A team of researchers, composed of Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi (director of the Convergence Network), Josée Dallaire (Director of the Centre de géomatique du Québec and member of the Convergence Network), Christian Larouche, Martin Grenon, Jacek Paraszczak and Kamran Esmaeili, just obtained a grant for the project “MinEyes: Development and optimization of mobile LiDAR technologies for the precise 3D modeling and monitoring of mining tunnels convergence”.

This 300 000$ grant is offered by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies and the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles du Québec, under the program “Programme de recherche en partenariat sur le développement durable du secteur minier – 3e concours”. The MinEyes project will allow for significantly improving the monitoring of mining tunnels convergence and will contribute to improve mine safety, to increase the productivity of mining companies and to promote a sustainable exploitation of mineral resources.

For more information, please contact Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi.