Title: Employing Earth Observations and Artificial Intelligence to Address Key Global Environmental Challenges in Service of the SDGs

Abstract

I would like to acknowledge and give special thanks to the chair of my advisory committee and academic advisor, Hesham El-Askary, Ph.D., for his support and technical advises and leading of this research during my study at Chapman. His original ideas and recommendations were essential to the success of this research. He also provided constant feedback and encouragement to make completing this work possible. Finally, as the advisor, Dr. El-Askary's passion and work ethic and care for the students had an immense impact on this work as well as me personally.