Thomas Oommen is a professor and chair of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Oommen’s research focuses on remote sensing and machine learning for geohazard and infrastructure monitoring problems. He has been awarded over $10 million in research and travel grants for the past ten years. Dr. Oommen is actively involved in the Transportation Research Board as the committee research coordinator of AKG60, and he is the Chair of the ASCE Geoinstitute Engineering Geology and Site Characterization committee.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Geoinformatics
Geotechnics
Landslide
LiDAR
Remote Sensing
InSAR
debris flow
hyperspectral
Thermal Remote Sensing
geohazards
Geological engineering
Rock fall
Site Characterization.
Fingerprints
32%
Remote Sensing
27%
Landslide
9%
Geotechnics
9%
hyperspectral
5%
InSAR
5%
Thermal Remote Sensing
5%
debris flow
5%
geohazards
Short Biography
Thomas Oommen is a professor and chair of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Oommen’s research focuses on remote sensing and machine learning for geohazard and infrastructure monitoring problems. He has been awarded over $10 million in research and travel grants for the past ten years. Dr. Oommen is actively involved in the Transportation Research Board as the committee research coordinator of AKG60, and he is the Chair of the ASCE Geoinstitute Engineering Geology and Site Characterization committee.
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