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Bruce Gaulin, physics and astronomy.
Bruce Gaulin
McMaster’s role in an international neutron-scattering project
will pay off for researchers studying materials in many fields from
engineering, physics and chemistry to earth science and biology.
So says Dr. Bruce Gaulin, physics and astronomy, who is president
of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS). |
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Through a Canada Foundation for Innovation International
Access Fund project, endorsed by CINS, Canadian scientists
will be involved in the design and construction of two insturments
at the Spallation Neutron Source being built in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, and due for completion by about 2006. “I
believe that our serious involvement at SNS will lead to exceptionally
high-quality Canadian science and engineering,” he says.
Dr. Gaulin says the project will secure leadership of Canadian
researchers in using neutrons to investigate new materials,
including his own work in experimental condensed matter physics,
which is the largest area of contemporary physics.
He is McMaster project leader for another CFI- funded research
centre for studying novel superconducting and magnetic materials,
and is the Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials, named
for Nobel Prize winner and McMaster professor emeritus Bertram
Brockhouse.
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