Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering

On March 30th, 2023, the University of New Brunswick’s annual Engineering Design Symposium took place. The symposium is the culmination of two terms of work for undergraduate Engineering students in their capstone design course typically taken in the last year of their studies. Held in a hybrid format at the Wu Conference Center, this year’s symposium featured work from each Engineering discipline, including three presentations by teams of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (GGE) students. In addition, the students developed posters showcasing their projects for visitors to read during refreshment breaks throughout the day.

We would like to thank Katie LeBlanc, Colin Lang, Joey Chessie and Constantine Solano for their time and service as judges for the GGE presentations. We are also delighted to be able to thank our sponsors for providing prize money for the top three presentations: $1000 from the CIG New Brunswick Branch went to the first-place winners, McElhanney provided $700 for the second-place winners, and Teledyne Caris donated $500 for the third-place winners.

In addition, the department has two additional awards that were presented: the Best Poster Award, based on the poster’s clarity and visual appeal, and the Faculty Choice Award, based on the oral presentation and written report submitted to the course GGE 4700 - Design Project and Report.

• 1st (1000$) - SLAMM BOT: An Innovative Mapping Solution J. Leahy, M. Saunders and B. Steinke (Supervisor: Shabnam Jabari)
• 2nd (700$) - Using Digital Elevation Models for Small Stream Fish Passage Barrier Analysis M. Boissonnault, D. Cameron and R. Coombs (Supervisor: Ian Church)
• 3rd (500$) - Deflection of the Vertical: The Key to Integrating GNSS and Terrestrial Measurements E. Plant, S. Porter and E. Taul (Supervisor: Robert Kingdon)
• Best Poster - Deflection of the Vertical: The Key to Integrating GNSS and Terrestrial Measurements E. Plant, S. Porter and E. Taul
• Faculty Choice Award - Using Digital Elevation Models for Small Stream Fish Passage Barrier Analysis M. Boissonnault, D. Cameron and R. Coombs

1st place prize winners: Jennifer Leahy, Brad Steinke, and Matthew Saunders (photo taken by: Isabelle Emery)

2nd place prize winners: Douglas Cameron, Martin Boissonnault and Ryan Coombs (photo taken by: Isabelle Emery)

3rd place prize winners: Seth Porter, Emma Plant and Eric Taul (photo taken by: Isabelle Emery)