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News
Chemistry gets funding for Free Electron Laser facility
University of Waterloo Canadian Free Electron Laser (FEL) project to receive $10 million in funding.
Fall 2023 Teaching Assistant Excellence Awards
Congratulations on the outstanding efforts and achievements of the Fall 2023 Graduate TA Award winners!
Rodney Smith receives Strem Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry
Professor Rodney Smith honoured with 2024 Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry.
Events
Computational methods for amorphous solid-state electrolytes
Supervisor: C. Tetsassi Feugmo
Committee members: L. Nazar, P.N. Roy
Thursday, March 28, 2024
3:00 pm
C2-361
Master's Seminar - Ethan Piercey
Carbon Nanotube-Based Ionic Diodes: Applications for DNA Detection
Supervisor: S. Tang
Committee members: M. Poudineh, J. Liu
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
2:30 pm
C2-278
Chemistry Seminar Series: Erin Johnson
London dispersion in density-functional theory and application to molecular crystal structure prediction
Erin Johnson
Professor and Herzberg-Becke Chair in Theoretical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
2:30 p.m.
In-person: C2-361 (Reading Room)