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Robert Varin

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of Mechanical and Mechatronics EngineeringUniversity of Waterloo

Robert Varin

Professor Emeritus

Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 NSERC), most recently in 2012.

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Latest funding

Advanced nanostructured hydride composites based on light elements for solid state hydrogen storage
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Nanomaterials for solid state hydrogen storage
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$140,100
NSERC Hydrogen Canada (H2CAN) Strategic Research Network
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$5,172,325

All 11 grants and awards

Advanced nanostructured hydride composites based on light elements for solid state hydrogen storage

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$100,000

Nanomaterials for solid state hydrogen storage

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$140,100

NSERC Hydrogen Canada (H2CAN) Strategic Research Network

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Research Networks

Principal investigators: Chahine, Richard

$5,172,325

Nanonickel catalysts for solid state hydrogen storage

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$110,610

Waterloo materials analysis and research facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2004Major Facilities Access Grants

Principal investigators: Leung, KamTong

$195,000

Nanoscience and nanotechnology of intermetallics for energy conversion

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$220,000

Materials Technology and Analysis Facility - High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA)/Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Microprobe

Co-investigatorCFI1999Innovation Fund: Institutional Innovation Fund over $350,000

Principal investigators: Leung, Tong

Keywords: materials characterization, structural imaging, composition analysis, processing, SEM, ESCA/Auger/SIMS, STM/AFM

$1,308,652

Intermetallics and their composites

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$150,190

Intermetallics and their composites

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$133,700

Intermetallic alloys and their composites

Principal investigatorNSERC1991Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Varin, Robert

$99,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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