Dr. Roger King, chief engineer for the Mississippi State University’s (MSU) Remote Sensing Technologies Center (RSTC) and director of the MSU Computational Geospatial Technologies Center, has accepted a year-long assignment with NASA as the chief technologist for Earth Science Applications.

“Finding practical applications for emerging remote sensing technology is something I have been doing at MSU for several years. NASA was looking for someone with a broad overview of remote sensing to help focus its activities in areas that are important to the nation’s economy and security,” King said.