Geoinfomatics Laboratory

Geoinformatics is a scientific field that includes the use of emerging techniques such as remote sensing, GIS, and spatial data analysis. These emerging techniques are being widely used for the fast and reliable collection of field data as well as its analysis. These techniques find numerous applications in different domains of Civil Engineering as well as interdisciplinary domains such as agriculture and water management, disaster management and so on.

Laboratory Resources and Infrastructure

The Geoinformatics Laboratory, at the Department of Civil Engineering, includes advanced remote sensing equipment and processing facility as well as the equipment facility used for surveying. The field lab facilities of Water Management Field Laboratory, SNIoE, are also utilized for the collection of spatial and drone remote sensing data from the agricultural field plots.

The advanced remote sensing facility includes the following sensors and equipment:

  • Drone (hexacopter)
  • Multispectral camera system
  • Spectroradiometer
  • PAR meter/ Plant canopy analyser
  • Hyperspectral camera system
  • GPS

The laboratory is also equipped with surveying equipment, that includes the following:

  • Total station
  • Electronic theodolite
  • Venier theodolite
  • Digital level
  • Auto level
  • GPS
  • Other surveying instruments

EXTERNALLY FUNDED GRANTS

Ongoing externally-funded grants

Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST) – 2022, Department of Civil Engineering (2022-2027)

  • Project Implementation Group: Dr. Gopal Das Singhal, Dr. Hitesh Upreti
  • Funding Agency: DST, Govt. of India
  • Funding Amount: ~ ₹100 lakhs
  • Equipment Sanctioned: Hyperspectral camera

TEAM

  • Faculty
  • Hitesh Upreti, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SNIoE
  • Gopal Das Singhal, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SNIoE
  • Lab Staff
  • Jitendra Tripathi
  • Doctoral Research Students
  • Manoj Yadav (August 2021 - present)
  • Ghanshyam Giri (August 2021 - present)
  • Apoorva Yadav (August 2022 - present)
  • Adwait Singh (January 2023 – present)
  • Undergraduate Researchers
  • Likith Muni (Opportunities for UG Research 2023-24), B. Tech., Civil Engineering, 3rd year
  • Akansha (Opportunities for UG Research 2023-24), B. Tech., Civil Engineering, 3rd year
  • Sanjana (Opportunities for UG Research 2023-24), B. Tech., Civil Engineering, 3rd year
  • Chinthamani Sriyodh (Opportunities for UG Research 2023-24), B. Tech., Civil Engineering, 3rd year
  • Sriram Manikyala Theerdh (Final Year Project 2022-23), B. Tech., Civil Engineering, 4th year

LOCATION: C-109