Richard H. Becker

Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Sciences

Bowman-Oddy 3026

University of Toledo 

2801 W Bancroft, Toledo OH 43606

richard.becker@utoledo.edu

 

Appointments:  

Assistant Professor - Department of Environmental Sciences: University of Toledo, 2008 -

Principal Research Associate - ESRS Lab, Geosciences Department: Western Michigan University, 2004 - 2008

Senior Research Scientist – ESRS Facility: University at Buffalo  2002 - 2004

Adjunct Instructor: University at Buffalo Geology Department - 2003

Scientific Associate- Geologic Data Visualization, Field Geology, Computer Support and Risk Assessment: Environmental research Division, Argonne National Lab, 1996-2002

Research Scientist/Computer Specialist: Washington University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPSc): 1995-1996

Research Assistant: Washington University, EPSc, Remote Sensing Lab: 1990-1994

Teaching Assistant: Washington University, EPSc:1992-1994

 

Education:

   Ph.D. in Geosciences at Western Michigan University, 2008. Dissertation: Remote Sensing Studies for the Assessment of Geohazards: Toxic Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes, and Land Subsidence in the Nile Delta.

   Graduate student in Geology at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), Spring 2004.         

   A.M. with thesis in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington University. December, 1994.

   A.B. in Germanic Languages and Literature from Washington University. May, 1991.

 

Awards and Scholarships:

Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellow 2007-2008

WMU Research Day Best Poster Award, 2008

Geosciences Department Kuenzi Award - 2007

Western Michigan University All-University Research and Creative Scholar Award - 2006

Geosciences Department Research and Creative Scholar Award - 2006

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Outstanding Student Paper Award - Fall 2005 National Meeting, Ocean Sciences Section: Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes

Saint Michael and Saint George Student Scholarship - 1991

Washington University: Caldwell Brothers Engineering Scholarship -1988-90

 

Support:

Becker, R, (PI), Remote Sensing of Environmental Hazards: Nile Delta Subsidence, US-Egypt S&T

Becker, R, (PI), (2007-) Assessment of Subsidence in the Nile Delta Using Radar Interferometry,European Space Agency.

Becker, R, (Co-PI), Aug 2007, Environmental Remote Sensing Applications in Kuwait, KISR.

Becker, R, (PI), Satellite Assessment of Toxic Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes, March 2007, WMU Graduate Research Student Fund.

Becker, R, (PI), Assessment of subsidence in the Nile Delta using Radar Interferometric Techniques, WMU Graduate Research Student Fund.

Becker, R, (PI), Assessment, Monitoring, and Modeling of Changes in Land Use and Land Cover and Their Impacts on the Nubian Aquifer, Saharan Africa (sub from NASA through UB: Jan-Aug 2005)

Becker, R, (Co-I), Integrated Hydrology of the Nubian Aquifer: Evidence from Radar and SRTM Data (European Space Agency) (2004-2005)

 

Courses Taught:

University at Buffalo: Geology 560: GIS for Geoscientists, Fall 2003

 

Short Courses Taught:

GIS for Geologists: Cairo University, Egypt, Oct, 2004

Using ENVI and PCI for Geological Remote Sensing: Cairo University, Egypt, Oct, 2004

Using ENVI for Geological Remote Sensing: Cairo University, Egypt, May, 2004

Remote Sensing using PCI: Cairo University: Fall 1994

Using ERDAS for Remote Sensing: Egyptian Geological Survey: Fall 1994

 

Courses TA'd:

Environmental Geology

Biostratigraphy and Sedimentation

Hydrology

Earth System Sciences

 

Professional Experience:

Remote Sensing Research Experience

Analyze variety of remote sensing datasets, including Landsat TM, Landsat MSS, Corona (KH-4A), ASTER, Hyperion, ALI, MODIS, SeaWifs, MERIS, IKONOS, Quickbird, MVISR, AVHRR, ERS, ASAR, SIR-C, JERS, SPOT, TRMM, SSM/I, QuickSCAT and GRACE terrestrial satellite data; AVIRIS,  Probe-1, TIMS Airborne data; Venus Magellan SAR and altimetry, and Mars Viking Orbiter and Lander planetary data:

Using Aerial photography to Investigate Dune Movement at Cape Code National Seashore, Cape Cod, MA

Using Radar Interferometry to investigate Ground Subsidence in Amherst, NY and the Nile Delta

Mapping and Identifying Harmful Algal blooms in the Lower Great Lakes

Investigating buried paleo-channels in the Nubian Aquifer recharge areas 

Detecting land cover land use change in the Western Desert of Egypt

Examining water resources in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Studying Aquatic Parameters in Lake Nasser to investigate Carbon Cycling

Developing DEM extraction methods from CORONA data, for historical interpretation

Detecting and measuring vegetation changes in Kuwait

Detecting and measuring Land use and vegetation changes in the Mesopotamian Marshes

Extracting DEMs from ASTER and air photo data

Studying flows and ash deposition on South American volcanoes

Monitoring extent of Nile River Delta urbanization over 3 decades

Modeling tectonic plate reconstruction

 

Field Experience:

Five years of field experience on CERCLA and Superfund sites in glacial and lacustrine environments in Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and Minnesota, including:

            Core Logging, water sampling, generating and interpreting cross sections, surveying, water level monitoring

Reflectance data acquisition and sampling on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain

Studying the quaternary alluvial terrain along the Red Sea Coast in Egypt

 

Computer Experience:

System Administration

System Administrator for ESRS research group:

Set up and maintain state of the art image processing and teaching labs, including specifying, ordering and setting up new equipment

Set up, customize and maintain ArcIMS and Oracle spatial data server

Install, configure, author and maintain ESRSL website and IMS server

Windows, Unix, Linux system maintenance

Set up and maintain intranet web server for workgroup and sponsors

Set up new computer lab in Cairo, Egypt for environmental assessment project (done in conjunction with Cairo University)

Train Egyptian Scientists at Cairo University on Remote Sensing and Image processing Techniques

Experience in:

            GIS Packages: ARC/INFO, ArcGIS, ArcIMS, MapInfo                       

            Image Processing Packages: ERDAS, PCI, ENVI, DORIS, ROI_PAC

            Programming Languages: C, perl, IDL, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, SQL, ArcXML, MATLAB

            Database Experience: Oracle, Sybase, Access, Foxpro

            Web page design and administration

Software Development

Developed image display software for X-windows system

Developed software for object detection, image correlation and analysis, and mosaicking

Developed software modeling package for numerical landform simulation, incorporating, hydrologic, climatic and tectonic processes.

Developed visualization and modeling software for QuickSite site characterization program

Software Copyright

Automated cross section generation program for Quick Site program, incorporating multiple styles of electronic  and lithologic logs.

 

Invited Talks:

Remote Sensing of the Lower Great Lakes, Lake Ontario Lower Food Web Assessment (LOLA) program workshop, November 16th-17th, 2005, Cornell University Biological Field Station

Mapping Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes using Satellite Data, Physics Department Colloquium, Marquette University, Mar 1, 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

Publications: Papers, Proceedings, Abstracts, Reports

 

Scientific Papers:

 

Published or In Press:

Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., El Sefry, S., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Nasr, I., Sagentayev, Z., 2008, Constraints on the Origin and Potential of the Rub Al Khali Groundwater Aquifer System, Arabian Peninsula , Journal of Hydrology, v.356(1-2), pp70-83. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.001

Jones, C., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Milewski, A., Hussein, M., Al-Dousari, A., Al-Kaisy, S., Becker, R., 2008, Hydrologic Impacts of Engineering Projects on the Tigris-Euphrates System and its Marshlands, Journal of Hydrology, v. 353(1-2), pp 59-75. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.01.029 .

Forman, S., Sagintayev, Z., Sultan, M., Smith, S., Becker, R., Kendall, M., and Marin, L., The twentieth-century migration of parabolic dunes and wetland formation at Cape Cod National Sea Shore, Massachusetts, USA: landscape response to a legacy of environmental disturbance, The Holocene, v.18(5), pp 765-774.

Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Sauck, W., Abdel Gelil, K., Youssef, A.F., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Jones, C., 2008, An integrated approach for identifying aquifers in transcurrent fault systems: The Najd shear system of the Arabian Nubian shield, v. 349(3-4), pp 475-488. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.029

Sultan, M., Yan, E., Sturchio, N., Wagdy A, Abdel Gelil, K., Manocha, N., Becker, R., Milewski, A., 2007, Natural Discharge: A Key to Sustainable Utilization of Fossil Groundwater, J Hydrol., v. 335, pp. 25-36, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.034.

Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G., and Konopko, E., 2006, Mapping Variations Of Algal Blooms In The Lower Great Lakes, Great Lakes Research Review, v. 7, pp. 14-17.

Sturchio, N.C., Du, X., Purtschert, R., Lehmann, B.E., Sultan, M., Patterson, L.J., Lu, Z.-T., Müller, P., Bigler, T., Bailey, K., O'Connor, T.P., Young, L., Lorenzo, R., Becker, R., El Alfy, Z., El Kaliouby, B., Dawood, Y., and Abdallah, A.M.A., 2004, One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, no. 5.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Al-Dousari, A., Al-Ghadban, A.N., Bufano, E., 2003, Water, Agriculture and Land Cover: Lessons for the Postwar Era. Geotimes, v. 48, no. 10, pp. 22-24.

Sultan, M., Fiske, M., Stein, T., Gamal, M., Abdel Hady, Y., El Araby, H., El Araby, T., Madani, A., Mehanee, S., and Becker, R., 1999, Satellite-based monitoring of urbanization in the Nile Delta, Egypt, Ambio, v. 28, pp. 628-631.

Luo, W., Arvidson, R.E., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Crombie, M, Sturchio, N., El Alfy, Z, 1997. Groundwater Sapping Processes, Western Desert, Egypt, GSA Bulletin, v. 109, no.1, pp. 43-62.

Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., Shanabrook, A., Luo, W., Sturchio, N., Sultan, M., Lofty, Z., Mahmood, A.M., El Alfy, Z., 1994. Climatic, Eustatic, and Tectonic controls on Quaternary Deposits and Landforms, Red Sea Coast, Egypt, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, pp. 12175-12190.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P., Stern, R.J., El Alfy, Z., Attia, R.I., 1993.  New constraints on Red Sea Rifting from correlations of Arabian and Nubian Neoproterozoic outcrops, Tectonics, v. 12, pp. 1303-1319.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P., Stern, R.J., El Alfy, Z., Attia, R.I., 1993.  New constraints on Red Sea Rifting: In U. Thorweihe and H. Schandelmeier (eds.), Geoscientific Research in Northeast Africa, A.A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, pp. 249-254.

Schandelmeier, H., Wipfler, E., Kuster, D., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Stern, R.J., Abdelsalam, M.G., 1994. The Atmur-Delgo suture: A Neoproterozoic oceanic basin extending into the interior of North Africa, Geology, v. 22, pp. 563-566.

Sultan, M., Stern, R.J., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P., Becker, R., 1993. Reply to comment by W. Bosworth on Nature of the Red Sea crust: A controversy revisited, Geology, v. 21, pp. 575-576.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P., Stern, R.J., El Alfy, Z., Guinness, E.A., 1992. Nature of the Red Sea Crust: a controversy revisited, Geology, v. 20, pp. 593 - 596.

 

Submitted:

Accepted Pending Revision:

Becker, R., Sultan, M., Land Subsidence in the Nile Delta: Inferences from Radar Interferometry (The Holocene)

Milewski A., Sultan, M., Yan, Y.E., Becker, R., Abdeldayem, A., Abdel Gelil, K., Remote Sensing Solutions for Estimating Runoff and Recharge in Arid Environments (Journal of Hydrology)

Becker, R.H., Sultan, M.I., Boyer, G.L., Twiss, M.R., and Konopko, E., Mapping Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Great Lakes Using MODIS (Journal of Great Lakes Research).

 

In Review:

Makarewicz, J., Boyer, G., Atkinson, Lewis, T., Guenther, W., Arnold, M., Becker, R., Sultan, M., 2007, Spatial distribution of the cyanotoxin microcystin-LR in the Lake Ontario ecosystem: Coastal embayments, rivers, nearshore and offshore and upland lakes, (Submitted, Environmental Toxicology)

Milewski, A., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., Sultan, M., and Becker, R., Development of the Remote Sensing Data Extraction Model (RESDEM) to Increase the use of Global Datasets, (Submitted, Computers in Geosciences)

 

Conference Proceedings:

Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Abdel Gelil, K., Becker, R., 2006 Development and Applications of Replicable and Cost-effective Methodologies for Groundwater Assessment and Exploration, Proceedings of Third Arab Water Regional Conference, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 9-11, 2006.

Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Becker, R., Milewski, A., 2006, Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Ground water Exploration, Proceedings for Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS: Techniques and Applications, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 25-29 November, 2006.

Sultan, M., Flower, M., Sandvol, E., Manocha, N., Markondiahjayaprakash, S., Becker, R., Jones, C., Milewski, A., 2006, Web-based GIS: The Tethys Database, Proceedings for Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS: Techniques and Applications, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 25-29 November, 2006.

Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Abdel Gelil, K., Markondiahjayaprakash, S., Becker, R., 2005, Precipitation, Runoff, and Recharge Analysis Using SWAT, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater Development Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12, 2005.

Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Abdel Gelil, K., , 2005, Methodology for the Assessment of Groundwater Development Potential in Arid and Hyper-Arid Regions, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater Development Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12, 2005.

Sultan, M., Yan, E., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Groundwater Modeling in Wadi Assuity, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater Development Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12, 2005.

Yan, E., Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Milewski, A., Becker, R., 2005, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater Development Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12, 2005.

Becker, R. Sultan, M, Atkinson, J, Boyer, G, Konopko, E, 2005,  Spatial and Temporal Variations of Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes, Presented at the 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005.

Atkinson, J.,  Sultan, M., Becker, R., Boyer, G., 2005 Monitoring Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes, Presented at the 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005.

Sultan, M., Yan, E., Ballerstein, E., Becker, R., Towards a better understanding of the hydrology of Lake Nasser, Proceedings of the Workshop for Integration of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology for Assessing and Managing Surface and Ground Water in Egypt, December 3-9, 2003,Cairo, Egypt.

Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., Shanabrook, A., Luo, W., Sturchio, N., Sultan, M., Lotfy, Z., Mahmood, A.M., and El Alfy, Z., 1993, Eustatic sea level and tectonic controls on Quaternary landscapes, Red Sea coast, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Proceedings, Chapman Conference on Topography and Tectonics: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, pp. 12,175-12,190.

  

Abstracts for Presentations at Professional Meetings:

 

Becker, R., Sultan, M., 2008, Land Subsidence in the Northeastern Nile Delta as Measured by Radar Interfeometry, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Becker, R., 2008, Remote Sensing Contributions to Rainfall-Runoff and Recharge Modeling, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Sagintayev, Z., Sultan, M., Khan, S., Khan, A. S., Mahmood, K., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Welton, B., 2008, Groundwater Reservoir Types in Fold and Thrust Belts: Quetta Valley, Pakistan, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Sultan, M., Metwally, M.S., Yousef, A.F., Milewski, A., Sturchio, N., Mahmoud, A.M.M., Becker, R., Sagintayev, Z., 2008, Red Sea Rifting Controls on Groundwater Reservoir Distribution: Constraints from Geophysical, Isotopic, and Remote Sensing Data, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

Sultan, M., Sturchio, N.C., Yan, E.g, Sefry, S., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Abdeldayem, A.W., and Nasr, I.M., 2007, Where and How Do We Find Groundwater in Arid Lands? An Integrated Approach from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Balekai, R., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., and Becker, R., 2007, RESDEM, A Vehicle For Data Mining and Modeling of Temporal Remote Sensing Data (TRMM, SSM/I, AVHRR, AMSR, MODIS, And QUICKSCAT), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Murray, K., Sagintayev, Z., Sultan, M., Khan, S., Becker, D., Becker, R., and Milewski, A., 2007, An Integrated Approach for the Assessment and Development of Renewable Groundwater Resources in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Becker, D, Sultan, M, Becker, R, Milewski, A, Soliman, F, Abdeldayem, A.W., Balekai, R., and Rashed, M., 2007, An Integrated Approach for the Assessment of the Renewable Ground Water Resources of Sinai, Egypt, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G.L., Twiss, M.R., Konopko, E., 2007, Mapping Cyanobacterial Blooms in The Lower Great Lakes From MODIS and SeaWiFS Data, International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR).

Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Abdeldayem, A.W., Gelil, K.A., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., Becker, R., and Jones, C., 2007, Remote Sensing Solutions for Continuous Rainfall Runoff Modeling, Eos Trans. AGU, submitted, Jt. Assem. Suppl.

Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Sauck, W., Manocha, N., Gelil, K.A., Milewski, A., and Becker, R., 2007, An Integrated Approach (Remote Sensing, GIS, Geochemistry, Field, Geophysics) for Assessment of Groundwater Potential in Large Transcurrent Fault Systems, Eos Trans. AGU, submitted, Jt. Assem. Suppl.

Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G.L., Twiss, M.R., Konopko, E., 2007, Mapping Cyanobacterial Blooms in The Lower Great Lakes From MODIS and SeaWiFS Data, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.

Milewski, A., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., Sultan, M., Becker, R., 2006, Development of an Automated Precipitation Processing Model and Applications in Hydrologic Investigations, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract H21D-1413.

Milewski, A., Yan, E., Sultan, M., Abdeldayem, A.W., Gelil, K.A., Becker, R., and Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., 2006, A Catchment Based Hydrologic Model For The Sinai Peninsula Using Remote Sensing And Field Datasets, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H43B-11.

Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., Al-Sefry, S.A., Nasr, I.M., Becker, R., Milewski, A., 2006, Geochemical And Isotopic Constraints On The Origin Of The Rub Al Khali Groundwaters, Saudi Arabia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, No. 7, p. 107.

Jones, C., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Al-Dousari, A., Al-Kaisy, S., Becker, R., and Milewski, A., 2006, An Integrated Approach (RS, GIS, & Modeling) For The Assessment Of The Disintegration And Renovation Of The Mesopotamian Marshlands, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H23D-05.

Forman, S.L., Sagintayev, Z., Smith, S.M., Sultan, M., and Becker, R., 2005, The Relation Between 20th Century Dune Migration and Wetland Formation at Cape Cod National Sea Shore, MA, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43D-0516.

Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G., Atkinson, J., and Konopko, E., 2005, Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-1436.

Sultan, M., Sandvol, E., Khan, S.D., Flower, M., Manocha, N., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., and Becker, R., 2005, Introduction to TETHYS – an Interdisciplinary GIS Database for Studying Continental Plate Collisions, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN51A-0312.

Milewski, A., Yan, E., Sultan, M., Abdeldayem, A.W. , Gelil, K.A., Becker, R., and Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., 2005, Development Of A Hydrologic Model To Improve Estimates Of Recharge And Runoff Using Remote Sensing Datasets, Geological Society Of America Annual Meeting Abstracts With Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 29.

Jones, C.K., Sultan, M., Al-Dousari, A., Salih, S.A.., Becker, R., And Milewski, A., 2005, Who Did What To The Mesopotamian Marshes? Inferences From Temporal Satellite Data, Geological Society Of America Annual Meeting Abstracts With Programs, v. 37, no.7, p. 510.

Becker, R., Sultan, M., Giese, R., Guay, B., 2005, InSAR Analysis of Subsiding Soils: Amherst and Surroundings, NY, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract G23A-01.

Manocha, M., Sultan, M., Abdeldayem, A.W., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Sturchi, N., 2005,  An Integrated Approach for Assessment of Groundwater Potentialities Arid Areas, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H21C-05.

Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Abdeldayem, A.W., 2005, An Integrated Approach (TRMM, MODIS, AVHRR, and Rain Gauge) for Assessment of Precipitation in Arid Areas: A Case Study from the Eastern Desert of Egypt, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H23A-11.

Yan, Y.E, Becker, R., Wagdy, A., and Sultan, M, 2004, Assessment Of Renewable Groundwater Resources In The Assiuty Hydrologic System Of The Eastern Desert, Egypt, Geological Society Of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 37

Becker, R., Yan, Y. E., Chowdhury, A., and Sultan, M., 2004 Improving Regional Estimation Of Renewable Resources For Sustainable Management, Geological Society Of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 37.

Sandvol, C., Abbineni, T., Manjunath, D., Sandvol, E., Sultan, M., Flower, M., Danishwar, S., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Sidhardhan, G., Manocha, N., 2004, A GIS Earth Sciences Database for the Tethyan Mountain Belt, Mid-America GIS Consortium (MAGIC) symposium, Kansas City.

Sultan, M., Manocha, N, Becker, R., Sturchio, N., 2004, Paleodrainage Networks Recharging the Nubian Aquifer Dakhla and Kufra Sub-Basins Revealed From SIR-C and SRTM Data, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl.,  Abstract  H31C-03.

Sultan, M., Becker, R.,  2004, Monitoring Algal Blooms in Inland Waters From Space-Borne Observation,  A Case Study From Northern Africa, Lake Nasser Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract  B41A-11.

Sultan, M., Sturchio, N.C., Becker, R., Manocha, N., and MilewskiI, A., 2004, Paleodrainage Networks of the Nubian Aquifer System Revealed from SIR-C and SRTM Data, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 67.

Sultan, M., Flower, M., Sandvol, E., Daniswar, S., Becker, R., Sandvol, C., Milewski, A., Sidhardhan, G., Manocha, N., 2004, The Tethys Database: A Web-Based GIS,  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 78.

Yan, Y.E., Ballerstein, E., Sultan, M., and Becker, R., 2003, Hydrologic Impacts of Lake Nasser and the Tushka Lakes on the Nubian Aquifer in SW Egypt. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,  v. 35, no. 6, p. 198.

Al Dousari, A., Al-Ghadban, A., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Bufano, E., and Milewski, A., 2003, Land Cover and Land Use Change (LCLUC) of the Mesopotamian Marshes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 260.

Sultan, M., El Alfy, Z., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Bufano, E., 2003, A web-based GIS for Egypt's Geologic Datasets. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 261.

Sultan, M., Flower, M., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Bufano, E., Sandvol, E., and Danishwar, S., 2003, A Preliminary Dataset for the 'Tethys" Database. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 261.

Yan, Y.E., Becker, R., Sultan, M., and Ballerstein, E., 2003, Development of the Tushka Lakes in the southwestern desert of Egypt. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 315.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Jastrow, J.D., Miller, R.M., Kim, J., and El Alfy, Z., 2002, Land cover and land use changes and their impacts on groundwater resources and carbon cycling in SW Egypt, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 83, p. 47.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., and Danishwar, S., 2002, Mapping suture zones from space, IGCP 430 2ND annual workshop: ”mantle responses to Tethyan closure abstracts with programs, p. 57, April 1-5, 2002, Halong Bay City, Vietnam.

Sultan, M., Stein, T., Becker, R., and Madany, A., 1996, Monitoring thirty years of urban encroachment onto agricultural Lands, the Nile Delta, Egypt, using Landsat data, Geological Society America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, p. A95.

Unrug, R., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Sadowski, G.R., Cesar, R.F., Machado, R., Gresse, P.G., and Hoffmann, K.H., 1994, Proterozoic crustal and metallogenic evolution, Windhoek, Namibia, p. 66.

Luo, W., Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., 1994.  Terrain Simulator, LPSC Abstracts XXV, p 815.

Luo, W., Arvidson, R.E., Sultan, M., and Becker, R., 1994, Groundwater sapping processes in the Kharga Depression, Western Desert, Egypt, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A150.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., and Arvidson, R.E., 1994, Transcontinental geologic correlations using Landsat MSS and TM data: Case studies from Arabia, Africa, and South America, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A267.

Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., Shanabrook, A., Sultan, M., Luo, W., Sturchio, N., 1992. Controls on Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution - Red Sea Coast, Egypt, Spring 1992 AGU Abstracts.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Shore, P., Arvidson, R.E., Guinness, E.A., 1991. On the distribution of continental masses of Gondwanaland: A case study from the Arabian-Nubian Shield, EOS, v. 72, p. 299.

Sultan, M., Becker, R., Shore, P., Arvidson, R.E., Dixon, T.H., Stern, R.J., Guinness, E.A., 1991. New Findings on the Tectonic Evolution of the Red Sea and Nature of its Underlying  Crust: Inferences form Field and Landsat Thematic Mapper Data,  GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. A264.

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Contributor to the following Internal Reports to Sponsors produced in the AGEM Section at Argonne National Lab:

Draft Master Work Plan: Environmental Investigations at Former CCC/USDA Facilities in Nebraska, Jan 2002.

Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation, Adams, NE, May 2000.

Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Adams, NE, July 2001.

Draft Phase II Report: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Adams, NE, Jan 2002.

Draft Final Feasibility Study, Bruno, NE, April 1998.

Final Work Plan: Phase I ESC, Ceresco NE, September 1997.

Final Phase I Report & Phase II Work Plan, Ceresco, NE, March 1998.

Final Phase II Report: QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation, Ceresco, NE, June 1999.

Final Report: Phase III QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation, Ceresco, NE, October 1999.

Final Phase I Report & Phase II Work Plan: ESC, Clay Center, NE, June 1997.

Final Phase II Report, Clay Center, NE, August 1997.

Final Feasibility Study for Remedial Action at Clay Center, NE, July 1998.

Draft Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation at Craig, NE, September 2001.

Draft Report: QuickSite(R) Analysis for Funk, NE, September 1998.

Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation, Hubbard, NE, July 1999

Final Summary of Argonne QuickSite(R) Investigation, Hubbard, NE, March 2000

Draft Report: QuickSite(R) Analysis for Kenesaw, NE, September 1998.

Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation, Milford, NE, July 1999.

Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Milford, NE, Jan 2000.

Draft Phase II Interim Report: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Milford, NE, March 2002.

Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation - Raymond, NE, August 1997.

Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: ESC - Raymond, NE, December 1997.

Final Phase II Report: QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation - Raymond, NE, November 1998.

Final Phase III Report: QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation - Raymond, NE, July 2000.

Post-Feasibility Study Remedy Selection, Utica, NE, June 1997.

Final Phase I Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Bendena, KS, June 1999.

Final Report: QuickSite(R) Analysis for Canada, Kansas, October 1999.

Draft Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation, Centralia, Kansas, Jan 2002.

Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation for Everest, Kansas, May 2000.

Final Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation and Phase II Workplan for Everest, Kansas, August 2001.

Draft Interim QuickSite(R) Phase II Report and Phase III Workplan for Everest, Kansas, October 2001.

Final Phase I Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Frankfort, KS, September 1998.

Final Report: Phase I-Phase II QuickSite(R) Investigation and Phase III Work Plan, Frankfort, KS, September 1999.

Draft Phase III QuickSite(R) Investigation, Frankfort, KS, November 1999.

Draft Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation for Webber, Kansas, August 2001.

 

 Professional Memberships:

             Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

IEEE - Geophysics and Remote Sensing Society

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

American Association of Geographers

American Society for Photgrammetry and Remote Sensing