University of Ottawa

$25,000.00 CAD

≈ 4 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2020-2021
Agreement period
March 11, 2021 – September 30, 2022
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2020-2021-Q4-967228

Published purpose

St-Gelais lab at uOttawa will be reponsible for fabricating ultra-low dissipation micromechanical resonators to be tested as traceable accelerometers for monitoring of low frequency seismic events. These resonators will be co-designed together with the Mass and Related Quantities team at NRC. St-Gelais lab will also design and fabricate the optical interferometer for traceable interrogation of these accelerometers. Custom vacuum packaging with optical and electrical feedthrough will also be performed by St-Gelais lab.

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