Research and engineering projects

Remote microgrid dispatch and optimization

Full-year simulations of remote community microgrids that combine renewable generation, batteries and long-duration storage, diesel backup, forecasts and equipment constraints.

• Compares forecast-informed, mixed-integer model predictive control with load-following dispatch on reliability, cost, emissions and fuel use.
• Automated scenario, lifecycle-cost, sensitivity and verification workflows.
• Builds on PGMcpp, the PRIMED Grid Modelling code from the University of Victoria.
• Two manuscripts in preparation and revision.

• Python
• C++
• MILP
• MPC
• NSGA-II

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Offshore hydrogen operability thresholds

An hourly production, storage and vessel model with tri-objective optimization, applied to 11 years of ERA5 data at a North Atlantic and a North Sea site. It identifies where wind–wave transfer limits change delivered cost, production and reliability non-linearly.

• NSGA-II and NSGA-III, each with seven independent seeds; TOPSIS for compromise designs.
• Partial-transfer operation, threshold definitions, electrolyzer alternatives and interannual variability.

• ERA5
• NSGA-II / NSGA-III
• TOPSIS

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Energy transition in Northern BC (Power for People)

Analysis of multi-year Census, employment, industry and energy-transition data for Northern British Columbia, focusing on regional labour-market structure and vulnerability to the energy transition.

• Reproducible data-processing, comparison and visualization workflows.
• Documented assumptions, data provenance and methods; publication-ready figures and evidence summaries for interdisciplinary review.

• Python
• pandas
• Excel
• Data visualization

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Commercial and distributed solar-PV projects

Project engineering across the lifecycle of commercial and distributed solar-PV systems in Peshawar, Pakistan: site information review, load assessment, system sizing, design documentation, procurement, installation, commissioning, performance verification and O&M.

• Single-line diagrams, bills of quantities, tender packages, equipment selection and technical drawings.
• Field fault investigation and corrective actions.

• PVsyst
• AutoCAD
• Excel

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Hybrid renewable systems and decentralized power

Simulation, modelling, quantitative analysis and technical reporting at the Center for Advanced Studies in Energy on hybrid renewable systems, decentralized power, solar-PV optimization and smart-grid integration.

• Three journal articles (2021–2022) on PV irrigation, rooftop-PV policy and off-grid solar for rural electrification.

• RETScreen
• ArcGIS
• Solar-PV design

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Telecom-site power infrastructure

Supported installation, maintenance and performance optimization of telecom-site power infrastructure and PowerCube systems, coordinating field logistics and resolving technical issues under operational time constraints.

• Power systems
• Field engineering

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