PhD, PEng.
| Office | Bruce Wing 526 |
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| georgia.fotopoulos@queensu.ca |
Professor Georgia Fotopoulos is a Geomatics Engineer by training and joined Queen's University in 2013. She received her Master's with a specialization in Positioning and Navigation and a PhD with a specialization in Gravity Field and Geodynamics from the University of Calgary. She has worked as a faculty member at the University of Toronto (Civil Engineering) and the University of Texas at Dallas (Geosciences). She is on the Editorial Board of three international peer-reviewed journals and co-authored a book on 'Geoid Determination: Theory and Applications'.
Research Interests/Current Research
Dr. Fotopoulos’ research focuses on physical and satellite geodesy, merging multi-platform geodetic data, positioning/navigation, height systems, and surveying.
Find out more: "Geodesy at Queen's University - Where Fundamental Surveying Principles are Entrenched in Advanced Research Projects" (see pages 30-32).
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In the field: Lagoa do Fogo, Sao Miguel, Azores |
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Geophysics & Geodesy Research Group Students 2023 and Lab Mascot 'e'" |
Stephanie presenting at EGU 2023 in Vienna |
Benji in the field, City Park, Kingston |
Netsai at water gauge station, Mekong River, Thailand |
Netsai in the field, Thailand |
Stephanie in the field at St.Paul's Church collecting GPR data in order to help determine the location of Molly Brant's grave
Mitchell during a marine magnetometry survey of Lake Ontario.
Control Network for the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, Texas (created by PhD students: Dimitris and Graham)
Callum collecting terrestrial magnetic data in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia 
Real-time 3D Handheld Scanning of Outcrop (Fouad)
Special Issue of Geomatica on Geodesy (cover: G. Fotopoulos)
In the field: Ruinaulta, Switzerland
Geodetic Survey of Canada Benchmark
Geodesy and Geophysics Research Lab Group
Earth Day Dallas Showcase
Earth Day Dallas and ASCE Collaboration
List of Current and Former Graduate Students Co/Supervised
| Student | Program | Thesis |
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Netsai Wiboonwipa |
PhD (in progress) | Water level changes in the Mekong River |
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Stephanie Bringeland |
PhD (In progress) | GRACE/GRACE-FO |
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Danielle Beaulne |
PhD (in progress) | Geosensing the Laurentian Great Lakes |
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Benjamin Saadia |
MASc (2022) | Characterization and Classification of Ambient Seismic Noise in Urban Environments |
| Andrew Branson | MASc (2021) |
Chromite Exploration and Deformation Monitoring through PSInSAR |
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Callum Walter |
PhD (2021) | UAV-borne Aeromagnetic Surveying for Target Characterization in Mineral Exploration |
| Fouad Faraj |
MASc (2021) |
Object detection and patter of life analysis from remotely piloted aircraft system acquired full motion video |
| Shaza Ismail Kaoud Abdelaziz | MASc (2020) |
Vision-aided inertial system for near-real-time positioning and navigation of unmanned ground survey vehicles in GNSS-denied environments |
| Mitchell Wootton | MASc (2020) |
Autonomous Magnetic and Bathymetic Surveying for Canadian Lakes |
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Malcolm MacDougall |
MASc (2019) | Impact of Long- and Short-Term Geodynamic Processes on Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Grand Banks |
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Rebecca Hudson |
MASc (2018) | Assessing the Contributions of Remote Sensing Data in Geological Site Investigations |
| Oliva Charlebois | MSc (2018) |
Calibration of Sentinel-3 altimetry observations over the Great Lakes |
| Danielle Beaulne | MSc (2018) |
The importance of geospatial inputs in assessing fine-scale landscape genetic patterns of a temperate treefrog |
| Katie Irwin | MASc (2017) |
Surface water classification and monitoring using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar |
| Alexander Harvey |
MASc (2016) |
Multi-scale visualization and interpretation of geological relationships |
| Erica Peterson | PhD (2017) |
A concept for maritime monitoring onboard formation-flying microstatellites |
| Athina Peidou | MASc (2016) |
Modeling the impact of large-scale solid mass transfers on the gravity field |
| Judith Elliott |
MSc (2016) |
On the feasibility of time-lapse superconducting gravimetry for reservoir monitoring |
| Dimitrios Bolkas | PhD (2015) |
On the estimation of uncertainties and fusion of multi-platform geodetic data |
| Graham Mills |
PhD (2015) |
Numerical tools for interpreting rock surface roughness |
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Lauren Ramsey |
MSc (2012) |
Supervised classification and change detection of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill |
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Hope Sepela |
MSc (2012) |
The use of terrestrial LiDAR for stratigraphic modeling to illustrate digital outcrop models |
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Eric Morrow |
MSc (2009) |
GRACE-derived terrestrial water storage and evapotranspiration in the Mackenzie River Basin |
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Brian Hsueh |
MSc (2009) |
Simulation and compensation of ionospheric phase scintillation noise in spotlight SAR data |
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Carina Raizner |
MSc (2009) |
A regional analysis of GNSS-levelling |
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Erica Peterson |
MASc (2008) |
Applications and orbit scenarios for a multistatic InSAR formation flying microsatellite mission |
Supervising Information
Undergraduate and graduate students interested in joining the Geophysics & Geodesy Research Group are welcome to contact me directly.
Professional Associations
- Registered Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
- American Geophysical Union
- Canadian Geophysical Union
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- International Association of Geodesy
Awards
- Loránd Eötvös Award
- Undergraduate Research Scholar Award (Advisor), The University of Texas at Dallas
- Teaching Award - Civil Engineering - University of Toronto
- Alberta Ingenuity Post Doctoral Fellowship
Teaching
- GEOE/L 359: Applied Quantitative Analysis in Geological Engineering
- GEOE/L 345: Site Investigation and Geological Engineering Design
- GEOE/L 817: Presenting Science
- GEOE/L 884: Satellite Positioning
- Select topics in numerical modelling, geodesy and data analysis offered on demand.
Select Publications
Please see Google Scholar for a list of publications.