New Release - book on physical testing of paper

Physical Testing of Paper, Roman E. Popil, Ph.D.

 

Newsletters
Dec 08:	Progress in Packaging and Paper Physics at IPST
Jan 09:	Progress in Packaging and Paper Physics at IPST
Oct 09:	Trouble with Ring Crush and How SCT and the Autoline Save the Day
Nov 09:	What’s Important in Liner and Medium Physical Properties
Apr 11:	Effect of Component Properties and Orientation on Corrugated Container Endurance
Jun 12:	International Paper Physics Conference and 8th International Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium” Stockholm 2012
Sep 12:	Short Span Compression Strength (aka SCT or STFI) Variation: Control and Management
Oct 12:	Paper Formation Measurement - presented at the 1995 International Paper Physics

 

Short Abstract Proposals for New Research Project Funding

Reduced Variability in the Quality Control of PaperBoard

Instrumented Quantification of Towel-Tissue Softness

Predictive Paper Property Model for Fiber Furnish Mixtures

Development of Cost-Effective Pigment/Biopolymer Waterproof Coatings

Effects of Wetting and Drying Cycles on Paper Strength

Physical Properties of Biopolymer Binder

Development of Calibration Method for Short Span Compression

Test Devlopment for Delamination Propensity

Optimizing the Tensile Test for Reduced Variability

X-ray Based Characterization of Paper and Board Non-Uniformity

 

Presented at Tappi Gulf Coast Section/Auburn Pulp and Paper Foundation 2018 Joint Meeting - 2018 September, Auburn, AL.

Physical Testing of Paper - Introductory Paper Physics and Adventures

 

Presented at the 2016 Tappi Corbotec meeting Florida

Corrugated Board Bonding Defect Visualization and Characterization - Shane Johnson and Roman Popil

 

Article from the International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, Feb 2015

Corrugated Board Bonding Defect Visualization and Characterization

 

Presented at Tappi PaperCon 2013 Indianapolis

The BCT of Copy Paper Boxes – Applying McKee’s Formula

Box Compression for Copy Paper Boxes – Applying McKee’s Formula

 

Presented by industry client request, May 2013

Predicting Box Compression Strength

 

Presented at ABB Powerworld, Orlando Fla., March 2013

Replacing mechanical testing with ultrasonic measurements

 

Appeared in TAPPI Journal, December 2008

Tappi article: Carson and Popil, "Examining interrelationships between caliper, bending and tensile stiffnesses"

 

Appeared in Appita Journal, July 2008

Transverse shear measurement for corrugated board and its significance

 

Appeared in BioResources Online Journal, May 2012

Overview of Recent Studies at IPST on Corrugated Board Edge Compression Strength: Testing Methods and Effects of Interflute Buckling

 

Appeared in Corrugated International

Published September, 2006, Michael Schaepe and Roman Popil: A Link Between Light-weights and ECT Strength

 

Appeared in Paperboard Packaging Online

Published Oct 1, 2007: Shear Measurement of Board Crushing Effects

Published Aug 1, 2008: Application of Clay Coating for Water Resistant Corrugated Packaging

 

ECT Annotated Bibliography / Literature Review

Annotated Bibliography of ECT

ECT Literature Review Presented at TAPPI Corrugated 2005

 

Developing Instruments for the Paper Industry

For Physics in Canada

 

Presentations from the Valdosta State University Students Visit to IPST

Roman Popil - Professor, IPST
Corrugated Board Strength: Effects of the Localized Buckling of Linerboard Facings – Modeling, Management and Control

Jill Stuckey - Director, Georgia Center of Innovation - Energy
Georgia Center of Innovation

William S. Bullpit, P.E., Senior Research Engineer, Strategic Energy Institute
Energy Research at Georgia Tech

 

Conference Proceedings / Abstracts

International Paper Physics Conference
The Wavelength Dependence of Transmitted Light Formation Measurement

Tappi PaperCon, Atlanta Georgia, 2010
Prediction of Score Cracking Propensity through Physical Testing

Tappi PaperCon, Atlanta Georgia, 2010
A New Model for Converting Span Compression with Other Measurements to Ring Crush

Moisture and Creep Effects Symposium, Madison Wisconsin, 2009
Effects of Component Properties of Corrugated Box Lifetime

Progress in Paper Physics Symposium, Trondheim Norway, 2004
Analysis of the Effects of Interflute Buckling on the Edge Compression Strength of Corrugated Board

Progress in Paper Physics Symposium, Miami Ohio, 2007
Adhesive Level Effects on the Strength of Corrugated Board

 

Valdosta State University Visit - 2009

A tube crush test about to take place in the paper physics lab	Bill Pulpitt talking about energy research
Roman Popil shows the IPST ultrasonic robot details	Students having a close look at the ultrasonic robot
Students placing bets on the crush strength of their experimental tube	Students visiting the Paper Analysis lab
Students ready with their corrugated board samples	First prize goes to to Zach Cantrell
Jill Stuckey finishes a presentation

New course proposal: Measurement of Paper Physical Properties Course

Roman E. Popil, Ph.D. in experimental plasma physics from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, 1984. M.S. plasma physics UBC 1979, B.S. (Honors), physics, University of Regina 1977. Post-doctoral fellow, University of Alberta, 1984-1986, Electrical Engineering department, KrF laser laboratory, NSERC Industrial Fellow, MacMillan Bloedel Research 1986-1989, Research Physicist, MacMillan Bloedel Research 1986 - 1998, instrumentation development, pilot and paper machine trial work for product quality optimization, Senior Physicist, Honeywell-measurex, 1998-2000, on-line sensor development and engineering for paper gloss, color, caliper, System Design Engineer, KLA-Tencor 2001, wafer defect detection instrumentation engineering, Senior Research Scientist, IPST 2002. Granted 3 patents and authored or co-authored over 25 peer reviewed publications.

Research Summary

Paper physical testing and instrumentation

Currently managing the Paper Analysis Lab overseeing contracted testing services providing an analysis and interpretation of data to assist customers with their trouble-shooting or product optimization programs. Developing new instrumentation and test methods to provide measurements not commonly available such as paper cockle or curl, hygroexpansivity, accelerated combined board creep, out-of-plane shear for corrugated board. 3 US patents in the area of paper characterizing instrumentation. 7 Conference proceedings in paper instrumentation development, printability, and paper finishing.

Corrugated Containers

Principal Investigator for the Engineered Packaging and Products elective research consortium project developing and verifying through designed experimentation, new predictive models of corrugated board performance based on component physical properties. Principal Investigator for investigation and evaluation of wax replacement coatings for corrugated containers. Experimentation with coating applications on liners for water/moisture resistance.

BS Degree
University of Regina, Saskatchewan
Physics (Honors)
1977

MS Degree
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Plasma Physics
1979

PhD Degree
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Physics
1984

Popil, R. (2017). Physical Testing of Paper: Smithers Pira.

“Corrugated board bonding defect visualization and characterization" Shane Johnson, Roman Popil International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 02/2015, available on-line Feb 23rd 2015.

“Overview of Recent Studies at IPST on Corrugated Board Edge Compression Strength: Testing Methods and Effects of Interflute Buckling”, Roman E. Popil,Bioresources 7(2) May 2012.

“High Stiffness Surface Coating Optimization Through Starch Encapsulation of Platy Kaolin” Roman E. Popil, BioResources5(4), 2738-2750 (2010).

“Effects of component properties and orientation on corrugated container endurance” Roman E. Popil, Barry Hojjatie , Packaging Technology and Science, 23(4), 189-202 (2010).

“Breathable Water-resistant Linerboard Coatings by ElectrosprayingApplication”Ericka Ford, Roman E. Popil, Satish Kumar, BioResources 4(2), 714-729 (2009).

Carson, C.G., Popil, R.E., "Examining interrelationships between caliper, bending and tensile stiffness of paper in testing validation", accepted, to appear in Tappi Journal 2008.

Popil. R.E., "Application of Clay Coating for Water Resistant Corrugated Packaging"Paperboard Packaging,May/June 2008 pg 43-47.

"Transverse Shear Measurement for Corrugated Board and its Significance" by Roman Popil, C C Habeger and Douglas Coffin, Appita Journal vol. 61, no.4, 307 (2008).

"Refined nonlinear finite element models for corrugated boards", Rami Haj-Ali, Joonho Choi, Bo-Siou Wei, Roman Popil, Michael Schaepe, Composite Structures, in press, available on-line 12 February 2008.

"Strategies for economical alternatives for wax replacement in packaging" Roman E. Popil, Margaret K. Joyce, Tappi Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, pg. 11-18, (2008).

"Transverse Shear Measurement for Corrugated Board and its Significance’ by Roman Popil, C C Habeger and Douglas Coffin, accepted, to appear in Appita Journal 2008.

Shear Measurement of Board Crushing Effects Roman E. Popil, Paperboard Packaging 92(7):37,(2007)

Optimizing Water Resistance of Linerboard Coatings Using Pigments Roman E. Popil, Tappi Journal, vol.5, no. 9, pg 18-26, 2006

Comparative Evaluation of the Potential for Wax-Alternative Packaging Coatings Popil, Roman E., Schaepe Michael, TAPPI Journal vol. 4 no. 8 p. 25-31, 2005

Climbing water films in experiments on Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities Popil, R. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Curzon, F.L. Source: Physics of Fluids,  v23, n 8,  Aug. 1980, p 1718-19

Soft X-ray diagnostic for a Z-pinch discharge Popil, R. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Meyer, J. Source: Journal of Applied Physics,  v52, n 9,  Sept. 1981, p 5846-7

Capacitance measuring circuit for water waves Popil, R. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Curzon, F.L. Source: Review of Scientific Instruments,  v50, n 3,  March 1979, p 362-3

Quenching of two-plasmon decay and stimulated-Raman-scattering instabilities by profile modification Meyer, J. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Bernard, J.E.; Hilko, B.; Houtman, H.; McIntosh, G.; Popil, R. Source: Physics of Fluids,  v 26, n 11,  Nov. 1983, p 3162-4

Observation of energetic electrons produced in laser irradiated plasmas at quarter critical density Meyer, J. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Bernard, J.E.; Hilko, B.; Houtman, H.; McIntosh, G.; Popil, R. Source: XVI International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases,  1983, p 338-9

Experimental study of KrF-laser-high-Z-plasma interaction dominated by radiation transport Gupta, P.D. (Dept of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Tsui, Y.Y.; Popil, R.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Physical Review A (General Physics),  v34, n 5,  Nov. 1986, p 4103-9

Preparation of planar multilayered targets for laser ablation studies Popil, R. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Haromy, A.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Review of Scientific Instruments,  v 57, n 10,  Oct. 1986, p 2625-7

Fiducial monitor for an X-ray streak camera Popil, R. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Review of Scientific Instruments,  v57, n 6,  June 1986, p 1049-51

Observation of energetic electrons produced in laser-irradiated plasmas at quarter critical density Meyer, J. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Bernard, J.E.; Hilko, B.; Houtman, H.; McIntosh, G.; Popil, R. Source: Physical Review A (General Physics),  v29, n 3,  March 1984, p 1375-7

High intensity KrF laser ablation studies in single and multilayer targets Gupta, P.D. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Popil, R.; Fedosejevs, R.; Tsui, Y.Y.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1986 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (Cat. No.86CH2317-6),  1986, p 63-4

Energy balance and temperature in a CO/sub 2/-laser-produced plasma Popil, R. (Dept. of Phys., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada); Meyer, J.; Ahlborn, B. Source: Physics of Fluids,  v27, n 11,  Nov. 1984, p 2767-73

Foil calorimeter measurements of soft-X-ray energy emission from KrF-laser-produced plasma Fedosejevs, R. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Tsui, Y.Y.; Popil, R.; Gupta, P.D.; Baker, J.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Journal of Physics D (Applied Physics),  v20, n 10,  14 Oct. 1987, p 1259-63

Characterization of X-ray production from krypton fluoride laser-produced plasma Fedosejevs, R. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Popil, R.; Gupta, P.D.; Vick, D.; Tsui, Y.Y.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering,  v 831,  1988, p 66-72

Observations of stimulated Brillouin scattering and enhanced ion wave damping in a z-pinch plasma Walsh, C.J. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Meyer, J.; Hilko, B.; Bernard, J.E.; Popil, R. Source: Journal of Applied Physics,  v 53, n 3, pt.1,  March 1982, p 1409-14

Ablation parameters in KrF laser/plasma interaction: an experimental study Gupta, P.D. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Tsui, Y.Y.; Popil, R.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Physics of Fluids,  v 30, n 1,  Jan. 1987, p 179-85

Experimental results for high intensity KrF laser/plasma interaction Offenberger, A.A. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Fedosejevs, R.; Gupta, P.D.; Popil, R.; Tsui, Y.Y. Source: Laser and Particle Beams,  v 4, pt.3-4,  Aug.-Nov. 1986, p 329-48

Production of reproducible Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities Popil, R. (Dept. of Phys., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Curzon, F.L. Source: Review of Scientific Instruments,  v50, n 10,  Oct. 1979, p 1291-5

Stimulated Brillouin scattering from a KrF laser produced plasma Fedosejevs, R. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Gupta, P.D.; Popil, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1986 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (Cat. No.86CH2317-6),  1986, p 63

Temperature and X-ray intensity scaling in KrF laser plasma interaction Gupta, P.E. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Popil, R.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A.; Salzmann, D.; Capjack, C.E. Source: Applied Physics Letters,  v48, n 2,  13 Jan. 1986, p 103-5

Ion expansion characteristics from a KrF-laser-produced plasma Gupta, P.D. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Tsui, Y.Y.; Popil, R.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Physical Review A (General Physics),  v 33, n 5,  May 1986, p 3531-4

Energy transport in gold coated plastic targets irradiated by a KrF laser Gupta, P.D. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Tsui, Y.Y.; Popil, R.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Optics Communications,  v 63, n 3,  1 Aug. 1987, p 165-70

Measurement of KrF laser-plasma X-ray radiation from targets with various atomic numbers Popil, R. (Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada); Gupta, P.D.; Fedosejevs, R.; Offenberger, A.A. Source: Physical Review A (General Physics),  v35, n 9,  1 May 1987, p 3874-82

The x-ray observations of a CO/sub 2/-laser-produced plasma Meyer, J. (Dept. of Phys., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada); Popil, R. Source: Physics of Fluids,  v 28, n 7,  July 1985, p 2030-2

"Ink and paper effects on show through in white knock out directory printing", Eadie, Donald T.; Durand, Richard; Ford, P.; Stassi, A.; Popil, R.E.; McCarthy, J.J. Proceedings of the International Printing and Graphic Arts Conference, 193-198, (1998)

"On the Causality of Physical Properties on the Printability of Wood-Containing Printing Papers", Popil, R. E. Source: 1996 Process and Product Quality Conference: Proceedings, 103-108, (October 13, 1996)

"Wavelength Dependence of Transmitted-Light Formation Measurement", Popil, R. E.; Jordan, B. D. Source: 1995 International Paper Physics Conference, 61-69, (September 11, 1995)

"On-Line Video Sensing of Surface Dirt on Pulp", Popil, R. E.; Houston, K. C. D.; Wilson, K. R. Preprints of Papers to Be Presented at the 1994 Spring Conference: Canadian Pulp & Paper Association, Technical Section, Pacific Coast and Western Branches, 6 p., (May 21, 1994)

"On-Line Video Sensing of Surface Dirt on Pulp", Popil, R. E.; Houston, K. C. D.; Wilson, K. R. Source: 1994 Process and Product Quality Conference: Proceedings, 51-56, (October 20, 1994)

"Calendering Creep Equation – Physical Model", Popil, R. E. Source: Fundamentals Pmkg. (Baker, C. F., ed.)/Trans. 9th Fundamental Res. Symp. (Cambridge), Vol. 2, 1077-1101, (Sept.; c1989, 1989)

“Measurement of KrF laser-plasma x-ray radiation from targets with various atomic numbers”, R. Popil et al.,Phys. Rev. A. 35, 3874, (1987).

“Fiducial monitor for an x-ray streak camera”, R. Popil et al.,Rev. Sci. Instrum. 57, 1049 (1986).

“Experimental results for high intensity KrF laser/plasma interaction” A.A. Offenberger et al., Laser and Particle Beams, 4, 329, (1986).

“Energy balance and temperature in a CO2 laser-produced plasma”, R Popil et al., Phys. Fluids 27, 2767, (1986).

“The x-ray observations of a CO2 laser produced plasma”, J. Meyer and R. Popil, Phys. Fluids 28, 2030, (1985).

“Production of reproducible Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities”, R. Popil and F.L. Curzon, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 50, 1291 (1979).

1. “Paper roughness or gloss sensor using polarized light reflection”, U.S. Patent no. 5,162,660, filed June 27, 1991.


2. “On-line texture sensing”, U.S. Patent no. 4,931,657, filed April 13, 1989.


3. “Residual Ink Measurement”, U.S. Patent no. 5,278,411, filed October 1, 1992.

1. Popil, Roman E., "An Overview of Corrugated Board Testing Issues: Effects of Moisture and Methods, APPTI Packaging Testing Workshop - 2019 June, Madison, WI


2. Popil, Roman E., "Physical Testing of Paper - Introductory Paper Physics and Adventures, Tappi Gulf Coast Section/Auburn Pulp and Paper Foundation 2018 Joint Meeting - 2018 September, Auburn, AL


3. Popil, Roman E., Johnson, Shane “Corrugated Board Bonding Defect Visualization and Characterization, TAPPI CORBOTEC meeting - 2016, Orlando, FL


4. Popil, Roman E., “Prediction of Score Cracking Propensity through Physical Testing”, Tappi PaperCon 2010 May 2-5, Atlanta, GA.


5. Popil, Roman E., “A New Model for Converting Span Compression with Other Measurements to Ring Crush”, Tappi PaperCon 2010 May 2-5, Atlanta, GA.


6. Popil, Roman E., “High Stiffness Surface Coating through Starch Encapsulation of Platy Kaolin”(poster),TappiPaperCon 2010 May 2-5, Atlanta, GA.


7. “Effects of Medium strength Properties and Component Rotation of Corrugated Endurance” Popil, R.E., Hojjatie, B., Schaepe, M.K., 6 th International Symposium Moisture and Creep Effects on Paper, Board and Containers, Madison WI July 13-15, 2009.


8. Moisture and Creep Effects Symposium, Madison Wisconsin, 2009 – Effects of Component Properties of Corrugated Box Lifetime


9. Popil, R.E.,"Water resistant coatings polymer/pigmented for linerboard wax replacement" Tappi 2006 Coating and Graphic ArtsConference, 2006, Atlanta GA.


10. Popil, R.E., "Strategies for economical alternatives for wax replacement in packaging" Tappi 2007 Coating and Graphic ArtsConference, 2007 Miami, Fl.


11. Ford, .Jagannathan, S., Kumar, S., Popil, R., "Electrohydrodynamic spraying for breathable water resistant containerboard", Tappi PaperCon 2008, Dallas, TX.


12. "Shear Measurement to DetectCorrugated Board Crushing" , R. Popil, Tappi Corrugating Conference, Indianapolis, IN., Oct 31, 2007.


13. "Dependencies of Corrugated Lifetime on Component Properties", R. Popil, M. Schaepe, Progress in Paper Physics Seminar, Helsinki, Finland, June 2 -5, 2008.


14. "Adhesive level effect on corrugated board strength - experiment and FE modeling", Roman E. Popil, Michael K. Schaepe, Rami-Haj-Ali, Bo-Siou Wei, Joonho Choi, 2006 International Progress in Paper Physics Seminar, Miami University, Oxford Ohio, October 2006.


15. "ECT Literature Review", Roman E. Popil, Tappi 2005 Corrugated Packaging Conference, September 26-27, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada


16. "A Link Between Light-Weights and ECT Strength", Michael Schaepe and Roman E. Popil,Tappi 2005 Corrugated Packaging Conference, September 26-27, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada.


17. "Comparative Evaluation of the Potential of Wax Alternative Coatings", R.E. Popil, Barrier Coating Symposium, October 12 - 13, 2004, Western Michigan University


18. "The role of interflute buckling on the edgewise compression strength of corrugated board", R.E. Popil, D.W. Coffin, and P. Kaewmanee, 2004 Progress in Paper Physics Seminar, Trondheim, Norway.


19. "Observations of dynamic paper compressibility",  R. Popil, Session F1, 1998 Progress in Paper Physics: A Seminar, University of British Columbia, August 9 - 14, 1998.


20. "Ink and paper effects on show through in white knock out directory printing",Eadie, Donald T. (Pacifica Papers Inc); Durand, Richard; Ford, P.; Stassi, A.; Popil, R.E.; McCarthy, J.J. Source: Proceedings of the International Printing and Graphic Arts Conference, 1998, p 193-198


21. "On the causality of physical properties on the printability of wood-containing papers", R.E. Popil,1996 TAPPI Process and Product Quality Control Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.


22. "The wavelength dependence of transmitted light formation measurement", R.E. Popil and B.D. Jordan, presented at the 1995 International Paper Physics Conference, Niagara-on-the-Lake.


23. "On-line Video Detection of Surface Dirt on Pulp", R.E. Popil, K.C.D. Houston, K.R. Wilson, 1994 TAPPI Process and Product Quality Control Conference, Savannah, Georgia.


24. "The calendering creep equation - a physical model", R.E. Popil, Papermaking Fundamentals, Transaction of the Ninth Fundamental Research Symposium, Cambridge University, 1989.


25. "Characterization of x-ray production from krypton fluoride laser-produced plasma”, R. Fedosejevs, R. Popil, PD Gupta, D. Vick, Y.Y. Tsui, A.A. Offenberger, X-rays from Laser Plasmas, Proceedings of SPIE, San Diego, CA, 19-21 August 1988.

Georgia Tech Research Institute Teaching Fellowship, Spring 2006 and 2007 for ME 8883 "Physical Properties of Paper Measurement"

Honeywell Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, December 2000.

NSERC Industrial Postdoctoral fellowship, held at MacMillan Bloedel Research 1986 – 1989

UBC Postgraduate Fellowship 1982 – 1985

NSERC postgraduate Fellowship 1978 - 1982

Sadie and Norman Ratner Prize in Physics, University of Regina 1977

University of Regina Undergraduate General proficiency award 1976

University of Regina Matriculation proficiency award 1973