Melissa Greeff, Queen's University

Research

Aerial Systems Applications Differential Flatness Graph Neural Networks Multi-Robot Path Planning Multi-Robot Systems Robotics

Latest funding

Toward Resilient Multi-Robot Collaboration in Emergencies
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Black Kite - a UAV, sensor-based wildfire smoke monitoring system: System assessment and application to Indigenous Fire Stewardship and wildfire smoke science
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$465,417
Toward Resilient Multi-Robot Collaboration in Emergencies
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$62,000

All 4 grants and awards

Toward Resilient Multi-Robot Collaboration in Emergencies

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Greeff, Melissa

$12,500

Black Kite - a UAV, sensor-based wildfire smoke monitoring system: System assessment and application to Indigenous Fire Stewardship and wildfire smoke science

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McLagan, David DS

Keywords: air quality sensors; fire ecology; human health; indigenous fire stewardship; machine learning; smoke & air quality; unpiloted aerial vehicles (uavs); wildfires

$465,417

Toward Resilient Multi-Robot Collaboration in Emergencies

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Greeff, Melissa

Keywords: robotics; multi-robot systems; multi-robot path planning; differential flatness; graph neural networks; aerial systems applications

$62,000

Multi-UAV Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Unknown Indoor Environments

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Berkane, Soulaimane S

Keywords: Active Collaborative SLAM; Centralized Coordination; Indoor Environments Exploration; Multi-Agent Systems; Nonlinear Observers; Optimal Trajectory Planning; Simultaneous Localisation & Mapping; State Estimation; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); Vision-Based SLAM

$90,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aerial Systems Applications Dear Professor Greeff, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on aerial systems applications connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Toward Resilient Multi-Robot Collaboration in Emergencies" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]