About W Uddin

Dr. Waheed Uddin is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Mississippi, USA. Previously an expert for the United Nations, he is the Founder and Director of Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology (CAIT). He has been conducting research and geospatial applications in infrastructure asset management and disaster mitigation areas for over a decade, such as Hurricane Katrina damage assessment on Mississippi Gulf Coast, tsunami simulation for a coastal city, and great floods of Indus River in Pakistan and Mississippi River in the U.S. He completed a USAID funded transportation management project for the National Academies involving satellite imagery based traffic map and video surveillance technology for Karachi. Dr. Uddin conducted airborne LIDAR survey technology projects for NASA Stennis Space Center and the National Academies/FAA. He developed many applications of remote sensing technologies and geospatial mapping, which can expedite nonintrusive landuse/infrastructure mapping and in-service monitoring.
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Dr. Robert Khayat, Ole Miss Chancellor Emeritus: Infrastructure improvement cannot be delayed if we are to continue as a vital nation

Dr. Robert Khayat, Chancellor Emeritus of The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss): Infrastructure improvement cannot be delayed if we are to continue as a vital nation….(from Book Foreword).   

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Earthquakes and Seismic Tremors: Is All U.S. At Risk?

Earthquakes and Seismic Tremors: Is All U.S. At Risk? Yes, as per earthquake risk maps generated by CAIT Research Assistant. Earthquake rattles Dallas-Fort Worth area on September 30, 2012; Tremors in Washington DC and Virginia on August 23, 2011.

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U.S. Record Summer Heat: Wildfires in Washington State

U.S. Record Summer Heat: Wildfires in Washington State

The summer of 2012 will unfortunately be known as the “Summer of Devastating Western Wildfires” and practically not one state out west was spared. Washington State has been hardest hit of late. This satellite image shows a rash of wildfires currently b…

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Nuclear Disasters: Twenty-three nuclear power plants found to be in tsunami risk areas

Nuclear Disasters: Twenty-three nuclear power plants found to be in tsunami risk areas

Tsunamis are synonymous with the destruction of cities and homes and since the Japanese coast was devastated in March 2011 we now know that they cause nuclear disaster, endanger the safety of the population and pollute the environment. As such phenomen…

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Bangkok 2011 Flood Damage Assessment Using 1-m Satellite Imagery: AIT Campus Infrastructure Assets

Bangkok 2011 Flood Damage Assessment Using Pre-flood and Post-flood 1-m Satellite Imagery Scenes: Imagery-based Inventory Map of AIT Campus Infrastructure Assets, Post-flood Geospatial Mapping, and Flood Defense Strategy.

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AIT Model for World Class Higher Education, Capacity Building, and Self Reliance in Asia: Bangkok, Thailand

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand: AIT Contributions to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Region and the World.  Latest update is available from AIT Alumni web link.

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Anniversary Post: Geospatial Students’ Projects on Sustainability Practices

Anniversary Post: Geospatial Students’ Projects on Sustainability Practices, Infrastructure Asset Management, and Disasters Impacts.

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