ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
2000-2004
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Thesis: Biomass Usage for Power and Liquid Fuels

Master of Engineering, Energy Technology
1999-2000
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Thesis: A Study of Bioenergy Technologies for the Mitigation of the Greenhouse Gases Emissions

Bachelor of Technology (Hons.), Energy Engineering
1993-1997
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Final Year Project: Design of Solar Thermal Vendor’s Kitchen

Appointments

Expert Member Campus Alberta Quality Council (CAQC), April, 2024 – Present
The Campus Alberta Quality Council is an expert panel of 11 members appointed by the Minister of Advanced Education, Alberta. The council is responsible for providing advice and recommendations to the Minister with respect to new degree program proposals and monitoring of approved degree programs after their implementation (https://caqc.alberta.ca/).

Canada Research Chair in Assessment of Energy Systems (Tier 1), 2022 – present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

Destination Canada Conference Ambassador (DC CAN), Destination Canada, Government of Canada, 2022 – Present
Destination Canada is a Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Canada and formed under the Canadian Tourism Commission Act (https://www.destinationcanada.com/en).

Deputy Director, Future Energy Systems, a Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)-based initiative, 2017 – Present
University of Alberta

Elected Alberta Representative: The Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research (CLEER) University Advisory Board (UAB), January 11, 2021 - Present
CLEER is an affiliate organization which supports the Energy Council – an organization of legislators from 14 US energy-producing states and two Canadian provinces (https://www.theenergycouncil.org/index.php).

Professor (tenured), July 2015 – Present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

Associate Professor (tenured), July 2011 – June 2015
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

Assistant Professor, August 2005 – June 2011
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

Postdoctoral Fellow, July 2004 – July 2005
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Teaching and Research Assistant, September 2000 – June 2004
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Assistant Manager, Energy, August 1997 – January 1999
The Associated Cement Companies of India Limited, Jamul, MP, India