Optimization of Energy Systems

About Ibrahim DincerIbrahim Din¿erMarc A. RosenPouria Ahmadi

IBRAHIM DINCER is a tenured full professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at UOIT. He is Vice President for Strategy in International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) and Vice-President for World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET). Renowned for his pioneering works in the area of sustainable energy technologies he has authored and co-authored numerous books and book chapters more than a thousand refereed journal and conference papers and many technical reports. He has chaired many national and international conferences symposia workshops and technical meetings. He has delivered more than 300 keynote and invited lectures. He is an active member of various international scientific organizations and societies and serves as editor-in-chief associate editor regional editor and editorial board member on various prestigious international journals. He is a recipient of several research teaching and service awards including the Premier's research excellence award in Ontario Canada in 2004. MARC A. ROSEN is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa Canada where he served as founding Dean of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in thermodynamics energy technology sustainable energy and the environmental impact of energy and industrial systems. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and has served in many professional capacities including being founding Editor-in-Chief of several journals and a Director of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation. A Past-President of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Dr. Rosen received an Award of Excellence in Research and Technology Development from the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy and is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada the American Society of Mechanical Engineers the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the International Energy Foundation. POURIA AHMADI is a postdoctoral fellow in the Fuel Cell Research group at Simon Fraser University (SFU). He earned his PhD in 2013 in mechanical engineering at the Clean Energy Research Lab at University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada. There he worked on the design analysis and optimization of advanced integrated energy systems for enhanced sustainability. Prior to joining SFU he was a postdoctoral fellow at Ryerson University in Toronto Ontario where he worked on integrated renewable energy technologies for a net zero energy community in London Ontario Canada. He also worked as a research assistant and PhD student at the advanced heat transfer lab at Sharif University of Technology Tehran Iran. He has 65 publications in both high ranked and peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings.