In photogrammetry and remote sensing we cover various applications such as urban management, natural hazard, forestry, geology, atmospheric and oceanography use remote sensing and photogrammetry in a very professional manner to extract information for solving variety of problems of environmental management. In Iran, several organizations are dealing with Photogrammetry & remote sensing and use this technology to solve the growing related needs in the country in both administrative and the user levels. Graduates of Photogrammetry & remote sensing can be employed in organizations such as the Iranian Space Agency (ISA), National Cartographic Center (NCC), National Geographic Organization (NGO), Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization, Ministry of Agriculture-Jahad and many private companies and non-governmental institutions all around the world. Photogrammetry & remote sensing departments consists of nine faculty academic members who are expert in different disciplines and active in lecturing, research, consultancy, and administrative activities.

Photogrammetry

• Automatic feature extraction and 3D Reconstruction from aerial and satellite images
• Photogrammetric applications in change detection
• Photogrammetric applications in industrial 3D object reconstruction
• Terrestrial laser scan applications in refinery industries and archeology monuments
• Integrating of photogrammetry and GIS
• Automatic Image Matching
• Automatic Image Registration
• Integration of LIDAR and Photogrammetry
• Close range Applications of Photogrammetry
• Developing Robot applications

Remote sensing

• Analyzing and exploiting Hyperspectral Images
• Analyzing and exploiting aerial and space laser scan data
• Analyzing and exploiting remote sensing microwave data
• Application of remote sensing applications in agriculture, natural resources, oceanography, meteorology, geology, hydrology, dust, forest fire and urban planning
• Design and Implementation of a national spectral library
• Radar deformation monitoring

The Department of Geodesy is the oldest department of the faculty which undertakes most of curriculum in B.Sc degree of Geomatics engineering. Research activities in this department is categorized into 4 different fields including physical geodesy, geometric and gravimetric satellite geodesy, Geodynamics and GNSS remote sensing.

The department’s main research areas include the followings:

• Design and implementation of planimetric, altimetric and gravimetric control networks
• Development of monitoring systems using the Global Navigation Satellite Systems
• Modeling the Earth’s crustal deformation
• Modeling the magma chamber and monitoring the Earth’s surface deformations in volcanic regions
• Application of Global Navigation Satellite Systems in Meteorology
• Satellite altimetry in studying ocean currents
• Tidal effects on the deformation and gravity change of the earth
• Fracture mechanics and its applications in seismology and crustal deformation
• Physical Geodesy (Gravimetric Satellite Geodesy)

Geospatial information science (GIS) includes the applications of spatial data and knowledge to solve different problems related to urban systems, environment, health, industries and so forth. In Iran, several organizations are the producers of spatial data. Many others use spatial data for making their decision and carrying out their daily jobs. Graduates of GIS can be employed in such organizations. Alternatively, they can participate in private sectors, in different fields related to the usage of spatial data. GIS Department, as part of the faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics at K. N. Toosi University of Technology, consists of seven permanently-employed faculty members who are involved in different educational, research and consultancy, and administrative activities.

The department’s main research areas include the followings:

• Location/ allocation analysis for multiple facilities and applications
• Developed GIS for Disaster management
• Design and Implementation of mobile web GIS and LBS for different applications
• Preparation of standards for spatial information in national and ministries levels
• Regional and urban land use planning
• Design and development of spatial decision support systems and models for different applications
• Applications of computational intelligence methods in GIS
• Developing Spatial Information Infrastructure (SDI) in different levels
• Developing Ubiquitous GIS
• Developing cadastral and land information systems