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Climate Change Energy Situation: An Engineer’s Perspective
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, ET, via Zoom
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Topic: “Climate Change Energy Situation: An Engineer’s Perspective”
Time: Thursday, February 24, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, ET
Online seminar: Zoom
Guest Speaker: Dr. Roydon Fraser, P.Eng., FEC, Professor of UWaterloo
Co-sponsors: PEO Ottawa Chapter( lead chapter), PEO York Chapter, PEO West Toronto Chapter, PEO East Toronto Chapter, PEO Scarborough Chapter, PEO London Chapter, TECS, SCORE, SWE Ottawa, IEEE Peterborough Chapter.
Guest Speaker
Dr. Roydon Fraser is a Professor in Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo [B.App.Sc.(Engineering Physics; Queen’s University); M.A. and Ph.D. (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Princeton University] and has been a P.Eng. since 1992. Dr. Fraser’s research interests focus on energy systems including alternative fuel (ethanol, hydrogen) and electrified vehicles [hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in HEVs (PHEV), pure-electric or battery-electric vehicles (BEVs)], vehicle batteries, connected and autonomous vehicles, compressed air energy storage (CAES), geothermal energy storage and retrieval, carbon capture and storage (CSS), life-cycle analysis (LCA), energy and exergy analysis and optimization of energy systems, thermoacoustics, and thermal remote sensing for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. He has been the faculty advisor for the University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT) since its inception in 1996 resulting, for example, in the first student designed and built U.S. Department of Energies (DOE) Advanced Vehicle Technical Competitions (AVTCs) road-worthy hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Among other recognitions, Dr. Fraser has received the Faculty of Engineering Teaching Award and the Engineering Society Teaching Award, along with the U.S. National Science Foundation Long Term Faculty Advisor Award, and is a Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC) and recipient of PEO’s Order of Honour.
Abstract
This seminar will seek to look at the climate change impacting the energy situation from an engineer’s perspective. Examples of potential solutions that engineers can engage to address climate change will be covered. These examples will include fuel/energy substitution such as wind and solar replacing fossil fuels, electrification of vehicles, carbon capture and storage, and life-cycle assessment. Audiences will take away with the answer to the question “ What is our biggest energy challenge?”, and they will understand that there is no silver bullet leaving vast opportunities for engineers to make positive contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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