CUSP Urban Observatory
Better cities through imaging
Through the novel use of observational and analytical techniques, the CUSP Urban Observatory (CUSP-UO) at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon School of Engineering studies the complex interactions between the built, natural, and human components of the city as a coherent, definable system with the goal of enhancing public well-being, city operations, and future urban plans.
With our persistent, synoptic imaging and sensing of NYC, researchers at the CUSP-UO are developing insights into energy use and stresses on the power grid, measuring the environmental impact of cities on air quality, and characterizing how urban centers affect patterns of daily life and public health.
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Current Research Team
- Foued Aouchette
Laboratory operations manager at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon - Dr. Gregory Dobler
Visiting research professor at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon; Associate Professor at the Biden School of Public Policy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Data Science Institute at the University of Delaware - Dr. Andreas Karpf
Laboratory manager at the Civil and Urban Engineering Department, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, and the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon - Dr. Debra Laefer
Professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering and at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon - Dr. Anamika Shreevastava
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon - Jessica Salcido
PhD Student in Physics at NYU - Vinayak Saxena(CUSP ’25)
Research scholar at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon
Past Events
CUSP Urban Observatory Expansion Launch
CUSP at NYU Tandon celebrates the recent expansion of the CUSP Urban Observatory (CUSP-UO).
