Robin Hood Foundation
City Tech Learning Recovery Program
$1,990,000
07/001/2021-12/31/2024
Reginald Blake – Associate Provost and Dean of Curriculum and Research
Hamidreza Norouzi – Construction Management/Civil Engineering Technology Department
Diana Samaroo – Chemistry Department
The Robin Hood Foundation has awarded City Tech a year-long grant focusing on incoming first year students who are starting their college career in 2021-2022. This special initiative is to engender learning gains among pandemic-impacted, incoming first year students, as well as to increase persistence that leads to graduation. In partnership with extant programs throughout the college, the Robin Hood funding will be used to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, holistic, and integrated set of opportunities for first semester students — all of which we hope will lead to a successful first year of college for these students.
Ausable Freshwater Center
Survey of Climate Change in Adirondak Lake Ecosystems (SCALE) Pilot
09/01/2022–03/31/2025
$100,000
Marzi Azarderakhsh – Construction Management/Civil Engineering Technology Department
Hamidreza Norouzi – Construction Management/Civil Engineering Technology Department
CUNY team shall participate in the collaborative scientific undertaking by leading the efforts of using satellite remote sensing observations for the project. The work will include studying and processing satellite images over number of lakes in the Adirondack Park over the past 4 decades. The team will be responsible for collecting and interpreting key climate factors such as temperature, ice cover, and watercolor results. The team will conduct limited validation of remote sensing observations against prior field measurements in the park. Finally, the CUNY team will be responsible to explore some satellite-based observations and algorithms for studying the impact of climate change on the lakes as a pilot project for future comprehensive studies.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Student Observing Support (SOS)
$39,975
03/01/2024–02/28/2026
Charlotte Welker – Physics Department
LSST Catalyst Fellowship
$558,239
08/25/2023–08/24/2027
Charlotte Welker – Physics Department