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Seven Projects Receive Ontario Research Funding
November 17, 2009
Seven research initiatives involving the Faculty of Engineering are receiving $24,318,057 from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF). The projects involve clean energy, biomedical engineering, materials characterization, information technology, and structural engineering.
The Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, John Molloy, was at McMaster on Tuesday, November 17 to make the announcement. A total of 18 research projects at McMaster are receiving $33,468,360 in ORF funding.
Research projects receiving funding, and the primary engineering researchers involved are:
• Centre for Advanced Nuclear Systems, John Luxat, professor of engineering physics and NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety Analysis, $9,172,600
• Biointerfaces Institute, John Brash, university professor of chemical engineering and director, McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering (John Brennan, Faculty of Science, is the principal investigator from McMaster), $7,227,157
• Laboratory for Advanced Photovoltaic Research, Rafael Kleiman, professor of engineering physics and Canada Research Chair in MicroElectroMechanical Systems, $5,123,758
• McMaster Intense Positron Beam Facility, Peter Mascher, professor of engineering physics and William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics, $2,326,166
• G-ScalE: Gaming Scalability Environment, Jacques Carette, associate professor of computing and software, $258,884
• Extreme Dynamic Load Simulator, Wael El-Dakhakhni, assistant professor of civil engineering and Martini, Mascarin and George Chair in Masonry Design, $110,000
• Thermal Energy Recovery and Management Testing Platform, James Cotton, associate professor of mechanical engineering, $99,492
The Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure program ensures that Ontario’s publicly funded research institutions and their researchers continue to have competitive, state-of-the-art infrastructure to engage in world-leading research and technology development.
