Jim Campbell is the recipient of the 2020 AmericaView Lifetime Achievement award. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes Jim’s decades of national engagement with AmericaView, his leadership of the VirginiaView program that is a vital component of Virginia Tech’s land grant mission, and his overall contributions to remote sensing outreach.  Jim is a founding PI of VirginiaView, has served on the AmericaView board of directors, and continues to contribute to the AmericaView consortium through various projects and committees.

AmericaView is a nationwide consortium of state partners. The consortium is lead by a nationwide partnership of remote sensing scientists who support the use of Landsat and other public domain remotely sensed data through applied remote sensing research, K-12 and higher STEM education, workforce development, and technology transfer.

Congratulations to Jim for his national and international contributions and this much deserved recognition!