2015/2016 - Congratulations to Sina Varamini, PhD Candidate on receiving the 15/16 Ontario Graduate Scholarship and Dan Pickel, PhD Candidate on receiving the 15/16 and 16/17 Ontario Graduate Scholarship and the 16/17 President Graduate Scholarship
A couple weeks ago I was interviewed by CTV for inclusion in a small three-part series on the news at 6, titled “Day of the Drones”. While the interview was focused on the application of unmanned aerial vehicles in my research program, they incorporated a small piece of that interview in Segment 2, which describes the steps to gain approval for commercial and research flights from Transport Canada.... Read more about CTV Interview – Day of the Drones
University of Waterloo astrophysicists Mike Hudson, Jon Carrick and Stephen Turnbull have created a 3D master map of the universe spanning nearly two billion light years that is the most complete picture of our cosmic neighbourhood to date.The innovative spherical map of galaxy superclusters will help astrophysicists understand how matter is distributed in the universe and provide key insights into dark matter – one of physics’ greatest mysteries.
As an affiliate member of the Waterloo Institute of Complexity and Innovation (WICI), I was invited to give a talk in their on-going speaker series. In an effort to relate my research back to the foundations of WICI and more broadly complexity science, I provided some context about my perspective on research as a geographer with a focus on spatial analysis and land systems, gave a 3-slide introduction to agent-based modelling, described some past research in terms of heterogeneity and interaction (a...
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund provide complementary (matching) funding for proposals for new equipment that will propel Canadian academic research(ers) the forefront of science.