KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. İbrahim Dinçer

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

İbrahim Dinçer is a full professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of CERL at UOIT. Renowned for his pioneering works in the area of sustainable energy technologies he has authored/co-authored many books, book chapters, and refereed journal and conference papers.

He has chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops and technical meetings. He has delivered many keynote and invited lectures.

He is an active member of various international scientific organizations and societies, and serves as editor-in-chief, associate editor, regional editor, and editorial board member on various prestigious international journals.

He is a recipient of several research, teaching and service awards, including the Premier’s research excellence award in Ontario, Canada. He has recently been recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of The Most Influential Scientific Minds in Engineering.

Prof. Bale V. Reddy

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Dr. Bale V. Reddy is Professor and Chair of Department of Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

Prior to this Dr. Reddy also worked as an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, Canada. He received his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Nagarjuna University, AP, India. Dr. Reddy received his MTech and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, India.

Dr. Reddy research interests are in the areas of natural gas, coal, biomass energy systems, exergy analysis, fluidized bed combustion, waste heat recovery and alternative energy sources. He has led funded research projects in the areas of fluidized bed combustion, energy systems, energy efficiency improvement and biofuels.

Dr. Reddy has published 200 refereed research papers refereed journals andrefereed conference proceedings). He has also contributed book chapters along with his research collaborators in thermodynamics and energy systems area. Dr. Reddy has delivered keynote and invited presentations in international conferences and seminars in many countries.

Dr. Reddy has also received best professor award for teaching excellence five times both in India (VIT, Vellore) and in Canada (UNB, Fredericton; UOIT, Oshawa).

Keynote Presentation will be on “Modeling and Simulation of Natural Gas, Biomass and Solar Integrated Energy Systems”