Capstone Conference: Mathematical Modeling for Renewable Energy and Environment

Topic

In this conference, we bring together researchers from a broad range of active research areas related to energy transition and climate change where the common element is weather. We aim to highlight varied mathematical models of weather-related phenomena and encourage exchange of ideas among distinct research areas.

Speakers

Judith Sayers

Judith Sayers, indigenous leader, Chancellor of Vancouver Island University, President of Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Julie Lundquist

Johns Hopkins University

Jen Beverly

University of Alberta

Audun Bottarud

MIT

Mohammad Farazmand

North Carolina State University

Basma Majerbi

University of Victoria

Details

Special Guest Lecture

Judith Sayers, indigenous leader, Chancellor of Vancouver Island University, President of Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Conference Sessions

Stochastic modeling of atmosphere, and applications to energy and environment-Part 1: Wind and Solar, Monday, May 25.
- Speaker: Julie Lundquist, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
- Organizers: Tianxia Jia (U Victoria) , Adam Monahan (U Victoria)
Stochastic modeling of atmosphere, and applications to energy and environment-Part 2: Wildfires, smoke and air pollution, Tuesday, May 26.
- Speaker: Jen Beverly, Department of Renewable Resources, Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta
- Organizers: John Braun (UBC-O), Ruth Digby CCCMA
Decision making for power systems with renewables, electric vehicles and storage. Wednesday, May 27
- Speaker: Audun Bottarud, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT
- Organizers :Deniz Sezer (UCalgary), Zhirui Liang (UCalgary)
Modeling of environmental extremes: Extreme value theory, Uncertainty quantification, stochastic dynamical systems, Thursday, May 28.
- Speaker: Mohammad Farazmand, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University
- Organizers: Slim Ibrahim, (UVic), Mustafa Mohamad (UCalgary)
Financial modeling in the face of energy transition and climate change, Friday May 29.
- Speaker: Basma Majerbi, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
- Organizers: Leonard Olien (UCalgary), Tony Ware (UCalgary)

Featured Talks

Ahmed Ezzat

Rutgers University

Atefeh Mohebi

University of Victoria

Chaoyue Zhao

University of Washington

Cynthia Whaley

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

Dirk Lauinger

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jagdeep Singh

University of British Columbia Okanagan

Julie Carreau

Polytechnique Montréal

Kiri Daust

BC Ministry of Forests

Ladan Tazik

University of British Columbia Okanagan

Mike Ludkovski

University of California Santa Barbara

Mina Dashler

University of British Columbia

Rahul Agarwal

University of Calgary

Robert Webber

University of California San Diego

Sara Hastings Simon

University of Calgary

Sarah Henderson

University of British Columbia

Tylar Jia

University of Victoria

Yize Chen

University of Alberta

Zhirui Liang

University of Calgary

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Financial support is available for graduate students and early career researchers.

Please apply at https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_b4xBN1CTWDBFuF8

Apply by April 1st to be considered for the first intake.
Applications beyond this date will be considered depending on the availability of funds.

Additional Information

This event is sponsored by the following organizations:


PIMS	U Calgary-Electricity Center	Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions

U Calgary-Mathematics and Statistics	U Victoria-Faculty of Science	UBC-Vancouver-Mathematics