Elise Lagacé graduated from Queen’s University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering with option in biochemical engineering and a professional internship. After graduating, she worked for Ontario Power Generation for three years at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station as a design team leader in projects design. She return
Elise Lagacé graduated from Queen’s University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering with option in biochemical engineering and a professional internship. After graduating, she worked for Ontario Power Generation for three years at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station as a design team leader in projects design. She returned to school in September 2019 to pursue a Master’s in Environmental Engineering through the Civil Engineering department at the University of Toronto. Her areas of research interest include techno-economic and sustainability frameworks for evaluating energy technologies and the impact of climate change on current and emerging energy technologies.
Elise also currently holds two positions in non-profit organizations: VP of Professional Development for the Sustainable Engineers Association (SEA) at UofT and the Communications Officer for Women in Nuclear – Durham Chapter.
Jack Wong received his Bachelor’s degree from the Engineering Science program at the University of Toronto in 2017. After graduating, he practiced structural engineering in a consulting firm for two years to gain exposure in the industry.
Jack’s current research focuses on evaluating the impact of climate change on structural loads and inv
Jack Wong received his Bachelor’s degree from the Engineering Science program at the University of Toronto in 2017. After graduating, he practiced structural engineering in a consulting firm for two years to gain exposure in the industry.
Jack’s current research focuses on evaluating the impact of climate change on structural loads and investigating how to propagate wind turbulence information from large-scale climate models to small-scale computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models.
Zian Cheng graduated from Chang'an University in 2021 with a Bachelor's in the Department of Civil Engineering. He was an exchange student at the University of Technology Malaysia in 2020. He is currently a second-year MASc student at the University of Toronto.
Zian's current research focuses on evaluating the influence of plan dimensions
Zian Cheng graduated from Chang'an University in 2021 with a Bachelor's in the Department of Civil Engineering. He was an exchange student at the University of Technology Malaysia in 2020. He is currently a second-year MASc student at the University of Toronto.
Zian's current research focuses on evaluating the influence of plan dimensions on gust wind loads for high-rise buildings through the use of numerical methods in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), with particular emphasis on the ASCE 7-16 provision for the wind design section.
Jia Zhe (Joey) Liu received his Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Manitoba in 2016. He then worked as an inside sales representative at an industrial master distributor of electrical distribution and emergency power generator equipment in Winnipeg for about two years. His research interests l
Jia Zhe (Joey) Liu received his Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Manitoba in 2016. He then worked as an inside sales representative at an industrial master distributor of electrical distribution and emergency power generator equipment in Winnipeg for about two years. His research interests lie in how the changing climate will impact the energy performance of institutional buildings at the University of Toronto. He is working to identify retrofit strategies that can improve the climate resilience of these buildings. Joey has been working with the CSE on a building scale pilot project where he assesses the retrofit potential of two campus buildings with different building features to reduce overall energy use under future weather conditions.
Sherry-Ann Ram is a PhD candidate in Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto and is also enrolled in the collaborative specialization in Engineering Education and Environmental Studies. Her Bachelor’s degree is in Mechanical Engineering and her Master’s degree is in Petroleum Engineering. She has over 13 years of industry
Sherry-Ann Ram is a PhD candidate in Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto and is also enrolled in the collaborative specialization in Engineering Education and Environmental Studies. Her Bachelor’s degree is in Mechanical Engineering and her Master’s degree is in Petroleum Engineering. She has over 13 years of industry experience working among diverse cultures and in many countries globally. Gradually, after understanding some of the detrimental issues associated with industry, she walked away and diverted her efforts towards professional and personal sustainability. She is now focused on environmental and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) related education. Her research centres around analysis and inventory of CO2 emissions, student knowledge and choices related to these emissions. Then, utilizing this data to determine how attitudes may be altered at the university, pre-university, and community level, while being mindful and thoughtful about the audience and appeal to their cultural sensitivities.
Sherry-Ann is also an appointed member of the City of Brampton Environmental Advisory Committee and also volunteers with the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority and Conseil Scolaire Mon Avenir - Écoles Catholiques Françaises.
Daniel Henrique previously studied civil engineering at Ryerson University where he received a B.Eng in 2019, specializing in transportation engineering during his final year. As part of his degree he completed a 16-month engineering internship for a building materials supplier in Toronto.
Daniel’s broader interests lie at the intersection
Daniel Henrique previously studied civil engineering at Ryerson University where he received a B.Eng in 2019, specializing in transportation engineering during his final year. As part of his degree he completed a 16-month engineering internship for a building materials supplier in Toronto.
Daniel’s broader interests lie at the intersection of transportation and sustainability. His current research focuses on quantifying the effects that climate and climate change have on passenger vehicle energy consumption and emissions, with an emphasis on alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). His research also involves exploring any climatic implications there may be on both transportation and energy policy-making.
Xuesong Zhang received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at University of Toronto in August 2019. His thesis involves estimating surface emissions of CO and NOx using chemical transport model with satellite observations of multiple chemical species. His research is related to numerical modelling, data assimilation and providing im
Xuesong Zhang received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at University of Toronto in August 2019. His thesis involves estimating surface emissions of CO and NOx using chemical transport model with satellite observations of multiple chemical species. His research is related to numerical modelling, data assimilation and providing improved atmospheric chemical state to infer surface pollutants. He joined the CSE project in October 2019, as a post doctorate researcher in the Department of Civil & Mining Engineering. In his first year, Xuesong studied the biodiesel operability limit and electric vehicle fuel efficiencies in the present and future climate, by collaborating the temperature dependent industry standards with regional climate models.
Xuesong’s current project evaluates air quality scenarios over the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area under extreme weather events using chemical transport model. He also aims at analyzing future projected air quality conditions using pseudo global warming signals with emission mitigation strategies.
Kelsey received her Honours BSc in Physics from Queen’s University. Her passion lies in applying her physics knowledge to minimizing the negative impact buildings have on the environment. Kelsey’s undergraduate thesis was in astrophysics, and focused on using her coding, statistics and analytical skills for data manipulation and ana
Kelsey received her Honours BSc in Physics from Queen’s University. Her passion lies in applying her physics knowledge to minimizing the negative impact buildings have on the environment. Kelsey’s undergraduate thesis was in astrophysics, and focused on using her coding, statistics and analytical skills for data manipulation and analysis. She has also conducted research as a summer research student at Sunnybrook hospital, where she studied diabetes and coronary artery disease. During her time at Sunnybrook Kelsey contributed to two papers (one first authorship) and won the D+H Sunnybrook Research Institute Summer Student Award.
Her current research focuses on how the changing climate will impact the performance of window-wall multi-unit residential buildings. As well as, developing in-situ retrofit measures to improve how these buildings age in a changing climate.
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