Zenyatta Adds Interconnected Reduced Graphene Oxide to Its Albany Graphite Product Development Pipeline

Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. has added Interconnected Reduced Graphene Oxide (IC-rGO) to its product development pipeline, working with Prof. Aicheng Chen. It was developed by Prof. Aicheng Chen and his team using graphite from Zenyatta’s Albany deposit, IC-rGO is a useful nanomaterial for energy and environmental applications.
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Upgraded

Profs. Aicheng Chen, Aziz Houmam, Jacek Lipkowski and Peter Tremaine were awarded an NSERC RTI grant ($149.9k) to upgrade the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at the Electrochemical Technology Centre.
Zenyatta Adds Quantum Dots to Its Product Development Pipeline

Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. is partnering up with Prof. Aicheng Chen to develop Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) by using Albany Graphite. Moreover, Prof. Aicheng Chen's team successfully produced highly fluorescent CQDs with consistent properties.
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Xin Chang was awarded an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Congratulations to Xin Chang (Advisor A. Chen) for her NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship award. She will be joining Oxford University as a postdoctoral fellow.
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UofG Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) – ECS Guelph Young Research Symposium 2018

The UofG Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) held its first ever Young Research Symposium 2018. The symposium was sponsored by the Electrochemical Society (ECS), Department of Chemistry and Metrohm AG Canada Inc.
Dr. Hugues Arcis received two international early-career scientist awards!
Dr. Hugues Arcis received the following awards for his groundbreaking work: (i) the Stig Sunner Memorial Award at the North American Calorimetry Conference and (ii) the IAPWS Helmholtz Award of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (Advisor: P. Tremaine).
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The Student Chapter has been approved by the ECS Board of Directors!

A student chapter supported by The Electrochemical Society and the Electrochemical Technology Centre of the University of Guelph has been approved and created.
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Sharon Chen received the 2018 Canada Section Student Award of the Electrochemical Society!
Sharon Chen (Advisor: A. Chen) was selected as one of the two Student Speakers in the Emerging Materials Researchers Symposium and gave an oral presentation at the 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, AB.
Nathan Shami won the Associate VP Academic Teaching Award!

Congratulations to Nathan Shami (Advisor: D.Thomas) for winning the 2018 Associate Vice President Academic Teaching Award of Excellence.
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