TISED Annual Report 2018-2019

Annual Report May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019

Annual Report 2018-2019

Contents Contents............................................................................................................................................ 1 Message from TISED’s Director ...................................................................................................... 2 Mission & Goals ................................................................................................................................ 3 Governance ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Staff .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Membership ..................................................................................................................................... 6 TISED Member’s Meeting ............................................................................................................... 7 Partnerships....................................................................................................................................... 8 Research and Policy ....................................................................................................................... 9 Outreach ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Student Support Funding ............................................................................................................. 21 Education and Training ................................................................................................................ 27 IGEE Summer School 2018............................................................................................................ 33 A Look Ahead ................................................................................................................................ 34 Appendix A: TISED Members ....................................................................................................... 36 Appendix B: TISED Members’ Funded Research Projects....................................................... 38 Appendix C: TISED Members’ Publications ............................................................................... 44 Contact Us ..........................................................................................................................................

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Message from TISED’s Director I am pleased to present the 2018-19 TISED Annual Report. My thanks and gratitude to all our TISED members and staff for their contributions towards another successful year. This past year, TISED has made considerable progress on many fronts. TISED has been working towards the creation of a Master’s Program in Sustainability in Engineering and Design. The proposed program has reached many milestones including final approval from the McGill Senate in February 2019. The proposal for the program is currently being reviewed internally and it should be submitted to external reviewers by the end of 2019. As part of the future Master’s Program, TISED has been continually developing its Sustainability in Engineering and Design (SEAD) courses. In the past year, a new SEAD course was debuted, SEAD 515: Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure, bringing the total up to three SEAD courses. More new SEAD courses are scheduled to be taught in the upcoming 2019-20 academic year. The latest edition of SEDTalks!, our highly successful communications skills-building training and workshop series for graduate students, was held in front of a full capacity audience in March at the McGill Faculty Club. With the support of our partners from McGill’s SKILLSETS and the SEDTalks! Selection Committee, the final event showcased research on sustainability of our three finalist ChangeMakers. Fourteen graduate students were trained through the program on communication skills to promote sustainability research. TISED continues to grow its research capacity. TISED Chair in Sustainable Engineering and Design, Dr. Laxmi Sushama, has worked hard on establishing a collaborative research program for climate change adaptation in the Arctic, while developing and delivering SEAD 515. TISED also received two Scholars-in-Residence, Drs. Joel Pedersen (University of Wisconsin – Madison) and Thilo Hofmann (University of Vienna) in early 2019. Both scholars worked intensively with TISED members towards two cutting-edge research workshops on technology for sustainable energy and sustainable agriculture. Finally, we want to stress the importance of our partnerships. Thanks to our collaboration with many partners, TISED is able to expand its impact. In the past year, we co-hosted outreach events and research programs with our McGill partners at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the Global Health Programs and Sustainability in Engineering at McGill. We also collaborated with our external partners Fondation 3E, Institut en Génie de l’Énergie Électrique and the Institut de l’énergie Trottier. We thank all our donors for their continued support of TISED and our mission. We are deeply grateful for their support to all of our initiatives. To a successful 2019-20 for all,

Subhasis Ghoshal Professor and Director, Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design

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Mission & Goals TISED’s Mission The Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED)’s mission is to produce innovative engineering and design solutions and intellectual capacity that enables us to protect and nurture Earth and its inhabitants to meet the needs of current and future generations.

TISED’s Goals    

Catalyze interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research that provides solutions to local and global sustainability challenges Inform and advance public policy with governments, industry and other organizations, particularly as relating to engineered and designed systems Educate current and future generations of engineers, urban planners and architects to be leaders in sustainability in their professions Create and participate in forums for sustainability through inspired critical thinking and action by engaging the university community, decision-makers, and the public

Governance TISED creates ad hoc committees and working groups established for project and event-specific initiatives. We’ve also benefited from continual input from the Dean of Engineering, our benefactors, and our professoriate across the University on various initiatives and programming. TISED has also been working towards establishing a permanent governance structure, including a Board of Directors, to guide the strategic direction of TISED and approve the operations of the Institute. The Board will include representation from key internal and external stakeholder groups.

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Staff Subhasis Ghoshal, Director Subhasis Ghoshal is a Professor in Civil Engineering and is a respected authority on water quality, nano- and bio- technologies for soil and groundwater remediation, and on the sustainable use of nanomaterials. Professor Ghoshal joined McGill University after completing his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University and his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. He served as McGill's Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the Faculty of Engineering from 2006 to 2012. Professor Ghoshal has been the Director of TISED since 2013.

Jeffrey Bergthorson, Associate Director

Jeffrey Bergthorson is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, where he leads the Alternative Fuels Laboratory. As the Panda Faculty Scholar in Sustainability in Engineering and a William Dawson Scholar, he leads a team conducting research on the combustion and emissions properties of alternative and sustainable fuels and the impact of these properties on their performance in current and future engine technologies. Professor Bergthorson became the Associate Director of TISED in 2016.

Laxmi Sushama, Trottier Chair in Sustainable Engineering and Design Laxmi Sushama is a Professor of Civil Engineering and the Trottier Chair in Sustainable Engineering and Design since 2017. Her research focuses on the climate-sustainability nexus with a special emphasis on urban environments, climate resilience of infrastructure, and sustainability in engineering and design. Prof. Sushama is also the principal investigator for the NSERC-funded Canadian Network for Regional Climate and Weather Processes and works closely with federal labs such as Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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Irene Toffolo, Administrative Coordinator Irene is an administrative professional with more than 15 years of experience in general administration, including coordination, logistics, customer services, public relations and finance. Irene holds a BA in Sociology from Concordia University and a Certificate in Public Relations Management from McGill University.

Gary Ng, Research Assistant Gary is currently working on the proposal for the TISED Master’s program in Sustainability in Engineering and Design and on the management of existing SEAD courses. Gary has a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from McGill University as well as a MBA from Concordia University.

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Membership Welcome to our newest TISED members: Professors Sara Mahshid, Alessandro Navarra, Lijun Sun, and Melanie Tetreault-Friend

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Mahshid Prof. Mahshid's research focuses on engineering new approaches in

lab-on-chip devices via synergistically combining nanostructured materials with micro/nanofluidic sample delivery systems for rapid detection of pathogens in environmental and human samples. Her research has led to the successful implementation of the nanosurface fluidic devices for rapid and quantitative detection of E. coli and S. aureus in biological samples. Currently, she is exploring the application of proposed fluidic platforms for detection of parasites and bacteria in environmental samples for the purpose of controlling infections among vulnerable populations. Prof. Navarra's expertise lies in quantitative methods for industrial development projects, especially in mining and extractive metallurgy. He has an interest in multi-criteria optimization that balance opportunities and risks over different timeframes and has previously focused on adaptation of Monte-Carlo simulation, discrete event simulation, life cycle assessment, and other techniques in the context of multiphase industrial development projects.

Alessandro Navarra

Lijun

Sun Dr. Sun's research focuses on the area of smart transportation and

Melanie Tétreault-Friend

urban computing, developing innovative methodologies and applications to address efficiency, resilience, and sustainability issues in urban transportation systems. He is particularly interested in integrating advances in machine learning into human mobility modeling, agent-based simulation, and intelligent transportation systems.

Prof. Tétreault-Friend's research interests are in high temperature thermal energy conversion in sustainable and low-carbon energy technologies. Her most recent research focuses on enabling the next generation of efficient and reliable carbon-free molten salt energy technologies by developing accurate tools for predicting thermofluid behavior for systems design.

Our membership base now includes 63 tenure or tenure-track faculty members from the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University, see Appendix A: TISED Members. These members span across all departments and schools in McGill’s Faculty of Engineering and carry out important sustainability-related research projects, included in this report, see Appendix B: TISED Members’ Funded Research Projects. For our members’ publications from this past year, see Appendix C: TISED Members’ Publications.

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TISED Member’s Meeting TISED held its most recent Member’s Meeting on January 11, 2019. Dr. Ghoshal gave the members in attendance an update on all the points in the attached agenda. -

SEDTalks

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Internal Seminar Series

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Student Participation

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Scholars-in-Residence

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Research Workshop Program

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Global Health Program

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Faculty Scholar Awards

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Courses & Programs

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Master’s Program Update

Members took the opportunity to share their input regarding TISED activities, audiences, and strategies for the upcoming year. Lively discussions were held on topics such as increasing industry involvement in TISED activities, improving student participation, and facilitating collaboration with visiting scholars. Dr. Ghoshal and Gary Ng also provided an update on the proposed master’s program.

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Partnerships The activities listed below serve as only a few examples of partnerships that TISED built this past year and that we consider an integral part of our foundation. We rely on strong partnerships among researchers, industry, and student groups. Through our ongoing partnership with IET (L’Institut de l’énergie Trottier), we collaborated on several projects and events, including the 6th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy and Design, and the 3rd annual IGEE Summer School, as well as on policy initiatives such as the Northeast Electricity Modelling Project. A scoping study report on the latter, led by TISED members and HEC Montreal, and with collaboration from IET and other partners, investigates the value of regional integration to decarbonize the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) power systems and was released at a public meeting on June 18, 2018 at HEC Montreal. The scoping study, titled A Decarbonized Northeast Electricity Sector: The Value of Regional Integration can be found through the following link here: (http://energie.hec.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2018/06/ScopingStudy_NortheastHydroModelling_13june2018.pdf). Our continuing partnership with the Fondation 3E enabled us to once again offer two for-credit courses, SEAD 510 Energy Analysis and FACC 511 Sustainable Urban Communities, in the 2018-2019 academic year (more information in the Education Section below). This was also our second year of collaboration with the Global Health Programs (GHP) in the Faculty of Medicine. Last year, we co-launched a seed grant initiative that funds interdisciplinary research in Engineering and Medicine and awarded two 18-month grants to research teams with TISED members. This year, TISED hosted a reception on November 19, 2018, for the TISED/GHP Innovative Solutions for Planetary Health Seed Grant Program where the two recipient teams presented their research findings (see the Research and Policy section for more information). In addition, TISED actively participated, sponsored, or advertised in these events organized by our partners: Circular Economy Conference Hosted by the Bensadoun School of Retail, McGill University IGEE Summer School Hosted by the Institut en Génie de l’Énergie Électrique Life Cycle Assessment: A Sustainable Discussion Hosted by SEAM (Sustainability in Engineering at McGill)

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Research and Policy High-calibre researchers and practitioners play vital roles in our institute. The past year saw TISED make tremendous progress in growing its research activities and initiatives through the continued research work of the Trottier Chair in Sustainability in Engineering and Design, Dr. Laxmi Sushama, the research fruits generated from last year’s research funding program, the TISED/GHP Innovative Solutions for Planetary Health Seed Grants, and the creation of a second Faculty Scholar Award, the John M. Bishop and family Award. We have also continued to expand our expertise and network of researchers with the collaboration of two scholars-in-residence.

Innovative Solutions for Planetary Health Seed Grants On the 19th of November TISED and McGill Global Health Programs held a reception to highlight their seed grant pilot initiative to fund two joint interdisciplinary projects. The idea behind this program was to launch a collaboration that addressed the nexus between disease, rapid environmental degradation and climate change caused by unsustainable industrialization, urban growth and resource consumption practices. The aim of the grant was to fund interdisciplinary projects that combatted these challenges, and to foster dynamic partnerships between researchers in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering at McGill. The program was funded by generous donations by the Steinberg Fund for Interdisciplinary Global Health Research and a gift to TISED by benefactor Ram Panda. The proposals to be funded had to be a joint effort between a researcher in the Faculty of Engineering and one in the Faculty of Medicine. The chosen projects focused on Air Pollution and Water Pollution which are two major difficulties that developing nations face regarding development and environmental health. The reception started with presentations from the grant recipients detailing their research projects. Dr. Andrew G. Kirk, James McGill Professor and Department Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Dr. Mark Trifiro, Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine gave a presentation on ‘High Speed, portable PCR system for rapid and in-situ water quality testing’. The research aim was to demonstrate an optically driven PCR (Polymer Chain Reaction) system that could provide a portable, low-cost and easy-to-use testing system for water samples and would give a response within five minutes. The current PCR machines in use to test water quality are often bulky and take over an hour to process the sample. Ultimately, this would be applied in testing for impure water in developing regions and greatly reduce incidents of water-borne bacterial infection and help boilwater advisories to be lifted earlier.

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This was followed by a presentation by Dr. Jill Baumgartner, Assistant Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatics and Occupational Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Dr. Omid Rouhani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering on ‘A pilot study of the acute cardiovascular impacts of exposure to traffic related air pollution and its oxidative potential among adults in urban Colombia.’ The aim of the research was to leverage existing infrastructure in urban Bucaramanga, Colombia and conduct a study that combines novel air pollution exposure metrics and biological monitoring in retired adults in order to investigate the most harmful particulate matter components and sources of traffic-related air pollution. The goal was to find the importance of different combustion and non-combustion sources of traffic pollution on human health to better facilitate the formulation of transportation infrastructure planning and policy to mitigate the effects health risks of wearing. Both the talks were deeply informative and interesting. The audience, consisting of TISED benefactors Lorne Trottier and Ram Panda, various professors from the faculties of Engineering and medicine, professionals from industry and a mix of graduate and undergraduate students, were thoroughly engaged by the presentations and the expert panel that followed. The panel consisted of experts from academia and industry and was in wide agreement over the usefulness of the program stating it had a tremendous impact. The event was closed with a networking cocktail reception in which students, professors, professionals and all others in attendance had a chance to discuss the contents of the research programs and make connections that could lead to further collaborations between the Faculties of Engineering and Medicine.

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Trottier Chair in Sustainability in Engineering & Design May 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019 Research Climate change, induced by increased anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases, is one of today’s greatest environmental threats. Changes are being experienced particularly intensely in the Arctic, where permafrost degradation associated with warmer temperatures, and increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of extreme events, are having significant impacts not only on the natural environment but also on the built environment, especially civil infrastructure, energy, mining, waste, wastewater, coastal, and offshore systems. The average temperature across the Arctic has risen at almost twice the rate as that of the rest of the world and future projections suggest continued higher increases in temperature. Thus, there is an urgent need to adapt the Canadian Arctic’s engineering and infrastructure systems to the changing climatic conditions to ensure sustainability. The Chair led a Letter of Intent (LOI) for an NSERC strategic Network – Canadian Arctic Responsive Engineering (CARE) Network. This proposed pan-Canadian effort is to study Arctic engineering systems in a holistic and responsive manner, and to innovate, develop, and adapt sustainable technologies and practices for the changing Arctic environment aimed at addressing six inter-connected objectives:      

Development of high-resolution climate change projections and analysis for the Arctic region at engineering scales; Adaptation and innovation of technologies for cold regions surface and subsurface infrastructure in a changing climate; Development and application of sustainable and cost-efficient approaches, technologies and processes to treat and operate waste, water and wastewater systems in a changing climate; Improvement in the integrity of mining infrastructure via development and implementation of sustainable approaches to operate mines and mining equipment in a changing climate; Identification of the pathway to zero-emission energy strategies and technologies for the Canadian Arctic; and Development of tools and technology for climate resilient northern coastal and offshore infrastructure.

The LOI was selected by NSERC to go to the full proposal stage. The Chair led the proposal development, and hosted planning meetings at McGill, Yellowknife, Iqaluit and Whitehorse. The Chair developed partnerships with 60 organizations, including territorial, federal, provincial and municipal organizations, consulting firms and international organizations. Co-investigators from 10 Canadian universities were involved in the proposal. A workshop with international partners was held at McGill University by the Chair in December 2018, with the goal of developing a robust international strategy for the Net-

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work. The meeting was attended by representatives from: (1) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) of the United States Army Corps of Engineers; (2) Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks; (3) International Arctic Research Centre (IARC), University of Alaska at Fairbanks; (4) Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network; (5) University of Iceland; (6) Iceland Construction Authority; (7) The Arctic University of Norway; (8) Arctic DTU and Arctic WASH Network of the Technical University of Denmark; (9) Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI). The application was submitted to NSERC in February 2019, following which a site visit took place in April 2019. Unfortunately, the proposal was not funded, albeit there were positive reviews from the reviewers and the site visit committee. The Chair is reviewing the possibility of submitting the proposal to other programs. Teaching The Chair developed two courses for the TISED Master’s program: SEAD 515: Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure This course focuses on climate-resilience and sustainability of engineering systems such as the built environment and engineering infrastructure in the context of a changing climate, possible mitigation and adaptation strategies and associated challenges and opportunities. The course reviews the basic principles that underpin the science of climate change; the role of global and regional climate models in predicting the behavior of the climate system in response to different forcing scenarios, and the use of climate model outputs in support of across scale climate-resilience of various engineering systems including infrastructure systems. SEAD 550: Decision Making for Sustainability in Engineering and Design. This course focusses on informed and practical decisions for bringing sustainability in engineering and design based on a range of tools, approaches and methodologies including multi-criteria decision-making, uncertainty analysis, game theory, sustainability metrics, life cycle analysis, and evaluation and impact assessment methodologies. The course covers fundamental requirements of a typical design problem, identifying stagedependent alternatives and options that promote sustainable solutions to engineering problems.

Outreach The Chair was one of the two tour speakers for the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) for the 2018-2019 period. The Chair gave presentations in east Canadian provinces, including Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador on ‘Climate-Engineering Dialogue in the Context of Arctic Engineering Systems’, which brought great visibility to TISED activities.

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Faculty Scholar Awards TISED members are eligible to apply for the Faculty Scholar Awards, which are funded by our generous donors. The Faculty Scholar Awards support research in sustainability and enrich the teaching and research programs launched by TISED; partly by funding the Scholar’s doctoral students’ research, and partly by providing opportunities for outreach and policy work within the Institute. The Panda Faculty Scholar Award in Sustainability in Engineering and Design was established through an endowed gift to the Faculty of Engineering from alumnus Ram Panda (M.Eng. ’71, MBA ’77). TISED Associate Director Jeffrey Bergthorson holds the appointment for a second three-year term from January 2018 to December 2020. This Faculty Scholar position supports exploratory and highly innovative research in sustainability and advances and enriches the teaching and research programs launched by TISED, partly by funding doctoral student research in sustainability in engineering and design and partly by championing outreach, research, and policy work with the institute. The John M. Bishop and family Faculty Scholar Award in Sustainable Engineering and Design was established through an endowed gift to the Faculty of Engineering from John M. Bishop (B.Eng. ’47). Dr. François Bouffard (Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering) has been appointed as the first John M. Bishop and family Faculty Scholar. This Award is intended to promote research that reduces society’s dependency on non-renewable resources. The Award will provide support to faculty members within TISED, specifically to engage one or more doctoral student(s), under their supervision, working in an area of strategic importance to the Faculty that has demonstrated focus on sustainability and design.

Scholars-in-Residence Program & Visiting Professors Leading scholars around the world apply to TISED to conduct collaborative research with TISED members through our Scholars-in-Residence Program. During their residency, the Scholars also organize research workshops focusing on policy, deliver public and course lectures, and prepare publications to advance sustainability policy. Two Scholars-in-Residence, Doctors Joel Pedersen and Thilo Hofmann, have been working at McGill on their research in 2019. Dr. Joel Pedersen arrived in January 2019 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to begin his stay and Dr. Thilo Hofmann from the University of Vienna joined TISED in April 2019.

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Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Joel Pedersen - January-June 2019 ★

Research interest and major career achievements:

Dr. Pedersen’s research focuses on environmental interfacial chemistry, specifically on molecular-scale interfacial processes of nanomaterials with biological systems, and its environmental implications. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he leads an interdisciplinary research theme focused on this topic in the NSF-funded Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. In the ongoing development of the Center, he has earned numerous prestigious recognitions for excellence such as the Rothermel Bascom Professorship and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. Over the course of his academic career, Dr. Pedersen has produced over 300 abstracts, served on countless advisory and editorial boards, and has been invited as a keynote speaker for over 100 lectures and seminars. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Environmental Science: Nano. He is also the University of Wisconsin – Madison representative on a U.S. Department of Agriculture Multistate Research Project on nanoscale science and engineering in agriculture and food systems.

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As TISED's Scholar in Residence:

His research focuses on sustainable advanced materials with a specific emphasis on engineered nanomaterials. As part of his work plan, he focuses on policy-related research on nanopesticides and nanoscale micronutrients (nano-enabled plant protection products). During his stay at McGill, he is working with TISED member Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji (Chemical Engineering) and collaborating with two other faculty members, TISED Director Prof. Subhasis Ghoshal (Civil Engineering) and Prof. Stéphane Bayen (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry) on the environmental behaviour of nanocapsule delivery vehicles. Dr. Pedersen also has joint research projects at the Université de Montréal with Prof. Kevin Wilkinson (Chemistry) and Prof. Reghan Hill (Chemical Engineering) on the electrokinetic characterization of nanoparticles, and with Prof. Antonella Badia (Chemistry) on nanoparticle interaction with biological membranes. As part of his mandate, he will give a public lecture on the potential benefits and risks associated with the use of nanopesticides and nanoscale micronutrients. He will also be organizing a concurrent workshop on “Sustainable Development of Emerging Nanomaterials for Energy Applications” to bring together key academics and researchers to discuss recent relevant developments in in June 2019.

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Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Thilo Hofmann ★

Research interest and major career achievements:

Dr. Hofmann, as the full Professor and Chair for Environmental Geosciences at the University of Vienna, leads a research group that focus on nanogeoscience, environmental pollutants, and hydrogeology. More specifically, Prof. Hofmann’s group research’s areas of nanogeoscience that include investigating trace contaminants and their sorption to carbonaceous materials, the role of microplastics, hydrogeology, and vulnerability analysis. Over the past ten years, Dr. Hofmann has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers and has also made more than 250 contributions to conferences including many invited and keynote lectures. He has served as the Director of the University of Vienna Environmental Science Research Network for the past five years. For his research excellence, he has received awards from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Berlin Technical University (the Erwin-Stephan Prize), and the German Water Chemical Society. He is also one of the founding members of the Center for Microbiology and Environmental System Sciences at the University of Vienna. Dr. Hofmann has also served at other academic institutions. In addition to being a Scholar-inResidence at McGill University, he has been an Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University (NC) and a Guest Professor at the College of Environmental Science and Engineering at Nankai University, Tianjin (China). ★

As TISED's Scholar-in-Residence:

Dr. Hofmann collaborates with TISED and its members to link plant-nanobiotechnology with industrial agriculture, water resources and supply, waste management, and environmental resilience. Also, as part of his residence here, he is organizing a research seminar and a panel discussion by experts in the fields of nanotechnology and agriculture where they address opportunities and pathways for the safe and sustainable deployment of nanotechnology in plant agriculture for July 2019.

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Research Workshop Program Our Research Workshop Program (RWP) facilitates discussions on cutting-edge advances in technology and design as well as policy frameworks and interventions required to advance sustainability. Each RWP includes a specialized research workshop and a public seminar. During the research workshop, focussed discussions support the development of a timely and topical publication and/or a research funding proposal. The public seminar features external and McGill speakers with distinguished research track-records. TISED invites its members to submit RWP proposals aligned with their research areas. TISED Scholars-in-Residence also deliver a RWP workshop and public seminar in collaboration with a group of TISED members and external participants.

Research Workshops No RWP workshops or public seminars were held in the period between May 1, 2018 and April 30, 2019. The current Scholars-in-Residence, Drs. Pedersen and Hofmann are in the final preparations for their workshops and public seminars that will be held in the summer of 2019 at McGill. Dr. Pedersen’s seminar, Sustainable Development of Emerging Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, is scheduled for June 2019. Climate change has stimulated research on the development of nanomaterials for clean energy technologies. The sustainability of such technologies requires that net benefits accrue to society across material lifecycles. In this seminar we will examine approaches to guide the development of nanomaterials for clean energy along a sustainable pathway. Dr. Hofmann’s seminar, Nanotechnology in Sustainable Plant Agriculture, is scheduled for July 2019. With a growing population set to reach 10 billion by 2050, agricultural production will need to increase significantly. New nano-enabled agrochemicals and technologies could promote sustainable intensification of agriculture. Risks to humans and the environment linked to the usage of nanotechnology in agriculture, however, need to be carefully evaluated. This seminar aims to address how nano-enabled plant agriculture can help resolve the grand challenges we face in food production. This seminar aims to identify needs and safe pathways from the laboratory to the field. We seek to engage in a dialogue on the safe deployment of nanotechnology in plant agriculture including public opinion and policy.

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Outreach In 2018-2019, TISED hosted and supported events to actively share expertise from sustainability leaders with the academic community, students, and general public. These events promote knowledge production and discussion with decision-makers, industry, researchers, students, and the public to increase engagement on sustainability-based solutions and science-informed policy.

TISED hosted & co-hosted events Circular Economy Conference The Circular Economy Conference was held in collaboration with the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. On the 16th of November 2018, TISED hosted a conference on the Circular Economy of Retailing in partnership with the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for both professionals and academics, from leading firms and universities, to foster discussions about the latest research, industry practices and approaches, as well as trends and challenges related to the implementation of the circular economy in the context of retail. The conference helped facilitate equipping students with the “tools, knowledge and skills they will need to be prepared to meet the demands of the retail industry today and to help shape its future. If we do this – together – we can ensure that the retail industry innovates in ways that both create jobs and businesses and promote sustainable consumption and healthier societies.” (Professor Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University). To facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas, the event was highly interdisciplinary and featured speakers from a wide range of disciplines. The event started with opening remarks by Isabelle Bajeux, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management and Professor Saibal Ray, Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. The first talk was titled ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Electronics in a Circular Economy’ and was on how to deal with end-of-life product takebacks in the electronics industry. This was delivered by Carrie Snyder, Former Director of closed loop supply chain for Cisco, presently a circular economy consultant. This was followed by a talk by Kathleen McLaughlin, Chief Sustainability Officer at Walmart and President of the Walmart Foundation titled ‘Walmart’s end-to-end approach to addressing food waste’ on the various sustainability initiatives in Walmart with special emphasis on what the company is doing in the context of sustainable food production, procurement and consumption.

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The next talk was ‘The Energy Use and Environmental Impacts of Retail and Delivery Options’ on the historical and recent studies of the overall lifecycle, energy use and environmental impacts of buying and delivering goods by Professor H. Scott Matthews from Carnegie Mellon University. This was followed by a coffee break that helped facilitate discussion on the talks so far. After the short refreshing break, Wedad ElMaghraby, Professor at the University of Maryland gave an insightful talk on how market places can be formed and used for more effective trade of used products from electronics and (fast)fashion sectors titled ‘A Market Design Perspective to Address Waste in Electronics and Fast Fashion.’ This was followed by a talk titled ‘Sustainable Last-Mile Logistics in Global Megacities’ on the environmental and urban planning issues related to last-mile delivery, an aspect of growing importance in retailing by Matthias Winkenbach, Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) at MIT & Director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab, Center for Transportation & Logistics. The final talk of the night was ‘Fostering Innovation in Retail in the Context of the Circular Economy’ on the various initiatives Canadian Tire has for more sustainable store operations and circular economy as it relates to durable goods. (ex: tires) delivered by Robyn Collver, Senior Vice President of Risk and Regulatory Affairs for Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. The event ended with a networking cocktail with participants of the Global Retail Challenge that gave everyone a chance to engage in a broader discussion around the talks at the conference as well as generally around a transition to a greener more circular economy.

Life Cycle Assessment: A Sustainable Discussion Hosted by SEAM (Sustainability in Engineering at McGill) SEAM hosted a discussion on Life Cycle Assessment on November 21. Dr. Anne-Marie Boulay, professor for SEAD 520 Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting, met with engineering students and gave a short presentation on life-cycle assessment. After the presentation, Dr. Boulay stayed and continued a dialogue on sustainability and its integration into everyday life.

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Event Highlight: Sixth Annual Trottier Symposium on sustainable engineering, energy and design The Sixth Annual Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy and Design was held at the Grand Auditorium of the Bibliothèque Nationale du Quebec on the evening of April 17, 2019. This year’s theme was climate change and the question of discussion was whether society passively suffers from its effects or does society reinvent itself to tackle the problem. The event was well attended as the Grand Auditorium was filled to its full capacity of almost 300 attendees. Two speakers were invited to first talk about the issue from their perspective in front of the full audience. This was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Prof. Normand Mousseau, the Academic Director of the Trottier Institute of Energy (Institut de l’énergie Trottier). SPEAKER | Valérie Masson-Delmotte Global Climatologist, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group, Paris, France: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is tasked with studying the climate risks our societies face in the near and medium future. It collects scientific research from around the world and experts think about strategies to enable societies to adapt. IPCC publications are the main scientific input to international climate negotiations under the auspices of the UN. Ms. Masson-Delmotte, using slides from her group’s report, discusses climate change, its impacts, and how to mitigate it. SPEAKER | Mario Tremblay – Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs – Fonds de solidarité FTQ: As a member of the Executive Committee, Mr. Tremblay is also Chair of the Sustainable Development Committee. Highly committed to a human-managed energy transition, with respect for the community and the workers, he has at heart the social justice issues inherent in the ongoing changes. He recently participated in COP24 in Poland, the official United Nations event dedicated to supporting the implementation of national commitments under the Paris Agreement. He also sat on the

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advisory committee of the Just Transition Guide for Investors, released last December by the prestigious Grantham Institute for Climate Change. Mr. Tremblay discusses the solutions to be implemented, by showing how to act concretely and, above all, in a sustainable and equitable manner for the whole of society.

Photo Credit: Denis Bernier

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Student Support Funding TISED Matching Funds Program TISED’s generous benefactor, alumnus Lorne Trottier, with support from the McGill Faculty of Engineering, set aside funding as matching funds to encourage other named donors to support initiatives that benefit students, such as:    

Faculty Scholar Awards Graduate Fellowships Undergraduate Internships (SURE) Education enhancement initiatives

Recognition and gratitude are extended to the many generous donors participating in the matching funds program who have already enabled the creation of endowed graduate fellowships, undergraduate research awards and education enhancement initiatives.

TISED Graduate Fellowships The graduate students who received the 2018-2019 TISED named Fellowships through the MEDA program are:

Marzuq Ajani, Electrical and Computer Engineering Cooperative Fast-Charger Constellation Management for the Electrification of Road Transport in Remote Grids Supervisor: François Bouffard Ciro Robert Martoni Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering

Charlotte Belot, Urban Planning Andrea Gabor/Urban Strategies TISED Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

Minsoo Cho, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Hydraulics Supervisor: Susan Gaskin Mike Zahn Fellowship

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Wooseok Do, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Social Welfare Systems Analysis of Road Capacity Expansion Options Supervisor: Omid Rouhani Redwood Graduate TISED Fellowship

Sanja Dzeletovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering Reduction of Load After Service Restoration in Distribution Network Supervisor: Franรงois Bouffard; Co-Supervisor: Geza Joos Uma and Mahesh Sharma Graduate TISED Fellowship

Fares El Said, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Environmental Supervisor: Laxmi Sushama Mike Zahn Fellowship

Clair Gibson, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Environmental Supervisor: Dominic Frigon John M. Bishop and Family Fellowship for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED) Ciro Robert Martoni Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering Kauser Family Graduate TISED Fellowship

Danielle Girard, Urban Planning Andrea Gabor/Urban Strategies TISED Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

Kseniia Konina, Chemical Engineering Plasma Processing Supervisor: Sylvain Coulombe Ciro Robert Martoni Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering

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Anirban Kundu, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Environmental Supervisor: Subhasis Ghoshal ACDEG Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering

David Lonstein, Mining and Materials Engineering Aerospace Supervisor: Richard Chromik John M. Bishop and Family Fellowship for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED)

Ehsan Moradi, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Transportation Supervisor: Omid Rouhani Kauser Family Graduate TISED Fellowship

Bruno Noronha Marques de Castilho, Mining and Materials Engineering Supervisor: Richard Chromik ACDEG Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering

Eric Pitre, Urban Planning Andrea Gabor/Urban Strategies TISED Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

Since the TISED MEDA Fellowships were first awarded, a total of 27 fellowships have been dispersed in previous years. In this fiscal year 2018-19, we are granting 16 more fellowships. The total funding awarded through the TISED MEDA Fellowship program is summarized below:

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TISED Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) awards These awards enable undergraduate students to get exposure to research in their discipline and learn more about the graduate school experience through paid summer research traineeships. The 2018 TISED SURE projects are:

Hemanshu Anand, Chemical Engineering Supervised by: Nathalie Tufenkji Green synthesis of carbon dots from renewable materials Jerry and Norma Farnell SURE Award

Essie Edwige Anthony, Chemical Engineeing Supervised by: Sidney Omelon Precipitation of Phosphorus-Rich Carbonate Apatite from Municipal Wastewater Harry Marksfield SURE Award

Samson Bowen-Bronet, Mechanical Engneering Supervised by: Jeffrey Bergthorson Fundamental studies of metal flames Harry Marksfield SURE Award

Nicholas Brown, Civil Engineering Supervised by: Michael Jemtrud The Deep-Performance Dwelling: Team Montreal's 2018 Solar Decathlon China competition submission William Harker SURE Award in Sustainability in Engineering & Design

Rachel Cheong, Chemical Engineering Supervised by: Nathalie Tufenkji Investigating the environmental impacts of engineered nanoparticles in model groundwaters Boersma SURE Award

Yuanzhe Gong, Electrical and Computer Engineering Supervised by: Tho Le-Ngoc Robust Control Applications for Interactive Panels of IoT Smart-City MultiCom Edge Station Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hee Chong and Mr. & Mrs. David Su Toye SURE Award

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Xuejie Huang, Chemical Engineering Supervised by: Viviane Yargeau Investigating prevention strategies to protect our water resources and public health Jerry and Norma Farnell SURE Award

Antoine Kirouac, Civil Engineering Supervised by: Michael Jemtrud The Deep-Performance Dwelling: Team Montreal's 2018 Solar Decathlon China competition submission William Harker SURE Award in Sustainability in Engineering & Design

Alexander Lambert, Chemical Engineering Supervised by: Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne Engineering of conductive proteins for energy conversion and storage Jerry and Norma Farnell SURE Award

Shuo Liu, Chemical Engineering Supervised by: Jinxia Liu Transport potential of perfluoroalkyl chemicals in groundwater Furino-Remillard SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering

Marguerite Lorenzo Supervised by: Mary Kang Deep groundwater database development and analysis Furino-Remillard SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering

Takshi Sachdeva, Materials Engineering Supervised by: Kirk Bevan The Design of CO2 Scrubbing Technologies Through Quantum Methods Claudia Macedo Memorial SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering

Vannary Seng, Civil Engineering Supervised by: Dominic Frigon Assessing energy benefits and solids reduction of operating anaerobic digesters at low temperature with ozonation of digested biosolids Brian Hirst SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering

Yihan Shao, Civil Engineering Supervised by: Daniel Varrรณ Examining components and sources of trafficrelated air pollution: Case of Bogota, Colombia John M. Bishop family SURE Awards for Sustainability in Engineering and Design

Muhammad Abdullah Sumbal, Software Engineering Supervised by: Tho Le-Ngoc Real-Time Video and Sensor Data Analytics on a Smart-City MultiCom Edge Station David Selby SURE Award Sustainable Engineering

Laura Vanderweyen, Civil Engineering Supervised by: Dominic Frigon Impact of influent wastewater communities on the variation of activated sludge communities Furino-Remillard SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering

Chel Sie Wong, Chemical Engineering Supervised by: Viviane Yargeau Investigating prevention strategies to protect our water resources and public health Jerry and Norma Farnell SURE Award

Rebecca Xiong, Electrical Engineering Supervised by: Tho Le-Ngoc Real-Time Video and Sensor Data Analytics on a Smart-City MultiCom Edge Station Allan & Linda Stephens SURE Award in Sustainability Engineering

Xianyi Zhan, Electrical Engineering Supervised by: Tho Le-Ngoc Multi-Protocol Wireless Network for Sensors in IoT Smart-City MultiCom Edge Station testbed Allan & Linda Stephens SURE Award in Sustainability Engineering Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hee Chong and Mr. & Mrs. David Su Toye SURE Award

Yi Zhu, Electrical and Computer Engineering Supervised by: Tho Le-Ngoc Faster Public Safety Response Services through Video Call and Interactive Panel on Smart-City MultiCom Edge Station Jerry and Norma Farnell SURE Award Harry Marksfield SURE Award Furino-Remillard SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering

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These SURE awards have been awarded since 2013 and the following table illustrates the number of awards given between 2013 and this year.

Total SURE Awards per Year 22

21

20

12 10

10

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

TISED Educational Enhancement

In addition to the above Fellowships and internships, we also provide student support through our Education Enhancement initiatives. These include:    

The Ken and Lois Radcliffe Endowment for Educational Enhancements in Sustainability The Peter and Karen MacKinnon Endowment for Educational Enhancements in Sustainability and Design The Tom Pavlasek Education Enhancement Fund The Michael Paidoussis Education Enhancement Fund

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Education and Training TISED educates future engineers, urban planners, and architects by offering training opportunities, new courses, integrating sustainability into programs, and enhancing education 'outside the classroom'. Teaching focuses on effective, practical, cutting-edge theories and strategies relevant to the development of sustainable engineers, architects, and planners' career paths. TISED offers a growing catalogue of interdisciplinary sustainability-focused courses, and a master’s program in Sustainability in Engineering and Design is under development.

Master’s Program: M.Eng in Sustainability in Engineering and Design TISED is excited to report that substantial progress has be made since the last annual report. The program has passed all the internal review steps at McGill and is almost ready to be submitted to the provincial government for approval. This review of a new degree program has been a long process requiring consultations at numerous stages. Building upon the original business case, the master’s program was first approved by the McGill Faculty of Engineering in May 2018. Over the summer, TISED continued working on building up the internal proposal by obtaining final approval of future courses and setting up the program’s support infrastructure. The program was approved by the Council of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (CGPS) in September 2018. Progress on the program has increased as we get closer to our goal. A new master’s program manager, Gary Ng, was hired in October 2018 to finish the work on the 300plus page proposal to the Government of Quebec. The proposed program and budget were endorsed by the APC Subcommittee on Courses and Teaching Programs (SCTP) in January 2019. In quick succession, the Academic Policy Committee (APC) of the McGill Senate and then the full McGill Senate gave final approval to the sustainability program in February 2019. Now we are working on obtaining physical resources for the program and the final preparation of the document that will be sent out to the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) and to the Québec Ministère de l’éducation et de l’enseignement supérieur. The goal is to deliver the submission to the BCI and the Quebec Government by the end of summer 2019 for review in the fall of 2019.

TISED Course Offerings

In 2018-2019, TISED offered four courses to graduate and upper-level undergraduate (U3) students in the Faculty of Engineering. Three of these courses were returning courses: ‘Energy Analysis’, ‘Sustainable Urban Communities’, and ‘Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting’. ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure’, was offered for the first time this year, and more new courses are planned for the upcoming academic year. These courses will eventually become part of the master’s program. TISED promotes interdisciplinary education through its course offerings, seeking to attract students across academic units. Students from all seven Faculty of Engineering

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departments and schools, as well as students from Bioresource Engineering in the Faculty of Science and students from outside McGill, have enrolled in TISED courses.

Energy Analysis “Energy Analysis”, now listed in the McGill course catalog as SEAD 510, was offered again by TISED in Fall 2018, with generous sponsorship from the Fondation 3E to promote energy education and literacy. Professor Jeffrey Bergthorson, TISED Associate Director and Panda Faculty Scholar, taught this course for the third consecutive year and continues to inspire his students again. Dr. Bergthorson tweaks his course slightly each year to improve the experience for his students. The course lays out the economic and environmental challenges that our society faces due to our rapid consumption of fossil fuels. Students are asked to assess their energy use and environmental footprint and quickly recognize that the challenge to be sustainable is difficult for all. The course provides students with the knowledge and problem-analysis skills to investigate different solutions for primary clean electricity generation, transport, and backup power generation. To identify and assess potential clean energy options, the course covers the key aspects of energy literacy, including fundamental thermodynamics, energy concepts, and various energy metrics. Students critically analyze and discuss traditional and alternative energy and power systems. For their final projects, students assess why their proposed clean energy solutions are, or are not, viable commercial options. The analysis of alternative power systems uses a multidisciplinary and integrated design approach that includes life-cycle and economic analyses. In this course, students develop their ability to think critically, apply rigorous methodology to complex design problems, and supplement technical design with economic analysis.

By the end of the course, students learn about:     

Energy: now and in future Energy metrics Alternative Primary Power-Generation Systems Alternative Energy-Storage and Secondary Power-Generation Critical Analysis and Application of Theory

Sustainable Urban Communities “Sustainable Urban Communities” (listed as FACC 511: Selected topics in the Faculty of Engineering) is sponsored by Fondation 3E and was offered by TISED again in Winter 2018. The course is a logical sequel to the “Energy Analysis” course above. It was Professor Michael Jemtrud’s first time teaching the course. Prof. Jemtrud is a TISED member from the School of Architecture. The course addresses sustainable design theory and applications in the built environment with students from a variety of fields (architecture, urban planning, engineering, sociology, environmental studies, economics, and international studies). Architecture provides the focus for environmental, socio-cultural and economic issues. The course investigates a holistic interpretation of sustainability and resilience by interrogating the

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potential of architecture and urban design to affect real change in environmental practice.

By the end of the course, students learned how to:     

Paraphrase ideas and writing of scholars, scientists, architects, and urbanists in writing synoptic essays of assigned theoretical texts Enact critical thinking skills through discussion, writing, and presentations by acquiring a historical and theoretical foundation of issues addressed in the course Discuss on a knowledgeable level the key issues facing sustainable design practices relative to course context and theoretical framework Engage in cross-disciplinary discourse with colleagues Engage in research-through-design methodologies as a critical mode of inquiry

Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting “Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting” (listed as SEAD 520 was offered by TISED for the second time in Winter 2019 and taught by Anne-Marie Boulay. Rooted in engineering and looking at the entire life cycle (from cradle to grave), environmental footprints quantify potential environmental impacts associated with the use of a product, process or service. The course covers the concept of footprint and the different types of footprints which have emerged over time, leading to the lifecycle based environmental footprints: carbon footprint, water footprint, and a complete environmental life-cycle analysis (LCA). The course also explores the political applications and implications of the environmental footprints and the related ISO standards. Environmental footprint communication is also covered, including labels, product declaration, and the different rules that apply. Finally, the concept of planetary boundaries and its link with environmental footprints is introduced.

By the end of the course, students learned to:     

Understand such essential concepts as life cycle, inventory, impact assessment, water footprint, carbon footprint Be able to understand and assess the relevance of environmental information communicated in a paper, label or website Understand the implications that environmental information can have on policies and the directions in which international governance may be going Understand the key concepts associated with sustainable products and manufacturing Reflect on the impacts of his/her decisions as both an engineer and consumer

Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure SEAD 515 is the latest addition to the list of SEAD courses offered by TISED. This course focuses on Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure and is being taught by our Trottier Chair Prof. Laxmi Sushama. With the growing challenge of climate change faced by everyone around the world, understanding the durability and sustainability of engineering systems and infrastructure

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around the world has become of great importance. This course provides an opportunity for students to increase and develop their knowledge about the science of climate change and will learn the importance and effectiveness of global and regional climate models, in the context of supporting engineering systems and infrastructure. Students will also be equipped with the knowledge and tools to evaluate the impact of climate change on engineering systems and infrastructure and design reliable and sustainable adaptation and mitigation solutions.

By the end of the course, students learned to:  Understand the fundamentals of the science of climate change and the importance   

of global and regional climate model predictions. Obtain climate information for engineering applications using various mathematical tools and techniques. Evaluate the impact of climate change on engineering systems and infrastructure using various diagnostics. Apply scientific analysis methods for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.

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Education highlight: SEDTALKS! In 2016, TISED launched ‘SEDTalks!’, a platform for student researchers to share their sustainability research, develop professional skills in public-speaking and communication, expand their academic and industrial networks, and work with other researchers to make an impact on sustainability through engineering and design. In the pilot program, three of the student applicants were selected to receive specialized training. In 2018-2019, we made changes to SEDTalks and increased the number of students benefitting from the program. Fifteen graduate students, all working on sustainability-related research in different disciplines across the Faculty of Engineering, applied to the program and participated in a series of training sessions aimed at improving their research presentation skills. The applicants were then invited to participate in a mock 3-minute thesis competition in front of a Selection Committee panel. The competition required students to present their research in non-technical terms. From these competitors, three were selected by the Committee to move on to the second phase of the SEDTalks program and receive personalized and intensive training. The three selected students, or ‘ChangeMakers’, turned their 3minute thesis competition presentations into 18 minute ‘SEDTalks’. The ChangeMakers worked with trainers, who included professional coaches from Skillsets and TISED Associate Director Jeff Bergthorson, to develop talks that would showcase their great work on sustainability and reach a diverse audience. The program culminated with an event where each ChangeMaker gave an engaging talk about their sustainability-related research to a captivated audience, followed by a networking cocktail. Invited guests included industry professionals, faculty members, students, alumni, and others. Photo Credit: Owen Egan In addition to training, the ChangeMakers receive in-laboratory portraits, networking materials, and a bursary award.

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Meet our 2019 SEDTalks ChangeMakers: Marianna Uceda

PhD candidate in Mining and Materials Engineering Supervised by George P. Demopoulos Sustainable Industrial Processes and Manufacturing

Meeting the Energy Demand: Green Batteries from Start to Finish

Lithium-ion batteries, alongside green energy sources, have become an essential part of the green energy solution. They are used to store energy produced during periods of abundance for use during times of reduced production systems. Unfortunately, lithium-ion battery production cannot currently be considered green. Marianna’s research focuses on improving the fabrication processes of lithium-ion batteries to reduce negative environmental impacts during the battery lifetime.

Yee Wei Foong PhD candidate in Mining and Materials Engineering Supervised by Kirk H. Bevan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Designing Energy Materials: Resolving Ultrafast Dynamics in Materials Simulations

New high-performance clean-energy technologies rely on different materials, whose chemical and electrical properties control the resulting performance of the solar panel, fuel cell, or battery. The vast number of possible material combinations makes the prediction of material performance using advanced computational methods a critical component of this effort. Yee Wei’s research explores the development and optimization of ultrafast and high-accuracy material simulation methods that can provide informed predictions to accelerate the design of urgently needed sustainable energy materials

Jennifer Martin del Campo Rodriguez PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering

Supervised by Jan Kopyscinski & Sylvian Coulombe Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Upscaling Greenhouse Gases into Clean Fuels: Plasma Reforming of Methane and Carbon Dioxide

Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) are two of the most significant greenhouse gases emitted whose environmental impact can be reduced, in order to combat climate change, if they are used as raw materials for industrial processes instead of being omitted into the atmosphere. Jennifer’s research is focused on developing new plasmacatalytic reactors that can upcycle CO2 and CH4 into syngas. The resulting natural is a feedstock chemical, which can subsequently be upgraded into synthetic natural gas, chemicals, and plastics for diverse applications.

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IGEE Summer School 2018 TISED is a regular sponsor of the IGEE Summer School since its debut in 2016. This year, the 3rd edition of the event was held on May 7-9, 2018 in the Lorne M. Trottier Building on McGill’s downtown campus. Since the event was held at McGill, TISED gave an in-kind contribution of logistical support and manpower to help in the setup of the event. The IGEE, or L’ Institut en Génie de l’Énergie Électrique, was created in 2001 as a partnership between Hydro-Quebec, industry members, and university institutions to create high-quality training programs in the field of electrical energy engineering. The original mission of the IGEE was to have such programs that would both meet the needs of the industry and would facilitate research collaboration between universities by pooling their resources in this field. IGEE currently offers a program with a concentration in Power Engineering that consists of ten courses taught at the four Montreal-area universities. The IGEE Summer School is a promotional tool that is designed to attract students to the main IGEE program. Each year, the IGEE Summer School presents a different aspect of electrical energy engineering and tries to simplify the technical aspects of the topic for its students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate engineering programs, including students from McGill Engineering. This year, the focus was on the role of buildings in the sustainable development and decarbonisation of society. Over the three days of the Summer School, the planned activities aim to develop among the students an appreciation of the technological challenges involved in the design and engineering of the energy systems that are found in our buildings. Several TISED members are participants of this year’s edition of the Summer School. As the host institution, Dr. Jim Nicell, the Dean of McGill’s Faculty of Engineering, gave the welcoming speech to participants on the first morning. The entire three-day event ran smoothly afterwards under the supervision of Dr. François Bouffard (Electrical Engineering), the main organizer and moderator of multiple panels and round table discussions at IGEE Summer School 2018. Professors Michael Jemtrud and Nik Luka, both from the School of Architecture, also participated in multiple round table talks on topics such as the design of highperformance buildings and the human being at the centre of high-performance buildings. Other members of the McGill sustainability community also participated at the Summer School 2018. Michael Jemtrud was joined by other members of TeamMTL, a joint McGillConcordia group of engineering and architecture students, who talked about the experience of designing and building a solar house in preparation for their upcoming Solar Decathlon China 2018 competition starting in July 2018. Jérôme Conraud and Philippe St-Jean, from McGill’s Facilities Management and Ancillary Services, presented a case study of the renovations of the McGill School of Environment.

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A Look Ahead Research and Policy TISED will continue to move forward on becoming a nationally and internationally recognized institute in sustainability research and policy implications. We are hosting two and will likely recruit more TISED Scholars-in-Residence this upcoming year. They will collaborate with our researchers, as well as partners in public outreach and policy, all while interacting with McGill students and the university community at large. We also continue to build partnerships and collaborative initiatives with key institutions locally, across Canada, and abroad. We are especially reaching out to industry to bring forth future collaborations. Our thematic priorities, which include Sustainable Infrastructure and Urban Development, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and Sustainable Industrial Processes and Manufacturing, have been expanded to add Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience. There is no denying that addressing climate change through adaptation projects and improving resilience has become front of mind for many researchers, engineers, designers, urban planners, and policymakers. Several TISED members work on this important topic, including our new Trottier Chair in Sustainability in Engineering and Design, Dr. Laxmi Sushama. The 7th Annual Trottier Symposium on Sustainability in Engineering, Energy, and Design in on the horizon and we are starting our planning for the 2020 event. Finally, TISED looks forward to advancing both research and policy on climate change adaptation and resilience in the coming years. In addition, TISED will continue to lead research and inform policy in our other priority areas.

Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience

Sustainable Industrial Systems

TISED's 4 Priority Research Themes

Sustainable Infrastructure & Urban Systems

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

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Outreach In 2019-2020, we look forward to again hosting a number of educational events, many open to the public, including our Distinguished Visitor Speaker Series. All our public events are advertised on social media and our website so keep an eye open for announcements!

Education and Training We plan to launch the fourth installment of SEDTalks by early fall 2019, in conjunction with Teaching and Learning Services and SkillSets, and aim to attract even more graduate student applicants and expand our training session offerings to continue maximizing the benefit of this program. With every installment of SEDTalks, TISED is helping graduate student researchers develop communication skills and increase the visibility of their sustainability-related research with key stakeholders. We are increasing the number of courses offered in the upcoming academic year. In Fall 2019, we are again offering “SEAD 510: Energy Analysis” but are adding two new courses, “SEAD 540: Industrial Ecology and Systems” and “SEAD 550: Decision-Making for Sustainability in Engineering and Design”. In Winter 2020, we will be offering “SEAD 515: Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure”, and “SEAD 520: Life Cycle-based Environmental Footprinting” again. TISED’s Master’s Program in Sustainability Engineering and Design has received all necessary approvals at the university. In 2019-2020, the Master’s Program is expected to complete the proposal document and begin the approval process at the Quebec university council (Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire) and at the Ministry of Education. Unique in Canada, the program will provide an interdisciplinary learning environment in which students will obtain a robust understanding of core issues of sustainability and develop their abilities to address these considerations in the professional context.

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Appendix A: TISED Members Madhav Badami Francois Barthelat Jeffrey Bergthorson Kirk Bevan Sharmistha Bhadra Vikram Bhatt Lisa Bornstein Francois Bouffard Benoit Boulet Andrew Boyd Richard Chromik Sylvain Coulombe Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne Salmaan Craig George Demopoulos Allen Ehrlicher Ahmed El-Geneidy Avi Friedman Dominic Frigon Susan Gaskin Subhasis Ghoshal Pascal Hubert Michael Jemtrud Geza Joos Mary Kang Anne-Marie Kietzig Jan Kopyscinski Mustafa Kumral Fabrice Labeau Tho Le-Ngoc Larry Lessard Jinxia Liu Nik Luka Aditya Mahajan Sara Mahshid Mohamed Meguid Brett Meyer Luis Miranda-Moreno Siva Nadarajah Alessandro Navarra Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen

Urban Planning Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Materials Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Architecture Urban Planning Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Civil Engineering Materials Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Architecture Mining and Materials Engineering Bioengineering Urban Planning Architecture Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Architecture Electrical and Computer Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Mining Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Architecture Electrical and Computer Engineering Bioengineering Civil Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mining Engineering Civil Engineering

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Jim Nicell Dan Nicolau Sasha Omanovic Sidney Omelon David Plant Nathaniel Quitoriano Omid Rouhani Agus Sasmito Patrick Selvadurai Yixin Shao Lijun Sun Laxmi Sushama Thomas Szkopek MĂŠlanie TĂŠtreault-Friend Nathalie Tufenkji Ipek Tureli Theodora Vardouli David Wachsmuth Xiaozhe Wang Kristian Waters Viviane Yargeau Fiona Zhao

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Bioenginering Chemical Engineering Materials Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Materials Engineering Civil Engineering Mining Engineering Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Architecture Architecture Urban Planning Electrical and Computer Engineering Materials Engineering Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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Appendix B: TISED Members’ Funded Research Projects The funding below is self-reported by our TISED members. Members were asked to provide reporting of their funding related to supporting sustainability research. Grants are listed alphabetically according to the reporting member’s last name (bold). These grants were all held at some point from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019. Investigators

Source

Program

Geneviève Social Scienc- Partnership Vachon, Michel Grant es and HuAllard, Vikram Bhatt, manities RePhilippe Dahan, search Council Caroline Desbiens, Gérard Duhaime, Patrick Evans, Louis Piccon, Mylene Riva, Thierry Rodon, others F. Bouffard (Principal IVADO Research ProInvestigator), M. jects Anjos, J.-P. Waaub (Co-Investigators)

Period 20152020

The Electricity Demand Response Potential of the Montreal Metropolitan Community: Assessment of Potential Impacts and Options John M. Bishop Smart Grids for Deep Perfor& Family Facul- mance Buildings ty Scholar Accelerate Algorithme décisionnel intelligent pour systems de stockage énergétique

$150,000

20182020

$45,000

20182021

$30,000

2019

FQRNT

Projets de recherche en équipe

$120,000

20182021

NSERC

Discovery Grants

Méthode fondée sur la mesure aux fins de l'établissement de l'équivalence dynamique et du contrôle de l'amortissement sur zone é Planning and Operation of Networks for Flexible LowCarbon Power and Energy Systems Integrated Infrastructure for Transportation Electrification and Renewable Distributed Generation

$195,000

20182023

$260,000

20172020

Hybrid Energy Storage Systems

$75,000

Thermally Sprayed Coatings for Static Seals in Aeroengines

$854,000

20162021 20192022

Synthesis, Assembly and Characterization of BiologicallyDerived Materials with Novel Physical Properties

$120,000

TISED

F. Bastin (Principal Investigator), F. Bouffard (CoInvestigator) X. Wang (Principal Investigator), B.-T. Ooi, I. Kamwa, F. Bouffard, G. Joos (Co-Investigators) F. Bouffard

Mitacs

InnovÉÉ, Opal RT Technologies, HydroQuébec, NSERC F. Bouffard McGill Universi- William Dawty son Scholar R. Chromik (PI) and NSERC and CRD C. Moreau (Co In- CRIAQ vestigator, Concordia) N.-M. Dorval NSERC Discovery Courchesne

Habiter le Nord Québécois

Amount $2,046,176

F. Bouffard

G. Joos (Principal Investigator), F. Bouffard, B. Boulet (Co-Investigators)

Project

20172022

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Investigators

Source

Program

Project

N.-M. Dorval Courchesne

FRQNT

Fabrication de biomatériaux photoactifs à base de protéines

$90,000

20182020

N.-M. Dorval Courchesne

NSERC

FRQNT New Researchers Start-Up Program Engage

Amount

Period

Bio-Sensing Textiles - Biopolymeric Protein Materials Development Towards a better understanding of the determinants and satisfaction of travel among different groups in major Canadian Cities. McGill Travel Survey

$25,000

2018

$260,000

2018 2023

$10,000

2018

Access Across Canada: Measuring vulnerability and accessibility by public transit in major Canadian cities Field survey and characterization of southern Ontario tills and St. Lawrence Valley marine clays Experimental environmental hydraulics: entrainment and mixing in turbulent flows

$230,621

2017 2020

$25,000

2019

$180,000

20162021

Ahmed El-Geneidy NSERC

Discovery

Ahmed El-Geneidy McGill Planning office

None

Ahmed El-Geneidy SSHRC

Insight

S. Gaskin

NSERC

Engage

S. Gaskin

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Pascal Hubert

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Sustainable Manufacturing of Composite Materials

$275,000

20172021

Pascal Hubert

McGill

Werner Graupe Chair

Werner Graupe Chair in Sustainable Composites

$150,000

20192023

L. Mydlarski (PI), B.R. FQRNT Baliga, S. Gaskin

Projet de recherche en equipe

$171,842

20162019

Mary Kang

NSERC

Discovery Grant

$167,500

20182023

Mary Kang

FRQNT

Établissement de la relève professorale Ideas Fund

La turbulence environmentale: Applications au melange e naval de confluents fluviaux peu profonds, aux processus oceaniques bio Deep groundwater resources – quantity, quality, And protection Methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells in Western Canada The role of induced earthquakes on methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure in Western Canada Laser-assisted fabrication and stability of omniphobic surfaces

$100,800

20192021

$50,000

20182019

$185,000 + $120,000

20162021,

Mary Kang, Yajing MSSI Liu, Peter Douglas, and Jeffrey McKenzie A.-M. Kietzig NSERC

Discovery Grant & Dis-

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-

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A.-M. Kietzig

Source

Program

MITACS

covery Accelerator Accelerate

C. Moreau (PI), A.- NSERC M. Kietzig and 27 other Co-PIs J. Kopyscinski NSERC

Strategic Partnership Grant for Networks Collaborative Research and Development Collaborative Research and Development

J. Kopyscinski (PI), CJ Li (co-PI)

NSERC

C. AndrĂŠ (UdeM, PI), J. Kopyscinski + 58 other co-PIs

FQRNT

Strategic Cluster

M. Kumral

NSERC

Discovery Grant

M. Kumral

NSERC

M. Kumral

NSERC

Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Engage

Project

Injection molding with lasermicromachined molds to fabricate biomimetic flow enhancing polymer parts Green Surface Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing (Green-SEAM) Power-to-Gas process: Development of a catalytic reactor concept Development of a Novel GaNbased catalyst for the direct nonoxidative methane aromatization Green Chemistry and Catalysis

$6,000,000

$270,000

20172022 20182021 20192022

20202026

Novel project and operations management strategies to adapt cyclical mineral industries to Industry 4.0 and the circular economy Design optimization of access roads and networks in hardrock underground mines

$155,000

20192023

$153,000

20192021

Maximizing mine-mill reconciliation through a new cut-off grade and capacity setting model Device -free localization and activity detection using Wi-Fi Signals Multi-armed bandit based hyper-parameter optimization for deep reinforcement learning

$25,000

Mitacs

Accelerate Grant

Aditya Mahajan

Mitacs

Accelerate Grant

Sara Mahshid

MUHC

Sara Mahshid

NSERC

Sara Mahshid

CFI

Seed Apta-Nanosurface Fluidic Assay for Specific and Rapid Detection of Parasites via a Labelfree Electrical Readout Engage High Sensitivity Electrochemical Biosensors for Biological Contamination in Water JELF Bio/nano Innovation Lab for Genomics and Diagnostics Devices Accelerate Using EPS Geofoam as a Seismic Buffer in Geotechnical Engineering Applications

Mohamed Meguid Mitacs

$40,000

Period 20162019 20192020

$2, 800,000

Aditya Mahajan

MI4 Grant

Amount

2018

$15,000

2019

$30,000

2019

$75,000

20192020

$25,000

20182019

$350,000

20182020

$45,000

20182019

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Investigators

Source

Program

Project

Siva Nadarajah

NSERC

CRD

Next-Generation of Massively Parallel High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics

$643,500

20152019

Siva Nadarajah

NSERC

CRD

$456,000

20162019

Siva Nadarajah (co- NSERC investigator)

CRD

A Constrained Viscous Automatic Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Framework for Complete Aircraft Configurations Arodynamic flow modelling for helicopters landing on ships

$357,498

20152019

Siva Nadarajah

Compute Canada

Resource Allo- High-Order ILES Schemes cation

$80,000

2018

Jim Nicell

McGill Sustain- Innovation ability Systems Fund Initiative

$70,000

20192020

Jim Nicell

NSERC

$120,000

20162020

$175,000

20182022

$50,000

20192020

$150,000

2019

$25,000

2018

$600,000

2019

$65,000

20162021

$400,000

20182021

$15,000

2019

$192,500

20192024

Sustainable Green Plasticizers

Discovery Grant

Strategies for Assessing and Mitigating the Impacts of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewaters Jim Nicell McGill Universi- James McGill Environmental applications of Chair Program Enzymes ty & other Global contaminant fate Jim Nicell (co- McGill Sustain- Ideas Fund model and data development investogator) ability Systems Initiative to screen for chemicals in rivers and lakes Agus P. Sasmito NSERC RTI Development of novel 100 kW microwave-assisted rock excavation system for large scale proof-of-concept Agus P. Sasmito NSERC Engage Investigation of cellulose filament for mine backfill Agus P. Sasmito NSERC (co-investigator)

CRD

A.P.S. Selvadurai

NSERC

Discovery Grant

A.P.S. Selvadurai

Nuclear Waste Research Management Grants Organisation of Ontario McGill Universi- Distinguished Research Grant ty James McGill Research Chairs NSERC Discovery Spatiotemporal Learning for Grant Urban Mobility and Traffic Data

A.P.S. Selvadurai

Lijun Sun

Study of thermo-mechanical effects of microwave irradiation for excavation and processing of rocks Multiphysics of FluidSaturated Geomaterials and Chemically Damaged Barriers Geomechanical Characterization of the Lac du Bonnet granite

Amount

Period

42 Investigators

Source

Program

Project

Lijun Sun

Mitacs

Accelerate Cluster

$160,000

20192022

Lijun Sun

Mitacs

$666,666

20192022

Laxmi Sushama

NSERC

Accelerate International Cluster Discovery Grant

Spatiotemporal Travel Behavior Modeling and Analysis for Better Public Transport Systems An Open Learning Environment for Smart Transportation

Land surface processes and their climate interactions in high-latitude regions Laxmi Sushama Environment Grants and Assessment of physical and biological regimes using lakeand Climate Contribution Change Canclimate models ada Laxmi Sushama (co- MEOPAR NCE Predicting the future of renewinvestigator) able energy in Canada's North Nathalie Tufenkji NSERC Canada Re- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair search Chairs in Biocolloids and Surfaces Innovation Sustainable Nanomaterials AcNathalie Tufenkji CFI (co-applicant) Fund celeration Project Nathalie Tufenkji NSERC Discovery Ac- Fate and Impacts of Microplascelerator Sup- tics and Nanoplastics in Terresplements trial and Freshwater Environments Strategic Pro- Engineered nanoparticles at Nathalie Tufenkji NSERC (co-applicant) ject the start of the food chain

$33,000

20142018

$25,000

20172020

$250,000

20172019 20162023 20172022 20192022

Nathalie Tufenkji

Government of Canada

Department of Microplastics in the Canadian Fisheries and aquatic environment: BiologiOceans cal impacts and mechanisms to inform decision-making Nathalie Tufenkji NSERC Research Tools Zetasizer Ultra for Advanced and Instru- Characterization of Microplasments tics, Nanomaterials and Biocolloids Nathalie Tufenkji NSERC Collaborative Investigating the antibiotic poResearch and tentiating activity of a waste Development product obtained during maple syrup production Nathalie Tufenkji NSERC Discovery Multi-scale Investigations of the Grant Environmental Transformation, Fate and Inhibitory Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles Nathalie Tufenkji Veolia Water Research con- A Proof-of-Concept Study of Technologies tract Alternative Approaches to OpCanada Inc timize Polymer Binding to Microsand in the Actiflo Process Strategic Pro- Promoting a Sustainable NanoNathalie Tufenkji NSERC (co-applicant) ject technology Industry by Evaluating the Environmental Risks of Nanoparticle Release from Nano-Enhanced Materials in the Canadian Environment

Amount

$1,400,000 $12,000,000 $120,000

Period

$596,400

20172020

$224,950

20172020

$121,145

20192020

$38,500

20182019

$145,000

20142019

$73,000

20182019

$564,000

20152018

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Investigators

Source

Program

Project

Viviane Yargeau

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Evidencing that improvements to wastewater treatment protect sources of drinking water

$175,000

20152020

Viviane Yargeau

NSERC

Collaborative Research and Development Grant

$414,700

20142018

Viviane Yargeau

NSERC

Collaborative Research and Development Grant

Development of a novel ozonation system at pilot scale for wastewater disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern Development of a novel ozonation system at pilot scale for wastewater disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern Wastewater in Small, Rural Communities: Integrated Sewage Lagoon and Ozone Treatment Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Towards Responsible Replacements

$210,000

20142018

$478,800

20162020

$2,000,000

20162020

$75,000

20182019

Viviane Yargeau Environment (co-investigator) Canada

$100,000

20182020

Viviane Yargeau

$175,997

20182019

$72,000

20182019

Viviane Yargeau NSERC (co-investigator)

Strategic ject

Viviane Yargeau CIHR (co-investigator)

Pro-

Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prevention Research Viviane Yargeau McGill Global McGill Global High speed, portable PCR sys(co-investigator) Health Pro- Health Pro- tem for rapid and in-situ water gram gram quality testing

Viviane Yargeau

Great Lakes Reducing Releases of Harmful Protection Chemicals into the Great Lakes Fund by Ozonation of Municipal Wastewater Statistics Can- Sewage Epidemology to moniada tor drug consumption pre- and post- legalisation of marijuana in Canada Greater Van- Greater Vancouver Sewerage couver Analysis for Illicit Drugs

Amount

Period

Viviane Yargeau

National Insti- tute of Public Health, Mexico

Sentinel surveillance system of illegal drug metabolites in wastewater in Mexico

$22,500

2018

Viviane Yargeau

McGill Biology -

Analysis of pesticides in mesocosms

$10,560

20162018

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Appendix C: TISED Members’ Publications These are the publications relating to sustainability published by our TISED members during 2018-2019. Sources include: Google Scholar, Web of Science, and members’ self-reporting. Publications are listed alphabetically by members’ last name. Some entries are duplicated due to joint authorship by multiple TISED members. Krelling, C., & Badami, M. G. (2019). CNG and diesel urban buses in India: A life-cycle cost comparison. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2019.1594468. Sadoway, D, Gopakumar, G, Baindur V, & Badami, M. G. (2018). JNNURM as a Window on Urban Governance Its Institutional Footprint, Antecedents, and Legacy. Economic and political weekly. 53. 71-81. Chen, L. X., Coulombe, M., Barthelat, F., Rammal, A., Mongeau, L., & Kost, K. (2019). Investigation of Surgical Adhesives for Vocal Fold Wound Closure. The Laryngoscope. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.27769 Abid, N., Pro, J. W., & Barthelat, F. (2019). Fracture mechanics of nacre-like materials using discreteelement models: Effects of microstructure, interfaces and randomness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,124, 350-365. doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2018.10.012 Metzler, R. A., Barthelat, F., & Wilker, J. J. (2018). Disordered Structures in Biology Can Provide Material Properties not Obtained with Precise Hierarchy. Advanced Functional Materials,29(5), 1805734. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201805734. Mirkhalaf, M., Sunesara, A., Ashrafi, B., & Barthelat, F. (2019). Toughness by segmentation: Fabrication, testing and micromechanics of architectured ceramic panels for impact applications. International Journal of Solids and Structures,158, 52-65. Pro, J. W., & Barthelat, F. (2019). The fracture mechanics of biological and bioinspired materials. MRS Bulletin,44(1), 46-52. Mirkhalaf, M., Zhou, T., & Barthelat, F. (2018). Simultaneous improvements of strength and toughness in topologically interlocked ceramics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(37), 9128-9133. Sadaba, N., Martini, R., Barthelat, F., Arenaza, I. M., Larrañaga, A., Sarasua, J., & Zuza, E. (2018). Understanding the toughness mechanism prompted by submicron rigid particles in polylac-

tide/barium sulfate composites. Polymer Testing,69, 340-349. Yin, Z., Dastjerdi, A., & Barthelat, F. (2018). Tough and deformable glasses with bioinspired cross-ply architectures. Acta Biomaterialia,75, 439-450. Cavelier, S., Dastjerdi, A., Mckee, M., & Barthelat, F. (2018). Bone toughness at the molecular scale: A model for fracture toughness using crosslinked osteopontin on synthetic and biogenic mineral substrates. Bone,110, 304-311. Malik, I. A., & Barthelat, F. (2018). Bioinspired sutured materials for strength and toughness: Pullout mechanisms and geometric enrichments. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 138, 118-133. Abid, N., Mirkhalaf, M., & Barthelat, F. (2018). Discreteelement modeling of nacre-like materials: Effects of random microstructures on strain localization and mechanical performance. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,112, 385-402. Maqueo, P. D., Coulombe, S., & Bergthorson, J. M. (2019). Energy efficiency of a nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge for methane reforming. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52(27), 274002. Bergthorson, J. M. (2018). Recyclable metal fuels for clean and compact zero-carbon power. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science,68, 169-196. Palecka, J., Goroshin, S., & Bergthorson, J. M. (2018). Propagation and quenching of dual-front flames in binary-fuel mixtures. Combustion Science and Technology, 190(9), 1557-1579. Leila, M., Whalen, J., & Bergthorson, J. (2018). Strategic spatial and temporal design of renewable diesel and biojet fuel supply chains: Case study of California, USA. Energy,156, 181-195. Soo, M., Mi, X., Goroshin, S., Higgins, A. J., & Bergthorson, J. M. (2018). Combustion of particles, agglomerates, and suspensions – A basic thermophysical analysis. Combustion and Flame,192, 384-400. Jella, S., Gauthier, P., Bourque, G., Bergthorson, J., Bulat, G., Rogerson, J., & Sadasivuni, S. (2018). Large Eddy Simulations of a Pressurized, Partially-

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Premixed Swirling Flame With Finite-Rate Chemistry. Volume 4B: Combustion, Fuels and Emissions, 111505. Maqueo, P. D., Maier, M., Evans, M. D., Coulombe, S., & Bergthorson, J. M. (2018). Regimes of an atmospheric pressure nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge for methane partial oxidation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,51(13), 134005. Zheng, H., Valtierra, S., Bevan, K. H., Chen, C., Sun, L., Yuan, S., . . . Tao, C. (2018). Electrical Stressing Induced Monolayer Vacancy Island Growth on TiSe2. Nano Letters, 18(3), 2179-2185. Miyahara, Y., Roy-Gobeil, A., Bevan, K. H., & Grutter, P. (2018). Single molecule measurements of fully quantum redox reactions at metal-molecule interface. APS Meeting Abstracts,1-3. Bevan, K. H., Roy-Gobeil, A., Miyahara, Y., & Grutter, P. (2018). Relating Franck-Condon blockade to redox chemistry in the single-particle picture. The Journal of Chemical Physics,149(10), 104-109. Iqbal, A., & Bevan, K. H. (2018). Simultaneously solving the photovoltage and photocurrent at semiconductor-liquid interfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(1), 30-43. Iqbal, A., & Bevan, K. H. (2018). The impact of boundary conditions on calculated photovoltages and photocurrents at photocatalytic interfaces. MRS Communications,8(02), 466-473. Shahshahani, A., Zilic, Z., & Bhadra, S. (2019). An Ultrasound Based Biomedical System for Continuous Cardiopulmonary Monitoring: A Single Sensor for Multiple Information. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1-9. Sappati, K., & Bhadra, S. (2018). Piezoelectric Polymer and Paper Substrates: A Review. Sensors,18(11), 3605. Shahshahani, A., Bhadra, S., & Zilic, Z. (2018). Ultrasound Based Respiratory Monitoring Evaluation Under Human Body Motions. 2018 IEEE Sensors, 4 pages.

Tracking: An Application in Non-Invasive Respiratory Monitoring. Sensors,18(8), 2617. Bhatt, V. (2018). Geografias variables: Balkrishna Doshi, Pritzker Prize 2018. (Changing geographies: Balkrishna Doshi, Pritzker Prize, 2018). Arquitectura Viva 204, pp. 46-49. Bhatt, V. (2018). Balkrishna Doshi’s Aranya. Canadian Centre for Architecture, 14. Retrieved from https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/issues/12/what-youcan-do-with-the-city/58317/balkrishna-doshisaranya Cardosi, G., Lizarralde, G., Kibue, S. N., & Bornstein, L. (2018). Multilevel Informality: Migration, Spatial Organization and Control in the Toi Market in Kibera (Nairobi). Sustainable Development Goals Series Resettlement Challenges for Displaced Populations and Refugees,105-120. Sun, C., Paquin, J. N., Jajeh, F. A., Joos, G., & Bouffard, F. (2018). Implementation and CHIL Testing of a Microgrid Control System. 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). 2018, pp. 2073-2080. Sun, C., Bouffard, F., & Chen, J. (2018). A Generalized Multi-filter-based Oscillation Damping Approach for Droop-controlled Inverters in Microgrid. 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). 2018, pp. 1-5 Huo, Y., Bouffard, F., & Joos, G. (2018). Flexibility Envelopes for Distribution Networks. 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM,), pp. 1-5. Ardakani, A. J., & Bouffard, F. (2018). Prediction of Umbrella Constraints. 2018 Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), pp. 1-7 Quashie, M., Bouffard, F., Marnay, C., Jassim, R., Joós, G., (2018),On bilevel planning of advanced microgrids, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 18, 422-431 Quashie, M., Marnay, C., Bouffard, F., & Joós, G. (2018). Optimal planning of microgrid power and operating reserve capacity. Applied Energy,210, 1229-1236.

Li, Z., & Bhadra, S. (2018). A Flexible Printed Complementary Split-Ring Resonator Based Chipless RFID. 2018 18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2 pages

Ross, M., Abbey, C., Bouffard, F., & Joos, G. (2018). Microgrid economic dispatch with energy storage systems. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 9(4), 3039-3047.

Shahshahani, A., Bhadra, S., & Zilic, Z. (2018). A Piezo Transducer Based Flexible Hybrid Sensor for Health Monitoring. 2018 International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference (IFETC), 2 pages.

Azarnoush, H., Pazos, V., Vergnole, S., Boulet, B., & Lamouche, G. (2019). Intravascular optical coherence tomography to validate finite-element simulation of angioplasty balloon inflation. Physics in Medicine & Biology,64(9), 095011.

Sappati, K. K., & Bhadra, S. (2018). 0–3 Polymer/Barium Titanate Nano Structures Based Flexible Piezoelectric Film. 2018 International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference (IFETC), 2 pages.

Toukhtarian, R., Hatzikiriakos, S. G., Atsbha, H., & Boulet, B. (2018). Modeling polymer extrusion with varying die gap using Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) method. Physics of Fluids,30(9), 093103.

Shahshahani, A., Laverdiere, C., Bhadra, S., & Zilic, Z. (2018). Ultrasound Sensors for Diaphragm Motion

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Lotfalian, R., Martins, S., Radziszewski, P., & Boulet, B. (2018). Acquisition Cost-Torque CapacityReliability Modeling for Spur Gears. Journal of Mechanical Design,140(6), 064501. Fathi, A., Smaoui, M., Gingras, V., Boulet, B., & Haidar, A. (2018). The Artificial Pancreas and Meal Control: An Overview of Postprandial Glucose Regulation in Type 1 Diabetes. IEEE Control Systems,38(1), 67-85. Alizadeh, H. V., Helwa, M. K., & Boulet, B. (2018). Modeling, analysis and constrained control of wet cone clutch systems: A synchromesh case study. Mechatronics,49, 92-104. Xu, G., Komar, A., & Boyd, A. J. (2019). Tensile strength of plain concrete under sustained load by PT machine. Construction and Building Materials, 209, 260-268. Enjilela, R., Cano-Barrita, P. F., Komar, A., Boyd, A. J., & Balcom, B. J. (2018). Wet front penetration with unsteady state wicking in mortar studied by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Materials and Structures, 51:16 (16 pages).

ing wear behavior of cold sprayed Ni-WC composite coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 350, 136-145. Imbriglio, S. I., Brodusch, N., Aghasibeig, M., Gauvin, R., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). Influence of Substrate Characteristics on Single Ti Splat Bonding to Ceramic Substrates by Cold Spray. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 27(6), 1011-1024. Zhang, Y., Epshteyn, Y., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). Dry sliding wear behaviour of cold-sprayed Cu-MoS2 and Cu-MoS2-WC composite coatings: The influence of WC. Tribology International, 123, 296306. Chromik, R. R., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Nanomechanical testing of third bodies. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 22(4), 142-155. Munagala, V. N., Akinyi, V., Vo, P., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). Influence of Powder Morphology and Microstructure on the Cold Spray and Mechanical Properties of Ti6Al4V Coatings. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 27(5), 827-842.

Munagala, V. N., Imbriglio, S. I., & Chromik, R. R. (2019). The influence of powder properties on the adhesion strength and microstructural evolution of cold sprayed Ti6Al4V single splats. Materials Letters, 244, 58-61.

Saleem, A., Goldbaum, D., Brodusch, N., Gauvin, R., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). Microstructure and mechanical property connections for a punched non-oriented electrical steel lamination. Materials Science and Engineering: A,725, 456-465.

Zhang, Y., Descartes, S., & Chromik, R. R. (2019). Influence of WC on third body behaviour during fretting of cold-sprayed Cu MoS2WC composites. Tribology International, 134, 15-25.

Lee, L., Behera, P., Sriraman, K., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). The effect of contact stress on the sliding wear behaviour of Zn-Ni electrodeposited coatings. Wear, 400-401, 82-92

Munagala, V. N., Torgerson, T. B., Scharf, T. W., & Chromik, R. R. (2019). High temperature friction and wear behavior of cold-sprayed Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V-TiC composite coatings. Wear, 426-427, 357-369.

Lee, L., Descartes, S., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). Comparison of fretting behaviour of electrodeposited ZnNi and Cd coatings. Tribology International, 120, 535-546

Alidokht, S. A., Lengaigne, J., Klemberg-Sapieha, J. E., Yue, S., & Chromik, R. R. (2019). Effect of Microstructure and Properties of Ni-WC Composite Coatings on Their Solid Particle Erosion Behavior. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 28(3), 1532-1543. Imbriglio, S. I., Hassani-Gangaraj, M., Veysset, D., Aghasibeig, M., Gauvin, R., Nelson, K., Schuh, C. A., Chromik, R. R (2019). Adhesion strength of titanium particles to alumina substrates: A combined cold spray and LIPIT study. Surface and Coatings Technology, 361, 403-412. Alidokht, S. A., Yue, S., & Chromik, R. R. (2019). Effect of WC morphology on dry sliding wear behavior of cold-sprayed Ni-WC composite coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 357, 849-863. Torgerson, T., Harris, M., Alidokht, S., Scharf, T., Aouadi, S., Chromik, R. R., Zabinski, J. S., Voevodin, A. A.(2018). Room and elevated temperature slid-

Ghorbanian, V., Hussain, S., Hamidizadeh, S., Chromik, R. R., & Lowther, D. (2018). The Role of Temperature-Dependent Material Properties in Optimizing the Design of Permanent Magnet Motors. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics,54(3), 1-4. Zhang, Y., & Chromik, R. R. (2018). Tribology of SelfLubricating Metal Matrix Composites. SelfLubricating Composites In Menezes, P. L., Rohatgi, P. K., and Omrani, E. (Eds.) Self Lubricating Composites Karthikeyan, A., Coulombe, S., & Kietzig, A. (2018). Boiling heat transfer enhancement with stable nanofluids and laser textured copper surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,126, 287-296. McNall, M., & Coulombe, S. (2018). Characterization of a rotating gliding arc in argon at atmospheric pressure. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,51(44), 445203.

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Maqueo, P. D., Maier, M., Evans, M. D., Coulombe, S., & Bergthorson, J. M. (2018). Regimes of an atmospheric pressure nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharge for methane partial oxidation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,51(13), 134005. Karthikeyan, A., Karthikeyan, A., Coulombe, S., & Kietzig, A. (2018). Effect of Particle Loading and Stability on the Wetting Behavior of Nanofluids. Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion,3,179-191. Axpe, E., Duraj-Thatte, A., Chang, Y., Kaimaki, D., Sanchez-Sanchez, A., Caliskan, H. B., Dorval Courchesne, N.-M. & Joshi, N.S (2018). Fabrication of Amyloid Curli Fibers– Alginate Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Enhanced Stiffness. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering,4(6), 2100-2105. Nguyen, P. Q., Dorval Courchesne, N.-M., DurajThatte, A., Praveschotinunt, P., & Joshi, N. S. (2018). Engineered Living Materials: Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials (Adv. Mater. 19/2018). Advanced Materials,30(19), 1870134. Uceda, M., Zhou, J., Wang, J., Gauvin, R., Zaghib, K., & Demopoulos, G. P. (2019). Highly conductive NMP-free carbon-coated nano-lithium titanate/carbon composite electrodes via SBRassisted electrophoretic deposition. Electrochimica Acta, 299, 107-115. Zeng, Y., Chiu, H., Rasool, M., Brodusch, N., Gauvin, R., Jiang, D., Ryan, D. H., Zaghib, K., Demopoulos, G. P. (2019). Hydrothermal crystallization of Pmn21 Li2FeSiO4 hollow mesocrystals for Li-ion cathode application. Chemical Engineering Journal,359, 1592-1602. Wang, Z., Chiu, H., Paolella, A., Zaghib, K., & Demopoulos, G. P. (2019). Lithium Photo-intercalation of CdS-Sensitized WO 3 Anode for Energy Storage and Photoelectrochromic Applications. ChemSusChem., 12(10), 2220-2230 Wang, Z., Brodusch, N., Gauvin, R., & Demopoulos, G. P. (2018). Lithium-doped Cu2ZnSnS4 superstrate solar cells with 5% efficiency – An alternative to thin film kesterite photovoltaics. Nano Energy,53, 130-134. Stoyel, Q., Voisard, F., Brodusch, N., Demopoulos, G.P., & Gauvin, R. (2018). Methods for Simulation of Electron Energy Loss Spectra for Low Energy Edges in Battery Materials. Microscopy and Microanalysis,24(S1), 440-441. Ansari, Z. H., Zeng, Y., Demopoulos, G. P., & Li, Z. (2018). Nucleation kinetics of MgCl 2 –ethanol adduct for the supported Ziegler–Natta catalysts with a thermodynamic approach. Journal of Crystal Growth,494, 44-52. Wei, H., Lu, X., Chiu, H., Wei, B., Gauvin, R., Arthur, Z., Emond, V., Jiang, D. T., Zaghib, K., Demopoulos,

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