Student Bio
Fouad Anthony Faraj completed his Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering at Queen’s University in May 2019. He started his Master of Applied Science in September 2019 in the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering at Queen’s University under the supervision of Dr. Alexander Braun. During his undergraduate and early graduate career, he worked on multi-scale visualization projects involving multiple different sensors including laser scanners and cameras to characterize target surfaces. His research interests mostly revolve around the acquisition, processing and interpretation of geophysical data. For his most recent summer project he studied the hydrocarbon potential of offshore Madagascar using basin modelling in collaboration with a large oil corporation.
Geophysical airborne surveys have allowed for a greater coverage at the cost of a lower resolution due to being farther away from the target. Terrestrial surveys are designed for high resolution surveys with limited coverage. There is a gap between those two survey types which could be filled by remotely piloted aircraft system platforms to achieve an optimized balance between resolution and coverage for target exploration. For Fouad’s graduate research, he intends to fill this data gap by integrating a new geophysical sensor (e.g. hyperspectral, radar) with a remotely piloted aircraft and he is eager to solve any remote sensing problems that may come with integrating those sensors. Acquiring, processing and interpreting data using platform-sensor integration coincides with his research interests and best represents the work done in his lab. Fouad has strong communication and computational skills applicable to a wide range of engineering problems.