User:Msawada/Sandbox/Michael Charles Sawada, PhD

Professor Sawada obtained his PhD from the University of Ottawa in June 2001 and has since been an Assistant Professor of GIS, member of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center.

Dr. Sawada works primarily within applied geomatics and is the director of the Laboratory for Applied Geomatics and GIS Science (LAGGISS) located within the Department of Geography at the University of Ottawa. LAGGISS forms a nexus for new applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science and geomatics within the physical, social and environmental sciences. Dr. Sawada's research is within the applied GIS, Remote Sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), spatial analysis and 3-D visualization. His work is transdisciplinary and has led to the development of new spatial analytical methods that address pressing social and environmental policy issues in Canada such as the need for disaster response and mitigation technologies and air quality and population health. Dr. Sawada is funded from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT), NSERC, CIHR, Parks Canada Agency and major contributions from the Faculty of Arts and DELL Canada Inc. among others.

Dr. Sawada received the 2005 Julian M. Sciecz Award. The award is presented annually by the Canadian Association of Geographers in recognition of a significant achievement by a Canadian geographer at an early career stage. Recently, he was also named Young Researcher of the Year for the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa.

Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Member of Ottawa-Carleton Geosciences Centre Member of Institute for the Environment Member of the Systems Science Graduate Programme Science reviewer for NSERC strategic grants and Atlantic innovation programme and numerous scientific journals. Have 24 referred publications in geomatics and applied geomatics over past 7 years and over 50 conference presentations. Has had 9 successful MSc geomatics graduate students and currently supervise eight MSc and PhD students.