Dr. Andre Unger

Associate Professor

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Biography

André Unger develops and applies numerical methods and algorithms to solve a wide variety of problems involving Earth Sciences and Geological Engineering. He studies how municipalities sustainably manage water resources and infrastructure using various tools, including groundwater and surface water modeling and water infrastructure asset management tools. Professor Unger examines the financial health risks associated with redeveloping hazardous waste sites, known as 'brownfields,' utilizing alternative clean-up techniques. Additionally, he investigates aspects of signal analysis and spectrogram inversion with specific applications in speech recognition and synthesis.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

University of Waterloo • Waterloo, ON, Canada

Teaching and research in Earth Environmental Sciences focusing on water resource management and signal analysis.

Patents

Signal analysis synthesis using spectrogram construction inversion

2025/0184016 A1 2025-01-01

Patent pending for a method on signal analysis and synthesis.

System method digital sound synthesis, signal transmission, subsequent analysis using spectrogram inversion

2021/0356502 A1 2021-01-01

Patent for a system method for digital sound synthesis.

System method pre-processing discrete datasets use machine learning

2019/0377771 A1 2019-01-01

Patent for a method using machine learning for pre-processing datasets.

Requirements for University of Waterloo

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Strong background in Statistics
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Specialization Notes

Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.