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 | |
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| Chair Mehrzad Tabatabaian, PhD, P.Eng. Program Head, 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. | |
| Vice Chair Bob Gill, MEng, P.Eng. Faculty, Telecommunications and Networks |
Dual career path: telecommunications and networks, and power systems. Tertiary interests are eHealth, vehicular technologies, industrial networking and signal processing. | |
| TBA Faculty, Mechanical Engineering |
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| TBA Faculty, Chemical & Environmental Technology |
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| John Dian, PhD Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
John has interests in the internet of things (IoT), video and image processing, and telecommunications. | |
| Alok Dhungana, MASc Faculty, Power Engineering |
Alok joined BCIT in 2015. His expertise lies on biochar, biomaterials, torrefaction, thermal engineering, nanotechnology, and artificial muscle. | |
| Mike Safoniuk, PhD, MEng Department Head, Power Engineering |
Mike joined the BCIT Power Engineering group in August of 2006. Mike has published various articles related to three phase fluidization hydrodynamics. As well, Mike has worked with chemical reactions, etching, finite element modelling of injection moulding, and environmental engineering. |
Administration members
Andrea Frisque, PhD, P.Eng.
Dean
School of Energy
Sanja Boskovic, PhD
Associate Dean
Industrial and Mechanical Trades
Brent Dunn, MEng, P.Eng.
Associate Dean
Mechanical Engineering
Paul Morrison, BEng, AScT
Interim Associate Dean
Chemical, Digital Communications and Machinist
Matthew Pedley, BASc, P.Eng.
Associate Dean
Electrical Engineering and Technology
Holly Stanley
Operations Manager
School of Energy
Research liaison
Joseph Boyd, MSc (Physics), MLS
Program Head, Applied Research Liaison Office