Dr. Kam Lulla is the world's premiere expert on remote sensing of earth's environment and resources. Over twenty years' of work has led to numerous advancements in the field, and to insights into Earth's changing environment and climate. A professor simultaneously at several universities, he is sought worldwide both as an inspiring speaker and as a technical specialist.
Dr.
Lulla holds two Ph.D. degrees and combines his expertise
in Earth and Space sciences in operational and research activities in
International Space Programs in the US, Russia, Japan, Canada, and many
nations
of the European Space Agency. He served as a Senior Professor and
Director of
Space Remote Sensing Research Center at Indiana State University, Terre
Haute,
Indiana before joining the US Space Program in 1988. In addition to
his ongoing activities in international space research, he is an
adjunct professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake,
Kansas State University, and the University of Delaware.
Dr.
Lulla is a widely published author. He has coauthored
four books and authored numerous papers/reports (over 200) in
international
scientific journals/publications. He is also the Chief Editor of
Geocarto
International-a major international journal in Earth Science Remote
Sensing and
a Guest Editor of American Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and
Remote
Sensing. Dr. Lulla currently serves as the Chair of Technical Committee
of
Houston Section of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA).
Dr.
Lulla has received numerous awards from the U.S.
Government and various universities, cultural organizations and
associations.
Among his many honors, he received NASA's "Manned Flight Awareness
Award" in 1993 and Houston Federal Executive Board's" Federal
Scientist of the Year Award" in 1992. He also received the India
Culture
Center of greater Houston's award for "Outstanding Professional
Achievement" in 1990 and Cultural Festival of India Award (United
States)
in 1991. Indiana State University conferred upon him the "Distinguished
Alumni" Award in 1991. Dr. Lulla has received several awards from
professional societies such as the American Institute of Aeronautics
and
Astronautics (AIAA), American Society of Photogrammetric Engineering
and Remote
Sensing (ASPRS) and Association of American Geographers (AAG). In 1996,
Dr.
Lulla received the prestigious Space Remote Sensing Medal from the
Association
of American Geographers. In 1999, Dr. Lulla received the Scientific
Achievement
Award at the Ninth Luckas Symposium on Geospatial and Information
science
societies and Presidential Citation from the American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at Washington, D.C.
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