Climate Change Energy Situation: An Engineer's Perspective

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: Zoom Webinar

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/265230791437

PEO York Chapter members are invited to attend the following event hosted by the PEO Ottawa Chapter “Climate Change Energy Situation: An Engineer's Perspective” event.

Event Information:

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 lifecycle 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.

Our Guest Speaker:

Dr. Roydon Fraser, P.Eng., FEC, Professor of U Waterloo

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.

Regards, 

Darren Verasammy, P. Eng.

Treasurer

PEO York Chapter