▁human ities . http :// d res her center . umb c . edu / about - us / ▁ ▁God d ard ▁Earth ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Technology ▁Center ▁ ▁The ▁God d ard ▁Earth ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Technology ▁Center ▁( GE ST ) ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁when ▁NASA ▁God d ard ▁Space ▁Fl ight ▁Center ▁( GS FC ) ▁awarded ▁a ▁Cooper ative ▁Ag re ement ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Maryland , ▁Baltimore ▁County , ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁excell ence ▁in ▁the ▁Earth ▁sciences . ▁The ▁center ▁works ▁with ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁partners ▁such ▁as ▁Ham pton ▁University , ▁Howard ▁University , ▁C ael um ▁Research ▁Corporation , ▁and ▁North rop ▁Gr um man ▁Corporation ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁develop ▁collabor ative ▁research ▁programs ▁in ▁all ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ▁sciences . ▁ ▁Im aging ▁Research ▁Center ▁ ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁Im aging ▁Research ▁Center ▁( IR C ) ▁uses ▁an ▁entrepr ene ur ial ▁approach ▁to ▁lever aging ▁new ▁techn ologies ▁and ▁emer ging ▁media ▁platforms ▁to ▁create ▁connections ▁between ▁knowledge ▁and ▁people . ▁I RC ▁activities ▁include ▁research ▁in ▁ 3 D ▁visual ization , ▁imm ers ive ▁techn ologies , ▁interactive ▁install ations , ▁feature - length ▁films , ▁social ▁media , ▁and ▁mobile ▁device ▁applications . ▁ ▁J oint ▁Center ▁for ▁Earth ▁Systems ▁Technology ▁ ▁The ▁J oint ▁Center ▁for ▁Earth ▁Systems ▁Technology ▁( J C ET ) ▁oper ates ▁under ▁a ▁co oper ative ▁agreement ▁between