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Upcoming IERG presentations at the 2023 CORS Annual Conference

The 2023 CORS annual conference will be held in HEC Montréal, between May 29 and 31. Dr. Taraneh Sowlati will be chairing the following two forestry sessions: Bioenergy/Bioproducts Value Chains I: May 29, 2023, 03:30 PM – 05:10 PM, Location: TD Assurance Meloche Monnex (green) Bioenergy/Bioproducts Value Chains II: May 30, 2023 10:30 AM – […]

Our new publication in “Renewable Energy Focus”

Our new publication in “Renewable Energy Focus”

Check out our new publication “The attractiveness of syngas production from forest-based biomass for pulp mills considering carbon pricing and government regulations” in Renewable Energy Focus. You can access and download this article for free before July 05, 2023, on ScienceDirect. No sign-up, registration, or fees are required.   Please cite this article as: Sahar […]

Welcome to our new member, Salma Jahani!

We would like to congratulate Salma Jahani on being a new member of IERG! Salma joined our research group in September 2022 as a new MSc student. She has a BSc in Industrial engineering from Tehran Polytechnic, Iran. We wish Salma the best on her new journey!

Welcome to visiting PhD student, Karol Dudek!

Welcome to visiting PhD student, Karol Dudek!

We would like to welcome visiting Ph.D. student, Karol Dudek, to IERG. Karol is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. His project concerns the production of biobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass under the biorefinery scheme.

Congratulations to Dr. Taraneh Sowlati for successfully chairing the 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference, IERG graduate students for presenting their research, and Sahar Ahmadvand for winning the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry!

Congratulations to Dr. Taraneh Sowlati for successfully chairing the 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference, IERG graduate students for presenting their research, and Sahar Ahmadvand for winning the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry!

          Dr. Taraneh Sowlati chaired the 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference that was hosted in Vancouver from June 5 to June 8. This international conference is one of the well-known learning and connecting events for the Operations Research, Management Science, and Analytics scholars. IERG graduate students participated in the conference by delivering […]

Dr Taraneh Sowlati named as a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science

Congratulations to Dr. Taraneh Sowlati who has been named a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS). For more information, please check https://forestry.ubc.ca/awards/taraneh-sowlati-fellow-international-academy-of-wood-science/?_ccCt=gcbo-2ipj1d-xh1ar3-ebkx3jb2

Dr. Taraneh Sowlati and Sahar Ahmadvand presented at INFORMS-ENRE Scientific event

Dr. Sowlati and Sahar Ahmadvand presented at INFORMS-ENRE Scientific event on March 24, 2022. Please see the link below for the abstracts of their talk and the recording of the event: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/enre/past-events/

Dr. Sowlati will present at IUFRO World Day on Sept. 28, 2021

Dr. Sowlati will present at IUFRO World Day on Sept. 28, 2021

Dr. Sowlati will join a panel during the IUFRO World Day to discuss the relevance of value chain optimization in forestry.  

Congratulations to Dr. Malladi and Professor Sowlati for receiving the Best Publication Award

Dr. Malladi and Professor Sowlati received the 2021 INFORMS-ENRE Best Publication Award in Natural Resources for their paper: Malladi, K.T., Sowlati, T. Impact of carbon pricing policies on the cost and emission of the biomass supply chain: Optimization models and a case study. Applied Energy, 267, 115069, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115069 Please click on the link below […]

Dr. Sowlati presented at Eco-Engineered Wood Products International Seminar

Dr. Sowlati gave a presentation at Eco-Engineered Wood Products International Seminar on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. program-seminar-E2WP-september-15-2021