Grad student company plays role in profiling wreck

2G Robotics, founded by mechanical and mechatronics master’s student Jason Gillham, is helping document the HMS Investigator, a British ship sent out 150 years ago to search for John Franklin’s lost Arctic expedition. This summer, divers are recording and assessing the wreck resting near the shore of Aulavik National Park in Northwest Territoires. Equipment to be used includes a robotic underwater laser scanner developed by 2G Robotics, a University of Waterloo spinoff company. Besides Gillham (BASc ’07) staff members include Daniel Charbonneau (BASc ’09, Comp) and Neil Cavan, (BASc ’07) who is also working on his master’s degree. [DB article]