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Member Since 2005
Thomas Oommen
Professor and Chair, University of Mississippi Main Campus
Professional Experience
University of Mississippi Main Campus
Professor and Chair
2023 - Present
Michigan Technological University
Professor
2020 - 2023
Education
Doctorate
2010
Current Roles
Award Committee Chair
Natural Hazards Executive Committee
Chair
Natural Hazards Section Awards Committee
Committee Chair
Gilbert F White Distinguished Award and Lecture Committee
Committee Chair
Natural Hazards Early Career Award Committee
Committee Chair
Natural Hazards Mitigation Award Committee
Committee Chair
Natural Hazards Section Award for Graduate Research Committee
Publications
Three-dimensional displacements of a large volcano flank movement during the May 2010 eruptions at P...

Although massive flank failure is fairly common in the evolution of volcanoes, measurements of flank movement indicative of instability are rare. H...

January 09, 2017
AGU Abstracts
Effectiveness of Utilizing Satellite Hyperspectral Data, Machine Learning and International Soil Moisture Network for Soil Moisture Prediction
REMOTE SENSING OF SOIL PROCESSES POSTER
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Anush Kumar Kasaragod, Thomas Oommen, Sidike Pahed...
Soil moisture is an important parameter for a wide variety of applications. Terrain characterization for off road mobility is one such application pri...
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Satellite-Derived Soil Saturation Provides Clues on Potential Embankment Failure: Insights from Edenville Dam (Michigan) Failure Analysis
EARTH OBSERVATIONS FOR MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF RISK AND RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE II POSTER
natural hazards | 13 december 2023
Jobin Thomas, Ryan Klida, Thomas Oommen, Sajinkuma...
The Edenville Dam, an earthen embankment in Midland, Michigan, USA failed on 19 May 2020, triggered by three days of heavy rainfall (3.83 inches) resu...
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Machine Learning Techniques to Delineate Flooding from Radar Imageries
RECENT ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING AND MODELING OF FLOOD INUNDATION I POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Navin Tony Thalakkottukara, Thomas Oommen
Machine learning (ML) is a fast-growing and widely used technique in almost all aspects of the science field. These techniques help to find hidden pat...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Award Committee Chair
Natural Hazards Executive Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
Natural Hazards Section Awards Committee
2023 - 2024
Committee Chair
Gilbert F White Distinguished Award and Lecture Committee
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