$52,819 Improving Scanning Probe Microscopy for Imaging Nanoparticles, NSERC, RTI, 1/1 (Hirose, A., Sammynaiken, R., Burgess, I.J., Chibbar, R.N. and Yang, J. (all co-investigators)) Hwang, D. $30,000 Advanced materials based on micr<strong>of</strong>luidic devices, NSERC, Discovery Grant, 1/5 $136,911 Optical and Polarized Optical Microscopes for Advanced Materials and <strong>Engineering</strong>, NSERC, NSERC RTI, 1/1 Kozinski, J.A. $40,420 Bioenergy and Waste Remediation, NSERC, Discovery Grant, 2008-2013 $147,888 Immune buildings: Development <strong>of</strong> eWAR systems, NSERC, Strategic Project Grant, total $443,664 for 3 years, 3/3, 2007-<strong>2010</strong> (Co-I Dascal, A., Butler, I., Haghigat, F.) $85,000 Green Energy, Fuels & Chemicals: SCW Conversion & Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Biooils, Agricultural and Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) Network, total $215,000 for 3 years, 3/3, <strong>2009</strong>-2012 $336,000 Super-Bio: Behaviour <strong>of</strong> organics in supercritical water (SCW), International Chair in Bioenergy, Institute for Advanced Studies and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France $116,607 GEN IV Nuclear Reactors: Development <strong>of</strong> Novel SCW Ultrafiltration System, NSERC, Collaborative <strong>Research</strong> and Development Grant, total $349,820 for 3 years, 2/3, <strong>2009</strong>-2012 (Co-I Ryan, D., Butler, I.) $175,253 SUNFUEL: Conversion <strong>of</strong> Waste Biomass to Bi<strong>of</strong>uels, NSERC Strategic Project Grant, total $525,760 for 3 years, 2/3, 2008-2011 (Co-I Dalai, A.,Butler, I., Hawari, J.) $59,720 Air Purification & Sterilization: Towards Design <strong>of</strong> Immune and Sustainable Buildings, NSERC Strategic Project Grant, 40% <strong>of</strong> total $447,900 for 3 years, 2/3, 2008-2011 (Co-I Haghigat, F., Ariya, P., Amyot, M., Ghaly, W.) $44,650 Symbiosis Between Sustainable Bioenergy & Environment, Individual <strong>Research</strong> Support Program (U<strong>of</strong>S), total $89,300 for 2 years, 2/2, 2008- <strong>2010</strong> Lin, Y.H. $23,000 Whole-cell gene and protein expression pr<strong>of</strong>iling <strong>of</strong> Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown under different gravity conditions, NSERC Discovery Grant, 1/5 Chemical <strong>Engineering</strong> – <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-10 Page 76
Nemati, M. $3,300 Analytical infrastructure for environmental bioengineering research laboratory, CFI, Infrastructure Operating Fund, 5/5, 2006-2011 $25,020 Desulphurization and Denitrification <strong>of</strong> Gas and Liquid Streams with Concomitant Generation <strong>of</strong> Energy in Microbial Fuel Cells, NSERC, Discovery Grant, 3/5, 2008-2013 $35,000 Treatment <strong>of</strong> swine and food processing wastewater and generation <strong>of</strong> electricity using microbial fuel cell technology, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), 1/3, 1 January <strong>2010</strong>-1 January 2013 (B. Predicala (co-investigator)) Niu, C.H. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (Total: $97,000), NSERC, RTI, $32000/yr, 1/1, <strong>2010</strong> (Hill GA (PI), Niu C) $21,729 Ethanol Dehydration Using Biosorbents, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, ABIP-ABIN, 2/3, 2008-2011 $29,900 Ethanol dehydration in PSA process, Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund, Contract, 2/2, December 1, 2008 - April 31, 2011 (Ajay Dalai, co-investigator) Peng, D.Y. $27,000 Thermodynamics <strong>of</strong> Green Process Mixtures, NSERC, Discovery Grant, 5/5, 2006-2011 Pugsley, T. $20,000 Hydrodynamics <strong>of</strong> Fluidized Beds with Internals and Application to Membrane Assisted Fluidized Bed, NSERC, Discovery Grant, 1/5, May <strong>2010</strong> - Apr 2015 $80,000 Gasification in a Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor, Nexen Inc., Grant, 5/5, Sept 2007 - Jul <strong>2010</strong> $304,500 Fluidized Bed Gasification <strong>of</strong> Specified Risk Material (SRM), Canada- Saskatchewan SRM Management Program, Grant, 3/3, 2007-<strong>2010</strong> Development <strong>of</strong> GEMS/Water Decision-Support S<strong>of</strong>tware for Assessing Water Impacts Associated with New and Emerging Energy Technol, GEMS Water, Environment Canada, Western Diversification, Government Contract, $241,000/yr, 1/3, <strong>2009</strong> - 2012 (Monique Dube (principal-investigator), Richard Robarts (co-investigator)) Development <strong>of</strong> Indices to Assess Food-Water and Energy-Water Security, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Contract, $168,000/yr, Chemical <strong>Engineering</strong> – <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-10 Page 77
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Research Report 20092010 Dr. Ajay
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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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6. Department of Electrical and Com
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Research in the C
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PART I COLLEGE RESEARCH THEMES COLL
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The research topics of active inter
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Eight faculty (Chen, Dolovich, Foto
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PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publi
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The SuperDARN research group, inclu
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Land Research in the land category
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esearch focus on highway traffic sa
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LIST OF FACULTY Division of Environ
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Personnel THEME 3 - ENERGY: PRODUCT
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areas: electrical machines and powe
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LIST OF FACULTY Department of Agric
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THEME 4 - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA
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SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - DE
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Atmospheric Processes of Climate Ch
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Theoretical studies on phase stabil
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I. FACULTY AND STAFF Professor and
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PPL - Plasma Physics Laboratory PEP
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III. GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND GIFTS Bo
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(Robert Rankin (U of Alberta) et al
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IV. DEGREES AWARDED Name Degree The
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - LIST HIGHL
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Zhou, L. M.Sc. Zhang Zhu, N. Ph.D.
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AGRICULTURAL AND BIORESOURCE ENGINE
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Rinas, C. M.Sc. Fonstad Industries
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - LIST OF HIGH
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Paterson, G. M.Sc. Dalai NSERC Betw
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Miryala, B. (VS) Dalai More, S. (VS
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Bell, L. M.Eng. Sharma No Support E
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Janfada, A. Ph.D. Barbour Syncrude
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Relland, K. M.Sc. Barbour / David H
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Post-Doctoral Fellows, Research Ass
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Gokaraju Scholarship. ANN Based Pha
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TRLabs Fellowship, Supervisor Jiang
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Sehgal, P. M.Sc. Sachdev Supervisor
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Munchinsky, R. (SS) Achenbach Norma
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Dunn, M. M.Sc. Bergstrom / Bugg Ein
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Modi, S. M.Sc. Zhang Mostaghimi Gho
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Yackulic, M.M. M.Sc. Burton / Schoe
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PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING PHYSICS - L
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING | RESEARCH R
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Bowen, R., Bowen, A., Baetz, M., Wa
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Alliance for the Prevention of Infe
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AGRICULTURAL AND BIORESOURCE ENGINE
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palm fibre: physical and dielectric
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City, Quebec, Canada, June 13-17, P
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Shinoj, S., Visvanathan, R. and Pan
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chickens in Saskatchewan. Annual Pr
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Vancouver, BC, July 23-26. Tripathy
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linkages: R &D collaborative opport
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - LIST OF PUBL
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Moreno, L.D., Predicala, B. and Nem
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Particulate Solids, Brisbane, Austr
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Azargohar, R., Naik, S.N., Rout, P.
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Surisetty, V.R., Dalai, A.K. and Ko
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derived Gas Oils: Review of Potenti
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Engineering Using a Novel Particle
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D. (2010). Cement Stabilization of
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Colorado, USA, August 5-7, 2009, 31
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Barbour, S.L. (Invited) (2009/10).
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ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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Transactions on Microwave Theory an
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Applications, Progress In Electroma
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Billinton, R., Park, J., Liang, W.,
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Photoluminescence in Rare-Earths: P
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Takaya, K., (2010). Dense Stereo Di
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uncertain linear discrete-time syst
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - LIST OF PU
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James, C., Simonson, C.J., Talukdar
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Raei, M., Toroghinezjad, M.R., Ashr
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Wang, H.D., Yang, Q. and Niu, C.H.
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Bassim, M.N., Odeshi, A.G. and Bold
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T6 and 5083-H131 Aluminum alloys, 1
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Zou, Y., Qin, W., Irissou, E., Lego
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Extraterrestrial Object: PEEM Studi
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PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING PHYSICS - L
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Gattinger, R.L., Egeland, A., Boura
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Kurmaev, E.Z., McLeod, J.A., Skorik
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Geophysicae 27, pp. 4281—4291. Po
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DeJong*, A.D., Kissinger, J., McWil
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Chang, G.S. (2009). Looking Beyond
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Ghezelbash, A.M. (2009). Title: Hol
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Moewes, A. (2009). Invited talk at
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September. Wiensz, J.T., Degenstein