SEEGrad 2026

8:30-9:15

Registration / Coffee, light refreshment

9:15-9:30

9:30-9:45

Maha Shehadeh, Vahid Hosseini, AI-Based Classification of Heavy-Duty Vehicle Distribution in Cities Using Traffic Camera Imagery

9:45-10:00

Juan Gamarra, Zeinab Heidari, Vahid Hosseini, Gordon McTaggart-Cowan, Integrated Multivariate Analysis of Fuel Moisture Variability and Its Impact on a Biomass Power Plant

10:00-10:15

Sifat Kawsa, Raju Sapkota, Kamran Hassani, Justin Ocampo, Etienne Durand-Labarge, Loren Kaake, Sami Khan, A Technoeconomic Analysis of a Photovoltaic Powered Capacitive Deionization Process For Selective Lithium Extraction From Brine

10:15-10:30

Yasaman Bozorgzad, Zafar Adeel, Non-Revenue Water Reduction in Urban Water Distribution Systems: Comparative Insights from International Case Studies

10:30-10:45

Zhen (Lisa) Li, Kevin Oldknow, Evaluating the Use of Surface Wave Ultrasonics for Shallow Rolling Contact Fatigue Depth Characterization

10:45-11:00

Maria Emilia Mamani, Ignacio Galiano Zurbriggen, System Identification for short-circuit fault location in DC microgrids

11:00-11:15

Break and transition

Industry Panel
Session chair: Maha Shehadeh, Tina Shoa

11:15-12:45

Industry Perspectives on the Energy Transition in British Columbia: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead

×   Maha Shehadeh, Tina Shoa, Introduction and Setting the Stage

×   David Oliver, Suomi Advisory Group, Greenlines Technology, Carbon Markets as a Catalyst for the Global Energy Transition

×   Joel Kelly, E-One Moli Energy Canada, Future Directions of Battery Technology

×   Maryam Ebrahimian, Corvus Energy, Decarbonizing the Marine Sector Through Battery-Electric Propulsion

×   Remi Charron, National Research Council, Building Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Future

×   Sina Salari, SISA Energy, Digital Platforms and Market Intelligence for Building Decarbonization

×   Mohammad Fakoor, Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd., Advancing Building Performance Through Energy Modelling and Carbon Assessment

×   Audinece Q&A

×   Maha Shehadeh, Tina Shoa, Concluding remarks

×   Networking with panelists

13:15-14:30

Poster and short presentations

1.        Hesam Mirfars, Aniket Kumar, Tom Nguyen, Dat Truong Le Tri, Scott McDermid, Benjamin Britton, Erik Kjeang, Mechanical Implications of Bipolar Plate Design for Non-Fluorinated Proton Exchange Membranes in Fuel Cells

2.        Zeinab Heidari, Gordon McTaggart-Cowan, Vahid Hosseini, Developing Emissions Factors for biomass combustion from continuous emissions monitoring and data assimilation

3.        Masaki Fukae, Tulio Coura, Johannes Brunner, Horst Schulte, Mariana Resener, High-Resolution Residential Load Modeling for Dynamic Virtual Power Plant

4.        Mohammadreza Paydari, Navid Balazadeh Meresht, Seyed Reza Safavi, Gordon McTaggart-Cowan, Vahid Hosseini, Assessing the Air Pollution Co-impacts of Hybridizing Coastal Ferry Powertrains on Ports and Coastal Communities

5.        Jie Yang, Colin D. Copeland, Mechanism Regulation and Scale-Up Challenges of Carbon Formation in Methane Pyrolysis: A Review

6.        Max Wilson, Reza Farzam, Gordon McTaggart-Cowan, Experimental Analysis of an Ionic Liquid Piston System for Hydrogen Compression

7.        Trevor Jones, Amir Niroumand, Erik Kjeang, Development of a Current Interruption Method for Diagnostic Testing of PEM Fuel Cells

8.        Arefeh Amrollahi Biyooki, Tina Shoa, Extended Kalman Filter-Based State of Charge Estimation Using Equivalent Circuit Models for Battery Management Systems

9.        M Eliasinul Islam, Evaluating Operational Trade-offs Among Land-Constrained Renewable Siting, Transmission, and Electrification in a Hydro-Dominant System: A PyPSA Case Study of British Columbia

10.      Luis Victor-Gallard, Taco Niet, Decision Maps for Distribution Grid Modernization: Prioritizing DSM and DERDeployment Under Deep Uncertainty

11.      Mina Pavlovic, Ignacio Galiano Zurbriggen, Centric-based current control of three-phase inverters in hybrid microgrids

12.      Mohammad Sajjadi, Colin Copeland, Gordon McTaggart-Cowan,  Comparative Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Different Pathways for Sustainable Fuels Production

13.      Ahmed Abdelsalam, Ishaan Aggrawal, Aminul Islam, Sami Khan, An In Situ High Speed Imaging Analysis of Coating Stability during Electrochemical Hydrogen Permeation

14.      Lorenzo Yao-Bate, Ross Stefano, Sami Khan, Towards Efficient Carbon Capture Using Bubble-Capturing Surfaces

15.      Reza Hassani, Kevin Oldknow, Data-Driven Identification of Wheel–Rail Friction States Using Instrumented Revenue Vehicles

16.      Rozhin Ahmadi, Amir Reza Rezami, Vahid Hosseini, Study of Toxic Air Contaminants Exposure Evacuation Zone for an Oil Tank Pool Fire in a Residential Neighborhood

17.      Sara Asaad, Amir Shabani, Vahid Hosseini, Using interpretable machine learning to understand the mode choice for school trips

18.      Ali Azimi, Amir Shabani, Vahid Hosseini, Event-Aware Spatio-Temporal Demand Forecasting for Shared Micromobility Systems

19.      Yannick Ntibansiga, Vahid Hosseini, Mode Shift Through Integrated Micromobility Policies: An Activity-Based Agent Modelling Framework

20.      Christianna Sequeira, Comparative Analysis of Supervised and Unsupervised Learning for Land Cover Classification with Airborne SAR Data

21.      Niloufar Radan, Kamran Hassani, Justin Ocampo, Ken Chisholm, Keira Lai, Sami Khan, Enhancing the practical applicability of salt hydrate phase change materials through interfacial texture engineering

22.      Arash Mirani Damavandi, Colin Copeland, Low-Temperature Inverted Brayton Cycles (IBC) for Small-Scale Domestic Power Generation

23.      Amir Reza Razmi, Masood Fakouri Hasanabadi, Amir Reza Hanifi, Vahid Hosseini, Mahdi Shahbakhti, Multi-Criteria Investigation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Experimental, Life Cycle, and Techno-Economic Assessments

24.      Tina Shoa, Marvin Messing, Shabnam Razmjooei, Saleh Mohammed Shahriar, Arefeh Amrollahi, Temperature-Aware Impedance Diagnostics for Energy Storage Batteries: From Scheduled Maintenance to Real-Time BMS Operation

25.      Alexander Kacper Liniarski, Tavleen Kaur Sihota, High-Resolution Pollution Dispersion of Commercial Aircraft Activities from Vancouver International Airport

26.      George Pavlov, Amrit Brar, Jay Vyas, Haseeb Khan, Ken Chisholm, Vahid Hosseini, Adaptive Electric Tow Platform for Human-Centered Low-Carbon Transportation

27.      Ella Lee, Braidyn Leen Chang, Vahid Hosseini, Analysis of Air Pollution Dispersion from a Zinc and  Lead Smelting Facility in British Columbia

14:30-14:45

Shedrach Ezenwali, Vahid Hosseini, Bike sharing rebalancing emissions reduction through user incentives

14:45-15:00

Seyed Hamid Delbari, Vahid Hosseini, Enhancing WRF-CMAQ Simulations in Coastal Terrain: Seasonal Physics, Land Use, and Grid Sensitivity for Improved Air Quality Prediction

15:00-15:15

Matteo Sposito, Ignacio Galiano Zurbriggen, State-Plane Centric Control of bidirectional CLLC Resonant Converters

15:15-15:30

Saleh Mohammed Shahriar, Tina Shoa, Robust Battery RUL Prediction for Advanced Energy Systems Using Free-Running Transformer Model

15:30-15:45

Break

15:45-16:00

Negaar Razzaghi, Vahid Hosseini, A Data-Driven Framework for Quantifying Winter Traffic Regimes and Emission Inventory Impacts in a Cold-Climate City

16:00-16:15

Kamran Hassani, Ken Chisholm, Niloufar Radan, Keira Lai, Sami Khan, Role of Solvent-Mediation on the Wettability and Stability of Phase Change Materials

16:15-16:30

Seyed Reza Safavi, Tina Shoa, Jason Wang, Gordon McTaggart-Cowan, Multi-Scale Modelling of Localized Battery

Degradation in Heavy-Duty Series Hybrids: From Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy to Powertrain and Battery Pack Performance

16:30-16:45

Sayma Supti, Jason Jiacheng Wang, Mariana Resener, Sub-Synchronous Oscillation Induced by Weak Grid-Connected PMSG Wind Farms

Closing remarks and award ceremony

16:45-17:30

MC: TBD

×   Closing remarks by GSA, introduction of organizing committee  

×   Volunteers' appreciation and acknowledgment

×   Industry and sponsors' appreciation and acknowledgment

×   Award ceremony hosted by Zafar Adeel and the scientific committee

×   Concluding remarks by Zafar Adeel