{"id":39840,"date":"2016-09-06T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T15:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=39840"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:30:29","slug":"farouk-el-baz","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/farouk-el-baz\/","title":{"rendered":"Farouk El-Baz, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dr. Farouk El-Baz<\/strong><span>\u00a0is Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Research Professor at the Departments of Archaeology and Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, and Associated Faculty at the Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, U.S.A. He also serves as faculty advisor to two Boston University student organizations: the \u201c1001 Wells for Darfur,\u201d and the \u201cEgyptian Club.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span>In 1986 he joined Boston University as Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing to promote the use of space technology in the fields of archaeology, geography and geology. Under his leadership, the Center has grown to become a leading force in the applications of remote sensing technology to environments around the world. In 1997, NASA selected it as a \u201cCenter of Excellence in Remote Sensing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14935,"template":"","affiliation":[200],"department":[122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/39840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/39840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118804,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/39840\/revisions\/118804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"affiliation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliation?post=39840"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=39840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}