Sun Ho Ro

About

Sun Ho Ro

GeoAI Engineer — Computer Vision · LLM Systems · Remote Sensing

I'm a GeoAI Engineer at AECOM, where I lead AI initiatives across civil infrastructure, environmental assessment, and government programs. My work sits at the intersection of geospatial data, computer vision, and large language models — building systems that help engineers see and understand the physical world at scale.

I hold a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. My engineering background shapes how I approach AI development: the problems I tackle are real deployments, not benchmarks. I've built systems that process satellite imagery for mine stability monitoring, detect infrastructure features from aerial surveys, and help state agencies write better AI policy.

Skills

Computer Vision

YOLOv8Detectron2OpenCVPyTorchTensorFlowEasyOCRPhotogrammetryAgisoft MetashapeImage Segmentation

LLM Systems

RAGLangChainLLM AgentsKnowledge GraphsOWL / OntologiesFastAPIVector DatabasesNVIDIA NIMDocument Intelligence

Remote Sensing

InSARLiDARMultispectral ImageryThermal IRSentinel-1 / Sentinel-2Drone OperationsSNAPQGISArcGIS Pro

GeoAI Governance

AI PolicyRisk AssessmentProcurement FrameworksTechnical WritingStakeholder EngagementAI Evaluation Protocols

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

M.S., Civil Engineering

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

B.S., Civil Engineering

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

Talks & Presentations

2024

AI-Driven Damage Assessment Using Post-Disaster Aerial Imagery and Knowledge Graphs

NVIDIA GTC · San Jose, CA

2025

GeoAI Governance: Policy Frameworks for State Transportation Agencies

UKC 2025 · TBD

2023

Remote Sensing and Computer Vision in Infrastructure Monitoring

NJAFM Annual Conference · New Jersey

Affiliations

  • AECOM — Senior GeoAI Engineer
  • KSEA — Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
  • NJAFM — New Jersey Association of Floodplain Managers