The Research & Innovation team is currently working with 10 small- or medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Niagara to help them create and then strategically develop their social media presence. Thanks to generous donations from Brandwatch and Meltwater, the R&I team is conducting analytics, helping the SMEs understand their customers, working on social media calendars and …Continue reading »
Profile: Sarah Lepp Like many, Sarah Lepp was bored in her high school geography class – not realizing until university that it did not have to be all about memorizing capital cities and world atlases. While the St. Catharines native had always hiked in Short Hills Provincial Park, the discipline of Physical Geography at Brock …Continue reading »
Based in Tavistock, Ont., SoilOptix provides digital soil-mapping technology to the agricultural community, using a non-contact geological soil sensor to measure soil’s naturally emitting gamma radiation. The service also includes strategic physical soil samples. All data is calculated into a high-resolution soil property map that a farmer uses for site-specific applications. SoilOptix uses a process …Continue reading »
The AETIC team recently worked with CropPro Consulting (CropPro), a company that offers Mapping Agriculture Production Systems (MAPS) variable-rate services and Technology Enhanced Consulting (TEC) custom mapping and software. Good topography models are uncommon, and complex to build. Topography and field modelling for farms is often done in rural areas with minimal Internet/data connectivity, and …Continue reading »
Where are they now?: Curtis Friesen In his first position outside Niagara College since graduating from the Computer Programming Analyst program, it seems only fitting that Curtis Friesen has found himself designing something that involves collaborative workflow. That’s because his time spent in the Research & Innovation division involved a cooperative and synergetic effort with …Continue reading »
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