Research
Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.
Latest funding
- $631,868
MicroOrganism-influenced Degradation: Undersea, in the Laboratory, and in the Earth (MODULE)
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $166,000
Fundamental interfacial chemical processes, structures, and compositions underlying corrosion mechanisms
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $632,000
Addressing long-term containment of Small modular reactor fuel waste using a chemical and materials science approach
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
MicroOrganism-influenced Degradation: Undersea, in the Laboratory, and in the Earth (MODULE)
Principal investigators: Noel, James
Keywords: Nuclear energy; Materials performance
Fundamental interfacial chemical processes, structures, and compositions underlying corrosion mechanisms
Principal investigators: Noël, James
Keywords: electrochemical methods; instrumentation development; surface spectroscopy; thin films; techniques and applications; material characterization; corrosion; degradation; properties of surfaces and interfaces; structure
Addressing long-term containment of Small modular reactor fuel waste using a chemical and materials science approach
Principal investigators: Gateman, Samantha SM
Keywords: corrosion; electrochemistry; high level nuclear waste; materials degradation; mechanical stress; radiation damage; small modular reactors; surface chemistry
Safe-to-fail: Accident-tolerant fuel cladding
Principal investigators: Noel, James JJ
Keywords: accident-tolerant fuel; corrosion resistant; electrochemistry; hard-facing; hydrogen absorption; neutron scattering; nuclear fuel; protective cladding; small modular reactor fuel; zircon
Excellence in Canadian corrosion education through internationalization, equity, and interdisciplinarity (CORRECT)
Principal investigators: Hedberg, Yolanda YS
Keywords: corrosion; diversity; educational research; electrochemistry; equity; industrial relevance of training; internationalization; material degradation; materials science; surface science
A Tribocorrosion Apparatus to Revolutionize Tribology and Corrosion Research in Canada
Principal investigators: Hedberg, Yolanda
Materials chemistry ensuring safe, indefinite isolation of used nuclear fuel
Principal investigators: Noel, James JJ
Keywords: alpha radiation damage; copper-coated carbon steel; corrosion of natural copper; corrosion science; deliquescent droplet corrosion; nuclear fuel dissolution; nuclear waste management; oxide to sulfide conversion; thorium oxide fuel; used fuel container corrosion
Urgent replacement of a power supply of an electron-beam evaporator for thin films deposition
Principal investigators: LagugnéLabarthet, François
Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-level Innovation.
Principal investigators: Crudden, Cathleen
Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-level Innovation.
Principal investigators: Crudden, Cathleen
Keywords: Surface Science Nanomedicine Corrosion protection Nanomaterials Self Assembled Monolayers N-heterocyclic Carbenes Bio-Imaging
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