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Dr. Sowlati will host Dr. Nicolas Perry from Mechanical and Engineering Institute of Bordeaux

Dr. Nicolas Perry will visit IERG and also give a presentation as part of the French Scholars Lecture Series, which is funded by Peter Wall Institute and The Consulate General of France in Vancouver. Research Group meeting: Monday April 29, 2019 Public lecture: Tuesday April 30, 2019 For more information on the public lecture, please […]

Keynote presentation by Dr. Sowlati at SSAFR 2019 in Chile

Dr. Sowlati gave a keynote presentation on “Forest-based biomass: opportunities, challenges and supply chain modelling” at the Symposium on System Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR) in Puerto Varas, Chile on March 6, 2019 . http://www.ssafr2019.cl/13/en/keynote-speakers

Congratulations to Shaghayegh Akhtari on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation!

Welcome to our new members Adindu Emelogu, Sahar Ahmadvand and Seyed Salar Ghotb

Welcome postdoctoral fellow Dr. Adindu Emelogu and PhD students Sahar Ahmadvand and Seyed Salar Ghotb to the group!

Post-doctoral fellowship available at IERG

IERG seeks a post-doc fellow candidate with a strong background in mathematical programming and other operations research methods, and a great interest in applying those methods in forest-based biomass supply chain management. The candidate has to have a Ph.D. degree in operations research, industrial engineering, or other related fields and a good knowledge of computer […]

PhD student positions available

Seeking two new PhD students Industrial Engineering Research Group and the Forest Resources and Environmental Services Hub at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Background The University of British Columbia, established in 1915, is an exceptional place for studying and performing research and is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world. The […]

Congratulations to IERG members, Krishna Malladi, Dr. Olivier Quirion-Blais, and Dr. Taraneh Sowlati, for being selected as finalists in the CORS Practice Prize Competition-2018

The research project done by IERG members, Krishna Malladi, Dr. Olivier Quirion-Blais, and Dr. Taraneh Sowlati, in collaboration with Cloverdale Fuel Ltd. is selected for the finals of CORS Practice Prize Competition-2018. The final round will be held at the CORS Annual Conference in June-2018.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Krishna Malladi for being selected as a finalist in the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry-2018

PhD candidate Krishna Malladi is one of the finalists of David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry. Krishna will present in the final round at CORS Annual Conference in June 2018.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Shaghayegh Akhtari for receiving the Forestry Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2017-18

PhD candidate Shaghayegh Akhtari received the Faculty of Forestry Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for the year 2017-18.