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Flying High at KSR – Preparing the Alta X for new Missions

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This week, the Ensminger Lab collaborated with members of the Flight Systems and Control Lab (Dr. Hugh Liu, UTIAS), Longhao Qian, Kevin Ji-Tong Chen, and Enoch Lo, for an exciting Alta X drone test flight at the Koffler Scientific Reserve (KSR). Our goal was to execute a full flight mission while tracking drone logs to record performance data. We also installed a dummy payload to simulate sensor weight and […]

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From Climate Drivers to LiDAR: Ensminger Lab ROP Projects at Summer Research Day 2025

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The Ensminger Lab was proud to see our ROP students present their research at Summer Research Day 2025. A special congratulations to Aimun Malik, who received an Honourable Mention for her oral presentation. We are very proud of all three students for their hard work and excellent contributions this summer!

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FastPheno 2025: Reconnecting and Collaborating: Highlights from the FastPheno Meeting at Université Laval

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We had the chance to reconnect in person for our annual FastPheno meeting, this time hosted at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet face-to-face, exchange ideas, and share the latest advances across the project. The team discussed progress on assessing adaptive traits, exploring contrasting environments, improving data processing pipelines,

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Congratulations! Devin defends his MSc thesis

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On Friday January 08, 2021 Devin defended his MSc thesis. The committee was impressed by the breadth of methods Devin had used and how he integrated the various types of data to evaluate how conifers manage water and temperature stress. Well done Devin!

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Congratulations Dr. Wong: Chris defends his PhD thesis

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After his research seminar and final oral exam, Chris follows the UTM Biology tradition and adds his signature on one of the stem discs in the UTM Biology hallway. Well done! Chris successfully defended his PhD thesis, but due to the Covid 19 situation, this was a very different event. Just a few days before

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