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 Dr Norman C. Beaulieu

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 Dr Fadhel Ghannouchi

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 Dr Jim Haslett

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 Dr Graham Jullien

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 Dr Gérard Lachapelle

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 Dr Christian Schlegel

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 Dr Hugh Williams

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 Dr Carey Williamson

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 Dr Carey Williamson



NANOENGINEERED ICT DEVICES
 Dr Michael Brett

THIN FILM ENGINEERING
 Dr Michael Brett

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Dr Mark Freeman

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 Dr Barry Sanders

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 Dr Wolfgang Tittel

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 Dr Anup Basu

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 Dr Pierre Boulanger

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 Dr Sheelagh Carpendale and
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 Dr Stuart Kauffman

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 Dr Guenther Ruhe

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 Dr Jonathan Schaeffer

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 Dr Christoph Sensen

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 Dr Richard Sutton

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 Dr Hong Zhang

 

Dr Michael Brett
Thin Film Engineering

iCORE is contributing $100,000 a year for five years, retroactive to March 1, 2003, to support this research program. NSERC is contributing $140,200 per year for five years. Micralyne is contributing $115,000 per year in cash, $14,000 in cash-equivalent and $10,000 in kind.

This iCORE Industry Chair supports Dr Brett's work as an iCORE Professor on thin film engineering.

Biographical Information
Dr Brett's study of microstructure in thin-film coatings led to authorship of an internationally known simulator (SIMBAD) to predict thin film structure. Most major microelectronic and equipment firms worldwide, including IBM, Toshiba and Intel, have purchased SIMBAD for use in development of integrated circuit processes. Dr Brett's interest in microstructures also led him and his research group to invent the GLAD (Glancing Angle Deposition) process for nanoengineering thin films capable of controlling structure at the nanometre scale.

Dr Brett consistently establishes standards of excellence and innovative leadership at the University of Alberta. He was a key leader in the creation of the University of Alberta MicroFab, a micro fabrication lab with an open access policy so that industry and external researchers can use the equipment. He has been awarded the McCalla and Killam Research Professorships, and the Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.


Research Program Overview
This award will focus on modeling and characterization of the physical and electrical properties of nanoscale materials. A full understanding of the nanoengineering process will enable optimization of materials for device applications, and enhance commercialization prospects.

iCORE's support will allow the research program to focus on more "quantitative modeling" and "quantitative characterization" of nanostructured thin films, such as:

a) Modeling and characterization of the electrical properties of nanostructured coatings
b) Modelling and characterization of physical properties of nanofibres
c) Studies of optical properties.


Related Links:
Dr Brett's Homepage
National Institute for Nanotechnology