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David G. Long to present Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture at BYU forum Jan. 27

University's top faculty honor

David G. Long, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University, will present the annual Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture, “Microwaves, Icebergs and Global Warming,” at a university forum Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

The forum will be broadcast live on the BYU broadcasting channels. For rebroadcast information, visit byubroadcasting.org. The forum will be followed by a question-and-answer session at noon.

In addition to teaching, Long is the head of the Microwave Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory and director of the BYU Center for Remote Sensing. His research interests include spaceborne scatterometry, microwave remote sensing and polar ice.

Prior to joining BYU faculty in 1990, he worked as a principal investigator for NASA-sponsored research projects at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BYU and his doctorate from the University of Southern California in electrical engineering.

For more information, contact Long at (801) 422-4383.

Writer: Angela Fischer

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