Tuesday, September 6 • 10:30am - 12:00pm

CHRISTIAN PERSAD obtained his A.A.S Degree in Information Systems Development in 2003 at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago, and his B.Sc. Degree in Surveying and Land Information (First Class Honours) in 2005 at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. He entered the surveying industry in 2005, and qualified to practise as a Licenced Land Surveyor in Trinidad and Tobago in 2008.
Christian is currently one of the Directors of Ali, Deonanan & Associates, a Land Surveying firm operating for over 35 years in Trinidad and Tobago. He has been involved in major surveying and mapping projects inclusive of Power Corridors, Highways, Bridges, Pipelines, Squatter Regularization, Nature Reserves, Stadia, Industrial Plants and Quarries.
Christian developed an interest in aerial photogrammetry in 2008 after working with the country’s only photogrammetric surveyor. In 2012, he started to research low cost methods of aerial surveying and mapping, as the traditional methods were cost prohibitive. In early 2014, his evaluation of a consumer grade drone revealed that the system could be used for surveying and mapping purposes. Christian subsequently became the first surveyor in Trinidad and Tobago to utilize Low Cost UAS for commercial mapping purposes.
Join Christian on Tuesday 6th September, 2016 as he presents various projects in which Low Cost UAS were used, the limitations of their use, and the difficulties encountered along the way.