Overview
Digitizing Storm Drainage Network for better Maintenance and Emergency Service was a research project led by Dr. Sisi Han and included students John Ramirez-Limon and myself, Scott Alligood Jr. The focus of the project was to capture the elevation and grade of storm water drains by using a mobile LiDAR with real-time kinematics (RTK). Our project was done on WCU's Campus and we were able to capture a scan of nearly all roads and parking lots with the mobile LiDAR and we were also able to made a 3D model of the track and field parking lot that was experiencing flooding.
The Undergraduate Research Exposition in March of 2025 gave our team to display our findings in an attempt to gain more funding to further our research. Sadly, our project lead Dr. Sisi Han left Western Carolina University before we could continue.