GRANTS
External Funding
Department of Energy (DOE), " Sustainable DoE Partnerships to Advance Fundamental Research in Earth and Environmental System Sciences at an Underrepresented Institution ", $88,445, PI (H. Norouzi), Co-PIs (R. Blake and AKM Rahman) (2022-2024)
National Science Foundation (NSF), " Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing at NOAA-CESSRST: Enhanced Engagement ", $590,500, PI (R. Blake), Co-PIs (H. Norouzi) (2022-2025)
National Science Foundation (NSF), " Developing an Ecosystem of STEM Success for Built Environment Majors ", $1,499,481, PI (M. Villatoro), Co-PIs (H. Norouzi, M, Nakamura, D. Kang, and M. Ummy) (2022-2028)
National Science Foundation (NSF), " RAPID: Collecting critical data for advancing our understanding of wildfire impacts on soil characteristics and research on post-wildfire compound hazards", $49,997, PI (A. AghaKouchak, UCI), Co-PIs (T. Banerjee, H. Norouzi, F. Vahedifard) (2020-2021)
National Science Foundation (NSF), "GEOPAths-UP: Recruiting and Retaining Non-geoscience Minority STEM Majors for Geoscience Service Learning and for the Geoscience Workforce", $294,354, PI (R. Blake), Co-PIs (J. Liou-Mark, H. Norouzi, M. Nakamura) (2020-2022)
National Science Foundation (NSF), " GP-EXTRA: Expanding an Innovative Pathway to Replenish the Geoscience Workforce with Underrepresented Minority Non-Geoscience STEM Majors ", $309,911, PI (R. Blake), Co-PIs (J. Liou-Mark, H. Norouzi, D. Steele) (2018-2020)
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), “An Integrated Modeling Approach for Sustainable Development for the Ichkeul Lake”, $79,540, PI (B. Bejaoui, Tunisia), US Collaborators (H. Norouzi, R. Blake) (2019-2021)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "A Multi-Sensor Calibration Algorithm for Improving Emissivity Retrieval by Integrating Microwave Brightness Temperature Diurnal Cycle", $363,397, PI (H. Norouzi), Co-PI (M. Azarderakhsh) (2016-2019)
U.S. Army Research Office (ARO), “The Potential of Using Microwave Emission in Detecting Freeze and Thaw States“, $238,375, PI (H. Norouzi), Co-PI (R. Blake) (2015-2018)
Department of Defense (DoD), DURIP, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, ARO, “Instrumentation for Exploring Surface Energy Balance using a combination of Satellite and Ground-Based Observations “, $70,752, PI (H. Norouzi) (2015-2016)
U.S. Army Research Office (ARO), “Developing an Approach to Map Air Surface Maxima and Minima Temperatures by Exploring Surface Energy Balance “, $49,785, PI (H. Norouzi), Co-PI (P. Ramamurphy) (2015-2016)
National Science Foundation (NSF), " GP-EXTRA: Recruiting and Retaining Non-geoscience Minority STEM Majors for the Geoscience Workforce ", $496,786, PI (R. Blake), Co-PIs (J. Liou-Mark, H. Norouzi, V. Vladutescu)
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “NOAA-CREST Land Emissivity Products from Passive Microwave Observations “, $50,000. PI (M. Temimi), Co-PI (H. Norouzi) (2012-2014)
Internal Funding
CUNY Green Energy, through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) $790,000, PI (H. Norouzi).
CUNY Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG), “Using Remote Sensing Technologies and Urban Transportation Data to Characterize the Effect of Traffic Congestion on Land Surface Temperature During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, PI (H. Norouzi), Co-PI (R. Blake and M. Allahviranloo) (2020-2021)
CUNY Collaborative Incentive Grant, “ A Multi-Sensor / Multi-Frequency Remote Sensing Observations Data Fusion for Monitoring”, $29,968. PI (H. Norouzi) (2012-2013)
GRTI award, “Surface Heat Energy Balance Characterization in Urban Regions Using Ground and Satellite Observations”, $75,000. PI (H. Norouzi), Co-PI (R. Blake, G. Shields) (2016-2017)
GRTI award, “Characterizing Surface Fluxes and Aerosol Loading within NYC’s Heterogeneous, Urban Coastal Environment”, $187,952. PI(R. Blake), Co-PI (H. Norouzi, V. Vladutescu, G. Gailani) (2015-2016)
GRTI award, “Global Land Surface Emissivity Product”, $6,000. PI (H. Norouzi) (2011-2012)
PSC-CUNY, “ Improving GPROF Precipitation Estimation Using GMI Land Surface Microwave Emission Product “, $3,500. PI (H. Norouzi) (2015-2016)
PSC-CUNY, “Improving Instantaneous Microwave Emissivity Retrieval“, $3,500. PI (H. Norouzi) (2013-2014)
PSC-CUNY, “Inter-Comparison of Different Global Land Surface Emissivity Products“, $3,500. PI (H. Norouzi) (2012-2013)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Travel Award, National Academy of Science (NAS), 5th Arab-America Frontiers Symposium, Rabat, Morocco (2017)
Travel Award, the 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle, The Hague, The Netherlands (2014)
The Stewart Travel award (CUNY, 2012)
Science fellowship, Graduate Center of CUNY (2007 - 2011)
Research award, the Graduate Center of CUNY (2011)
Travel award, World Climate Research Program – Open Science Conference (2011)
NSF Young scientist travel award, 2nd Pan-GEWEX Science Meeting, Seattle, WA (2010)
Travel award, NOAA-EPP forum at Washington D.C. (2009)
Doctoral Student Research Grant, the Graduate Center of CUNY (2009)