The University of Texas at Austin
Cockrell School of Engineering

TASL Research

Examples of our recent and ongoing projects:

  • Enhancing landslide hazard models using satellite deformation observations
    Collaboration with Prof. Ellen Rathje (PI) in Civil Engineering
    Research funding from NASA
    Data from the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency through WInSAR and GeoEarthScope with funding from NSF, USGS and NASA

  • SAR data analysis in support of Gulf Coast hurricane flood monitoring
    Data provided by various space agencies through the "Space and Major Disasters" International Charter
    This work is led by CSR staff coordinating Emergency Response Activities for the Governor's Division of Emergency Management

  • InSAR study of subsidence around the Winkler county and Daisetta sinkholes
    More info can be found in a Wink news story/video from KWES NewsWest 9 in Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, Texas
    Funding from several Wink area sponsors and the UT Jackson School of Geosciences
    Data from the European Space Agency and Japanese Space Agency through the WInSAR consortium

  • Conducting contract and collaborative research for the National Labs:
    Sandia SAR Program
    JPL Radar Science and Engineering Section

  • Developing algorithms for ScanSAR radar interferometry deformation time series analysis
    Data from the European Space Agency through WInSAR

  • Geodetic imaging of hazards with TerraSAR-X InSAR
    Funding from NASA

  • Guiding development of rendevous verification system for Texas 2-Step, a student-built 2-Satellite Targeting Experimental Platform
    Funding from the Air Force for the Nanosat 5 Competition

  • Providing remote sensing guidance for student-built planes
    Funding from UT Cockrell School of Engineering and ASE/EM Department for the new Air Systems Design Lab (ASDL)

  • Developing InSAR tools for deformation analyses
    Funding from NSF and data from the European Space Agency through WInSAR

  • Using InSAR to measure land subsidence (ground sinking) in places such as Phoenix and Houston
    Funding from NASA and Arizona Dept. of Water Resources
    Data from the European Space Agency, WInSAR

  • Using new satellite radar data and processing techniques to characterize underground nuclear tests
    Collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Funding from DOE National Nuclear Security Administration and data from the European Space Agency