Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Curriculum Vitae

Fellowships and Grants

During National Geographic mission on the western edge
of the Great Wall of China

1959

• Graduate Study Fellowship in Geology
  United Arab Republic (Egypt)

• Graduate Assistant Fellowship
  Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla, Missouri

• Visual Observation from Lunar Orbit
  Principal Investigator: L.B. Johnson Space Center, NASA

• Photogeology from Apollo 15-17
  Co-Investigator with U.S. Geological Survey: NASA Grant

• Initiation of an Extraterrestrial Geology and Geodesy Effort
  Principal Investigator: NASA Grant
• Lunar Scientific Research
  Principal Investigator: NASA Grant
• Geomorphic Characterization of Lunar Sinuous Rilles
  Co-Investigator with Boston University: NASA Grant

• Task Group on Lunar Nomenclature
  Principal Investigator: NASA Grant
• Earth Observations and Photography on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  Principal Investigator: NASA Experiment Grant

• Desert Erosion and Sand Movement in Egypt
  Co-Principal Investigator: Smithsonian Institution Grant

• Photogeology of Lunar Impact and Volcanic Features
  Principal Investigator: NASA Grant

• Morphologic Studies of the Moon and Planets
  Principal Investigator: NASA Grant

• Desert Field Investigation
  Principal Investigator: Institute of Ecotechnics

• Temporal and Spectral Variations of Sand Dunes in the Central Western Desert of Egypt
  Scientific Collaborator: NASA Grant
• Geologic Investigations of the Kharga Depression Using Data from the Thematic Mapper and Four Other Satellite Sensors
  Collaborator: NASA Grant

• Center for Remote Sensing
  Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: James R. Wiseman)
  William M. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, California
  Four years: $1,300,000

• An Evaluation of Geographic Information System Technology for Resource Management
  Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: C. Sham)
  National Park Services
  One year: $30, 000
• Remote Sensing Applications to the Exploration for Water Resources Training Program Director
  Water Authority, Amman, Jordan
  Summer 1987: $20,000
• Developing Egypt's Water Potential for Agricultural Development West of the Nile
  Principal Investigator
  The Charles R. Bronfman Foundation, Montreal, Canada
  One year: $20,000

• Satellite Atlas of the World: North Africa & Middle East Section
  Principal Investigator
  National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  One year: $10,000
• General Support of the Center for Remote Sensing
  Principal Investigator
  The Cotsen Family Foundation, Los Angeles, California
  One year: $1,000
• Groundwater Potential of the Red Sea Province, Sudan
  Principal Investigator
  BCI Geonetics, Inc., Laconia, New Hampshire
  One year: $20,000

• Predynastic Settlement Patterns in Hiw, Egypt
  Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Kathryn Bard)
  National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
  One year: $15,000
• Digital Image Processing and GIS Applications to Crop Acreage Estimation
  Principal Investigator
  United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome, Italy
  One year: $21,500
• Applications of Remote Sensing to Agriculture
  Principal Investigator
  United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome, Italy
  One year: $50,000

• Damage Assessment of the Desert and Coastal Environment of Kuwait
  Principal Investigator
  Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
  Two years: $485,000

• Remote Sensing Aids to Groundwater Exploration in Egypt's Deserts
  Principal Investigator
  U.S. Department of Agriculture and AID, Cairo, Egypt
  Two and a half years: $340,000
• Desertification of Agricultural Lands in Egypt by Remote Sensing
  Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Curtis Woodcock)
  U.S. Department of Agriculture and AID, Cairo, Egypt
  Two years: $270,000

• Professorship of Remote Sensing in Archaeology
  Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: James W. Wiseman)
  W.M. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, California
  Three years: $230,000

• Satellite Atlas of the Environment of Kuwait
  Principal Investigator
  Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait
  Two year: $526,000
• Landuse Map of Sierra Leone
  Principal Investigator
  United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome, Italy
  One year: $30,000

• Sand Accumulations and Groundwater in the Sahara
  Principal Investigator
  UNESCO International Geological Correlations Program (IGCP) Project 391
  Five Years: $30,000
• Utilizing Satellite Images for Ground-Water Exploration in the Sultanate of Oman
  Principal Investigator
  Ministry of Water Resources, Oman
  Three years: $1,500,000
• Archaeological Geology Investigations Using RADARSAT Data
  Principal Investigator
  Canadian Space Agency (ADRO Project 572)
  One year: image data
• Sand Accumulations and Groundwater in the Sahara
  Principal Investigator
  Arab League Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ALESCO)
  Two years: $39,000

• Workshop on Sand Dunes and Groundwater Basins in the Eastern Sahara
  Principal Investigator
  National Science Foundation
  One year: $50,000

• Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology
  Co-Investigator
  The J.M. Kaplan Fund
  Two years: $55,000
• Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing at Boston University
  Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Curtis Woodcock)
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  One year: $380,000

• US-Egypt Workshop on Priorities of Desert Study
  Principal Investigator
  National Science Foundation
  One year: $47,000
• Seismotectonics and Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment Studies in Egypt
  Co-Principal Investigator (with: Samir Riyad)
  U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Program, National Science Foundation
  Three years: $17,000
• Wadis of Oman: Satellite Atlas
  Principal Investigator
  Ministry of Information, Oman
  Two years: $500,000
• "U.S.-Egypt Planning Visit: Origin and Evolution of the Southern Western Desert of Egypt"
  Principal Investigator
  National Science Foundation
  One Month: $2,000

2001

• Atlas of Oman from Landsat Images
  Principal Investigator
  Ministry of Information, Oman
  One year: $130,000
• Use of Space Images for Groundwater Exploration in the Northern United Arab Emirates
  Principal Investigator
  Government of Sharjah
  Three years: $1,745,000

2004

• Near Surface Drainage in Southwest Egypt
  Principal Investigator
  U.S.-Egypt Joint Science and Technology Board
  National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  Two years: $60,000

2008

• Technical Support of Nakheel’s Design and Development
  Principal Investigator
  Nakheel, Dubai, U.A.E.
  One Year: $86,000