Rushikesh Padsala

Academic/Research Staff Member (GeoInformatic)

Rushikesh Padsala
Studyareas:
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Geomatics
Room:
2/281
Office hours:
Monday to Friday 09:30 - 17:30
Competence centre:
  • Geodesy and geoinformatics
expert for:
Urban Digital Twins, 3D City Modeling, Spatial Data Infrastructure, Enterprise GIS, Geodata Engineering

Vita

  • September 2020 - Present

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

  • February 2019 - Present

    Scientific Researcher (GeoInformatics), Stuttgart 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.

  • 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.

Research

DigiTwins4PEDs

Utilisation of urban digital twins to co-create flexible positive energy systems for districts, Sub Project: Project Coordination and Case Study Stuttgart

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iCity 2: UDigit4iCity

Urban Digital Twins for iCity

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Logo Projekt UDigiT4iCity

NeMDa project

New Methods of Data Analysis for the Water-Energy-Nexus

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Ideenfindung beim Projektworkshop 2019

EnSys-LE

Local energy markets as a link to energy system transformation

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Logo des Projekts

IN-SOURCE

Analysis and modeling of the food-water-energy nexus based on three model regions

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Grafische Abbildung des Projektschemas

M4_LAB Innovative university

HFT innovation lab for the metropolitan region 4.0

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Meeting eines Teams

Publications

  • 2024

    Doma, A., Padsala, R., Ouf, M., Eicker, U. (2024) Bottom-up Framework for Modelling Occupancy-based Demand-Side Management Strategies in a Mixed-Use District. Applied Energy, 375.

  • 2024

    Padsala, R., Valger, S., Santhanavanich, T., Voss, U., and Coors, V (2024). Geo-visualisation of Air-Pollutant Dispersion in Complex Urban Environments using 3D City Models: Insights from High-Resolution Street Canyon Simulation - Concept and First Results, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-4/W11-2024

  • 2024

    Santhanavanich, T., Padsala, R., Betz, M., and Coors, V.(2024). Dynamic Geospatial Data Integration: A Case Study of Moving Objects in Munakata City, Japan Using OGC API Moving Features and Sensorthings API, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4/W4-2024

  • 2024

    Padsala, R., Santhanavanich, T., Eicker, U., and Coors, V. (2024) Conceptualising an Urban Digital Twin Framework for Simulating the Impact of Household Consumption Choices on the Carbon Footprint of Urban Neighborhoods, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-4/W10-2024

  • 2024

    Coors, V. and Padsala, R. (2024). Urban Digital Twins Empowering Energy Transition: Citizen-Driven Sustainable Urban Transformation towards Positive Energy Districts, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-4/W10-2024

  • 2023

    Padsala, R., Banerjee, S., Belayneh, T., Santhanavanich, T., Coors, V. (2023). Conceptualizing I3S encoding for OGC CityGML 3.0 Building Model. In Proceedings of the 28th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D '23).

  • 2023

    Santhanavanich, T., Padsala, R., Rossknecht, M., Dabirian, S., Saad, M. M., Eicker, U., and Coors, V. (2023). Enabling Interoperability of Urban Building Energy Data Based On OGC API Standards and CityGML 3D City Models, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-1/W1-2023

  • 2023

    TESTBED-18: Building Energy Data Interoperability Engineering Report (2023). http://www.opengis.net/doc/PER/T18-D012

  • 2023

    Future City Laboratory – Impulses for transdisciplinary urban development (2023). ISBN: 978-3-940670-75-5. https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/pages/zukunftstadtlabor/website/home/

  • 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: land, 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.

Awards

  • 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.

Misc.

June - Feb 2025: Contributor (Geospatial Data Curator) in the OGC Urban Digital Twin Interoperability Pilot.

Jan - June 2024: Contributor (Geospatial Data Curator) in the OGC Climate Disaster and Resilice Pilot.

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 (Reference: Prof. Debra Laefer).

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.

December 2014 - June 2015: Semester Abroad (Masters Thesis), University of Applied Sciences - HfT Stuttgart, Germany.