News Archive:

Winter 2019 Updates:​
  • April 2-7, 2019:  AGRL lab members will be presenting their research at the American Association of Geographers' Annual Meeting 2019, Washington, D.C., USA:
    • ​Samantha Hao-Yiu Chu: "Mapping Social Resilience to Flooding in Vancouver: Understanding the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) "
    • Kristen de Kroon: "A Study of Building Material Stocks and the Service-Nexus in the City of Kitchener from a 4D GIS perspective "
    • Su-Yin Tan: "Temporal and spatial variations of acquisitive and expressive crime occurrences: A case study of Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada "
  • Mar 26-29, 2019:  AGRL lab members will be presenting their research at the 1st International Conference on Small Island States (SIS) and Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) at the University of Aruba, Oranjestad, Aruba:  [PHOTO HERE]
    • ​Kristen de Kroon: "A material vulnerability account of building services in Grenada from a spatial perspective "
    • Johnella Charity Bradshaw: "The weight of the islands: "You can't manage what you can't measure "
  • Mar 5, 2019:  Congratulations to Kristen de Kroon and Johnella Bradshaw for successful participation in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Environment Faculty Heat [link]
  • Feb 14, 2019:  Congratulations to Anne Crecelius for successfully defending her Masters Research Paper entitled, "Spatial prioritization of prescribed fire in the Oak Openings: A multi-criteria analysis and the development of a fire needs assessment framework "

Spring/Fall 2018 Updates:​
  • Welcome to new MSc Geomatics student, Samantha Hao-Yiu Chu and MES SEED student, Johnella Charity Bradshaw (co-supervised with Prof. Simron Singh) to the AGRL group!
  • Sep 21, 2018:  Congratulations to Calvin Kwok for successfully defending his Masters Research Paper entitled, "Developing a Needs Index: An analysis and assessment of the Great Lakes Marine Monitoring Network in support of weather forecasting "
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Winter 2018 Updates:​
  • Welcome to new Masters student, Robert Symmes from SEED (supervised by Prof. Simron Singh), who will be collaborating with AGRL on GIS applications in materials stocks research on Grenada
  • Congratulations to Bill Hamm, Dongrong Li, James McCarthy and Su-Yin Tan on acceptance of AAG presentation abstract, "A Foundation for Spatial Thinking: Towards a Threshold Concept Framework in GIScience and its Implications for STEM Education" (American Association of Geographers' Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, April 10-14, 2018)
  • Dr. Tan was invited to participate in UWaterloo President Feridun Hamdullahpur's special holiday message with seven other faculty, staff, and students from across campus.  The video is here:  uwaterloo.ca/president/happy-holidays

Fall 2017 Updates:
  • Welcome to new Masters students, Anne Crecelius, Kristen de Kroon, and Calvin Kwok!
  • Congratulations to Yiou Gao and Veniamin Bondaruk on acceptance of their poster presentation for GEOMED 2017 entitled, "An exploratory analysis of the effects of crime on health and quality of life at the neighbourhood level in Toronto, Canada" (GEOMED 2017, Porto, Portugal, September 7-9, 2017)
  • Dr. Tan has been featured in the University of Waterloo's State of the University Report 2017, entitled "Beyond the Map".  The links are here:  uwaterloo.ca/state-of-the-university/2016/feature/beyond-map and uwaterloo.ca/state-of-the-university/

Spring 2017 Updates:
  • Welcome to new MSc graduate student, Veniamin Bondaruk!
  • May 8, 2017:  Congratulations to Gregory Metcalfe for successfully defending his Masters thesis paper entitled, "An investigation of the relationship between crime and reported incidents and the built and natural environment in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario"
  • Dr. Tan has been appointed as a University Teaching Fellow of the Faculty of Environment, specializing in International Education & Learning Initiatives:  uwaterloo.ca/associate-vice-president-academic/supporting-teaching-and-learning/university-teaching-fellows

Fall 2016 Updates:
  • Congratulations to Bill (Seung Beom) Hamm on receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award during Fall 2016 convocation, which was awarded to only two graduate students from the Faculty of Environment (one PhD and one Masters).  This award is a well deserved recognition of Bill's hard work, efforts, and perseverance.  We are immensely delighted and proud of Bill's excellent achievement!
  • Press release and full story are here:  https://waterloo.ca/environment/news/environment-celebrates-2016-fall-grads
Welcome to New AGRL Members:
  • Feb 11, 2015:  Welcome to new graduate students, Shawn (Li Ce) Wang and Jingya Shao!
  • AGRL held its Winter 2015 group meeting on Feb 10, 2015.  A new group photo is posted HERE

Masters Research Paper Defence:
  • Dec 4, 2014:  Congratulations to Lu Li for successfully defending her Masters Research paper entitled, "Regional assessment of road salt application for winter road maintenance and its impacts on water quality in Southern Ontario" !

Space Studies Program (SSP15) Updates:
  • Congratulations to Carolyn McCormick for being selected to be the Teaching Associate (TA) for the Space Applications Department at SSP15 next year!  

GIS Day 2014:
  • Nov 19, 2014:  AGRL graduate students (Yiou Gao, Bill Hamm & Carolyn McCormick) will be giving lightning talks about their research and ISU experience [Agenda]
  • Photos of the event are HERE

Chris Hadfield Aviation & Geomatics Lectures:
  • Oct 3, 2014:  Professor Chris Hadfield made a surprise visit to the University of Waterloo to give three lectures to the Aviation and Geomatics programs.  AGRL graduate students were invited to attend!  Photos of the lectures can be viewed HERE

Welcome to New AGRL Members:
  • Sep 8, 2014:  Welcome to new graduate student, Gregory Metcalfe!

Windsor Star - Carina (Xue) Luo:
  • Aug 7, 2014:  AGRL graduate and research collaborator, Carina (Xue) Luo was recently featured in The Windsor Star  -  News Article:  Local research suggests many Windsorites still lack access to healthy, affordable food (With video)

International Space University:
  • July 2014:  Dr. Su-Yin Tan has been elected as a member of the Academic Council of the International Space University (ISU) from 2014-2017:

Aviation Program:
Book Release:
  • Nov 30, 2013:  The book entitled, "Meteorological Satellite Systems" by Dr. Su-Yin Tan is scheduled for release.  More information can be found here:  [Springer]  [Amazon]  [Indigo]

​SSP14 Space Applications Teaching Associate - Bill (Seung Beom) Hamm:
  • Bill (Seung Beom) Hamm served as a Teaching Associate (TA) for the Space Applications Department chaired by Dr. Su-Yin Tan for the 9-week Space Studies Program (SSP14) of the International Space University (ISU) this summer.  Bill contributed to the SSP14 Week 6 TA Blog and his entry can be viewed here:
Lorne Russwurm Award - Danial Mariampillai:
  • Congratulations to Danial Mariampillai for being retroactively awarded the Lorne Russwurm Award for outstanding performance as a Teaching Assistant for the 2012-2013 academic year!

Aviation Program:
Space Studies Program (SSP14) Road Show:
  • Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2014
  • Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  • Location: Hagey Hall (HH), Room 1104, University of Waterloo
  • Presenters:    Su-Yin Tan (SSP'03), Eric Choi (SSP'99), Amir Komeily (SSP'07)
  • Full event details HERE

Book Release:
  • Nov 30, 2013:  The book entitled, "Meteorological Satellite Systems" by Dr. Su-Yin Tan is scheduled for release.  More information can be found here:  [Springer]  [Amazon]  [Indigo]

GIS Day 2013:
  • Nov 20, 2013:  AGRL graduate students (Yiou Gao & Lu Li) will be giving a lightning talk at 1:30 p.m. in EV1-221 [Agenda]

MSc Defence:
  • Nov 18, 2013:  Congratulations to Junzhu Li for successfully defending her Masters thesis entitled, "Spatial patterns of soil organic carbon distribution in Canadian forest regions: An eco-region based exploratory analysis"!

AGRL Fall 2013 Meeting:
  • Sep 30, 2013 (EV1-221):  Formal welcome to new graduate students!  Yiou Gao will provide a research seminar presentation

MSc Defence:
  • Sep 17, 2013:  Congratulations to Dongrong Li for successfully defending her Masters thesis entitled, "Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques for Solar Panel Installation Site Selection"!

MSc Defence:
  • Aug 30, 2013:  Congratulations to James Lockyer-Cotter for successfully defending his Masters thesis entitled, "Web GIS Tools for Crime Mapping in Toronto"!

Sabbatical Term:
  • Please note that Dr. Tan will be on sabbatical during Spring 2013 with especially limited availability during July to August months

Poster Award:
  • Apr 18, 2013:  Congratulations to Junzhu Li for being awarded the "Best Poster Presentation" prize at the UWO University of Western Ontario 10th Annual Earth Day Colloquium!  (link)

UWaterloo Faculty Profile:
  • Read a news feature about Dr. Tan (AGRL Director) featured on the Faculty of Environment's homepage this month (February 2013):
       https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/research/stories/su-yin-tan

AGRL Winter 2013 Meeting:
  • Feb 6, 2013 (EV1-221):  Junzhu Li and Danial Mariampillai research seminar presentations
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