Digital Twins, 3D City Models, Geo-Data Management, Spatial Planning, Smart Sustainable Cities

• September 2020 - Present

  Ph.D. Student (Buildings Engineering) @ CERC Next-Generation Cities, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

• February 2019 - Present

  Scientific Researcher (GeoInformatics), University of Applied Sciences - HfT Stuttgart, Germany.

• August 2018 - December 2018

  Consultant (Geospatial Services), Compusense Automation, Ahmedabad, India.

• January 2016 - July 2018

  3D Data Analyst, GISTEC (Esri official distributor in the UAE), Sharjah / Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• July 2015 - September 2015

  GIS Operator, HOWE India PVT. LTD (Adani Group), Ahmedabad, India.

• December 2014 - June 2015

  Semester Abroad (Masters Thesis), University of Applied Sciences - HfT Stuttgart, Germany.

• August 2013 - June 2015

  Masters of Technology (Geomatics), Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

• July 2009 - June 2013

  Bachelors of Technology (Civil Engineering), Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, India.

• 2022

  Baden-Wuerttemberg grant for visiting researcher at Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University, USA.

• 2021

  Concordia University International Tuition Award of Excellence, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

• 2020

  Concordia University International Tuition Award of Excellence, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

• 2017

  Technical lead for Excellence in GIS Implementation (EGI Award) for a real estate project, GISWORX 2017, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• 2015

  Best master thesis award, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

• 2015

  Best performance in studio work award, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

• 2014

  Merit-based full semester scholarship, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

• 2011

  Third position for model demonstration of earthquake-resistant building in the INERTIA model-making event on advances and innovations in building technology, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

• 2022

  Santhanavanich T., Padsala R., Würstle P., Coors V. (2022). The Spatial Data Infrastructure of an Urban Digital Twin in the Building Energy Domain Using OGC Standards. In: ISPRS International Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, vol. X-4/W2-2022, pg. 249–256.

• 2022

  Würstle P., Padsala R., Santhanavanich T., Coors V. (2022). Viability Testing of Game Engine Usage for Visualization of 3dD Geospatial Data with OGC Standards. In: ISPRS International Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, vol. X-4/W2-2022, pg. 281–288.

• 2022

  Santhanavanich T., Würstle P., Padsala R., Coors V. (2022). Digital 3D City Models Towards Urban Data Platform using OGC 3D GeoVolumes API. In: Three-country Conference of the DGPF, the OVG and the SGPF in Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

• 2022

  Bao K., Bieber L., Kürpick S., Harimisa Radanielina M., Padsala R., Thrän D., Schröter B. (2022). Bottom-up assessment of local agriculture, forestry and urban waste potentials towards energy autonomy of isolated regions: Example of Réunion. In: Energy for Sustainable Development, vol. 66, pg. 125-139.

• 2022

  HosseiniHaghighi S., Uribarri P., Padsala R., Eicker U. (2022). Characterizing and Structuring Urban GIS Data for Housing Stock Energy Modeling and Retrofitting. In: Energy and Buildings. volume 256.

• 2021

  Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Interoperable and Gaming Sprint Year 2.

• 2021

  Padsala R., Gottesroither-Geringer E., Peters-Anders J., Coors V. (2021). Inception of Harmonizing Data Silos and Urban Simulation Tools Using 3D City Models for Sustainable Management of the Urban Food Water and Energy Resources. In: ISPRS International Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, vol. VIII-4 / W1-2021, pg. 81-88.

• 2021

  Padsala R., Gottesroither-Geringer E., Bao K., Coors V. (2021). The Application of CityGML Food Water Energy ADE to Estimate the Biomass Potential for a Land Use Scenario. In: The 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society (REAL CORP 2021), BOKU, Vienna, Austria.

• 2021

  Würstle P., Santhanavanich T., Padsala R., Coors V. (2021). Development of a Digital 3D Participation Platform - Case Study of Weilimforf (Stuttgart). In: The ISPRS International Archives of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, vol. XLVI-4 / W1-2021, pg. 123-129.

• 2021

  Brennenstuhl M., Grün M., Harbola S., Koukofikis A., Padsala R., Schaaf M., Coors V., Voss U. (2021). CFD Simulation and Visualization Based Investigation of Small Wind Turbine Potential: A Case Study "Neur Stöckach" for Stuttgart. In: ISPRS International Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, vol. VIII-4 / W1-2021, pg. 17-24.

• 2021

  Bao K., Padsala R., Coors V., Thrän D., Schröter B. (2021). A GIS-Based Simulation Method for Regional Food Potential and Demand. In: Country, vol. 10 (8), pg. 880.

• 2021

  Pietzsch U., Bao K., Padsala R., Gottesroither-Geringer E., Smetschka B., Raven J., Coors V. (2021). Stakeholder-supported Research on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus with three International Case Studies. In: The 26th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society (REAL CORP 2021), BOKU, Vienna, Austria.

• 2021

  Braun R., Padsala R., Malmir T., Mohammadi S., Eicker U. (2021). Using 3D CityGML for the Modeling of the Food Waste and Wastewater Generation — A Case Study for the City of Montréal. In: Frontiers in Big Data, vol. 4, pg. 44.

• 2020

  Bao K., Padsala R., Thrän D., Schröter B. (2020). Urban Water Demand Simulation in Residential and Non-Residential Buildings Based on a CityGML Data Model. In: The ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, vol. 9 (11), pg. 642.

• 2020

  Bao K., Padsala R., Coors V., Thrän D., Schröter B. (2020). A Method for Assessing Regional Bioenergy Potentials Based on GIS Data and a Dynamic Yield Simulation Model. In: Energies, vol. 13 (24), pg. 6488.

• 2020

  Hosseinihaghighi S., Izadi F., Padsala R., Eicker U. (2020). Using Climate-Sensitive 3D City Modeling to Analyze Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas. In: The ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, vol. 9 (11), pg. 688.

• 2020

  Padsala R., Fink T., Peters-Anders J., Gottesroither-Geringer E., Coors V. (2020). From Urban Design to Energy Simulation - A Data Conversion Process Bridging the Gap Between Two Domains. In: The 25th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society (REAL CORP 2020), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.

• 2020

  Bao K., Padsala R., Thrän D., Schröter B., Coors V. (2020). GIS-Based Assessment of Regional Biomass Potentials at the Example of Two Counties In Germany. In: The 28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Marseille, France.

• 2020

  Würstle P., Santhanavanich T., Padsala R., Coors V. (2020) The Conception of an Urban Energy Dashboard using 3D City Models. In: The 11th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, Melbourne, Australia.

• 2019

  Padsala R., Bao K., Kesnar C., Coors V., Schröter B. (2020). GIS-Based Assessment of regional biomass potentials for heat and power generation at the example of Ludwigsburg County, Germany. In: The The Food Energy Water Nexus Conference, New York, USA (Poster Presentation).

• 2015

  Padsala R., Coors V. (2015). Conceptualizing, Managing and Developing: A Web-Based 3DCIM for urban energy demand simulation. In: The 3rd Eurographics Workshop on Urban Data Modeling and Visualization (UDMV 2015), TU Delft, Netherlands.

• 2014

  Padsala R. (2014). Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change detector. In: The 15th Esri India User Conference, New Delhi, India.

• 2014

  Padsala R., Lapsiwala M., Dhimole P., Khan N. (2014). Strategies and Land Use Restructuring for Transit Oriented Development in Ahmedabad, using Geographical Information System (GIS). In: The 15th Esri India User Conference, New Delhi, India.

May - December 2022: Contributor (Geospatial Data Curator) in the OGC Testbed-18 Building Energy Spatial Data Interoperability (Thread 3).

June 2022 - August 2022: Visiting Scholar, Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University, USA.

September 2022: Expert Faculty on Geodata Modeling and Urban Digital Twins at the Masters of Technology (Geomatics) program, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

June - September 2021: Contributor (Geospatial Data Curator) in the OGC Interoperable Simulation and Gaming Sprint Year 2.

May 2020: Jury Member for Master Thesis Examination at the Masters of Technology (Geomatics) program, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India.

January 2020 - Present: Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, India.