Scholarship Award by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (1999), the Best Student-Authored Paper Award by the International
Geographic Information Foundation (1998), and the 2010 Erdas Award for Best
Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing by ASPRS (first place). At Indiana State
University, he received the Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Research Award in
2006 (the university’s highest research honor) and was selected as a Lilly
Foundation Faculty Fellow in 2005 (one of the six recipients). In May 2008, he
received a prestigious NASA senior fellowship. In April 2011, Dr. Weng was the
recipient of the Outstanding Contributions Award in Remote Sensing in 2011
sponsored by American Association of Geographers (AAG) Remote Sensing
Specialty Group. Dr. Weng has given over 70 invited talks (including colloquia,
seminars, keynote addresses, and public speeches) and has presented over 100
papers at professional conferences (including co-presenting).
Dr. Weng is the Coordinator for GEO’s SB-04, Global Urban Observation and
Information Task (2012–2015). In addition, he serves as an associate editor of
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and is the series editor for
both the Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications and the McGrawHill Series in GIS&T. His past service includes National Director of American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2007–2010), Chair of AAG
China Geography Specialty Group (2010–2011), and Secretary of ISPRS Working
Group VIII/1 (Human Settlement and Impact Analysis, 2004–2008), as well as a
panel member of the U.S. DOE’s Cool Roofs Roadmap and Strategy in 2010.
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Sensing (1999), the Best Student-Authored Paper Award by the International
Geographic Information Foundation (1998), and the 2010 Erdas Award for Best
Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing by ASPRS (first place). At Indiana State
University, he received the Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Research Award in
2006 (the university’s highest research honor) and was selected as a Lilly
Foundation Faculty Fellow in 2005 (one of the six recipients). In May 2008, he
received a prestigious NASA senior fellowship. In April 2011, Dr. Weng was the
recipient of the Outstanding Contributions Award in Remote Sensing in 2011
sponsored by American Association of Geographers (AAG) Remote Sensing
Specialty Group. Dr. Weng has given over 70 invited talks (including colloquia,
seminars, keynote addresses, and public speeches) and has presented over 100
papers at professional conferences (including co-presenting).
Dr. Weng is the Coordinator for GEO’s SB-04, Global Urban Observation and
Information Task (2012–2015). In addition, he serves as an associate editor of
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and is the series editor for
both the Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications and the McGrawHill Series in GIS&T. His past service includes National Director of American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2007–2010), Chair of AAG
China Geography Specialty Group (2010–2011), and Secretary of ISPRS Working
Group VIII/1 (Human Settlement and Impact Analysis, 2004–2008), as well as a
panel member of the U.S. DOE’s Cool Roofs Roadmap and Strategy in 2010.
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