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Funders & Partners

NASA NSF National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency AFRL / AFOSR U.S. Department of Energy Funding partner The Nature Conservancy ARPA-E Funding partner U.S. Army ERDC United Soybean Board Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research SARE Planet Seiler Ameren Electric Power Research Institute GDM Seeds Trimble
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38.6365° N, 90.2339° W — SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

GeoAI for a Changing Planet

We fuse satellite, drone, and hyperspectral data with AI to track drought, landslides, and crop disease — before they're visible on the ground.

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Recent News

A few highlights from the lab this year — the full record lives on our News page.


Dr. Vasit Sagan
JANUARY 2026 · FACULTY AWARD

George Engelmann Award for Collaborative Science

Dr. Vasit Sagan was honored by the Academy of Science – St. Louis as part of its 28th Annual Outstanding Scientists Awards, recognizing his work in geospatial science.

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FEB 2026 · COMPETITION

3MT Doctoral — 3rd Place

Bishal Roy placed third in SLU's Three Minute Thesis doctoral competition.

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FEB 2026 · COMPETITION

3MT Master's — 3rd Place

Mustafizur Rahaman placed third in SLU's Three Minute Thesis master's competition.

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2025 · SYMPOSIUM

GEOINT Symposium — 3rd Place Poster

Ashutosh Pawar and Nirab Shrestha won third place for a dual-sensor approach to measuring carbon in industrial hemp.

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METHODS

Three Paths to One Digital Twin

The lab builds and compares three ways of reconstructing real-world environments in 3D — swipe or scroll to see each in motion.


01 — LIDAR

LiDAR

Laser pulses map structure directly, point by point, millimeter by millimeter.

02 — NERF

NeRF

A neural field learns a scene's geometry and light straight from ordinary photos.

03 — PHOTOGRAMMETRY

Photogrammetry

Overlapping photographs are stitched together into a precise 3D reconstruction.

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