Faculty

Reda M. Amer
Visiting Assistant Professor

Phone:  504-862-3201

Fax: 504-865-5199
Email: ramer1@tulane.edu

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
200 Blessey Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118

Education

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

Research Interests

Remote Sensing
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Environmental Geology

Publications

Reda Amer, Robert Ripperdan, Wang Tao, John Encrancian (2012). Groundwater Exploration and Management in the Arid and Semi-arid Regions: Case Study, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 69, 13-25

Reda Amer, Timothy Kusky, Ahmed El Mezayen (2012). Remote sensing detection of gold related alteration zones of Um Rus Area, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Journal of Advances in Space Research, 49, 121-134


Reda Amer, Mohamed Sultan, Robert Ripperdan, John Encrancian (2012). Structural architecture for development of marginal extensional sub-basins in the Red Sea active rift zone. International Journal of Geoscience, 3, 133-152


Reda Amer, Mohamed Sultan, Robert Ripperdan, Abduwasit Ghulam, Timothy Kusky (2012). An integrated approach for groundwater potential zoning in the shallow fracture zone aquifers. International Journal of Remote Sensing, (accepted)

Reda Amer, Timothy Kusky, Abduwasit Ghulam, (2010). Lithological mapping in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt using ASTER data. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 56, 75-82

Abduwasit Ghulam, Reda Amer, Robert Ripperdan and Alimujiang Kasimu (2010). A filtering approach to improve deformation accuracy using large baseline, low coherence DInSAR phase images. IGARSS 2010. July 25th-30th, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Abduwasit Ghulam, Tim Kusky, Reda Amer (2010). Minerals exploration and mapping of gold- bearing alteration zones in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. 2010 ASPRS Annual Conference, April 26th-30th, 2010, San Diego, California, USA


Reda Amer, Abduwasit Ghulam, Timothy Kusky, (2010). Remote Sensing and GIS approach for groundwater exploration in the Red Sea Coast of Egypt. 2010 ASPR Annual Conference, April 26 - 30, 2010, San Diego, California, USA

Reda Amer, Timothy Kusky, Abduwasit Ghulam, (2009). Image Processing and Analysis using ETM+ Imagery for Lithological Mapping at Fawakhir, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. 2009 ASPRS Annual Conference, March 9th- 13th, 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Reda Amer, Timothy Kusky, Abduwasit Ghulam, (2009). Using ASTER data for lithological mapping in arid and semiarid regions: Example from Fawakhir, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. 2009 ASPRS Annual Conference, March 9 – 13, 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Reda Amer, Ahmed El Mezayen, Mohamed Tolba, Zenhom El Alfy, (2005). Hydrothermal alteration types within basement complex in the Central Eastern Desert-Egypt. 16th Phanerozoic and Development in Egypt Symposium. May 10th, 2005, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

Courses Taught

EENS 3150/6150: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
EENS 3151/6151: Laboratory to accompany Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
EENS 4081/6081: Introduction to Remote Sensing