2013-2014

Dr. Gianluigi Botton was nomintated for "The President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision" Award".  Congratulations Dr. Botton!
The Graduate Students Association and the School of Graduate Studies co-sponsor these annual recognition awards.

2012-2013

Samantha Stambula, and Sagar Prabhudev, both PhD students in the group of Prof. Botton, won the Canadian Foundation for the Development of Microscopy Award for their papers submitted to  the Microscopical Society of Canada (MSC) annual meeting held in Victoria  (BC) in June 2013. Samantha studies the structure and properties of nitrogen doped graphene used in fuel cells and was awarded the prize of 1000$ for her paper titled: " Sub-Angstrom Characterization of N-doped Graphene with Pt atoms and clusters for the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Sagar studies the atomic structure of alloy nanoparticles used in fuel cells and also won a 1000$ prize for his paper "Quantitative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy of Catalyst Nanoparticles".

Ph.D. student David Rossouw won the best poster award at the International Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Meeting (EDGE 2013) held 26-31 May in Sainte-Maxime, France for the poster: “In-situ TEM laser pump-probe studies of individual carbon nanotubes and plasmonic resonances in lithographically defined silver nanostructures” by D. Rossouw, M. Bugnet, E. Bellido, and G. A. Botton all from Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University.

In the photo: David Rossouw (centre) receiving the best poster prize certificate on behalf of the authors from Prof. Christian Colliex (U. Paris Sud)

Prof. Anthony Petric has been named a fellow of ASM International.  ASM is a leading professional society for metallurgy and materials science.

Ph.D. student David Rossouw won the best poster award at the International Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Meeting (EDGE 2013) held 26-31 May in Sainte-Maxime, France for the poster: “In-situ TEM laser pump-probe studies of individual carbon nanotubes and plasmonic resonances in lithographically defined silver nanostructures” by D. Rossouw, M. Bugnet, E. Bellido, and G. A. Botton all from Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University.

Prof. Hatem Zurob received the “2013 Best Young Researcher Award” at the 5th Triennial International Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth in Sydney, Australia.  At the conference Prof. Zurob presented an invited talk. This award is given out once every 3 years.

McMaster celebrates its Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Over the last five decades, 80 members of the University’s research community have earned one of the country’s highest academic accolades. MSE members include David Embury, Gyan Johari and Gary Purdy.

Dr. Purdy has been named one of the 125 people of impact at McMaster University!
To celebrate McMaster’s 125th anniversary, the McMaster Alumni Association asked you, our alumni and friends: which McMaster figure – professor, benefactor, administrator, staff member, or graduate – has made the greatest impact. To see all the details and the full list click here.

Ph.D. student Guo-zhen Zhu and Prof. G. Botton published a paper on the study of atomic and electronic structure of surfaces using TEM and EELS in the prestigious journal Nature, ranked #1 of all interdisciplinary scientific journals, with an impact factor of 36. Find the McMaster press release here.  The paper can be found on the Nature website.

On Sept. 19, 2012, MSE's Adjunct Faculty Member Yves Brechet was appointed “Haut-commissaire à l’énergie atomique”.  He’ll advise the French Government on Nuclear Energy Issues.  http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement/mesures-d-ordre-individuel-10

Dr. Jeff Hoyt, Chair of MSE has been chosen as the recipient of the 2013 TMS Electronic, Magnetic, & Photonic Materials Division Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes an individual whose continuous service to EMPMD activities facilitated the Society’s capability to serve EMPMD members and supporting organizations.