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. | |
| Tayfun Aydin, PhD, P.Eng. Faculty, Mechanical Engineering |
Dr. Aydin’s past research includes the topics related to bluff body aerodynamics, wind turbines, pico-satellites, multiphase flows in pipes and process scale-up. His current research interests are renewable energy, flow control, process modelling, multiphase flows, process scale-up, advanced flow measurements, and instrumentation development. | |
| John Dian, PhD, P.Eng. Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology |
John has interests in the internet of things (IoT), video and image processing, and telecommunications. | |
| Bob Gill, PhD (hc), P.Eng. Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology |
Dual career path: telecommunications and networks, and power systems. Tertiary interests are eHealth, vehicular technologies, industrial networking and signal processing. |
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| Chamandeep Kaur, PhD, M. Eng, Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology |
Chamandeep’s research interests are in power systems, image and signal processing, computational neuroscience, telecommunications and computer networks. | |
| Hamidreza Talebi, MSc Network Security, CCNP Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology |
Hamid specializes in FortiGate and Palo Alto firewalls as well as SIEM tools like QRadar, FortiSIEM, Splunk, and ArcSight. Hamid’s research interests are in network security, enterprise security, and advanced security technologies. |
Administration members
Sanja Boskovic, PhD MechEng, PhD EdTech
Interim Dean
School of Energy
Bryan Messer, MEd, RSE, VCC
Interim Associate Dean
Industrial & Mechanical Trades
Jeanie Chan, MASc, P.Eng, BEMP
Associate Dean
Mechanical Engineering
Viktoriia Kovalova, PhD, P.Eng.
Associate Dean
Electrical Engineering & Technology
Holly Stanley
Operations Manager
School of Energy
Research liaison
TBA