Equipment

  • Apreo-2S Field Emission Gun Scanning Electron Microscope and Bruker High Resolution Electron Backscatter Diffraction Detector: See relevant photos here.  An example of the data set measured by this SEM/EBSD sysetm can be found here. Funded by CFI and ORF.
  • NEW: An in-situ SEM rig for deforming materials at elevated temperatures. This system is capable of doing tension, compression, four point bending tests as well as deforming foils. Specimens can be heated in-situ up to 1000 C. See relevant videos on our group's instagram account. Funded by NSERC
  • An in-situ high temperature nano-indentaiton system and a high temperature creep + corrosion testing system (with Prof. Robert Klassen). See relevant videos and photos on our Instagram account. Funded by CFI.
  • Fume hood, polishing and electro-polishing facilities. Funded by NSERC
  • Controlled hydriding facility. Funded by NSERC
  • ABAQUS License for parallel computing and developing user subroutines. Funded by NSERC.
  • Several work station with total of 128 threads, and 384 GB RAM. Funded by NSERC
We also visit the following Labs to conduct our research: