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News Archive:

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:
  • Nov 26, 2014:  Dr. Su-Yin Tan recently attended the Curriculum Planning Meeting for the Space Studies Program (SSP15) for the International Space University at Ohio University, USA last week
  • Press release and interview/photos are here:   http://www.ohio.edu/engineering/news-story.cfm?newsItem=3C3DFF2D-5056-A81E-8DE7120EB34646CD
  • 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)
  • http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/local-research-suggests-many-in-windsor-still-lack-access-to-healthy-affordable-food

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:
  •  http://www.isunet.edu/academics/academic-council

  • Dr. Tan has been profiled in the "Women of ISU"  feature:
  •  http://www.isunet.edu/academics/isu-women

Aviation Program:
  • Jan 2014:  Dr. Su-Yin Tan is appointed the Associate Director of the UW 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:
  •  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10364887/SSP14_TA_Blog/SSP14-TA-Blog-Week-6.pd

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:
  • Jan 2014:  Dr. Su-Yin Tan is appointed the Associate Director of the UW 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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