MSc Physics & Space Science, RMC
BScH Physics & Computing, Queen's University
Hello! I'm Matt, a recent graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, where I earned my Master's of Science degree in Physics & Space Science with a research focus on remote sensing. I graduated from Queen's University in 2018 with a Bachelor's of Science (Honours) in Physics and Computing Science. In addition to my studies, I have a background in electrical and systems engineering through various jobs and volunteer positions. Most recently I was the Chief Technical Officer for the Queen's Space Engineering Team's Satellite Project, and am currently a Web Developer/Data Analyst at Docupet Inc., a web startup.
I am currently seeking opportunities in operational, analytical, or software roles. Please take a look at my resume!
A sample of AVHRR imagery of Pine Island Bay, Antarctica. Black regions indicate the presence of mineral dust.
Dust deposition and aerosols in high latitudes may contribute to polar amplification. I used over 120,000 AVHRR thermal images to discover time series trends in dust presence at the poles between 2012 and 2019. Published in Nature's Scientific Reports, January 2021.
I was selected to participate in the European Space Agency's Concurrent Engineering Workshop in January of 2020. 30 students from across Europe gathered in southern Belgium to design a cubesat mission to the edge of the solar system.
As part of my studies, I had the chance to take part in an educational exercise to launch a weather balloon in collaboration with students from the University of Saskatoon and the University of Tromsø. For the month of July 2019, I worked with my colleagues to design and construct the flight and ground segments of our mission, with my areas of responsibility including flight software, power delivery, and radio communications & tracking. A summary video of the mission can be viewed here.
As the Electrical Systems Design Lead, I helped engineer the Characterization of Space Materials Satellite (CoSMOSat) for the Queen's Space Engineering Team (QSET) from 2016-2019. From September 2019 to May 2020 I was the Chief Technical Officer for QSET's next entry in the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge, QUBESat. Find out more about QSET here and here.
VCC0543 is a dE5 elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster. The raw NGVS imagery is displayed on the left, with the computed light profile model in center, and the residual image on the right.
Spiral and elliptic galaxies are composed of three main structures: a bulge, a disc, and a halo. The halo consists of highly inclined, dispersed, and old stars and are often difficult to directly detect due to their faintness. Using Next Generation Virgo Survey imagery (NGVS), I attempted to present original 2-dimensional models of galactic light profiles. You can view a copy of my findings on this poster.
A real-time, in browser simulation of dipole magnetism in ferrous metals, using the Markov chain Monte Carlo method.
As the Director of IT at the AMS, I developed the requirements and user experience flow for the mobile app for the AMS Walkhome service.
Hit me up with comments, suggestions, or opportunities for future projects!
