On Thursday, September 13th, 2018 the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering had the pleasure of hosting another instalment of the Distinguished Speaker Series. This talk featured Dr. Chung Woo (previously of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, and Emeritus Professor of Solid-State Electronics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and his thoughts on “Integrating atomistic processes in irradiation damage models: issues and effects”.

An overview of the talk can be found below:

Our group has been fairly busy this past academic year with a large portion of the Nuclear Group successfully passing their defences! Help us in congratulating our members below!

PhDs:

14 Feb 2019, Zhouyao Wang

7 Dec 2018, Travis Skippon

30 Oct 2018, Chris Cochrane

27 Sep 2018, Qiang Wang

14 Sep 2018, Cong Dai

10 Sep 2018, Qingshan Dong

At this year’s Spring Convocation, Queen’s University is bestowing its highest form of recognition for research excellence to five faculty members. Margaret Moore (Political Studies), Tucker Carrington (Chemistry; Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy), Mark Daymond (Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy), Robert Ross (Kinesiology and Health Studies), and Nancy van Deusen (History) are the recipients of the 2019 Prizes for Excellence in Research (PER).

Over $6 million has been awarded to Queen’s researchers through NSERC’s Alliance grants to collaborate with industry partners in areas such as computing, wireless communications, and nuclear power.

Shared from The Queen’s Gazette.