Gordon McTaggart-Cowan

Industrial and research interests

• Clean, low-carbon transportation
• Vehicle technology modelling and assessment
• Renewable gaseous fuels
• Fuel availability and infrastructure
• Gaseous fuel storage, compression and conditioning
• Performance and emissions control for internal combustion engines

Teaching interests

• Fluid mechanics with energy system applications
• Thermodynamics and energy conversion
• Sustainable transportation technologies

Recently taught courses

• SEE225 - Fluid Mechanics (Spring 2024, 2025, 2026)
• SEE870/SEE477 - Sustainable Vehicle Propulsion Technologies (Fall 2026)
• SEE410/SEE411 - Capstone (Fall 2025/Spring 2026)

Selected recent publications

• Balazadeh N, Paydari M, Shahbazi H, Safavi SR, McTaggart-Cowan G and Hosseini V. Assessing the Air Pollution Co-Impacts of Hybridizing Coastal Ferry Powertrains on Ports and Coastal Communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2025. 222:2(118752). 
• M Nikkhah Koojehri, A Singh, S Munshi, G McTaggart-Cowan. Exergy Analysis of an On-Vehicle Floating Piston Hydrogen Compression System for Direct-Injection Engines. Energies. 2025. 18(9). 2151
• Balazadeh N, S Munshi, M Shahbakhti and G McTaggart-Cowan. Predicting transient performance of a heavy-duty gaseous-fuelled engine using combined phenomenological and machine learning models. International Journal of Engine Research. 2025. 26(7). 1070-1087/
• Farzam R, Liko B, Bebar A, Dev S, Stevenson D, Guo H, McTaggart-Cowan G. Performance and emissions characteristics of hydrogen-diesel heavy-duty engines: The influence of engine control parameters. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 2025. 109(1325-1340).
• H Delbari, S Munshi, G McTaggart-Cowan. Characterizing injection and ignition of hydrogen and hydrogen-methane blend fuels in a static combustion chamber. Fuel. 2025, 381.
• N Balazadeh, S Munshi, M Shahbakhti, G McTaggart-Cowan. Predicting transient performance of a heavy-duty gaseous-fuelled engine using combined phenomenological and machine learning models. International Journal of Engine Research. 2025. 26(7).1070-1087. 
• U Chukwurah, G McTaggart-Cowan. Harvesting Electric Energy Using Thermoelectric Generators in a Residential Heating Application. Energies. 2024. 17(11). 2562.

Selected recent patents

• McTaggart-Cowan, G.P., Mann, K., Huang, J. and Munshi, S.R. Method and Apparatus for Operating Gaseous-Fuelled Direct Injection Internal Combustion Engine. US patent 10167786. Issued January 2019.
• Huang, J., Hill, P.G., Munshi, S.R. and McTaggart-Cowan, G.P. Air Enriched Gaseous Fuel Direct Injection for an Internal Combustion Engine. US Patent 10233871. Issued March 2019.
• Fei, W., Walker, J.D., McTaggart-Cowan, G.P., and Mann, K. Method and Apparatus for Fuel Injection and Dynamic Combustion Control. US Patent 9850827. Issued December 2017.
• Munshi, S, McTaggart-Cowan, G.P., Rogak, S.N., Bushe, W.K. Method and Apparatus of Fuelling an Internal Combustion Engine with Hydrogen and Methane. US Patent 8,469,009. Issued October 2017.
• Wager, D.R., McTaggart-Cowan, G.P., Mumford, D.K. and Munshi, S.R. Fuel Injection Valve and Method of Actuating. US Patent 9366195. Issued June 2016.

Scholarly activities and affiliations

• Associate Editor - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part-D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
• Associate Chair - SAE Engine Combustion Activity Committee