitigation strategies.

The study was a collaboration with 

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An article on “Spatiotemporal patterns of the impact of surface roughness and morphology on urban heat island” was published on “Sustainable Cities and Society”

Posted on April 11, 2023 by suh

Highlights of the article:

  • We quantify the correlation between urban morphology and heat island.
  • 1D surface roughness emerges as a good indicator of urban morphology.
  • Urban planning needs to consider potential nonlinearity in the correlation.

The study was a

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FAU Geomatics Engineering Program win the 2022 NCEES SURVEYING EDUCATION AWARD!

Posted on December 16, 2022 by suh

Congratulations to FAU Geomatics on the national award from NCEES! Full news can be found at https://www.fau.edu/engineering/cege/news/202211nceessurveyaward/ …

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Synology NAS SMB speed doubled

Posted on October 25, 2022 by suh

My lab set up a Synology NAS device and it is connected using a 1Gbps switch with other computers. I noticed that the read/write speed of the NAS by SMB network drive is only about 47MB/s. After searching on the …

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USGS 3DEP DEM data

Posted on February 16, 2022 by suh

The weblink where to get the High resolution Lidar data:

https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/LidarExplorer/index.html#/…

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Matlab installation

Posted on February 14, 2022 by suh

FAU users can self install Matlab to a local computer:
https://hpc.fau.edu/matlab-individual-install/

Or run Matlab from Citrix:
https://apps.fau.edu/…

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