Resilient Energy-Water-Transportation Infrastructures for Smart Cities

Hossam Gaber
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)

Abstract

This talk will present research planning, design and control strategies of energy-water-transportation infrastructures to support smart cities and communities. The talk will cover resiliency and performance measures to achieve smart energy, water, and transportation infrastructures using interconnected micro energy grids and mobile microgrids with hybrid energy storage systems. The talk will demonstrate modeling, control, and optimization techniques and their applications to improve the regional and global performance of energy-water-transportation infrastructures. Integrated data centers will be discussed to support the implementation in smart cities and during emergencies.

Bio

Dr. Gabbar is a full Professor in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, and cross appointed in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, where he has established both the Energy Safety and Control Lab (ESCL) and Advanced Plasma Engineering Lab. He is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Aware for 2016, UOIT. He is leading national and international research in the areas of smart energy grids, safety and control systems, advanced plasma systems and their applications on nuclear, clean energy and production systems. He is leading research in Canada with international recognition in energy safety and control for nuclear and energy production facilities. Dr. Gabbar obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1988 with first class of honor from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University (Egypt). In 2001, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Okayama University (Japan) in the area of Safety Engineering. From 2001 till 2004, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), as a research associate in the area of process systems engineering. From 2004 till 2008, he joined Okayama University (Japan) as a tenured Associate Professor, in the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences. From 2007 till 2008, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

He has more than 220 publications, including patents, books / chapters, journal and conference papers. He been invited and participated in world-known conferences and delivered plenary talks on number of scientific events and invitations to international universities. He has supervised and hosted undergraduate, graduate, postdocs, visiting researchers and scholars from different countries including: Japan, India, Qatar, Egypt, Mexico, Malaysia, China, Brazil, Chile, UAE, and Colombia.

He is finalist for the Graduate Student Supervision Excellence award in Ontario Tech University, 2019. He participated and led several large scale national and international projects, in Japan, China, Middle East, and Canada, related to smart energy grids, intelligent control systems and safety design and operation synthesis and optimization of energy systems, micro energy grids, and integrated gas-power grids. He developed novel solutions for risk-based smart energy grid design, protection, and control and hybrid energy supply systems. He proposed new integrated energy storage system based on flywheel and battery, and applied on power substations, transportation electrification, and urban infrastructures. Dr. Hossam Gaber has scholarly research in the area of smart energy grids, and control optimization of micro grid and transportation electrification technologies, and his recent book on Smart Energy Grid Engineering was published with national and international recognition. Dr. Gaber is regularly consulted and provide technical support for advanced energy systems in China, Middle East, Japan, and Canada, and invited to give lectures in number of national and international events in the area of smart energy grids. He is leading a research team for a funded project by Chinese government to design and deploy hybrid energy storage systems. He is the founding general chair of the annual IEEE Smart Energy Grid Engineering Conference, which is held in Canada.