flood monitoring

Data assimilation and optimal control in the context of UAV-based flash flood monitoring

Christian Claudel, Assistant Professor, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at UT-Austin

Sep 4, 10:00 - 11:00

B5 L5 R5209

UAV flood monitoring control systems

Flash floods are one of the most common natural disasters worldwide, causing thousands of casualties every year. The emergence of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) gives the possibility to monitor these events over large geographical areas. In this talk, we focus on the problem of trajectory planning for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles sensing flooding conditions.

KAUST startups take top prizes

1 min read · Tue, Mar 20 2018

wireless sensor system flood monitoring

KAUST startups have had a run of success in the Kingdom's recent entrepreneurship competitions. Leading the way was KAUST startup Sadeem, a wireless sensor system for flood monitoring. After winning Best Global Startup and taking home $100,000 in prize money at GITEX Future Stars, the startup has won first prize at the ArabNet Riyadh and most recently, the Best Entrepreneur Award from Oqal.