Keynote Speakers
Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University, Canada
Biography: Marc A. Rosen is a Professor at Ontario Tech University (formally University of Ontario Institute of Technology) in Oshawa, Canada, where he served as founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Rosen was President of the Engineering Institute of Canada. A registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of several journals and was a Director of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation. With over 60 research grants and contracts and 900 publications, Dr. Rosen is active in sustainability, sustainable engineering, sustainable energy, environmental impact, and energy technology (including hydrogen energy, renewable energy and efficiency). Much of his research has been carried out for industry, and he has written numerous books. Dr. Rosen has worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, and the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto. Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and honors, and is a fellow of several societies and organizations, including the Royal Society of Canada.
Speech Title: Electric Vehicles and Sustainable Development
Abstract: Sustainability is a critically important goal for human activity and development. Sustainability in the area of engineering, in particular, is of great importance to any plans and efforts for overall sustainability. This is due to many factors, including 1) the pervasiveness of engineering activities in societies, 2) their importance in economic development and living standards, and 3) the significant impacts that engineering processes and systems have had, and continue to have, on the environment. But sustainable engineering is extremely complex and challenging. One complex area is transportation, and the development and utilization of electric vehicles.
Many factors that need to be considered and appropriately addressed in moving towards engineering sustainability are examined in this presentation. These include appropriate selection of resources bearing in mind sustainability criteria, the use of sustainable engineering processes, enhancement of the efficiency of engineering processes and resource use, and a holistic adoption of environmental stewardship in engineering activities. In addition, other key sustainability measures are addressed, such as economics, equity, land use, lifestyle, sociopolitical factors and population. Finally, the ramifications of the development and utilization of electric vehicles on sustainability are considered. Conclusions are provided related both to pathways for engineering sustainability and to the broader ultimate objective of sustainability, and the place of electric vehicles.
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Invited Speakers
Dr. Shunli Wang,
Professor, Smart Energy Storage Institute, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China
Dr. Kaya Kuru
Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Computing, University of Lancashire, UK
Dr. Crescenzo Pepe
Research Fellow and an Adjunct Professor, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Dr. Gao Ma
Professor, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, China
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