Barry Wood

Roles and responsibilities

I am a Research Scientist and NRC Fellow in the Electrical Standards Group, NRC Metrology,1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa ON K1A 0R6.  I conduct research into electrical measurements at extreme accuracy and into the fundamental constants of nature.

 

Current research and/or projects

I am providing primary electrical standards in support of Canadian industry, manufacturing and energy sectors.

Research and/or project statements

I have developed the Canadian reference standards for :

  • voltage
  • resistance
  • capacitance
  • mass

and I disseminate the values of those reference both inside and outside of Canada.

 

Education

  • Ph.D. Physics, University of Toronto 1982
  • M.Sc. Physics, University of Western Ontario, 1974
  • B.Sc. Physics and Mathematics (Hons.),  University of New Brunswick, 1973

Professional activities/interests

  • Past Chairman and Vice Chairman of the CODATA Task group on Fundamental Constants
  • Chairman of the Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism‘s Working Group on the SI 
  • Promoting redefinition of the SI system of units

 

Affiliations

  • CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants
  • Fellow of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers
  • Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism

 

Awards

  • Elected Fellow of the IEEE in 2006 for international leadership in electrical metrology.
  • The Astin Award for the Best Paper at NCSLI in both 2006 and 2007
  • The NRC Outstanding Achievement Award for Research Breakthrough of the Year for work on the Planck constant in 2012
  • The NRC Outstanding Achievement Award for International Leadership in 2006
  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • NRC Fellow in 2016

 

Key publications

‘The CODATA 2017 values of h, e, k, and NA for the revision of the SI’, D B Newell1, F Cabiati, J Fischer, K Fujii, S G Karshenboim, H S Margolis, E de Mirandés, P J Mohr, F Nez, K Pachucki, T J Quinn, B N Taylor, M Wang, B M Wood and Z Zhang,  Metrologia,  55 L13,  2018.

‘A summary of the Planck constant determinations using the NRC Kibble balance’, B M Wood et al 2017 Metrologia 54 399, 2017.

 

Barry Wood

Barry Wood

Metrology
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6
Preferred language: English
Telephone: 343-990-8640

Expertise

Sciences, Electricity and Magnetism, Metrology, Mass and related quantities