Reda M. Amer

Adjunct Professor

Asst. Professor, GIS Remote Sensing Director, Lamar University
School of Science & Engineering
Reda M. Amer

Office

Lamar University
Geology Building
PO Box 10031
Beaumont, TX 77710

Courses Taught

EENS 3150/6150:  Introduction to Geograpic Information Systems

EENS 3151/6151:  Laboratory to accompany Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

EENS 4030-6030:  Advanced GIS

EENS 4081/6081:  Introduction to Remote Sensing

EENS 4440/6444:  Introduction to Geophysics

EENS 1110:  Physical Geology

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 2011 Certificate
Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS, Saint Louis University, 2011
M.S. Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, 2005
B.S. Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, 2000

Biography

Dr. Amer's research interests include Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Geological, Hydrological, and Environmental applications.

Publications

Dana Carsten, Reda Amer (2019): Spatio-temporal Analysis of Urban Changes and Surface Water Quality. Journal of Hydrology, 569 (720-734)

Mahmoud Awad, Reda Amer, Alberto Lopez, Mahmoud El-Rahmany; Luis del Moral; Cesar Viseras (2018). Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Mapping and Detection of Egyptian Kaolin Quality. Applied Clay Science, 160 (249 – 262)

Reda Amer, Alexander Kolker, Annelise Muscietta (2017). Propensity for erosion and deposition in a deltaic wetland complex: Implications for river management and coastal restoration. Remote Sensing of Environment, 199 (2017) 39-50

Segun Adebayo, Reda Amer (2017): Impacts of Mississippi River spillway opening on Fecal Coliform concetration in the Lake Pontchartrain. River Research and Applications. (DOI: 10.1002/rra.3179)

Reda Amer, Hatem El Dosoky (2017): A Remote Sensing Method for Mapping Sillimanite Mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 134 (373-382)

Reda Amer, Ahmed Al Mezayen, Mohamed Hasanein (2015). ASTER spectral analysis for alteration minerals associated with gold mineralization, Ore Geology Reviews. 75, 239-251

Mahmoud Hassan, Gehad Saleh, Hatem El-Desoky, Reda Amer, and Ahmed El-Kady (2015). Lithological-Structural Setting of Homrit Waggat Granites in Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: New Contributions. International Journal of Innovative Science. Engineering & Technology, 2015: 2(11), 670-690.

Reda Amer, Ahmed Saad, Tharwat Abd Elhafeez, Hassan El Kady, Mohamed Madi (2014). Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigation of Pavement Structures and Bridge Foundations. Austin Journal of Earth Science. 2014; 1(1): 6

Rosenheim, B., Pendergraft, M. Flowers, G., Carney, R., Sericano, Amer, R., Chanton, J., Dincer, Z., Wade, T., (2014). Employing Extant Stable isotope Data in Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Organic Matter for Oil Spill Studies. Deep Sea Research. (doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.020)

Tharwat Abd Elhafeez, Reda Amer, Ahmed Saad, Hassan El Kady, Mohamed Madi (2014). Evaluation of Flexible Pavement Mixtures Using Conventional Tests and Ultrasonic Wave Propagation. Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering Material, doi:10.1520/ACEM20130076