Congratulations to cross-appointed professor, Dr. Nicholas Vlachopoulos, on receiving the Class of 1965 Teaching Excellence Award from Royal Military College of Canada (RMC).
The citation for the award is as follows:
"Dr. Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Cross-Appointed Professor...
Congratulations to Dr. Raymond A. Price, Emeritus Professor in Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, who has been awarded the Willet G. Miller Medal in Earth Sciences from the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). The citation can be found on the Royal Society of Canada website.
With this award, the Royal Society of Canada has celebrated an eminently honourable and visionary...
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Diederichs, who was chosen by the Engineering Class of 2021 as the recipient of the Engineering and Applied Science First Year Instructor Teaching Award (Fall Term). The award is given each year to the instructors of first year Engineering and Applied Science courses who, in the opinion of the students, contributed most to creating a good teaching and learning environment in the classroom.
The award will be presented on Wednesday...
Congratulations to recent MSc graduate, Andrew Leriche, who received the best thesis award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA).
Andrew received the award for his thesis titled, "Stress Estimation From Borehole Scans For Prediction Of Excavation Overbreak In Brittle Rock". Andrew was co-supervised by Dr. Kalenchuk of MDEng and Dr. Mark Deiderichs of Queen's University
Further information can be found on the ARMA website.
Congratulations Andrew!
View the obituary in the Kingston Whig Standard
Shortly before 4:00pm on Friday, June 29th, Steven Vincent Rose passed peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and children.
Steve was a loving husband, father, son, brother, mentor, and friend to many throughout his life. Steve grew up as a frequent traveler, with his father’s work taking the Rose family through Belgium, France, South Africa, and England before Steve spent his Grade 13 studying (and playing semi-professional rugby) in Switzerland.
Steve attended Queen’s University for his Bachelors...
Congratulations to PhD student, Callum Walter, who has recently received multiple awards and scholarships related to his research involving UAV-borne magnetic surveys. Callum is the recipient of a Society of Economic Geologists Canada Foundation (SEGCF) - Student Research Grant, a Canadian Society of Exploration...
Dr. Guy Narbonne and two of his past graduate students, Calla Carbone, BSc’11, MSc’14, and Marc Laflamme, PhD'08, are referenced in the March Issue of National Geographic. The article titled, "When Life Got Complicated", looks at how life on Earth exploded from tiny, simple organisms, to large, complex creatures .
Dr. Narbonne and his work on trace fossils with Calla...
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ate: Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
Time: 4:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: Barley Mill Pub - Eau Claire
(second floor)
201 Barclay Parade SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4R3
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Dr. Ian Nichol, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, died on April 16, 2018, in the Kingston Health Sciences Center. Dr. Nichol received his BSc from Durham University in the U.K. and his MSc from Queen’s in 1958, studying the trace element geochemistry of sulphide...
Congratulations to Professor Rob Harrap, who has been awarded a Golden Apple Award. The Golden Apple Award is a faculty award given by the Engineering Society which rewards professors who consistently demonstrate superior teaching abilities and concern for students on an individual level. This was the only Golden Apple...
