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Simone chairs a symposium at the MMM/Intermag

Earlier in January, Simone attended the joint MMM/Intermag conference in San Diego, CA - where he chaired a symposium on heat transport challenges in heat-assisted magnetic recording. Very interesting talks from the invited speakers (K. Hono, D.G. Cahill, O. Hellwig, J.A. Malen, R. Chen)!

FDTR system being built

We have all the components for our frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) system, and the setup is almost ready. Here is a snapshot of the current status, soon we will be able to use this to characterize the thermal properties of materials, and investigate how heat is transported at different length scales. Stay tuned for more updates […]

Our new engineering building has a name

As the construction of our new Engineering building speeds towards completion by Summer 2015, today it was announced that our new home will be called the Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence. Follow news of the announcement here. Check out a few images of what this new building will look like:   This gorgeous building is […]