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Keegan Franks graduated in Engineering Physics in 2020 from the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen's University. For his final engineering thesis project, he investigated the use of accelerometers (mounted on a drill assembly) to predict changes in lithology while drilling.

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