Climate Resilience Geospatial Intelligence
Remote sensing and geospatial AI for urban heat, flood risk, and adaptation planning.
25+
Journal papers and major publications
Remote Sensing, ISPRS, CJRS, JSTAR
40+
HQP and student supervision engagements
PhD, MScE, postdoctoral, and directed research
$1M+
Competitive and partnered funding
NSERC, NBIF, Mitacs, NRC, UNB
10+
Active collaboration and service roles
CRSS, UN GGIM, ISDE, IEEE, ISPRS
Active Research Projects
Urban Digital Twin Platform
Integrating LiDAR and imagery to build city-scale digital twins for climate and infrastructure applications.
Featured Research
LoD2 Building Reconstruction with Geospatial AI
Automated extraction of building roof structures and facade elements from multimodal data.
Urban Heat and Flood Projection Analytics
Digital twin and remote sensing workflows for future urban climate scenarios.
Meet Our Team
Geospatial Intelligence, Digital Twins, and Climate Adaptation
ASIL brings together researchers in remote sensing, computer vision, and geospatial systems to solve real-world urban and environmental challenges.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Shabnam Jabari, Associate Professor, P.Eng
Principal Investigator and Lab Director
Associate Professor at UNB working on geospatial AI, remote sensing, and urban digital twins for climate resilience and disaster management.
3D GIS and 3D city modeling
LiDAR and point cloud analytics
Machine learning and deep learning
PhD Students
Andrea Reid
PhD Student
Investigating accessible geospatial tools and workflows for accurate flood mapping in urban areas.
Flood Mapping
Photogrammetry / Structure-from-Motion (SfM)
Point Cloud Analytics
Master Students
Colin Richardson
Master Student
Investigating Digital Twinning for Energy modeling applications.
Thermal Analysis
AI & Machine Learning
LiDAR and photogrammetry reconstruction
Samuel McNally
Master's Student
A second year MScE student analyzing the spatial accuracy of building Gaussian splatting, and improving it through segmentation and spatial constraints.
Gaussian splatting
Photogrammetry
Point clouds
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Collaborators and Partners
Research with academic, government, and industry collaborators
ASIL works across institutions to move geospatial research into real-world decision support.
Contact Us
Connect with ASIL
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ASIL, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering
University of New Brunswick
15 Dineen Drive, P.O. Box 4400
Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3
Canada
Office Hours
Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Prospective Members
We welcome inquiries from prospective PhD, MScE, postdoctoral, and visiting researchers.
View Open PositionsJoin ASIL
ASIL is recruiting motivated graduate students and collaborators interested in geospatial AI, urban digital twins, and climate-focused remote sensing.