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CTRI Research Day

Many thanks to all our wonderful participants: speakers, poster presenters and audience for the CTRI Research Day on Tuesday, August 2023. We had nearly 90 registrants for a full day of information on a wide range of subjects.

We would like to thank our sponsor

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2022 Student Symposium

We were thrilled with the turn out for our 2022 Student Symposium!

We had over forty attendees with eleven talks by twelve students. We will be filing a fuller report in September!

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Two CTRI Members named as听Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chairs

July 12, 2021

Congratulations are in order for and Kevin Plucknett, who are among the four newest Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chairs at 麻豆传媒.

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New NSERC CREATE in Leadership in Energy Sustainability

The Clean Technology Research Institute is听excited to announce its Leaders in Energy Sustainability (LES) training program funded through the NSERC听听program.

The LES听program听will produce highly qualified energy and sustainability professionals ready to ensure Canada's role as a global leader in the emerging energy revolution.听Program participants听will gain a unique set of credentials that combine technical expertise, industry insight, research, and communication skills, as well as professional and business skills that will enable them to navigate the societal, business, and regulatory environments linked to renewable energy development and its successful deployment. The combination of these skills, knowledge, and experience will prepare them to move into high-level decision-making and management roles in a range of industrial, government, and academic sectors.听

The听LES research areas will听include:

• Next-generation perovskite and organic-based photovoltaic devices
• Membranes for solar fuel generation
• Advanced core-shell battery materials and battery-grid integration
• Socio-environmental impacts of design
• Comprehensive 鈥渟ystems鈥� thinking for sustainable energy听integration
• Techno-economics and jurisdictional engagement (circular economy) in sustainable energy听implementation

The faculty leading the LES program听are:听听(Chemistry & CTRI Director),听Michelle Adams听(School for Resource and Environmental Studies),听Jeff Dahn听(Physics and Atmospheric听Science),听Karen Foster (Sociology and Social Anthropology),听听(Physics and Atmospheric Science),听 (Chemistry),听听(Process Engineering and Applied Science), Michael Metzger (Physics and Atmospheric听Science) and听听(Mechanical Engineering).

In the coming months,听we鈥檒l听be rolling out the program鈥檚 website听and announcing more details about the program!听听

New NSERC Alliance Grants

The (NSERC) and 麻豆传媒 recently announced two new , and both are expected to have big impacts on energy storage research at 麻豆传媒.听

Through the Alliance Grants Program, Mark Obrovac has received support from NSERC and , a leading battery materials and technology company spun out of Jeff Dahn's lab. Mark Oborovac's research is focused on making higher performing batteries that cost less and have a lower envionmental impact than current technologies. The total value of the award is $3.3 million. You can read more about this award here.

A second Alliance Grant has been awarded to Jeff Dahn,听Chongyin Yang听and听Michael Metzger, with funding from NSERC and from . The research goals are to lower battery costs, increase battery lifetimes, increase the energy density of batteries, improve battery safety and increase the content of sustainable materials in batteries.听The total value of the award is $6 million, the largest Alliance Grant that 麻豆传媒 has received. More details about the award can be found here.

CFI Funding Announcements

CTRI is very happy to share the news that two proposals in the clean tech space have been funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 Infrastructure Fund.听 Congratulations to all the team members!

Next Generation Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics

Advanced ceramics are utilised across a broad range of industries, including transportation, biomedical, architecture, petrochemicals, mining, pulp and paper 鈥� all markets that are vital to the Canadian economy. However, manufacturing of advanced ceramics for these applications is expensive, with many component geometries (i.e. multiple internal channels for fluid or gas flow) extremely challenging or even impossible to produce conventionally.

Led by Kevin Plucknett and Vincent Sieben, this research is focused on eliminating the barriers to the manufacture of advanced ceramics, through the investigation and development of state-of-the-art approaches for ceramic manufacturing. Working with a broad variety of industrial partners, from international organizations to small-to-medium enterprises, the research team will ultimately develop a selection of higher technology readiness level demonstrator components. These will focus on bio-implants for health care, highly robust sensors for ocean and down well monitoring, 鈥渟mart鈥� architectural building components, solar energy, and highly wear-resistant coatings. The other 麻豆传媒 team members are Brian Lilley (Architecture), Zoheir Farhat and Stephen Corbin (Mechanical Engineering), and Ghada Koleilat (Electrical and Computer Engineering).

Advanced Sustainable Energy Technology (ASET) Research Program

Solar energy is the most abundant renewable energy source on the planet and the best option for transitioning Canada to a low-carbon economy. Given the intermittent nature of renewable energy (wind and solar), storage of energy in batteries and in the form of fuel is essential to increasing its use in an ever-growing energy market.

Led by Erin Johnson and Michael Freund, the Advanced Sustainable Energy Technology (ASET) program research program will produce breakthroughs in solar energy conversion and storage, positioning Canada as a scientific leader in renewable solar energy technology. This will be the most comprehensive program of its kind in Canada and the only one presenting a convergence of expertise in fundamental materials research, battery knowledge, and integration, leading to viable sustainable energy solutions. The other 麻豆传媒 team members are Jeff Dahn (Physics and Atmospheric Science) , Mita Dasog (Chemistry), Ian Hill (Physics and Atmospheric Science), Ghada Koleilat (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Mark Obrovac Chemistry), Lukas Swan (Mechanical Engineering) and Josef Zwanziger (Chemistry.

There is more information about the other successful CFI proposals from 麻豆传媒 at Dal News.

Honours for 麻豆传媒 Chemists

The Chemical Institute of Canada and the Canadian Society for Chemistry have announced their 2021 awards, and the big congratulations are in order for Alison Thompson, Laura Turculet and Mark Stradiotto.

Alison Thompson is the 2021 winner of the ; it is presented to honour a resident of Canada who has shown significant leadership in or has made an outstanding contribution to the profession of chemistry or chemical engineering in Canada.

Laura Turculet is the winner of the , which is presented to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has made an outstanding contribution to inorganic chemistry, demonstrating exceptional promise, while working in Canada.

The recognizes a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the fields of inorganic chemistry or electrochemistry while working in Canada. Mark Stradiotto is the recipient of the 2021 award