The Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) operates under cooperative agreement between the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). JCET meets the common interest of UMBC and GSFC to develop new technology for environmental remote sensing. Formed in 1995, JCET has grown to 18 Research Professors including four tenured faculty. JCET has an additional 12 Research Scientists and 6 Research Associates. JCET's research focuses on four themes: (i) atmospheric radiation, (ii) observations, (iii) clouds and precipitation and (iv) interdisciplinary studies. Each of these themes is led by a focus group. The membership and goals of these groups can be found by pressing the Research button on the left panel.
JCET is governed by an Executive Board made up of the Director of Earth Sciences, three Laboratory Directors from GSFC, three Deans, three Department Chairs from UMBC, and the Director of JCET. The Executive Board has developed both a charter and set of by-laws which together form the governing principles of the Center.
A central requirement of JCET is the integration of the faculty into the academic life of the University. The faculty of JCET are expected to teach at least every other year and are active in advising students. JCET faculty are affiliated and teach in Physics, Geography, Mathematics/Statistics, and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. JCET Faculty are leading the formation of UMBC's new Atmospheric Physics Program. Graduate students in JCET work both at the UMBC campus and on site at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
JCET faculty are active researchers as well. They are expected to function as Principal Investigators on funded research, to provide scientific leadership for the Center, and to provide service to the scientific community through peer review roles on journals, proposals, and research grants. JCET Faculty have been extremely successful in this regard and have generated over $3.3 million in funding independently of their GSFC sponsors. During 2004-5, JCET faculty published over 88 peer reviewed journal publications and presented their findings over 140 times at various conferences.
As Director of JCET, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the JCET website. If there is information you do not find on these pages, please feel free to contact me at hoff@umbc.edu or 410-455-1610.
Raymond M. Hoff
Director of JCET
JCET is governed by an Executive Board made up of the Director of Earth Sciences, three Laboratory Directors from GSFC, three Deans, three Department Chairs from UMBC, and the Director of JCET. The Executive Board has developed both a charter and set of by-laws which together form the governing principles of the Center.
A central requirement of JCET is the integration of the faculty into the academic life of the University. The faculty of JCET are expected to teach at least every other year and are active in advising students. JCET faculty are affiliated and teach in Physics, Geography, Mathematics/Statistics, and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. JCET Faculty are leading the formation of UMBC's new Atmospheric Physics Program. Graduate students in JCET work both at the UMBC campus and on site at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
JCET faculty are active researchers as well. They are expected to function as Principal Investigators on funded research, to provide scientific leadership for the Center, and to provide service to the scientific community through peer review roles on journals, proposals, and research grants. JCET Faculty have been extremely successful in this regard and have generated over $3.3 million in funding independently of their GSFC sponsors. During 2004-5, JCET faculty published over 88 peer reviewed journal publications and presented their findings over 140 times at various conferences.
As Director of JCET, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the JCET website. If there is information you do not find on these pages, please feel free to contact me at hoff@umbc.edu or 410-455-1610.
Raymond M. Hoff
Director of JCET