People

 

Current Members

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Dr. Taraneh Sowlati, P.Eng.

Professor

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Salma Jahani
M.A.Sc. Student
Shayan Razmi
M.A.Sc. Student
Kimiya Rahmani
Ph.D. Candidate
Soroush Aghamohamadi
Ph.D. Student

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Sahar Ahmadvand

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Dr. Shaghaygh Akhtari

Dr. Olivier Quirion-Blais
Dr. Adindu Emelogu

Ph.D. Graduates

Dr. Sahar Ahmadvand

Thesis: Supply chain optimization of forest-based biomass for gasification considering uncertainties

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Dr. Seyed Salar Ghotb

Thesis: Optimization of log logistics at the operational level considering sorting decisions and synchronization requirements

Dr. Rohit Arora

Thesis: Optimization of forest harvest scheduling at the operational level

Dr. Krishna Teja Malladi

Thesis: Optimization of forest-based biomass logistics at the operational level

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Dr. Shaghaygh Akhtari

Thesis: Integrated Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Planning of Forest-Based Biomass Supply Chains for Energy and Fuel Production- A Hybrid Optimization Simulation Approach

 

Dr. Mehdi Piltan

Thesis: Developing a Decision Making Model for Evaluating Potential Partnerships in Forest Products Value Chains

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Dr. Claudia Cambero

Thesis: Economic, social and environmental optimization of a forest biomass supply

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Dr. Mahdi Mobini

Thesis: On the design and analysis of forest biomass to biofuel and bioenergy supply chains

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Dr. Nazanin Shabani

Thesis: Value chain optimization of a forest biomass power plant considering uncertainties

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Dr. Mahmood Ebadian

Thesis: Design and scheduling of agricultural biomass supply chain for a cellulosic ethanol plant

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  Dr. Saeed Ghafghazi

Thesis: Multi Criteria Evaluation of Wood Pellet Utilization in District Heating Systems

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Master’s Graduates

Maziyar Khadivi
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Economic analysis and supply chain optimization of biomass gasification at a Kraft pulp mill
Evelyn Gao
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Profit Allocation In Collaborative Bio-Energy and Bio-Fuel Supply Chains
Luke Opacic

M.A.Sc. Thesis: Developing simulation models to improve the production process at a parallam mill

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  Diana Siller

M.A.Sc. Thesis:  Supply chain planning for bioenergy and biofuel production from forest-based residues in interior British Columbia : a simulation study

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Dr. Shaghaygh Akhtari

M.A.Sc. ThesisEconomic assessment and optimization of forest biomass supply chain for heat generation in a district heating system

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Richard Hewitt

M.A.Sc. Thesis: Strategic information technology investments for the cabinet industry

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Jo Chau

M.A.Sc. Thesis: Evaluation of Wood Biomass Utilization for the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia

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Mohammadhossein Mahmoudi

M.A.Sc. Thesis: The Simulation Modeling of Supply Logistics of Forest Biomass in British Columbia

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James Salazar

M.Sc. Thesis: Life Cycle Assessment of Windows for the North American Residential Market

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Dr. Saba Vahid

M.A.Sc. Thesis: Efficiency and Productivity Measurement of the Canadian Manufacturing Sector : 1994-2002

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Neda Salehirad

M.A.Sc. Thesis: Efficiency Analysis of Primary Wood Producers in British Columbia

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Visiting Scientists/Scholars

Dan Yu
UBC Visiting International Research Student
Ph.D. Student at Beijing Forestry University, China.Sept. 2017-Sept. 2018
Karol Dudek
Visiting Ph.D. Student in Environmental Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. July-Dec. 2022
Dr. Mahdi Mobini
Visiting Scientist, Postdoc fellow at University of Tehran, Iran.Jan.-May 2017

Jan Maier
UBC Visiting International Research Student
Master’s Student in Bioeconomy at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Oct. 2017-May 2018
Tim Schröder
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
Summer 2015
Laura Elisabeth Hombach, Ph.D, Visiting Scholar. Research Assistant at the Chair of Operations Management; RWTH Aachen, Germany.

Summer 2014

Mariane Hans Alexandre, Industrial Engineer Undergrad at UDESC, Joinville, Brazil. Science Without Borders scholarship program at UBC.

Summer 2014.

Frederik Trippe, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe University of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Dec. 2012 – Jan. 2013.

Joern Meyers, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar,  Karlsruhe University of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Dec. 2012 – Jan. 2013.

Frederik Trippe, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe University of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Summer 2011.

Bjorn Nelson, M.Sc.
Visiting Scholar, Umea University, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden.
July 2008 – October 2008
Carolina Casas Cordero, B.Sc.
Visiting Scholar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.Nov. 2007 – June 2008
Sebastien Delmas, M.A.Sc.
Visiting Scholar, INSA Lyon (National Institute of Applied Sciences), France.
April 2006 – August 2006
Dr. Azamdokht Safi,
Sabbatical, Industrial Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Feb. 2005 – Dec. 2005