Faculty
Dr. Mark Daymond
Professor
Research Interest: Micromechanisms of deformation in metals, ceramics and composites; slip, twinning, phase transformation, cracking. Both experimental and modelling.
Development and application of advanced neutron and x-ray scattering techniques in materials research, optimisation of diffraction optics, data analysis and statistical treatments. Both experimental and modelling.
Nuclear materials
Phone: (613)533-2193
Email: mark.daymond@queensu.ca
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Dr. Zhongwen Yao, LEL
Associate Professor
Research Interest: Ni-based superalloys, Oxide Dispersion-strengthened (ODS) Steels, Zr alloys, and other nuclear materials etc.
Nanostructure characterization in metals
Thin film coating technology
Transmission electron microscopy imaging technology
Phone: (613)-533-3435
Email: yaoz@queensu.ca
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Prof. Rick Holt
Emeritus professor
Research Interest: Performance of reactor components.
Phone: (613)533-6831
Email: richard.holt@queensu.ca
Dr. Malcolm Griffiths
Adjunct Professor
Research Interest: Radiation damage in nuclear reactor core materials and the development of improved materials to suit particular nuclear reactor applications.
Development of techniques and methods to quantitatively characterise material microstructures before and after irradiation using transmission electron microscopes and X-ray diffraction facilities.
Irradiation tests using electron, gamma, ion and neutron irradiation.
Modelling irradiation deformation and mechanical property changes.
Email: malcolm.griffiths@queensu.ca
Dr. Levente Balogh
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Irradiation of Materials, Nuclear Materials, Structural Materials, Materials Characterization, X-ray and Neutron Diffraction, Microstructure and Mechanical Property Relations, Accelerator-based Neutron Generation and Spectroscopy.
Phone: (613)533-6000, ext. 7-4570
Email: levente.balogh@queensu.ca
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Dr. Suraj Persaud
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Corrosion and Environmental Degradation of Materials, Materials Characterization, Nuclear Materials
Phone: (613)-533-6000 ext. 74015
Email: suraj.persaud@queensu.ca
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Dr. Laurent Béland
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Computational materials physics. The types of methods I use include:
• Atomistic simulation on short timescales (molecular dynamics)
• Atomistic simulations on long timescales (accelerated dynamics)
• Mesoscale simulations
• Classical force-field development, based on empirical data and quantum mechanics
These simulations apply to materials such as:
• Metals and alloys
• Cements
• Oxides
Phone: (613)-817-5441
Email: laurent.beland@queensu.ca
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Staff
Tom Feuerstake
RMTL Manager
Email: tom.feuerstake@queensu.ca
Curtis McDonald
Accelerator Operator, Lab Technician
Duties: Operating and maintaining RMTL facilities and equipment. Safety supervision and training.
Phone: (613)548-8357
Email: curtis.mcdonald@queensu.ca
Links: Published Works
Candace Chabot
Administrative Research Assistant
Duties: Administrative duties, purchasing, invoicing, account reconciliation, web design and maintenance, event organization and booking.
Email: candace.chabot@queensu.ca
Links: LinkedIn
Research Associates
Kevin Daub
Research Associate
Email: kevin.daub@queensu.ca
Dr. Fei Long
Research Associate
Research Interest: Zirconium alloys; Irradiation damage; In-situ TEM characterization, deformation mechanism.
Email: f.long@queensu.ca
Links: Google Scholar
Postdocs
Dr. Jean-Francois Caron
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: jfc3@queensu.ca
Dr. Pooyan Changizian
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest: Radiation damage, Ni-based superalloys, Transmission/Scanning electron microscopy, Nano/Micro-mechanical tests, Deformation mechanism, Failure analysis.
Phone: (613)770-7402
Email: 13pc10@queensu.ca
Links: Google Scholar
LinkedIn
Dr.Qingshan Dong
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest: Irradiation damage characterization, Deformation of metals, Interface analysis of particles.
Phone: (343)-333-6372
Email: qingshan.dong@queensu.ca
Links: Google Scholar
Dr. Hong Qin
Postdoctoral fellow
Research Interest: Additive manufacturing-microstructure characterization of selective laser melted (SLM) aluminum alloys and Inconel alloys.
Email: hq6@queensu.ca
Links: Initiation and Accomodation Article
Variant Selection Article
Effect of Dynamic Strain Aging Article
Microstructure and Texture Evolution Article
Dr. Peyman Saidi
Postdoctoral fellow
Research Interest: Studying equilibrium and non-equilibrium phase transformations utilizing atomistic simulation techniques such as molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and DFT.
Email: peyman.saidi@queensu.ca
Links: Google Scholar
LinkedIn
Dr. Matthew Topping
Postdoctoral fellow
Research Interest: Nuclear Materials, proton-irradiations, Zirconium, Nickel, electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), in-situ mechanical testing in SEM.
Email: matthew.topping@queensu.ca
Links: Research Gate
LinkedIn
PhD Students
Adil Shaik
PhD Student
Research Interest:Mechanistic understanding of zirconium corrosion and hydrogen pick-up, Micromechanics of oxide scales
Phone:1-(343)333-8475
Email:19sa36@queensu.ca
Links:Google Scholar
Segun Aiyeru
PhD Student
Email: s.aiyeru@queensu.ca
Nima Nikpoor Badr
PhD Student
Research Interest: Hydride reorientation in Zr alloys.
Email: 14nnb1@queensu.ca
Igor Cherubin
PhD Student
Research Interest:Nuclear Materials, Zr-2.5%Nb and hydride characterization, hydride formation in Zr alloys, hardening mechanisms, and delayed hydride cracking (DHC).
Phone:(613)770-6199
Email: igor.cherubin@queensu.ca
Links: LinkedIn
Google Scholar
Keyvan Ferasat
PhD Student
Email: 17kf7@queensu.ca
Yasaman Ghaffari
PhD Student
Email: 18yg19@queensu.ca
Hooman Gholamzadeh
PhD Student
Research Interest:Corrosion, Stress Corrosion Cracking, Macro and Micro Mechanical testing, Materials Characterization and Microscopy Techniques.
Email:hooman.gholamzadeh@queensu.ca
Sean Hanlon
Part-time PhD Student
Research Interest: Environmentally assisted cracking of Zr alloys
Email: 15smkh@queensu.ca
Aditya Kamath
PhD Student
Research Interest:Molecular dynamics, cascade simulations on short time scales.
Email: 18aak19@queensu.ca
Yu Luo
PhD Student
Email: yu.luo@queensu.ca
Yuhan Mao
PhD Student
Research Interest: Nuclear Materials, Rate Theory Models.
Email: 14ym16@queensu.ca
Brodie Moore
PhD Student
Research Interest: In-situ Irradiation Creep in zirconium and zirconium alloys.
Phone: (403)861-0308
Email: 13bjm@queensu.ca
Vindel Ramsundar
PhD Student
Email: 19vsr@queensu.ca
Lucas Ravkov
PhD Student
Email: 12lar5@queensu.ca
Ronit Roy
PhD Student
Email: 19rr9@queensu.ca
Jordan Soloman
PhD Student
Email: j.solomon@queensu.ca
Iveta Steblevska
PhD Student
Research Interest:Accelerator technology; Control systems in the proton accelerator; Accelerator beam parameter measurements
Email: 18is13@queensu.caLinks: LinkedInGoogle Scholar
Adriano Yaedu
PhD Student
Research Interest:High-temperature oxidation, Corrosion, Failure Analysis, Damage Mechanisms
Email: 19aey@queensu.ca
Links: LinkedIn
Shengze Yin
PhD Student
Research Interest: Powder metallurgies in additive manufacturing; to study the composition, morphology, size distribution, and other powder characteristic properties and their effects on the parts made by selective laser melting process.
Email: s.yin@queensu.ca
Yubin Zhao
PhD Student
Research Interest: Irradiation creep.
Phone: (613)770-3891
Email: 17yz74@queensu.ca
MASc Students
Chris Anderson
MASc Student
Email: chris.anderson@queensu.ca
Robert Carson
MASc Student
Email: r.carson@queensu.ca
Amir Ghorbani
MASc Student
Email: amir.ghorbani@queensu.ca
Rong Guo
MASc Student
Research Interest:Proton irradiation sample holder, Temperature control, Helium cooling system, Secondary electron suppression.
Phone: 647-458-4001
Email: Rong.Guo@queensu.ca
Xuan Liu
MASc Student
Research Interest: Ni-based ODS alloy
Phone: (647)-629-2067
Email: xuan.liu@queensu.ca
Thalles Lucas
MASc Student
Email: thalles.lucas@queensu.ca
Cam MacMaster
MASc Student
Research Interest:Nuclear Materials, ODS Steels, TEM Microscopy
Phone: (613)-795-3379
Email: c.macmaster@queensu.ca
Mahya Moghaddam
MASc Student
Email: 19mmm10@queensu.ca
Des Williams
MASc Student
Email: 13dw29@queensu.ca