Mandate
The mandate of the School of Energy Research Committee is to support the advancement of applied research and development, consistent with the BCIT mission and mandate statements.
Faculty members
| Committee member | Areas of interest | |
|---|---|---|
| Chair Alok Dhungana, MASc Faculty, Power Engineering |
Alok joined BCIT in 2015. His expertise lies on biochar, biomaterials, torrefaction, thermal engineering, nanotechnology, and artificial muscle. | |
| Vice Chair Yassaman Babaee Faculty, Chemical & Environmental Technology |
Yassaman’s interests are in renewable and green energies, life cycle analysis, waste management, water pollution and treatment, soil contamination and remediation, environmental impact assessment, circular economy and sustainable development. | |
| Hamidreza Talebi, MSc Faculty, Computer Information Systems Administration |
Hamid has interests in Cybersecurity. | |
| John Dian, PhD, P.Eng. Faculty, Electrical Engineering & Technology |
John has interests in the internet of things (IoT), video and image processing, and telecommunications. | |
| Mehrzad Tabatabaian, PhD, P.Eng. Faculty, Mechanical Engineering |
Renewable energy, energy efficiency and harvesting, clean-low carbon energy systems, thermodynamics, advanced FEM and CFD, turbulent fluid flows, physical modeling of dynamical systems, applied mechanics, and technology applications in education. |
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| Bob Gill, PhD (hc), P.Eng. Faculty, Electrical Engineering & Technology |
Dual career path: telecommunications and networks, and power systems. Tertiary interests are eHealth, vehicular technologies, industrial networking and signal processing. | |
Administration members
Andrea Frisque, PhD, P.Eng.
Dean
School of Energy
Sanja Boskovic, PhD
Associate Dean
Industrial & Mechanical Trades
Jeanie Chan, P.Eng, MASc, BEMP
Interim Associate Dean
Mechanical Engineering
Roger Gale, BSc, MBA.
Interim Associate Dean
Electrical Engineering & Technology
Holly Stanley
Operations Manager
School of Energy
Research liaison
TBD