CONGRATULATIONS

2024

Hyperspectral imaging for agriculture project awarded

2023

Quantum Sensing Pilot Project Awarded

New MITACS project on Gamma Ray and Mag inversion awarded

Fourth workshop of Sacred Children project takes place in Brandon/Sioux Valley Dakota Nation

KEGS awards for all

Unearthed, turn geophysical data into art

2022

Special Issue/Podcast in the Leading Edge: Planetary Geophysics

New SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant received

$50.000 in scholarships for our students

Dr. Callum Walter will join NASA/USGS at Moffet Field, California

2021

Mons Explorer - NASA Prism proposal to the Moon submitted

 

Drew Branson successfully defended MASc thesis

Callum Walter successfully defended PhD thesis

Fadhli Atarita successfully defended MASc thesis

New arcticle on the Search for Unmarked Graves

Loránd Eötvös Award of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

Recent media coverage about GPR for residential school surveys

Fouad Faraj successfully defended MASc thesis

Sara Pieczonka successfully defended her MSc thesis

New MITACS Project with MDA funded

2020

Engineering Physics student Keegan Franks featured in Endaq's Blog

New MITACS Project with Ideon Technologies funded

Daniela Iribe Gonzalez and Mert Karanfil successfully defended their MASc thesis

Callum Walter wins Society of Exploration Geophysicists Lucien LaCoste Scholarship

New Project Funded by the European Space Agency

Geoselenic Research Project started

Callum Walter wins Society of Economic Geologists Student Research Grant

2019

NSERC Engage Proposal funded with CRM Geotomography Technologies

Malcom MacDougall successfully defended his MSc thesis

NSERC CREATE UAV Project funded

Drew Branson wins Geoscience BC Scholarship

Sara Pieczonka wins David Edney Research Travel Award and two more

Callum Walter wins two awards, ...... again

MITACS Accelerate project with Redline Minerals awarded

Frost quake north of Kingston

2018

Oday Dabboor defended his MASc thesis

Malcolm MacDougall and Oday Dabboor received KEGS awards

Calum Walter wins multiple awards and scholarships

Malcolm MacDougall wins prestigeous graduate scholarship by the CSPG

Robin Maedel defended his MASc thesis

MITACS Accelerate Grant with Husky Energy awarded

2017

Katie Irwin defended her MASc thesis

Oday Dabboor wins KEGS Scholarship

NSERC Engage Grant received

Callum Walter receives two prestigious SEG awards

Callum Walter awarded NSERC Graduate Scholarship

Our graduate students win 4 TA awards

2016

Two KEGS Scholarships for group members

Callum Walter awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Katie Irwin awarded Marie Mottashed Graduate Scholarship

Three Group members graduated in Fall 2016

MITACS accelerate awarded for project with Sumac Geomatics, April 2016

Andrew Gagnon-Nandram wins best oral presentation award at AESRC 2016, April 2016

2015

MITACS accelerate awarded for project with Glencore, August 2015

$300,000 awarded by CFI/ORF for Superconducting Gravimeter, August 2015

Zac Sala and Judith Elliott win KEGS Foundation Scholaship, July 2015

Andrew Gagnon-Nandram awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) once more, June 2015

Judith Elliott wins best Student Oral Presentation Award at the CSEG/CSPG Geocconvention in Calgary, June 2015

Kiyavash Parvar wins Silver award from GEM Systems, June 2015

SEG research grant for Kiyavash Parvar, May 2015

AAPG research grant for Judith Elliott, May 2015

Judith Elliott and Kiyavash Parvar win TA awards, Apr 2015

Judith Elliott and Ben Ewasko were members of winning team in AAPG Imperial Oil Barrel Award, Mar 2015

2014

Andrew Gagnon-Nandram wins TA award, Dec 2014

NEW ACQUISITIONS

Low-noise sound recorder and microphones arrived

We acquired a Sound Devices 6 channel audio recorder with a variety of low noise and measurement microphones. The system will be used for sonification of geophysical data and health data. Feb 2022

Hololens II arrived

A new augmented reality system, the Hololens 2 has been acquired from a recent MITACS project on The analysis of Full Motion Video acquired from Remotely Piloted Aircrafts. The Hololens 2 is a fully autonomous AR and VR system which does not require any external software of computing, but can be used anywhere including in the field. Feb 2021

Two Endaq accelerometers arrived

Endaq, a division of Mide Technology, has kindly donated two S4 piezoresistive accelerometers, previously called Slam Sticks. They sample up to 20 kHz and are rated up to 500g. They have been used to monitor vibration noise around Dirk, the superconducting gravimeter. They were also used ina Engineering Physics Thesis by Keegan Franks (BASc 2020). Feb 2020

Seafloor Systems EchoBoat arrived!

California based Seafloor Systems has kindly donated an EchoBoat Unmanned Surface Vehicle to our group. It will be integrated with the explorer magnetometer system mentioned below. Feb 2019

Marine Magnetics Explorer arrived!

Toronto based Marine Magnetics has kindly loaned us a Marine Magnometer, the Explorer system, which will be integrated with an autonomous surface vessel (AUV) to arrive soon. The marine magnetometer will be towed by AUV to survey the magnetic field in Canadian Lakes. By surveying the magnetic field closer to the target, compared to alternative airborne surveys, much larger signals can be measured which lead to the detectability of smaller or deeper magnetic targets. MASc student Michtell Wootton will be integrating the sensors with the AUV. Nov 2018

Dirk arrived: Superconducting Gravimeter (iGrav) arrived at Queen's

The superconducting gravimeter named after Dirk Nowitzki (#41) due to its serial number arrived in August and is located in the seismic/gravimeter vault in Miller Hall. The instrument measures variations in gravity at sub-microGal precision, which represents a sensitivity of 1 part per 20 billion. Dirk will be used to monitor earthquakes, Earth tides, normal modes of Earth oscillations while in the lab. It can also be used as a field instrument and will be used to monitor mass changes in reservoirs including SAGD and water pumping applications. Aug 2018

New UAV donation by Sumac Geomatics

Sumac Geomatics has kindly donated a Tarot 960 hexacopter UAV. Mitchell Wooton, a 4th year undergraduate student has assembled it and prepared the heavy-lift UAV for implementation of a GEM Systems GSMP-35U magnetometer, which was loaned to us by GEM Systems. This is the 5th UAV of our fleet, and the 2nd which is able to carry a magnetometer system. 2017

Infrasound sensor acquired

An Infiltec INFRA20 infrasound monitor was acquired. The sensor is to be used in concert with microseismic monitors to separate ground and air signals.

Kestrel 5500 Weather meter acquired

We have acquired a Kestrel weather meter to be used in determining UAV behaviour in diverse wind conditions. Feb 2017

Two new UAVs join our group

Two new UAVs, a Tarot FY680 Hexacopter and XAircraft X650 X8 Octocopter join our fleet. They continue to be employed for UAV Magnetometry and photogrammetry. Oct 2016

Another 2 Honeywell HMR2300 Fluxgate Magnetometers

Two additional magnetometers, Honeywell HMR2300 Fluxgate magnetometer were acquired. This brings the number of HMR2300 magnetometers in out lab to three, allowing us to develop magnetic gradiometry with 2 orthogonal baselines. March, 2016

Honeywell HMR3300 Compass

A 3-component magnetometer was acquired to be integrated into a gradiometer prototype. July 2015. HMR3300 Compass spec sheet at Digikey

Oculus Rift DK2

The lab acquired an Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 virtual reality system. The system was generously sponsored by Kingston Aerials. The system will be used to visualize magnetic, geophysical and geospatial data in a virtual environment as well as in the field. June, 2015

Honeywell HMR2300 Fluxgate Magnetometer

A new magnetometer, the Honeywell HMR2300 Fluxgate magnetometer was acquired. It will be used to map magnetic vector fields from terrestrial and UAV platforms.

ublox PPP GNSS receiver

A new GNSS receiver is available in the lab, a ublox EVK-7 Precise Point Positioning evaluation kit. Its compact size will allow us to operate it on UAVs or GNSS gliders. Sep 2014

Novatel OEM GNSS receiver

SARpoint Engineering generously donated a Novatel OEM GNSS receiver with a GPS-701-GG Single Frequency Pinwheel Antenna. The system will be used for the development of a GNSS glider for water level monitoring. Aug 2014