Prof. Golovin nominated as Blue Sky finalist
Professor Golovin was selected as one of Canada’s two finalists for the prestigeous Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Award. 21 young researchers from around the world have been chosen for their pioneering work related to forestry. More info: https://www.fpac.ca/researchers-from-laval-university-ubc-named-canadian-finalists-for-international-forestry-innovation-award/
Winning Image
Behrooz and Mohammad’s image of a patterned silicon wafer, titled “Standing in the rain” was featured in Chemical & Engineering News. Great work guys and super cool image! Chemistry in Pictures: Standing in the rain
Cavitation paper published!
Majid’s study understanding how cavitation affects the delamination of solid foulants from soft surfaces is now published. This is the first look at how length affects interfacial cavitation, and we’ve observed a previously never-before-seen phenomenon that we call an “initial detachment”. This work will help design large-scale anti-fouling surfaces and also indicates why soft elastomers… Read more »
New IDEaS COVID Project
The lab was recently awarded an IDEaS Competitive Project towards advancing PPE against COVID-19, through advanced coatings. This collaborative project combines expertise from our coatings research, the Pakpour Lab at UBC Okanagan, and industry partner PRE Labs Inc. Over the next six months we’ll be exploring how omniphobic coatings and antimicrobial materials can be combined… Read more »
ZDCT analysis paper published!
During the lockdown we decided to take a theoretical look at one of the most commonly used methods of (supposedly) measuring ice adhesion: the Zero Degree Cone Test (ZDCT). Using two cohesive zone models, Kamran and Majid were able to show that most previous measurements were actually incorrect! Perhaps one of the reasons it has… Read more »
New paper!
Our collaborative work with Dr. Zarifi and the OMEGA lab has produced its first publication related to hazard sensing. Wouldn’t it be nice if PPE could not only protect you from all hazardous liquids and gases, but also tell you which kinds were present in your vicinity? Well check out Oleophobic textiles with embedded liquid… Read more »
Ice detection work published
Did you know most pilots detect ice growing on an airplane wing visually? There’s gotta be a better way. And there is! Ryan and co-authors’ work on detecting ice underneath anti-icing coatings is now published! Another exciting collaborator with Dr. Zarifi’s group, combining surface science and surface sensing for excellent engineering. Check out Modified Microwave… Read more »
Letícia passes her defense!
Congratulations to Letícia for successfully passing her MASc defense. I think I speak for the entire committee in saying that we were all very impressed by your work. I’m looking forward to another four years of excellence as you start your PhD!
Use the SHWARTS!
Arif’s work understanding whether models of wettability, derived for idealized surface textures, can be applied to randomly rough surfaces is now published! We call this the Statistical Heuristic Wettability Analysis for Randomly Textured Surfaces (SHWARTS) method, and for certain surfaces it works quite well at predicting wettability without ever touching a liquid! Use the SHWARTS!
Review article published!
Ever wondered how to move low surface tension liquids across a surface? Quite a bit more complex than simply transporting water. During the COVID-19 lockdown Mohammad and I wrote up a review of this fascinating topic. Check it out! Anisotropy-induced directional self-transportation of low surface tension liquids: a review
