JARA VILLANUEVA

Engineer of anything spatial: from earth to space - and everything in between

About*

For more than a decade in the geospatial industry, my work has spanned from getting involved as a research scientist in academia, to handling technical & management operations in several start-ups, and providing solutions for a wide range of industries and sectors globally.

I have handled and developed different types of ground sensors, got interested in mounting them to airborne platforms, until I have been involved with developing space-borne ones.

The best part?

Creating simple and useable geospatial solutions for industries and communities around the world from this albeit complex process and empowering people to make informed decisions.

Work*

PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS & PRE-PRINTS*

2022

• [Presentation] Solution Development Applications of GRUS-1 Optical Microsatellite Constellation (ACRS 2022, Mongolia)
  
• [Article] Space within Everyone’s Reach: How Axelspace and AxelGlobe Empower People to Make Space Data-driven Decisions (APSCC Q1 2022, https://apscc.or.kr/2022-1/)

2019

• [Presentation & Paper] Development of GIS-based Site Suitability Analysis Framework for Renewable Energy Potential in the Philippines (GeoAdvances 2019, Manila Philippines)
  
• [Pre-print] Google Earth Engine-based Cross Calibration and Validation of Satellite Images
  
• [Pre-print] Fusion of Spectrometer Reflectance Ground Data and Multispectral Images from Drones
  
• [Pre-print] Optimization of a Multispectral Microsatellite Optical Payload through Band Separability Method
  
• [Pre-print] Spatio-Temporal Correlation of Metropolitan Economic Indicators
  

2018

• [Publication] Optimization of Ground Control Point Configuration for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey using Structure-from-Motion and Geographic Information System (GeoAdvances 2018 | Casablanca, Morocco)
• Villanueva, J. K. S. and Blanco, A. C.: OPTIMIZATION OF GROUND CONTROL POINT (GCP) CONFIGURATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) SURVEY USING STRUCTURE FROM MOTION (SFM), Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-4/W12, 167-174, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W12-167-2019, 2019.
  
• [Publication] Semi-Automated Building Footprint Extraction, Delineation and 3D Visualisation of the University of the Philippines Main Campus from LiDAR Data using GIS-Based Open Source Software (Originally presented at the FOSS4G 2015 Event| Seoul Korea
  
• Villanueva, Jara Kaye; Ang, Ma. Rosario Concepcion; Inocencio, Loureal Camille; and Rejuso, Ma. Victoria (2015) "Semi-Automated Building Footprint Extraction, Delineation And 3D Visualisation Of The University Of The Philippines Main Campus From LIDAR Data Using GIS-Based Open Source Software," Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference Proceedings: Vol. 15 , Article 19.

2017

• [Presentation & Paper] Site Suitability Analysis for Philippine Earth Observation Ground Station (International Astronautical Congress 2017 | Adelaide, Australia)
  
• Conference Proceeding: https://iafastro.directory/iac/archive/browse/IAC-17/B5/1/36985/

• [Technical Report & Policy Recommendation] Philippine Renewable Energy Site Suitability Analysis (Full Technical Journal under the Research Project funded by the Department of Science and Technology and Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology
  

2016

• [Publication] Evacuation Simulation in Kalayaan Residence Hall, UP Diliman using GAMA Simulation Software (GGT 2016 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia )
  
• Claridades, A. R. C., Villanueva, J. K. S., and Macatulad, E. G.: EVACUATION SIMULATION IN KALAYAAN RESIDENCE HALL, UP DILIMAN USING GAMA SIMULATION SOFTWARE, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-4/W1, 83-87, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-W1-83-2016, 2016
• Conference Award: Best Paper, PhilGEOS 2016
• [Presentation & Paper] Timehop-AR: An Augmented Reality-Based Historical Tour of Rizal Park (PhilGEOS Symposium 2016 | Quezon City, Philippines)
  
• Conference Award: Best Presenter, PhilGEOS 201

2015

• [Presentation & Paper] Urban Wind Flow Simulation of LiDAR-Extracted Building Geometry in UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Model (Asian Conference in Remote Sensing 2015 | Manila, Philippines)
  
• [Presentation & Paper] CFD Modelling and Three Dimensional Wind Flow (13th UNU-GIST Conference | Manila, Philippines)
  
• [Presentation & Paper] Semi-Automated Building Footprint Extraction , Delineation, and 3D Visualization of the University of the Philippines Main Campus from LiDAR Data Using GIS-based Open Source Software
  
• [Publication] Development of a Wind Resource Assessment Framework Using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, Python Scripting and Geographic Information Systems:
  
• Tolentino, J. T., Rejuso, M. V., Villanueva, J. K., Inocencio, L. C., & Ang, M. R. C. O. (2015). Development of a Wind Resource Assessment Framework Using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, Python Scripting and Geographic Information Systems. International Journal of Computer and Systems Engineering, 9(12), 1348-1351.
  
• [Publication] Extraction and Visualization of Wind Speed in a GIS Environment from a Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Output Using Python
  
• Tolentino, J. T., Rejuso, M. V., Villanueva, J. K., Inocencio, L. C., Rosario, M., & Ang, C. EXTRACTION AND VISUALIZATION OF WIND SPEED IN A GIS ENVIRONMENT FROM A WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING (WRF) OUTPUT USING PYTHON.
  

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