Assoc. Dean @McMastereng Host Big Ideas for a Changing World podcast.
Dundas, Ontario
Joined May 2014
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The workforce for nuclear energy is expanding quickly. It will be challenging to more than double the workforce, and ensure the timing is right. In @WSJ by @yusmkhan
wsj.com/articles/shortfall-i…
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My focus is to correct the shortsightedness of battery lovers, who think all the world's problems can be solved by using more/bigger batteries, and dismiss hydrogen #H2.
How about air/sea transport⬇️, fertilizer, steel, cement, glassmaking, methanol, etc? #HydrogenCan
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The Torch-passing events to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day this June were inspired by CANADA🇨🇦 - by the immortal words of Cdn war poet Lt Col (Dr.) John McCrae “In Flanders Fields”. The torch design came from talented students at McMaster University, Hamilton. #LestWeForget
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Looking forward to presenting and hearing from an excellent line-up of speakers!
@UCalgaryBME @SchulichENGG @UCalgary
In the afternoon of the first day, we will hear about the Future of Bio-Materials Interfaces from Drs. @AdibLab, @MahshidLab, Aereas Aung and @MaryamBadv.
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This is what used nuclear fuel looks like in 🇨🇦.
Contained. Safely monitored. A solid. Safe.
Spoiler: it’s not like what you see on the Simpsons.
Every single one of these dry storage containers contains fuel bundles that have powered where Ontarians live, work, and play.
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"We are extremely disappointed to learn about the Disability Tax Credit eligibility requirement and the proposed $2,400/year cap.
It can be very difficult for people with disabilities to be approved for the DTC due to its strict eligibility requirements, and $2,400/year is woefully inadequate; it will not lift most people with disabilities who are eligible for the #CDB out of poverty."
#canadadisabilitybenefit #budget2024 @cafreeland @KamalKheraLib #resignkamalkhera
Disability Alliance BC has written a statement in response to the federal #Budget2024 announcement. We are extremely disappointed with the federal government’s plans for the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit.
Full statement: disabilityalliancebc.org/com…
#CDB
@JustinTrudeau @KamalKheraLib
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Wrote a short response essay on the ARPA model and the political will to allow failure
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That was a day — and for 96 seconds, a night — to remember! Thank you to the thousands of people who joined us on campus for #EclipseAtMac dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articl…
ALT Smiling eclipse ambassadors wearing eclipse glasses on the football field
ALT People in eclipse glasses fill the stands at the football stadium
ALT a grad student teaches a kid to make a pinhole camera
ALT The total solar eclipse seen over the silhouette of PGCLL
"To call it as dumb as a bag of hammers would be deeply unfair to hand tools." ... enjoyed this blog but really quoting because I have a discussion where I will need to use this line.
Although of course KPMG for all its faults is not really in the same class as Deloitte...
higheredstrategy.com/a-repor…
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Dr. Rafael Kleiman, Dr. Chang-qing Xu and Dr. Ryan Lewis received NSERC grants totaling 4.7 million dollars to do research in the quantum field. Read more: bit.ly/3TyZsll
#engphys #macengphys
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I had not seen these university rankings from American Caldwell before. Interesting idea but it is genuinely the stupdiest possible way of aggregating data I've seen in a long time.
americancaldwell.com/guv-ran…
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Once you realize current electricity rate design is a product of the limits of 1920s (not 2020s) metering technology—and not some fundamental economic reality that we must respect as sacred—it becomes a lot more obvious that we need to fundamental redesign electricity rates.
Good vibrations: CCEM creates the right environment for advanced materials research #BrighterWorld #McMaster brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/ar…
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One of @INL's first #nuclear reactors in 50 years – the MARVEL microreactor – can generate both heat & electricity.⚛️🙌
The small & portable #microreactor will be capable of providing reliable & affordable #energy, making a significant difference for rural communities.
More ⬇️
MARVEL: Idaho National Laboratory's first nuclear reactor in 50 years ktvb.com/article/news/local/…
In the early 90's, McMaster made a bold bet to rejuvenate its research reactor instead of shutting it down. A few years later, they committed to hiring a young John Valliant. Both bets have paid off nicely.
We’re proud to be part of this tremendous success story! It started with Prof. Valliant’s innovative idea. Now @FusionPharmaInc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company being acquired by @AstraZeneca in a deal valued at as much as $2.4 billion (US). brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/ar…
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Don't miss the following articles:
world-nuclear-news.org/Artic…
reuters.com/business/energy/….
powermag.com/japan-could-be-….
Canadian study looks at nuclear's potential to decarbonise heating : Energy & Environment - World Nuclear News world-nuclear-news.org/Artic…
