海角社区 researchers to receive more than $3 million in NSERC grants
Seven 海角社区 research teams will develop and enhance tools, models and mechanisms in fields of engineering and the environment thanks to grants from the Natural Science and Research Council of Canada totaling more than $3 million over the next three years. Their work will be done in collaboration with industry and other governmental partners.
The Hon. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) and NSERC president Suzanne Fortier today announced the awarding of $55 million to more than 120 research teams across Canada as part of NSERC鈥檚 Strategic Project Grants program. The program brings together some of 鈥渢he world鈥檚 top researchers to work with industry on promising new projects that will help strengthen our economy, create jobs and bring other benefits for communities,鈥� Goodyear said.
鈥淎s ever, we are proud that 海角社区 researchers can make such broad and important contributions to the development of knowledge in Canada as well as the economic development that flows from moving this knowledge from the laboratory to industry and to society at large,鈥� said Rose Goldstein, 海角社区鈥檚 Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations).
Among the 海角社区 projects being funded are the development of seismic risk-assessment methods that can identify whether critical buildings like schools and hospitals will be able to function following an earthquake. Also on the research menu are the development of tools based on the interactions between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services to help communities make decisions about environmental management in the face of local, regional, and global change, and the engineering and development of world-class, cost-effective solar energy conversion and storage systems (for either transportation or renewable energy-grid integration).
鈥淲e have received a high number of quality submissions,鈥� Fortier said, 鈥渁nd the peer review committees evaluating them are impressed with the excellence of the research teams, the importance and potential impact of the proposed research, and the strong support from partners.鈥�
Below is a list of the principal 海角社区 researchers and a brief of their projects. To learn more about each professor and their area of expertise, please click on their name.
海角社区 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering鈥ㄌ齈roject description: All-fibre infrared lasers and components for chemical detection applications
, 海角社区 Department of Natural Resource Sciences and 海角社区 School of Environment 鈥≒roject description: Ecosystem services, biodiversity, and landscape connectivity
, 海角社区 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Project description: Quality-driven integrated system design
, 海角社区 Department of Mining & Materials Engineering (recipient of the NSERC Leo Derikx Award and 2006 Killam Prize Recipient)鈥≒roject description: Horizontal single-belt casting for the competitive manufacturing of ferrous and light metal alloy sheet material
, 海角社区 Department of Mining & Materials Engineering (Gerald Hatch Faculty Fellow)鈥≒roject description: Engineering nanostructured titania thin film electrodes for highly efficient solar energy conversion and storage systems
Professor Ghyslaine McClure, 海角社区 Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics鈥� Project description: Post-earthquake functionality of schools and hospitals in Eastern Canada
, 海角社区 Department of Chemical Engineering (Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Biocolloids and Surfaces and Associate Director, Brace Center for Water Resources Management) 鈥≒roject description: Toxicity, transformations and transport of engineered nanoparticles in soils: New approaches to detect and characterize environmental risks.
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About 海角社区:
Founded in Montreal, Que., in 1821, is Canada鈥檚 leading post-secondary institution. It has two campuses, 11 faculties, 10 professional schools, 300 programs of study and more than 36,000 students. 海角社区 attracts students from more than 150 countries around the world. Almost half of 海角社区 students claim a first language other than English 鈥� including 6,200 francophones 鈥� with more than 6,800 international students making up almost 20 per cent of the student body.
About NSERC:
NSERC is a federal agency that helps make Canada a country of discoverers and innovators for all Canadians. The agency supports some 30,000 university students and postdoctoral fellows in their advanced studies. NSERC promotes discovery by funding more than 12,000 professors every year and fosters innovation by encouraging more than 1,500 Canadian companies to participate and invest in postsecondary research projects.
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