| Oscar Garcia-Pineda |
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 | garcia@nemo.gsfc.nasa.gov |
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| 6300 Ocean Drive HRI 213, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412. Harte Research Institute |
| Phone: 361 244 6575, Office: 361 825 2075, FAX: 361-825-2770 |
Oscar Garcia is one of the members of our first CMSS class, he is Doctoral Student since Fall 2005. He is a Mexican National from Tampico. Oscar holds a Masters Degree in Quality Systems from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas, Mexico (2003) and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics degree from the Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Madero, Mexico (1996). At the end of his first year of studies at TAMU-CC Oscar was invited to an 11 week internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland (NASA Graduate Student Summer Program at the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST)). There he worked with mentor Dr. Daniel Jacob as part of the Laboratory of Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences.
| Other Qualifications: |
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| 2006 | NASA Graduate Program at Goddard Space Flight Center | University of Maryland Baltimore County. Maryland. USA |
| 2004 | ISO 9000, ISO 17025, ISO 10011 | Certificate by EMA (Mexican Entity of Accreditation) for Auditor of Quality Assessment |
| 1998 | Speciality in Excimer Laser, Technolas | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. New Orleans. USA |
| Professional Experience: |
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| 2006 | Research Scientist Assistant | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Greenbelt, Maryland. |
| 2006-present | Adjunct Faculty | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Mathematical Department |
| 1999-2005 | Part Time Professor | Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas. Tampico. Mexico |
| 1999-2005 | Coordinator Technical Support | Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas. Tampico. Mexico |
| Awards: |
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| 2006 | Graduate Student Summer Program Fellowship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 2006 | Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Mexico. CONACYT. Research Scientist Assistantship |
| 2006 | Good Neighbor Program Award. Texas A&M |
| Recent Projects: |
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| 2006 | Heat Potential Transferred In The Gulf Of Mexico Loop Current During The Path Of Hurricane Wilma. |
| 2006 | Correlation Between Hurricane Intensification And Sea Level Anomalies Using Icesat GLA 15. |
| 2006 | Convolving Sea Surface Heights Elevation Data From ICESAT-TOPEX-POSEIDON-JASON Altimetry Satellites. |
| 2006 | Monitoring Sea Surface Temperature In The Corpus Christi Bay Performing Krigging From AQUA-TERRA (MODIS) & TCOON Data Analysis |
| 2006 | Gulf Of Mexico Systems Approach (Contribution Between Texas A&M, USA, And The National Institute Of Ecology, Mexico) Analysis Of The SUMMIT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| 2005 | Principal Components Analysis For Weather Conditions During The Hawks Migration Season In Hazel Bazemore Park. A Multivariate Analysis Using Radar Measurements With The Mobile Station Of The Center Of Bioacoustics. |
| Professional Affiliations: |
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| American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Fundacion Latinoamericana para la Calidad, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia |
