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Undergraduate Technical Conference 2007
Photos: Terry Arsenault, 2007-March-28

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A special thank you to Graduate Secretary Sylvia Whitaker who not only helped to organize the conference but also did a spectacular job of catering the food for the reception that followed.

The 5 students competing in the paper competition were:

Blair Bridger Application of Hydrodynamic Model Generated Tides to Reduce Hydrographic Survey Data
Mark Guest Analysis of the Performance of the Wild T3000
Anas Shadid Developing a Strategy for Land Tenure Specialists in Post-Conflict Lands
Alexander Snyder An Analysis of the Decay of Orbital Elements of GPS Satellites
George McKessock A Comparison of Local and Wide Area Differential Corrections Disseminated using the Network Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP)

Left to right: Alex Snyder, Mark Guest, Blair Bridger, Dr. Kevin Pegler (GGE4711 lecturer), Anas Shadid, and George McKessock.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place were $1,000, $300, and $200 respectively and were donated by the Canadian Institute of Geomatics, New Brunswick Branch and John Holmlund of Focus Corporation. The paper prizes were awarded as follows:

CIG Paper Competition 1st Prize: George McKessock receives his award from Mr. Doug Morgan, President, Canadian Institute of Geomatics, New Brunswick Branch.


 

 

CIG Paper Competition 2nd Prize: Alex Snyder receives his award from Dr. Peter Dare.


 

 

CIG Paper Competition 3rd Prize: Mark Guest receives his award from Dr. Peter Dare.