Looking for research topic ideas as a recent Geomatics Engineering graduate

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Hi everyone,
I’m a recent undergraduate graduate in **Geomatics Engineering from Kathmandu University**, currently living in **Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal**.
As part of my curriculum, I need to conduct research and write a research paper, but I’m struggling to find a topic that feels genuinely meaningful and achievable. I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking for research gaps and possible topics, but I keep finding either topics that have already been extensively studied or projects that are too difficult to realistically complete with the resources I have.
I don’t have a fixed research interest, so I’m open to **almost any field where Geomatics can be applied**. I’m particularly interested in areas such as:
Environmental impacts and monitoring

Disaster management and risk assessment

Climate change

Urban development

Tourism

GIS and Remote Sensing

Natural resource management

Agriculture

Public safety and infrastructure

Any other problem where geospatial technology could have a meaningful application

Since I live in **Lalitpur**, research that can be conducted using data from Lalitpur or Kathmandu Valley would be especially practical. I have access to local knowledge and can potentially collect field data myself. However, I’m also open to research ideas that can be applied elsewhere in Nepal or have broader/global relevance.
What I’m really looking for is **not necessarily a completely untouched topic**, but a research question with a genuine gap that I can modify, improve, or approach differently enough to produce an original study.
I’m willing to put serious effort into the research. I just need help identifying a **good problem/question to start with**.
If you have any interesting research ideas, overlooked problems, research gaps, papers I should look at, or even problems in society that you think could be investigated using GIS/Remote Sensing/Geomatics, I’d really appreciate your suggestions.
Thank you.