Morgan State University School of Engineering

Civil Engineering Faculty

Title: Dr. Frederick K. Wilson, Research Scientist/Lecturer

Educational Background:
·Ph.D. Environmetal Science, School of Science and Technology, Jackson St. Univ., Jackson, MS. Emphasis on remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS), 1997.
·M.S. Biology-- Biology Dept., Jackson St. Univ., Jackson, MS, 1990. Emphasis in marine science and geographic information systems (GIS).
·Certificate in ARC/INFO, training by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), in 1988.
·Postgraduate Diploma in Meteorology. University of Cairo and Meteorological Research Institute of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
·M.Sc. Oceanology. St. Petersburg HydroMeteorological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1978. Major: Physical Oceanography, Minor: HydroMeteorology.

Area of Interest: Remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) applications in earth system science (ESS). Focused areas include land-use/land-cover change in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and climate change. Oceanology.

Present Research: Remote sensing applications in earth system science (ESS). Land-use/land-cover change studies. Hurricane and severe weather environmental assessment (Gulf States). Freshwater diversion and marsh productivity studies (Louisiana).

Future Research: MSU GIS database development. Porting the weather/climate models to NASA/GSFC parallel computing systems. Remote sensing/GIS integration for biophysical resourse management.

Awards:
1972 - 78 St. Petersburg HydroMeteorological Institute Fellowship
1981 - 83 World Meteorological Organization Fellowship
1995 Bermuda Biological Station for Research Fellowship
1994 - 97 National Aeronautics and Space Agency Fellowship

Courses Given:
Fundamentals of geographic information systems (GIS)
CEGR 498 Special Topic in GIS
CEGR 740 Special Topics in Remote Sensing

Hobbies: Reading, music, photography, and traveling (visited several European countries, including London, France, Sweden, Germany and African countries including Senegal, Guinea, Liberia and Egypt).