Dr. Michael Fowler

Dr. Michael Fowler is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo with a research interest in electrochemical power sources. Specifically his research focuses on fuel cell system design and reliability, fuel cell and battery materials durability and green power systems. His research includes modelling of hydrogen production and distribution systems, including Power-to-Gas. With the University of Waterloo Alternative fuel team he is the co-advisor of the development of a number of fuel cell and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The University of Waterloo is one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with extensive graduate and undergraduate programs.

Topic of Keynote: Power-to-Gas Pathways to a Fossil Free Energy System

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Dr. Jules Thibault

Jules Thibault obtained his bachelor of chemical engineering at the Royal Military College. He later obtained a PhD in Chemical Engineering from McMaster where he worked on the topic of heat transfer in nuclear reactors. He then spent four years in the Canadian Armed Forces including two six-month postings to Egypt and Cyprus with the United Nations. From 1981 to 1984, he taught in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Royal military College. In 1984, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering of Laval University. In 2000, he moved to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Ottawa. His research interests are in biochemical engineering, transport phenomena and process simulation, control and optimization.

Topic of Keynote: Water Extraction from Air: Potential and Limitation

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