Sun Ho Ro

Selected Work

9 projects

Computer Vision2023

P&ID Digitization

Scottish Water

Multi-stage computer vision pipeline to extract structured data from thousands of piping and instrumentation diagrams, enabling programmatic query of a legacy drawing library.

Germantown, MD
Computer Vision2023

AI Culvert Detection

USGS 3D Hydrography Program

Deep learning model to automatically detect and classify culverts from aerial imagery and LiDAR derivatives, supporting national hydrography data modernization.

Reston, VA
LLM Systems2024

Post-Disaster Imagery Ontology

NVIDIA GTC / Internal R&D

Knowledge graph and ontology for post-disaster aerial imagery, enabling structured reasoning over damage classifications presented at NVIDIA GTC 2024.

San Jose, CA
Remote Sensing2022

Copper Mine InSAR Monitoring

Bagdad Copper Mine

Satellite InSAR time-series analysis to monitor ground deformation across an active open-pit copper mine, providing early warning signals for slope instability.

Bagdad, AZ
Computer Vision2022

Refinery Oil Seep Detection

Marathon Petroleum — Lovell Refinery

Multispectral and thermal drone imagery analysis to detect subsurface hydrocarbon seeps around a petroleum refinery, reducing manual survey time significantly.

Lovell, WY
Remote Sensing2023

Dam Digital Twin

T. Howard Duckett Dam

Photogrammetry-based digital twin of a public water supply dam, combining drone imagery and LiDAR to create a high-resolution 3D model for structural monitoring.

Laurel, MD
LLM Systems2024

LOR Compliance Checker

Florida DOT

LLM-powered document review system to automatically check transportation project reports against FDOT's letter of requirement specifications, cutting review time from days to minutes.

Tampa, FL
GeoAI Governance2023

Coastal Storm Risk AI

Norfolk District — US Army Corps of Engineers

AI-assisted risk scoring framework integrating coastal flood models, satellite-derived inundation data, and socioeconomic layers to prioritize storm risk management investments.

Norfolk, VA
GeoAI Governance2024

State DOT AI Policy Framework

North Carolina DOT

AI governance framework and policy recommendations for a state transportation agency, covering procurement criteria, risk tiers, and evaluation protocols for AI tools.

Raleigh, NC