Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering
Mourning the passing of professor emeritus Dave Wells
GGE
Posted: December 4, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni News , Students , Faculty
Please join me in offering condolences to the family and friends of professor emeritus Dr. David (Dave) Wells, who passed away on Nov. 22. Dave was a professor in the department of geodesy and geomatics engineering at UNB. His contributions to the field of ocean mapping and geodesy were monumental. He played a key role in developing a comprehensive curriculum for global positioning and ocean mapping-work that led to the creation of the internationally recognized Guide to GPS Positioning, a...
Mourning the passing of professor emerita Dr. Susan Elizabeth Nichols
GGE
Posted: September 26, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Faculty , Students , Alumni News
Please join me in offering condolences to the family and friends of professor emerita Dr. Susan (Sue) Elizabeth Nichols, who passed away on Sept. 2, 2024. Originally from Middleton, N.S., Sue graduated from Acadia University in 1974 with a bachelor of science (honours) in mathematics. She then studied physical geography at the University of British Columbia from 1974 to 1975 before earning her land survey diploma in 1978 from the Nova Scotia Land Survey Institute in Lawrencetown. In 1983,...
Mourning the passing of honorary degree recipient Gottfried Konecny
GGE
Posted: September 6, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students , Faculty , Alumni News
Please join me in offering condolences to the family and friends of honorary degree recipient Gottfried Konecny, who passed away on July 25, 2024. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Gottfried was educated in Germany and the United States. He held advanced degrees from the Technical University of Munich and Ohio State University. He came to UNB in 1959 as an assistant professor in the department of civil engineering. He helped found what was then known as the department of surveying engineering,...
Annual Engineering Design Symposium
GGE
Posted: April 11, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students , Alumni News
On April 4th, 2024, 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 seven presentations by teams of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (GGE)...
Tenth annual Engineering Design Symposium
GGE
Posted: March 20, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
On Thursday, April 4th, we invite you to join us for the tenth annual Engineering Design Symposium. A culmination of two-terms’ work for the students in their capstone design courses including GGE 4700, the symposium will be held both in person at the Wu Conference Center and virtually. We invite you to register and take part. The symposium will showcase the design work of approximately 300 final-year engineering students in the product design course and in the disciplinary capstone...
UNB-GGE geoid workshop
GGE
Posted: July 11, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
Photo back row from left to right: David Avalos (from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico); Dr. Ismael Foroughi (Natural Resources Canada), Dr. Ana Cristina Matos (from Universidade de São Paulo), and Dr. Marcelo Santos * Front row from left to right: Detchen Wangmo (M.Sc student at UNB-GGE), Dr. Robert Kingdon (UNB-GGE department chair), and Dr. Petr Vanicek (UNB-GGE Professor Emeritus) Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering of the University of New...
Engineering design symposium
GGE
Posted: March 31, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
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)...
2023 National Geomatics Competition
Spenser Sawler
Posted: March 17, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
Photo from left to right: Janica Johnson, Zachary Economou, Samuel McNally, Spenser Sawler, Grant Milczarek and Isabelle Emery. The Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Department at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton was extremely proud to send two teams of undergraduate students to the 2023 National Geomatics Competition at the Université Laval in beautiful Québec City. At this competition, teams were tasked with utilizing their geomatics degree knowledge to the full...
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Design Symposium
GGE
Posted: March 17, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
On Thursday, March 30, we invite you to join us for the ninth annual Engineering Design Symposium. A culmination of two-terms’ work for the students in their capstone design courses including GGE 4700, the symposium will be held both in person at the Wu Conference Center and virtually. We invite you to register and take part. The symposium will showcase the design work of approximately 300 final-year engineering students in the product design course and in the disciplinary capstone...
Take a Deep Dive into the World of Marine Mapping with Dr. Ian Church
Lizz Christie
Posted: February 14, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students
Are you interested in finding out what it means to be a Marine Mapping Specialist? Do you want to know what technology is involved in mapping our oceans, or how the technology and data used to do that can help other scientists learn about the plants and animals that live in it? UNB Geodesy and Geomatic's Engineering's very own Dr. Ian Church is featured in a virtual museum exhibit created by the Huntsman Marine Science Centre. Using immersive 3D models, 360°underwater videos, and...
William Liu's MScE defence
GGE
Posted: August 23, 2022 9:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
We are excited to announce that Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering (GGE) student William Liu's MScE defence will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. Atlantic time. The title of William's dissertation is: Improving Forward Mapping and Disocclusion Inpainting Algorithms for Depth-Image-Based Rendering and Mapping and his work is supervised by Dr. Yun Zhang. Dr. Shabnam Jabarai will chair the proceedings. To watch the defence: The defence will take place in new Head Hall (15 Dineen Dr.), on E...
8th annual UNB Engineering Design Symposium
GGE
Posted: April 26, 2022 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
On 7 April 2022, 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 Centre, this year’s symposium featured work from each Engineering discipline, including seven presentations by teams of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (GGE)...
Fatemeh Fathollahikalanpa’s PhD defence
GGE
Posted: April 22, 2022 5:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Students
We are excited to announce that GGE student Fatemeh Fathollahikalanpa’s PhD defence will be held on Wednesday April 27 at 2 p.m. Atlantic time. The title of Fatemeh's dissertation is Improving Spatial Quality of Terrestrial and Satellite Images by Demosaicking and Fusion and her work is supervised by Prof. Yun Zhang. Dr. Patricia Evans, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, will chair the proceedings. To watch the defence: The Dean's office requests that if you'd like to attend the...
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Design Symposium
GGE
Posted: March 30, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Students
On Thursday, April 7, we invite you to join us for the annual Engineering Design Symposium. A culmination of two-terms’ work for the students in their capstone design courses including GGE 4700, the symposium will be held both in person at the Wu Conference Center and virtually. We invite you to register and take part. The symposium will showcase the design work of approximately 300 final-year engineering students in the product design course and in the disciplinary capstone design...
Notice of Thesis Defence
GGE
Posted: November 3, 2021 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Students
We are pleased to announce that Mitchell Krafczek will be defending his M.Sc.E. thesis on Friday, Nov. 5 at 2:30 pm ADT. Mitchell worked under the supervision of Prof. Shabnam Jabari (GGE, UNB). All faculty members and graduate students are invited to attend. Contact Lisa Valenta (l.valenta@unb.ca) to request a link to this virtual event. The thesis is titled Level of Detail 2, 3D City Model Creation using a Semi-Automatic Hybrid-Driven Approach and a partial abstract is below. We hope you...
Notice of Thesis Defence
GGE
Posted: October 15, 2021 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
We are pleased to announce that René Richard will be defending his M.Sc.E. thesis on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 9 a.m. ADT. René worked under the supervision of Prof Ian Church (GGE, UNB) and Prof Monica Wachowicz (Civil Eng., UNB / Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne). All faculty members and graduate students are invited to attend. Contact Lisa Valenta (l.valenta@unb.ca) to request a link to this virtual event. The thesis is titled Analysis of EV Charging Station Clusters...
Thesis oral examination
Lydia Noble
Posted: April 29, 2021 9:30:00 AM ADT
Master of Science in Engineering | Nasrin Eshraghi Ivari The thesis titled, "Data Stream Affinity Propagation for Clustering Indoor Space Localization Data" will be defended by Nasrin Eshraghi Ivari on Wednesday, May 5 at 10 a.m. via Teams. Join the presentation. Faculty members and graduate students are invited to attend this presentation. Abstract In the age of Internet of Things, the ability to find spatio-temporal patterns of people and devices moving in indoor spaces has become crucial...
Engineering Design Symposium 2021
Dr. Peter Dare
Posted: April 21, 2021 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Students
On 8 April 2021, the University of New Brunswick’s annual Engineering Design Symposium took place. This 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 online for the second year due to COVID requirements, the symposium featured nine presentations by teams of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (GGE) students. All the other Engineering disciplines were present...
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Design Symposium
Peter Dare
Posted: March 31, 2021 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students
On Thursday, April 8, we invite you to join us for the annual Engineering Design Symposium. A culmination of two-terms’ work for the students in their capstone design courses including GGE 4700, the symposium will be held virtually. We invite you to register and take part. The symposium will showcase the design work of approximately 300 final-year engineering students in the product design course and in the disciplinary capstone design courses. Many of the projects are sponsored by...
UNB Cansel Scholarship Recipients 2020
Dylan Foote
Posted: March 3, 2021 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: Students
Cansel Survey Equipment, with headquarters in metro Vancouver and offices across Canada, helps numerous organizations within engineering, surveying, mining, construction, and many other sectors to “measure, analyze, design, and build more efficiently and profitably” (Cansel 2020). In 2019, Cansel launched a scholarship program to support geomatics students in Canadian universities. Here at UNB, funded by Cansel, we have the Cansel Prize and the Cansel Award. The Cansel Prize is a...