Gordon Wells tribute symposium - Oct 21, 2025 - Program & Presentations [Draft]

Dear Colleagues, friends, and family - Thank you very much for your participation in the tribute symposium to celebrate the life, work, and contributions of Gordon Wells.

1:00 - 1:30 PM - Arrival

1:30 - 1:40 PM - Opening Remarks (Srinivas Bettadpur & Byron Tapley)

1:40 - 3:40 PM - Presentations - 12 minutes each in the following order Lesia Dickson (TDEM colleagues) - Emergency Response Suzanne Pierce (UT/TACC) - Bell Jar Legacy - Need for data through time and space Margaret Baguio (UT/CSR) - K-12 Outreach Clint Dawson (UT/ASE & Oden) - Storm Surge Forecasting David Maidment (UT/CAEE & CWE) - Realtime Flood Resilience in Texas Ann Chen (UT/ASE & CSR) - Coastal Subsidence work with Gordon Wells Zong Liang-Yang (UT/JSG) - My Collaborations with Gordon Wells Dev Niyogi (UT/JSG) - Landfalling Hurricanes Yunling Lou and Cathleen Jones (Caltech JPL) - Airborne SAR/UAVSAR/NISAR and Texas Flood Response Shohei Matsuura (NIED/Japan - remote) - The NIED Interactions with Gordon Wells

3:40 - 4:00 PM - Wrap up, comments and observations 4:00 - 6:00 PM - Social (hors d'oeuvres and drinks)