Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA Team has won Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society International Grand Challenge.
A team of students from the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA under the guidance and leadership of Professor of Physics of the University, Joseph Ojo has been named one of the winners of the Fifth Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Student Grand Challenge. The selection will enable the team develop an Autonomous IoT-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Real-Time Detection and Mapping of Environmental Hazards in Remote Regions.
FUTA is the only University from Africa picked for the award by the organisers. Other winners came from Spain, China , India , USA
The winning teams will also get support worth USD $12,000 and additional Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS) publication fees waiver of USD $8,000.
The award also include a travel grant of up to USD $2,000 to be provided to one person per winning team to present their results at a special session at IGARSS 2025 in Brisbane, Australia, from 3-8 August 2025.
The challenge received an unprecedented 32 outstanding proposals from 4 continents, reflecting the growing interest and innovation in this field. After careful evaluation, six winning teams, including that from FUTA led by Prof. OJO who is the current Director of the Centre for Space Research and Application (CESRA) FUTA, were selected as announced on the IEEE GRSS website:
TEAM FUTA :
Professor J.O Ojo , Team Lead and Coach
Okikiade Adewale Layioye
Ayodeji Gabriel Ashidi
Samuel Tolulope Ogunjo
Opeyemi Mudashiru Jimoh
Dupsy Blessings Akoma
Temitope Nafiu
Rege Oluwaseun
Charles Akinmoju
Victor Ishola
The autonomous IoT-based UAV for Real-Time Detection and Mapping will be carried out at CESRA where Professor Ojo is Director.
The Vice Chancellor Professor Adenike Oladiji has described the feat as another validation of FUTA’s growing reputation as a leading research intensive University. I congratulate Professor Ojo and members of his team . This is a great feat and we are confident that they will deliver on the project excellently and further projects the reputation of FUTA and Nigeria in the global academic arena.
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The Announcement on the IEEE GRSS Website
Winners in the Fifth Student Grand Challenge..
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Fifth IEEE GRSS Student Grand Challenge, focusing on “End-to-End Remote Sensing Applications Based on Unmanned Vehicles,” which was announced in October 2024. The challenge received an unprecedented 32 outstanding proposals, reflecting the growing interest and innovation in this field.
After careful evaluation, we are pleased to present the six winning teams (listed in order of submission):
- Real-time Disaster Response with Edge AI on UAVs
Wuhan University, China
Led by Prof. Bo Du - Development of an Autonomous IoT-based UAV for Real-Time Detection and Mapping of Environmental Hazards in Remote Regions
The Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
Led by Prof. Joseph Sunday Ojo - HexaAgro: AI-Driven Hexacopter for Precision Pest Management and Eco-Friendly Agriculture
University of Engineering and Management, India
Led by Dr. Subhajit Das - Unlocking Forest Vital Signs: High Spatiotemporal VOD Mapping at Large Scales Fusing GNSS-T and LiDAR Data
University of Georgia, USA
Led by Prof. Mehmet Kurum - Unmanned System for Profiling Air Pollutants and Atmospheric Parameters: A Complete Framework for Onboard Processing and Real-Time Data Analysis
IIT Indore, India
Led by Dr. Saurabh Das - Innovative Nodes for Tracking Emissions and Guarding Remote Sensing Bands Integrity (INTEGRITY)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Led by Prof. Juan Ramos
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