Brian Surgenor, Queen's University

Latest funding

Off-road multivehicle autonomy for challenging outdoor environments
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$475,000
Automation of the sanding process for wood products
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Advances in Machine Vision and Manufacturing Automation
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$132,000

All 12 grants and awards

Off-road multivehicle autonomy for challenging outdoor environments

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Department of National Defence / NSERC Research Partnership

Principal investigators: Marshall, Joshua

$475,000

Automation of the sanding process for wood products

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$20,000

Advances in Machine Vision and Manufacturing Automation

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$132,000

Advances in intelligent control and manufacturing automation

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$125,000

Design and control of servo pneumatic systems with application to edge finishing

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$85,000

Vision system for high performance manipulators

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Notash, Leila

$32,500

Nonlinear control and pneumatic positioning systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$78,280

Parallel manipulator and vision system for a robotic cell

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Notash, Leila

$79,000

Pneumatic positioning systems and nonlinear (slm) control

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$76,931

Pneumatic positioning systems and discrete sliding mode control

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Surgenor, Brian

$42,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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