Tsengdar J. Lee

Tsengdar J. Lee (tsengdar.j.lee@nasa.gov) received an M.S. degree in civil engineering in 1988 and a Ph.D. degree in atmospheric science in 1992 from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Trained as a short-term weather modeler, his work focused on the integration of weather and ancillary geographical information data into weather models to produce reliable forecasts. His research pioneered the modeling of land surface hydrology's impact on weather forecasting. Prior to joining NASA in 2001, he held positions as a senior technical advisor with Northrop Grumman Information Technology and senior staff engineer with Litton PRC. He worked on the Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS) for the National Weather Service. He also was a principal engineer in the effort to develop the AWIPS network monitoring and control system. He currently manages the High-End Computing Program at NASA headquarters. He is the NASA weather focus area lead.