Ryan Mendieta

Author's details

Name: Ryan Mendieta
Date registered: February 1, 2012
URL: http://ryanmendieta.com
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Biography

Please see http://lesami.geog.buffalo.edu/members/active/ryan-mendieta/

Latest posts

Free registration for 2012 Joint Workshop on Disaster Response IPLER & CGHS (04/2012) — April 3, 2012
“UB NOW: Geography Help Haiti Recovery” Wins 2nd Place in AAG Video Competition (02/2012) — February 15, 2012
Following Tropical Storm Irene, Scientists Assess Damage in Flooded New York Communities — February 8, 2012
U.B. Students Help “Map Out” Road to Future for Haiti — February 8, 2012
Tapping into Technology and Information Resources to Assess Erosion Risk — February 8, 2012

Author's posts listings

Apr 03

Free registration for 2012 Joint Workshop on Disaster Response IPLER & CGHS (04/2012)

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Events, Presentations, Technology, Workshops

by Ryan Mendieta

Announcement: 2012 Joint Workshop on Disaster Response presented by the RIT-UB Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response & UB Center for Geohazards Studies Dear fellow scientists, engineers, policy makers, and disaster responders, The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and University at Buffalo (UB) Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response (IPLER) and the UB Center for Geohazards Studies …

Tags: News

Feb 15

“UB NOW: Geography Help Haiti Recovery” Wins 2nd Place in AAG Video Competition (02/2012)

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Published Reports

by Ryan Mendieta

Shortly after the 2010 earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, members of LESAM went to work mapping the devastation to aid in recovery efforts. Doctor Chris Renschler submitted the video, created by the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts Video Production Group. The video competition can be found on the AAG’s Projects & Programs webpage. The …

Tags: AAG, Haiti, Video

Feb 08

Following Tropical Storm Irene, Scientists Assess Damage in Flooded New York Communities

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Published Reports

by Ryan Mendieta

On Sept. 10, geographers from UB’s LESAM laboratory and MCEER research center visited populated areas within the Schoharie Creek watershed west of the Catskill Mountains to photograph damage and collect corresponding GPS coordinates. University at Buffalo News Release: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12899 Link to LESAM project page: http://lesami.geog.buffalo.edu/projects/active/schoharie-flood/

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Feb 08

U.B. Students Help “Map Out” Road to Future for Haiti

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Published Reports

by Ryan Mendieta

January 2010 In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted by Google Earth and the Virtual Disaster Viewer, which shares imagery of disasters from various sources. WKBW Channel …

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Feb 08