Calgary tech researchers are earning national recognition for advancing the next generation of digital mapping — technology with the potential to reshape how industries understand the world above, on, and beneath the Earth’s surface. University of Calgary computer science professor Dr. Faramarz Samavati has received the Mitacs Innovation Award for Outstanding Research Leadership, honouring more […]
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Alberta Researchers Build Groundbreaking Cleantech from an Unexpected Discovery
In 2022, a chemistry researcher from the University of Alberta was searching for a better way to convert bitumen to synthetic crude oil. During his research, Dr. Robin Hamilton unintentionally stumbled upon a chemical reaction that astonished him: a common material placed in water caused hydrogen to bubble to the surface at room temperature. The […]
UCalgary Researcher Wins National Innovation Award for Advanced Mine Safety Technology
In response to a major tailings dam collapse in the Philippines earlier this year that forced evacuations and devastated homes, a University of Calgary researcher is stepping up efforts to improve mine safety worldwide. Dr. Susanne Ouellet, a postdoctoral fellow in Earth, Energy, and Environment, has earned the Mitacs Innovation Award for Outstanding Innovation for […]