JULY 2023 - Now
January 2025
We are thrilled to share even more exciting news— our Lab member Dr. Hwang Lee will be starting his new role as an Instructional Assistant Professor in Geographic Information Science and Technology at Texas A&M University's prestigious Department of Geography in the summer of 2025! This marks a significant milestone in Hwang’s academic journey, and we are immensely proud of his accomplishments. We are confident he will continue to excel and inspire the next generation of GIS and remote sensing scientists. Congratulations, Hwang, on this well-deserved success!
December 2024
Our laboratory is thrilled to celebrate the successful defense of Senior PhD Hwang Lee’s thesis, titled "Investigating Crop Response on Urban Green Roofs Using Close-Range Remote Sensing." A heartfelt thank you to Hwang’s co-supervisor, Prof. Marney Isaac, external appraiser, Prof. Gang Chen, and committee members, Prof. Jonathan Li, Prof. Damian Maddalena, and Prof. Adam Martin, for their invaluable guidance and support throughout this journey. Congratulation Dr. Lee!
September 2024
Our laboratory proudly celebrates Shuhao Xu's successful defence of his master’s thesis, titled "High-Resolution Urban Vegetation Gross Primary Productivity Simulation via Plant Functional Type Unmixing: A Case Study in Toronto, Canada." We extend our gratitude to his committee members, Prof. Debra Wunch and Prof. Jing Ming Chen, for their invaluable contributions.
April 2024
Our laboratory celebrates a season of outstanding achievements, with several students receiving prestigious awards in the GGE’s 2023-24 award ceremony:
- PhD candidate Hwang Lee has received the First Paper Award.
- Our undergraduate summer research assistant and incoming MSc student, Ryan Siu, has been awarded the Janet Campbell-Booth Scholarship.
- PhD candidate Haoran Cheng is the recipient of the Teaching Assistant Award.
- Undergraduate thesis student Sana Hashim has been distinguished with the Best Undergraduate Thesis Award and the Ferenc (Ferko) Csillag Memorial Award.
In addition, our MSc student, Carolyne Qiang, has been awarded the NSERC CGS M Scholarship for the upcoming year. Congratulations to all our students for their exceptional contributions and achievements!
December 2023
Our lab member Carolyne Qiang has been awarded the B. Harper Bull Scholarship Award from TRCA (https://foundation.trca.ca/scholarship-awards/) and an OGS scholarship, while Shuhao Xu received the Climate Positive Energy Graduate Scholarship (https://cpe.utoronto.ca/climate-positive-energy-graduate-student-scholarships/). These awards are instrumental in supporting their proposed MSc research projects. Congratulations to both!
November 2023
Mid-term group activities serve as valuable opportunities for team building, enjoyment, and stress relief. Thanks to our dedicated lab manager, Haoran, for arranging this enjoyable event. Additionally, we extend our best wishes as we part ways with Yanyu, who has been a visiting PhD from Zhejiang University in our lab for the past year. Wishing Yanyu all the best in his future endeavors.
September 2023
Congratulations to our lab member Daniel Nelson who successfully defended his MSc thesis entitled "Advancing Wildfire Research Through Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Image Processing Algorithms". Thanks to the examination committee: Professor Andrea Oliver, Professor Kent Moore, and Professor Trevor Porter.
August 2023
Our summer undergraduate researchers presented their summer work at UTM's SURF 2023!
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