Dr. Ahmed Elaksher

New Mexico State University, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2002 Ph.D., Purdue University, Indiana, USA

1999 MSc., Purdue University, Indiana, USA

1997 MSc., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Licensed Professional Surveyor: New Mexico, PLS#: 22913

ASPRS Certified Photogrammetrist: CP# 1588

Publications (Selected)

1. Elaksher, A., Omar, I., & Ahmad, F. (2026). Automated lunar crater detection with edge-based feature extraction and robust ellipse refinement. Aerospace, 13(1), Article 62.
2. Ali, M., Ali, T., Gawai, R., et al. (2024). The analysis of land use and climate change impacts on Lake Victoria Basin using multi-source remote sensing data and Google Earth Engine (GEE). Remote Sensing, 16(24), Article 4810.
3. Elaksher, A., Omar, I., Sanjenis, D., et al. (2025). An automated system for 2D building detection from UAV-based geospatial datasets. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 184, Article 108602.
4. Ali, M., Ali, T., Gawai, R., et al. (2023). Fifteen-, ten-, or five minute city? Walkability to services assessment: Case of Dubai, UAE. Sustainability, 15(20), Article 15176.
5. Elaksher, A., Ali, T., & Alharthy, A. (2023). A quantitative assessment of LIDAR data accuracy. Remote Sensing, 15(2), Article 442.
6. Mortula, M., Ali, T., Bachir, A., et al. (2020). Towards monitoring of nutrient pollution in coastal lake using remote sensing and regression analysis. Water, 12(7), Article 1954.
7. Elaksher, A., Ali, T., Kamtchang, F., et al. (2020). Performance analysis of multi-GNSS static and RTK techniques in estimating height differences. International Journal of Digital Earth, 13(5), 586–601.
8. Mortula, M., Ali, T., & Elaksher, A. (2020). Municipal wastewater treatment using different coagulants. Desalination and Water Treatment, 179, 1–7.
9. Gillan, J. K., Karl, J., Elaksher, A., et al. (2017). Fine-resolution repeat topographic surveying of dryland landscapes using UAS-based Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry: Assessing accuracy and precision against traditional ground-based erosion measurements. Remote Sensing, 9(5), Article 437.
10. Gillan, J. K., Karl, J. W., Barger, N. N., et al. (2016). Spatially explicit rangeland erosion monitoring using high-resolution digital aerial imagery. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 69(2), 95–107.
11. Elaksher, A. F., Fernald, A., & Kapoko, F. (2016). Evaluating the use of GPS heights in water conservation applications. Survey Review, 48(348), 195–201.
12. Elaksher, A. F., Al-Jarrah, A., & Walker, K. (2015). Lunar surface reconstruction from Apollo MC images. Earth, Moon, and Planets, 115(1-4), 71–82.
13. Gillan, J. K., Karl, J. W., Duniway, M., et al. (2014). Modeling vegetation heights from high resolution stereo aerial photography: An application for broad-scale rangeland monitoring. Journal of Environmental Management, 144, 226–235.
14. Zhang, C., & Elaksher, A. (2012). An unmanned aerial vehicle-based imaging system for 3D measurement of unpaved road surface distresses. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 27(2), 118–129.
15. Elaksher, A. F. (2012). Potential of using automatically extracted straight lines in rectifying high-resolution satellite images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33(1), 1–12.
16. Elaksher, A. F., & Alharthy, A. (2011). Matching conjugate points between multi-resolution satellite images using geometric and radiometric properties. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(8), 2117–2129.
17. Elaksher, A. F. (2009). Using LIDAR-based DEM to orthorectify Ikonos panchromatic images. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 47(6), 629–635.
18. Elaksher, A. F. (2008). Fusion of hyperspectral images and lidar-based dems for coastal mapping. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 46(7), 493–498.

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WOS ResearcherID：IBZ-6518-2023