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SFU.CA A WILD DISCOVERY Gold deposits, frozen earth and a 25,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk—they're the storybook fantasies of young boys and grown men, especially SFU doctoral stu- dent Grant Zazula (middle) and Duane Froese (left), a post-doctoral fellow at SFU, who find the 85-kg tusk when exploring an Arctic creek bed near Dawson City, Yukon. The pair co-writes a paper on the discovery, which is published in Nature magazine. 2002 2000 2002 Daniel Igali wins a gold medal for freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. A bronze statue of Terry Fox is unveiled in the middle of the Academic Quad- rangle on the University's first annual Terry Fox Day celebration. 01 SFU Surrey campus is announced and begins operation in temporary space. The permanent campus opened in 2006, in an award-winning mixed-use facility designed by architect Bing Thom. 2003 MINI MOTION DETECTOR SFU engineering professor Albert Leung develops and licenses his micro-machined ther- mal accelerometer—a tiny motion-detecting sensor. It's the world's first inertial sensor with no moving mechanical parts. The estimated $1-billion market for the innovation includes medical and industrial sensors, home appliances and space probes to Mars and beyond. 1999 John Bird, engineering scientist, develops new sonar technology for 3-D underwater acoustic mapping and imaging of the seabed. STRENGTH IN NUMBERS SFU and the BC Cancer Agency officially join forces to combat cancer, signing a research and intellectual property affiliation agreement that expands their existing relationship. Collectively, they put forth the best in research, technology and training to advance research in the causes, treatments and cures for cancer in B.C. and beyond. 04 Honorary degrees are bestowed on the Dalai Lama and Bishop Desmond Tutu. and space probes to Mars and beyond. and space probes to Mars and beyond. which is published in Nature magazine. SUmmEr 2016 17

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