Tan, Wenxia Ph.D. Candidate Department of Geography & Environmental Management Phone: (519)888-4567, ext. 33551 E-mail: twenxia@uwaterloo.ca

  Research Interests
   • Remote sensing
   • Oil spill detection by Radarsat-2 SAR imagery
   • Ship detection by Radarsat-2 SAR imagery

  Thesis Research
          My tentative research topic is marine oil spill detection from Radarsat-2 SAR Imagery. The objective of this PhD study is the
     development and implementation of effective semi-automated algorithms and methods to help the detection and delineation of oil spill
     pollution from Radarsat-2 imagery.

  Education
   • 2007-present: PhD candidate in Geomatics, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo
   • 2005-2007: MSc. in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Major, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
   • 2001-2005: B.Eng. in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Major, Business Administration Minor, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

    Work Experience
   • 2008 - 2010: Research Assistantship, University of Waterloo, Canada
   • Sept. – Dec. 2007: Teaching Assistantship, University of Waterloo
   • September 2007-present: Research Associate, RSGTech Lab, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo
   • September 2005-July 2007: Research Associate, Transportation Research Center, Wuhan University, China
   • February-October 2006: Research Assistant, WUDA Zoyon Technology Ltd., Wuhan, China

    Publications
   • Tan W, Li J, Li Y and Yuan Y, (2008). Rastering LiDAR point clouds using block Kriging, XXI ISPRS Congress, 3-11 July, Beijing,
     7pp.

    Awards and Scholarships
  • Doctoral Scholarships, China Scholarship Council, 2007
  • Undergraduate Scholarship, China Ministry of Education, Oct. 2003
  • Undergraduate Scholarship, Wuhan University, China, 2002-2005