Summary
Susanne Ouellet is a geotechnical engineer and founder who blends nine years of consulting and research experience to commercialize fiber optic sensing for infrastructure monitoring. As founder of Lumidas (2024) and through a PhD and postdoctoral work at the University of Calgary, she pioneered the application of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to reveal previously inaccessible behaviours in tailings dams. She leads a two-year industry–academic DAS pilot to streamline data interpretation and accelerate adoption of cleantech monitoring solutions. Her background spans hands-on field geotechnical engineering, international industry collaborations, and targeted technology transfer—an uncommon mix that helps bridge lab insights and deployable systems. Based in Calgary, she focuses on lowering barriers for fiber optic sensing while actively seeking partnerships to scale robust, data-driven geotechnical monitoring.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Geological Engineering, Bachelor, Geological Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
Exchange semester, Geology, Exchange semester, Geology at Universidade Federal da Bahia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at University of Calgary
Engineering transfer program, Engineering transfer program at Vancouver Island University
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish