Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER)
The goal of The Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER) is to develop and implement innovative and relevant education and research collaborations focused on ice sheet, coastal, ocean, and marine research. CERSER maintains a suite of research, education, and STEM outreach programs which support student research and training. CERSER research activities were documented in the paper titled "Temporal Reduction and Loss of an Ice Shelf in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica: 1972 – 2003" in the June 2013 issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. As a result of this study, the bay, which was progressively exposed over the 30-year period during which the occupying ice shelf slowly retreated, was named by the US-Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names Board of Geographic Names for Elizabeth City State University and was entered into the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the nation's official geographic names repository. CERSER education and training activities provides millions of dollars in scholarships and student support. Funding Agencies: NSF, Department of Defense, and NASA.