Glenn McRae

Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear materials, Biofuels

Ph.D., University of British Columbia, P.Eng.
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Research Interests:

Delayed Hydride Cracking of Zirconium alloys used in the Nuclear Industry:

Delayed hydride cracking of zirconium components used in CANDU reactors: corrosion and terminal solid solubility of hydrogen isotopes; hydride dissolution and movement of hydrogen in solid solution, fitness-for-service calculations; low temperature hydrogen addition to zirconium alloys.

With O. Basu in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Alexis Mackintosh at PCS Biofuels Inc, and Peter Brown at Mevex Corp:

Polymeric high-energy biofuels from municipal, agricultural and forestry wastes
Design and construction of medium-scale biofuel reactors
Conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuel with electron beams

With R. Liu in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering:

Failure investigations of hard-facing alloys used to trim feedwater valves on boilers containing dilute amine solutions

With Best Theratroncis Ltd.:

Mo-100 targets for cyclotron production of Tc-99m for nuclear medical imaging
Commercial Separation and Purification of Tc-99m from irradiated Mo-100 targets

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Ahmed Abdulla

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Energy system modelling, Energy Policy
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Alexandra Mallett

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Sustainable energy policy, Canadian North
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Andrew Speirs

Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Graduate – Academic Advising – MEng, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Babak Esfandiari

Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering, Agent-based systems, Artificial intelligence
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Cynthia Cruickshank

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Building energy performance, Solar power
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Daniel Rosenbloom

Assistant Professor and Rosamond Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions – governance of socio-technical transitions and net-zero pathways; climate policy and politics; Canadian energy political economy; science, technology, and innovation
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