Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research

Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
Arthur Bournes Building 453
McMaster University
1280 Main St. W.
Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1

Phone: 905-525-9140
FAX: 905-621-2773
Email: BIMR@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

General Information

About the Institute
The University and the City

The People

Administration
Staff
Faculty Members

The Facilities

The Walter W. Smeltzer Corrosion Laboratory

Electron Optics

Materials Preparation and Characterization

Science & Engineering Electronic Shop

Liquid Helium Facility

Accelerator

Research Areas

High Temperature Super-conductivity
Optoelectronics
Metals, Ceramics and Composites
Polymer Sciences and Engineering
Surface Sciences and Corrosion
Biomaterials

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Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University

In honour of the Nobel Prize winner Dr. Bertram Brockhouse the Institute was re-named the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research in 1995. The BIMR is an interdisciplinary research organization with the mandate to develop, support and co-ordinate all materials research-related activities at McMaster. Its membership of 56 faculty members is drawn from 8 departments in the Faculties of Science, Engineering and Health Sciences. Founded by Howard Petch in the 1960's, the IMR is the foundation on which McMaster's internationally recognized, comprehensive programme in Materials Research has been built. The BIMR plays a leading role in the largest of the Ontario Centre of Excellence - the Ontario Centre for Materials Research (OCMR).

The BIMR maintains central facilities for materials research: high temperature crystal growth laboratories which are unique in Canada, a suite of electron microscopes, metallography facilities, the helium liquifier and the Science and Engineering Electronic Shop.

The main thrust areas of research are: High Temperature Super-conductivity; Optoelectronics; Metals, Ceramics and Composites; and Polymer Science and Engineering. There are also smaller, but nevertheless very strong, efforts in Surface Science and Corrosion and Biomaterials.

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Administration

Director: A. John Berlinsky: Email Address berlinsk@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Assistant to the Director: Marlene Webb: Email Address webbmar@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Secretary to the Director: Anne Taylor: Email Address taylora@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Administative Assistant: Marg Kilgour: Email Address kilgour@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Secretary: Laurie Kendry: Email Address kendry@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

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Technical Staff

The Walter W. Smeltzer Corrosion Laboratory

Corrosion Specialist: John Rodda: Email Address: jrodda@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

Electron Optics

Electron Optics Coordinator: Fred Pearson: Email Address: eoptics@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Materials Characterization Specialist: Chris Butcher: Email Address: butcher@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
SEM Specialist: John Hudak: Email Address: hudakjm@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Technician: Andy Duft: Email Address: andyd@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

Materials Preparation & Characterization

X-Ray Facility, Manager: Jim Britten: Email Address: xman@xraysg.chemistry.mcmaster.ca
X-ray Analyst: Wen He Gong: Email Address: gongw@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Materials Preparation Specialist: Jim Garrett: Email Address: garrettj@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Materials Preparation Specialist: Bruce Collier: Email Address: collierb@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Research Specialist: Antoni Dabkowski: Email Address: dabko@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Research Specialist: Hanna Dabkowska: Email Address: dabko@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Research Analyst: Frank Gibbs: Email Address: gibbshf@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

Science & Engineering Electronics Shop

Supervisor: Valdis Cers: Email Address: cersval@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Electronics Specialist: Roger Periard: Email Address: periard@mcmail.mcmaster.ca
Electronics Specialist: George Zibens: Email Address: zibensg@mcmail.mcmaster.ca

Liquid Helium Facility

Technician: Gord Hewitson: Email Address:

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Last updated Aug 29, 1995

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