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(Wolfville,
NS) - Acadia University chemistry professor, Dr. Vlad
Zamlynny, has received funding that will assist in research that
could generate beneficial spin-offs for Canada in the environment,
oil and gas and technology sectors of the economy.
The $150,798 Dr.
Zamlynny received will be used to acquire equipment which will
assist in understanding how thin films of organic protective
material break down aiding in the design of new and better corrosion
inhibitors that are essential to the oil and gas industry.
“The equipment that
will be acquired is absolutely essential for our research program
that is aimed at the development of new barrier materials,” says Dr.
Zamlynny, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Acadia. “These barrier
materials protect metals from corrosion and are widely used in
industry for the transportation and storage of aggressive
materials.”
Dr. Zamlynny’s
research has the potential to improve materials so that they protect
the environment from pollution. The research is also relevant to the
oil and gas and power generating industries and has a potential
application in nanotechnology and microelectronics.
"This funding is
welcomed as it will help Acadia retain one of its bright new
researchers,” says Acadia University's president, Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb.
“The new equipment will support research that is relevant to
Atlantic Canada and will serve to enhance the capacity of the world
class Acadia Centre for Microstructural Analysis.”
This financial support
was part of a national announcement made in March by Carmen Charette,
Interim President and CEO of Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
“This award represents a strategic boost to the research
capabilities of the province of Nova Scotia,” says Charette. “This
project was selected following a thorough assessment process and
will help ensure that researchers and graduate students at Acadia
University have access to a world-class facility and training
environment.”
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent
corporation created in 1997 by the Government of Canada to fund
research infrastructure. The CFI’s mandate is to strengthen the
ability of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and
other non-profit institutions to carry out world-class research and
technology development that will benefit Canadians.
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