Grad student Shithi Kamal has won a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) for the 2008/2009 academic year. Previously known as the Earth System Science Fellowship, the NESSF is open to graduate students pursuing an MSc or PhD in Earth and Space Sciences or related disciplines. “The NESSF program solicits research involving data collected by space-based instruments during current and past NASA missions, relevant ground-based data and laboratory experiments, and theoretical modeling. Investigations that support instrumentation development relevant to future missions are also encouraged” (more here).
Shithi is a fifth year PhD student in Geography, and her advisor is Professor Tom Dunne at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. Her fellowship proposal is titled “Hydrometeorologic Controls and Capacity for Prediction of Floods in the Bhrahmaputra River Basin,” and Shithi states that she will use the fellowship to study that region: “The causes of flooding in the Brahmaputra River are not well understood, but their impact on riparian communities can be catastrophic. The goal is to improve our capacity for predicting floods on this river. I am using a combination of remotely sensed data and station gauge data to physically model the flow. Finally, the aim will be to convert the model results to a societally useful flood prediction tool.” The NASA fellowship provides $30,000 of support for up to three years. Congratulations, Shithi!
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