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FREDERICTON,
New Brunswick, March 19, 2009 — The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister
of State (Science and Technology), today offered his congratulations to the
Canada Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick, whose position was
recently renewed.
Bruce Balcom is the renewed Canada Research Chair in Materials Science Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Dr. Balcom's research involves the application of new methods of MRI to a broad array of problems in materials science. This research will help develop and improve a new materials research capability in Canada and facilitate the introduction and development of new processes and products.
“Dr. Balcom, one of Canada's leading scientists and engineers, will generate the knowledge we need to solve tough problems,” said Minister of State Goodyear. “That is why we are pleased to announce the renewal of Dr. Balcom's Canada Research Chair in Materials Science MRI here at the University of New Brunswick.”
As Director of the University of New Brunswick's MRI (UNB MRI) Centre, Dr. Balcom and his team have invented a family of new MRI methods. The successful application of the centre's new MRI techniques, with allied hardware and software innovations, has opened new vistas in material science research. Detecting how water and oil move through rock and concrete is one of the many practical applications of Dr. Balcom's work, which is already being used by the oil and gas industry.
The UNB MRI Centre is the only material science MRI laboratory in Canada and the only university-based laboratory of its type in North America. The birthplace of the Single-Point Ramped Imaging with T1 Enhancement (SPRITE) technique, it is considered the leading laboratory worldwide in many aspects of material science MRI.
On
February 23, 2009, the Government of Canada announced an investment of $120.4
million to fund 134 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs in 37 Canadian universities.
The research chairs will conduct research in variety of fields of direct interest
to Canadians. This investment also includes $6.6 million for the Canada Foundation
for Innovation to support research infrastructure.
Read
the full press release by the Government of Canada
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?m=/index&nid=437979
Photo
from
http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/physics/mri/
Government of Canada has announced today an investment of $120.4 million to fund 134 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs in 37 Canadian universities. This includes renewal of two Tier 1 Chairs involved in magnetic resonance research.
Raymond Laflamme (University of Waterloo) Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Quantum Information
Bruce Balcom (University of New Brunswick) Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Materials Science and MRI. Bruce has also been awarded a complementary CFI funding under the Leaders Opportunity Fund.
Our sincere congratulations to Raymond, Bruce and their colleagues with this well-deserved recognition.
http://www.chairs.gc.ca/web/media/releases/2009/february_e.asp
