• UMatters: “Professor Receives Seed Grant to Create Hydrophobicity Sensing Prototype” https://info.umkc.edu/umatters/professor-receives-seed-grant-to-create-hydrophobicity-sensing-prototype/
• 11/5/2013    Dr. Chen collaborates with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), ImageCat Inc., Indiana Univ., UC Davis and USGS on the E-DECIDER project.

• 5/24/2013    Dr. Chen’s remote sensing research is featured in the 41 KSHB Action News Story – UMKC researcher studies how to find victims faster

• 1/30/2012  Professors Chen & Lee Awarded 2012 IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Award

• 4/4/2011    Dr. Chen works to prevent scour – #1 cause of bridge collapse

Other Highlights featured at UMKC News 

• Dr. ZhiQiang Chen in National Earthquake Disaster Response Project
• Damage Mapping on the Go
• ZhiQiang Chen’s Remote Sensing Research Will Help First Responders
• Professors Chen & Lee Awarded 2012 IBM Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Award
• Dr. Chen presents at two NSF sponsored conferences

International Seminars

Chen, Z. [2014]. “Seminar: Disaster Resilience through Big-data Centric Technologies and Multi-hazard Modeling”. Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Ha’erbin, China Earthquake Administration. http://www.cea.gov.cn/publish/dizhenj/984/100061/20140611104029676776213/; http://www.iem.net.cn/zhxw/20140611.htm; http://www.csi.ac.cn/publish/main/1/100260/20140611124600658795551/index.html; http://ancer.org.cn/zhxw/20140611.htm.

Chen, Z. [2014]. “Seminar: Big-data Enabled Disaster Response for Climatic Disaster Resilience”. School of Atmosphere Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, http://as.nju.edu.cn/newDetial.aspx?MType=WZSY&MenuType=WZSY-KYDT&CId=20140605-09010896-c97a5145