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 Faculty, Computer Information Systems Administration |
Hamid has interests in Cybersecurity. |
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
Associate Dean
Mechanical Engineering
Viktoriia Kovalova, PhD, P.Eng.
Associate Dean
Electrical Engineering & Technology
Holly Stanley
Operations Manager
School of Energy
Research liaison
Stefan Joseph
Program Head, Research Grants Officer
Applied Research Liaison Office (ARLO)