Current Research Projects
- Lunar/Asteroid Gravimetry
- Superconducting gravimetry
- Quantum Sensing in Geophysics
- Uncrewed Airborne Vehicle sensing
- Earth-Moon System - Geoselenic research
- Acoustic sensing
- Artificial Intelligence/Deep learning in geophysics
recently finished Research Projects
- Cooperative Inversion of UAS-borne Gamma Ray Spectrometry and Magnetometry Data
- Quantum Sensors for Sustainable Development
- Wakanhezan Wokiksuye Makoce - Sacred Children
- Optimizing the Bulk X-ray Fluorescence Scanning Parameters for Ore Grade Predictions
- RPAS acquired full motion video analysis and anomaly detection
- Joint inversion of muon tomography and gravimetry
- Chromite exploration
- UAS magnetometry in mineral exploration
- X-ray flouresence and diffraction (XRF/XRD) for in sito ore grade modelling
- Hyperspectral modelling for UAS in soil and mineral exploration
- RPAS video analysis for detection and tracking
- Assessment of Digital Elevation Models in Urbans areas
- Boudinage offshore New Foundland
- Sand dune migration from laser altimetry
- Groundwater monitoring using superconducting gravimetry
- Lithospheric boudinage in the Grand Banks
- Glacial Isostatic adjustment impcat on hydrocarbon reservoirs
- Cooperative Inversion of geophysical and petrophysical observation for mineral exploration
- Surface water monitoring using TerraSAR-X SAR polarimetry
- Time-lapse Superconducting Gravimetry for Monitoring Reservoir Fluid Migration
- Sinkhole Hazard Characterization using GPR and Geospatial Analysis
- Development of a GNSS Glider for Sentinel-3 Altimetry Calibration
- Identifying unmarked graves in cemeteries along the Rideau Canal using GPR, magnetometry and UAVs
recent sponsors and collaborators
NSERC, SSHRC, MITACS, DND, CFI, MRI, NRCAN, MWH, MDA, Sumac Geomatics, GEM Systems, Husky Energy, Glencore, Pioneer Exploration, Gedex, Ideon, Canadensys
Research interests
- Geophysics
- Geodynamics, Space geodesy, Gravity
- UAVs
- Arctic change and sea ice dynamics
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Satellite Altimetry, Sentinel-3A/B, ENVISAT/Jason Radar Altimetry, CryoSat-2, ICESat Laser Altimetry
- SAR polarimetry, TerraSAR-X, Radarsat-2/CM
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Calibration/validation of altimetry missions using tide gauges and levelling
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Sea level and sea ice change
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High resolution marine gravity anomalies
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Evolution of passive continental margins
- Glacial Isostatic adjustment in the Great Lakes region
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Evolution of Greenland and the Norwegian continental margin
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iGMT: a tool for the interactive mapping of geoscience datasets - MORE INFO!
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Volcanology of the Acores
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Alexander Braun