Sina is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry at Western University. He is working under the supervision of Dr. Jamie Noël and his research has focused on the pitting probability of Cu under Deep Geological Repository (DGR) conditions. Cu has sufficient corrosion resistance in different environments such as...Read More
Alan Shepard, President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario and Shelly Tapp, Deputy Minister of Colleges and Universities visited Surface Science Western for a tour of our state-of-the-art instruments last week! Photo of Alan Shepard, Shelly Tapp and Brad Kobe.Read More
Surface Science Western (SSW) is accredited by A2LA to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements. Our customers can be assured our testing and consulting services conform to this International Standard for calibration and testing laboratories. This accreditation identifies SSW as achieving the technical competence and management system requirements that guarantee the consistent integrity...Read More
Gary Good, Operations Manager We are at once happy and sad to announce the retirement of our Operations and Quality Manager, Gary Good. He has been an outstanding addition for more than 33 years of service and a true inspiration for all of us. His contributions were integral to our...Read More
CMC Microsystems has for many years provided small grants to academic researchers to help cover device fabrication costs. They have recently announced that characterization costs, like those provided at Surface Science Western, can now also be covered using these grants. For more information see MNT Portal | CMC Microsystems.Read More
Virtual Lab Tour of SSW” at London’s Manufacturing Matters 2020 Conference as part of our involvement with the Ontario Advanced Manufacturing Consortium. Take a look to see some of our state-of-the-art equipment and hear from our surface science experts!Read More
Our work with Ariel Smith through Coastal Action has been highlighted in CBC’s As it Happens and CBC News article. Also see our microplastics page on the characterization of microplastics by FTIR spectroscopy: www.surfacesciencewestern.com/industrial-solutions/characterizationmicroplastics/”Read More
Surface Science Western would like to congratulate Marshall Yang, winner of this year’s N. Stewart McIntyre Award in Surface Science. Marshall is a member of Dr. Hui Zhang and Dr. Jesse Zhu’s (Western Engineering) research group who specialize in particle fluidization, powder coatings and pharmaceutical coatings. Marshall’s work, which...Read More
Two Ph.D. students from Jamie Noel’s research group have reached the top 20 finalists in NSERC’s Science Exposed photo contest. The winner will be determined by public voting. Please go to the website, look at the top 20 cool science photos. Please vote for the photo submitted by either Mengnan...Read More
SSW recently installed a Zeiss Xradia 410 Versa Micro-CT and a Deben CT500 mechanical testing unit (soon to be upgraded to CT5000). With this instrument, SSW scientist Dr. Heng-Yong Nie has been collaborating with the research group of Professor Yu Liu at Jiangnan University to develop analytical approaches to understanding...Read More
