Sustainable Design Engineering

As an Energy Systems Engineer, I used my professional and academic experience (Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering, Master's of Energy Systems Engineering, and PhD of Waste to Energy), to help Canadian cities and towns reach their sustainable energy and net zero energy goals. My projects included implementation of various innovative energy systems such as waste heat recovery from sewer lines, geothermal energy potential, energy audits, hydrogen generation, and development of guidelines and tiers for different building types to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption.

Optimal design, control and operation of community energy systems to achieve maximum efficiency, minimum cost, and minimum carbon dioxide emissions.My duties included the design of preliminary sizing tools for a new concept of 5th generation of district energy system. Different methods were considered such as thermal load following, electrical load following, CHP partial loading, short-term and long term energy storage (geothermal boreholes), thermal energy sharing among heating and cooling dominated buildings, etc, to find appropriate sizing of different components such as CHP, geothermal storage, and heat pumps. This preliminary sizing was developed in equation-based software such as MATLAB and was used as a feasibility tool to measure the potentials of the project. The results were then used in commercial software such as TRNSYS and Dymola (Open Modelica) for detailed analysis. The optimization of the system was then carried out using ModeFRONTIER.

-Research Engineer at BRIL ( Bio-Renewable Innovation Lab). -BRIL is a multi-disciplinary laboratory led by Prof. Animesh Dutta, in the Engineering department of the University of Guelph. Mechanical Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Chemists, and other experts work in BRIL to design and commercialize advanced renewable energy systems for fuel and power.- Since September 2016, as a Mechanical Engineer and senior researcher, I have been involved in the projects including: thermochemical and biochemical conversion (combustion, gasification, torrefaction, pyrolysis, carbonization, anaerobic digestion) of agri-residue, biomass, plastic, and waste (MSW, Bio-solids) for fuel and energy, Renewable and cleaner energy technologies (ex: hydrogen from biomass, agri-residue and waste with in-process CO2 capture), Life cycle analysis and thermodynamic optimization.- I have also led the design and construction of a novel continuous wet biomass to bioenergy system (hydrothermal carbonization) as well as managing the purchase of new reactors and characterization systems. - My accomplishments include the satisfaction of the industrial partners as well as publishing of several papers in prestigious journals.

Course: Energy resources and technologies (teaching the concepts of solar, wind, biomass, and hydro energies), 3 semesters.Course: Fluid Mechanics, 2 semestersCourse: Sustainable Energy Design (teaching design and simulation of energy systems using COMSOL Multiphysics, EES, and MATLAB), 1 semester Course: Applied Fluids and Thermodynamics (combined power cycles, refrigeration cycles, HVAC, thermoelectric devices)

Prepared instructions and standard data sheets for identification and purchase, of oil and petrochemical equipment (Drilling, HVAC, Instrumentation and Control).Upgraded manual parts directory to comprehensive Microsoft Excel and Access database, improving inventory management and reporting accuracy.Visited the operation fields and warehouses to identify the requirements and to inspect the mismatches between the parts and data sheets.

Assessed the methods of flare gas recovery in refineries considering Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).Presented the work in two conferences and published a journal paper and a conference paper.

Worked under supervision of Mechanical, Electrical and Control Engineers in a 1600 MW combined cycle (steam and gas) power plant.Helped the technicians in gathering data in the boiler section; operational parameters, water quality, etc.