We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Matthew Kaye
Bsc, MSc, PhD, PEng

Associate Professor

Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (ERC) - Room 4082
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

905.721.8668 ext. 5524

matthew.kaye@ontariotechu.ca

Education

PhD in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario 2001
Master of Science in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario 1996
Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgy and Materials Science Engineering University of Toronto, Ontario 1991

Courses taught

Radiation Effects on Material Properties
Advanced Nuclear Materials
Engineering Problem Solving
Nuclear Corrosion

Applied Thermodynamics
Nuclear Materials
High Temperature Materials Chemistry
Aqueous Chemistry
Physical metallurgy and welding issues

Senior Research Associate (October 2004 to May 2007)
Nuclear Engineering Group, Royal Military College (RMC), Kingston, Ontario.
Research area: Thermodynamics of Nuclear Materials
Supervisors: Dr. W.T. Thompson and Dr. B.J. Lewis
Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2002 to September 2004)
Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire, Cadarache, France.
Research area: Thermodynamics of Nuclear Materials
Supervising Scientist: Dr. M.P. Kissane
Postdoctoral Fellow (July 2001 to August 2002)
Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing, Kingston, Ontario.
Research area: Molten Salt Electrochemistry of Magnesium
Supervising Scientist: Dr. W.T. Thompson

Involvement

Selected publications
- Teaching problem-solving skills to nuclear engineering students, E. Waller and M.H. Kaye, European Journal of Engineering Education, Published online 18 June 2012.
- Computation of Pourbaix Diagrams at Elevated Temperature, M.H. Kaye and W.T. Thompson, Chapter 9 of Uhlig Corrosion Handbook, 3rd edition, R.W. Revie, Ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ 2011, 111-122.
- Progress in Chemistry Modelling for Vapour and Aerosol Transport Analyses, M.H. Kaye, M.P. Kissane, and P.K. Mason, International Journal of Materials Research, December 2010, 1571 – 1578.
- CANDU Fuel Nuclear Model, W.T. Thompson, B.J. Lewis, E.C. Corcoran, M.H. Kaye, S.J. White, F. Akbari, J.D. Higgs, D.M. Thompson, T.M. Besmann, and S. Vogel, International Journal of Materials Research, September 2007;
- Fe Solubility in the Zn-Rich Corner of the Al-Fe-Zn System for Use in Continuous Galvanizing and Galvannealing, J.R. McDermid, M.H. Kaye, and W.T. Thompson, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B , 38B April 2007, 215-230;
- Thermodynamic Treatment of the Noble Metal Fission Product System, M.H. Kaye, W.T. Thompson, and B.J. Lewis, Journal of Nuclear Materials , 366 2007, 8-27;.
- Phase Equilibrium in Metallic Systems, M.H. Kaye, K.M. Jaansalu, W.T. Thompson, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 42 October 2003, 393-410.And published by IUPAC as: Chapter 10 Condensed Phases of Inorganic Materials: Metallic Systems in Measurement of the Properties of Multiple Phases - Experimental Thermodynamics Volume VII, 2005, 275-305;
- A Thermodynamic Model for Noble Metal Alloy Inclusions in Nuclear Fuel Rods and Application to the Study of Loss-of-Coolant Accidents, M.H. Kaye, 2001;
- Thermodynamics of Aqueous Corrosion: Pourbaix Diagrams for Multi-element Systems, W.T. Thompson, M.H. Kaye, C.W. Bale, and A.D. Pelton, Uhlig Corrosion Handbook, 2nd edition, R.W. Revie, Ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York 2000, 125-136;
- Low-Volatile Fission-Product Release and Fuel Volatilization During Severe Reactor Accident Conditions, B.J. Lewis, B.J. Corse, W.T. Thompson, M.H. Kaye, F.C. Iglesias, P. Elder, R. Dickson, and Z Liu, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 252 1998, 235-256; and
- Toward a Comprehensive Thermodynamic Treatment of Noble Metal Inclusions, M.H. Kaye, W.T. Thompson, and B.J. Lewis, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Washington D.C., November 1998, 123-125.