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SSW's 35th Anniversary Celebrations Keynote Address
The following is a transcript of the keynote address from our 35th Anniversary Celebrations given by Dr. Stewart McIntyre, director of Surface Science Western from 1981 to 2005. “Thank you all for attending this recognition of Surface Science Western staff, present and past, for their achievements in reaching this milestone. In these days of transitory…
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Western Research Parks 2016 Recipient of Outstanding Park Award
Surface Science Western would like to convey its congratulations to the team at Western Research Parks. Just recently, the 600-member Association of University Research Parks named Western as its 2016 recipient of the Outstanding Park Award. This is only the 3rd time this Award has been handed out to a Canadian-based Park. It is also…
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SSW Director David Shoesmith named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Prof. Dave Shoesmith, SSW’s Director, on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Fellows are elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities…
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2016 Dr. N. Stewart McIntyre Award winner Joseph Turnbull
Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Turnbull, PhD candidate from the Department of Chemistry at Western University, winner of the 2016 Dr. N. Stewart McIntyre Award in Surface Science. Joseph’s research abstract was entitled “Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Waste Containers in Aqueous HNO3 Solutions”. Joseph has used a variety of surface analysis techniques during his studies, including…
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SSW's 35th Anniversary – Save the Date
This year marks Surface Science Western’s 35th Anniversary – yes we’ve been doing surface analysis and materials characterization since 1981! Please save the date of Friday, November 4th in the afternoon and early evening to come to London and celebrate this milestone with us. Invitations to follow by email in September.
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Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Waste Containers in Aqueous HNO3 Solutions
Recent research is looking to determine the effects of radiolytically produced HNO3 droplets on the corrosion of copper coatings on high level nuclear waste containers. The extent and distribution of corrosion damage has been analyzed to help determine a penetration rate and the reaction rate constants required to model the corrosion process. A micro-electrochemical cell…
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Imperial Oil Limited University Research Award for SSW Researchers
Surface Science Western Director Professor Dave Shoesmith and Senior Research Scientist Dr. Sridhar Ramamurthy have been awarded an Imperial Oil Limited University Research Award ($25,000) to develop a better understanding of the corrosion behaviour of typical engineering materials used in refinery processes in solutions containing dilute fluoride ions, with and without the presence of chloride…
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SSW Featured on CTV London News
Surface Science Western was recently featured on CTV London News. See link for video or copy and paste the link below. http://london.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=801269
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Hat Trick an UNENE
We are delighted to report the following from December’s UNENE R&D Workshop in Toronto. This is an annual meeting of UNENE/NSERC Industrial Research Chairs from across the province, their research groups, the UNENE Research Advisory Committee, and nuclear industry stakeholders, including OPG, CNSC, Bruce Power, CNL, CANDU Energy, NWMO, COG, and others. PhD students working…
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Mineral Processing at Surface Science Western
The mineral processing group at SSW is actively engaged in both contract and academic research within the mineral processing sector of the Canadian mining industry. The group focuses on the relationship between mineral (ore) chemistry and the recovery strategy of a particular process. The overall goal of the research is to identify opportunities for process…
