Omar E. Mora
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering
Education
- Ph.D. Geodetic Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2015
- M.S. Geomatics Engineering, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 2010
- B.S. Civil Engineering - Geospatial Engineering Option, Civil Engineering Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2007
- PLS, Professional Land Surveyor in the State of California
- sUAS, Federal Aviation Administration Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate
Teaching
- CE 1011/1011L – Surveying Engineering & Laboratory (Undergraduate)
- CE 2011 – Technical Communications (Undergraduate)
- CE 2070 – Computer Programming and Numerical Methods (Undergraduate)
- CE 3301 – Engineering Geomatics (Undergraduate)
- CE 4301/4301L - Digital Mapping & Laboratory (Undergraduate)
- CE 4350/4350L – Photogrammetry & Laboratory (Undergraduate)
- EGR 4810/4820/4830 – Project Design Principles and Applications (Undergraduate)
- CE 5990 – Applications of Geospatial Technologies for Practitioners (Graduate)
Selected Publications
- Refereed Journals:
- Truong, L.N.H., Clay, E., Mora, O.E., Cheng, W., Singh, M., & Jia, X., 2022. Rotated Mask Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network Detection for Parking Space Management System. Transportation Research Record.
- McMahon, C., Mora, O.E. and Starek, M.J., 2021. Evaluating the Performance of sUAS Photogrammetry with PPK Positioning for Infrastructure Mapping. Drones, 5(2), p.50.
- Truong, L.N.H., Mora, O.E., Cheng, W., Tang, H. and Singh, M., 2021. Deep Learning to Detect Road Distress from Unmanned Aerial System Imagery. Transportation Research Record.
- Mora, O.E., Langford, M., Mislang, R., Josenhans, R. and Chen, J., 2020. Precision performance evaluation of RTK and RTN solutions: a case study. Journal of Spatial Science, pp.1-14.
- Mora, O.E., Chen, J., Stoiber, P., Koppanyi, Z., Pluta, D., Josenhans, R. and Okubo, M., 2020. Accuracy of stockpile estimates using low-cost sUAS photogrammetry. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(12), pp.4512-4529.
- Other Refereed Publications:
- Tan, S., Mora, O.E., and Tran, C.: EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF SPATIAL RESOLUTION ON LANDSLIDE DETECTION: A CASE STUDY IN THE CARLYON BEACH PENINSULA, WASHINGTON, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-M-3-2023, 241–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-M-3-2023-241-2023, 2023.
- Clay, E.R., Lee, K.S., Tan, S., Truong, L.N.H., Mora, O.E., and Cheng, W.: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BUILDING FAÇADE RECONSTRUCTION FROM UAS IMAGERY, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVI-M-2-2022, 65–69, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVI-M-2-2022-65-2022, 2022.
- Clay, E.R., Lee, K.S., Tan, S., Truong, L.N.H., Mora, O.E., and Cheng, W.: ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF GEOREFERENCED POINT CLOUDS FROM UAS IMAGERY, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVI-M-2-2022, 59–64, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVI-M-2-2022-59-2022, 2022.
- Perez, F.J. and Mora, O.E., 2022. A Vision-Based System for Structural Displacement Measurement. 7th World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering (CSEE'22), ICSECT 127, pp.1-8.
- Chen, J., Mora, O.E., and Clarke, K.C.: ASSESSING THE ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF IMPERFECT POINT CLOUDS FOR 3D INDOOR MAPPING AND MODELING, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., IV-4/W6, 3–10, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-4-W6-3-2018, 2018.