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Memorial University‘s Project Call for Applications (2): 2022 - (Engagement Fund)
UArctic and Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and Yukon University invites applications for its Indigenous and northern collaborative research and education engagement fund. This supports new cooperative projects on networking activities related to Arctic research and education, particularly on priority issues in Canada's Arctic and northern policy framework. Priority will be given to projects which involve activities within existing UArctic thematic networks or UArctic…
Memorial University‘s Call for Applications (1): 2022 - (Development Fund)
UArctic and Memorial University of Newfoundland invites applications for its Indigenous and northern relationship development fund. This enables researchers to building better and deeper relationships with Northern and Indigenous groups and communities. The application must have a local Indigenous or community partner clearly supporting this initial and exploratory engagement focused on relationship building that may result in future research or other kinds of projects.
Consortia must consist…
This is a one-off opportunity. There will be no expected future rounds.
The Directorate-General for the Environment invites tenders for support to the EU foresight system for the environment. The tenderer will improve the understanding by policy-makers of emerging environmental issues by supporting yearly cycles of the system for the identification of emerging environmental issues and related risks and opportunities, set up by the Environment Knowledge Community.
Legal or natural persons based in EU states or authorised countries under the WTO procurement…
Prof. Claudio Cañizares (Executive Director, WISE) has participated in the ETNO Sprint Report.
The Energy Transformation Network of Ontario (ETNO), formerly the Ontario Smart Grid Forum, is an independent group of senior leaders from across Ontario’s utility, private, public, and non-profit sectors, working together to improve the electricity system in the province. ETNO sought to answer the question posed by the OEB, IESO, and Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines: “What distribution system structures are best suited to accommodate the integration of the increased…
WISE is providing opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students this summer!
Are you interested in the Sustainable Development Goals? Do you want to work for an international organization? Are you looking for a Spring/Summer placement? WISE is providing opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students this summer! Contact our Manager for Global Programs and Initiatives, Fibha Nazim (fnazim@uwaterloo.ca) to find out more.
Matheus F. Zambroni de Souza, Prof. Kankar Bhattacharya and Prof. Claudio Cañizares
Compressed air energy storage (CAES) facilities offer an attractive way for bulk power systems to buffer the intermittent nature of renewable energy, storing excess energy when it’s not needed and retrieving it during peak demand. But few studies have examined their operation in electricity markets.
For WISE researchers Claudio Cañizares, Kankar Bhattacharya and Matheus Zambroni de Souza, the question was how to maximize daily profits for these facilities. To find out, they developed two…
WISE Executive Director, Prof. Claudio Cañizares, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected to receive the prestigious Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision.
Prof. Cañizares’ research activities focus on the study of stability, control, optimization, modeling, simulation, and computational issues in bulk power systems, microgrids, and energy systems in the context of competitive energy markets and smart grids. In these areas, he has either led or been an integral part of securing many grants and contracts from government agencies and private companies worth close to $85 million. Prof. Cañizares has collaborated with multiple industry and university…
Opportunity for Students: Research Assistant Positions at Yukon University
This opportunity is for students as full-time researchers at Yukon University. Some of the projects that they may pursue includes:
- Power System Impact Studies for integrating renewables in remote communities
- Analysis of novel technologies for northern applications (variable speed diesel generators, electric thermal storage, etc.)
- Assessing the impacts of distributed electric vehicle fast-chargers on the distribution systems in the Yukon and Northwest Territories
Link for the…
CSME Symposium 2022
The portal is still open for submission for CSME Symposium today. More details can be found from the Congress website https://www.csmecongress.org/
The next CSME Heat Transfer & Energy Systems Webinar:
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WISE is offering short-term virtual internships for Winter 2022.
WISE is offering short-term virtual internships for Winter 2022. Powering Change is a new program that has been specifically designed to cater to short term virtual research internships for WISE’s international partners. The $1000 scholarships are for work integrated learning and are not just internships. Undergraduate students would work 4-8 hours per week remotely for the international partners, helping them out with their projects, events etc. These short internships require a total of a 100…
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