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Richard Secco

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ProfessorEarth SciencesWestern University

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Latest funding

Critical Replacement of Departmental X-ray Diffractometer Instrumentation
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$144,774
Experimental Studies of Earth and Planetary Materials at Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Experimental Studies of Earth and Planetary Materials at Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$427,000

All 16 grants and awards

Critical Replacement of Departmental X-ray Diffractometer Instrumentation

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Banerjee, Neil

$144,774

Experimental Studies of Earth and Planetary Materials at Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

$120,000

Experimental Studies of Earth and Planetary Materials at Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

Keywords: high pressure and temperature experiments; electrical and thermal conductivities; planetary core processes - geodynamo; core heat flow and thermal evolution; transition metals (fe,co,ni,au,hg) and alloys (si,s,o); deep earthquakes and mantle micro-seismics; acoustic emission studies on olivines at high p-t; magnetic induction in outer solar system subsurface oceans; electrical conductivity planetary nh3-h2o liquids and ices; high pressure and low temperature experiments

$427,000

Experimental Studies of Earth Materials at Extreme Pressure and Temperature Conditions of Planetary Interiors

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

$165,000

Acoustic emission system for micro-seismicity studies at high pressures and temperatures

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

$57,981

Experimental earth and planetary materials sciences at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

$255,000

High-pressure raman spectroscopic studies on earth and planetary materials

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Shieh, Sean

$115,540

Push-plug system and interpretation station for x-ray diffraction facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Flemming, Roberta

$22,019

Computer-numerically-controlled micro-machining facility for high pressure-temperature research

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

$18,753

Experimental earth and planetary materials sciences at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Secco, Richard

$228,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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