| François Babin Senior Scientist INO François Babin has spent the last eleven years as a research scientist at INO, developing instruments as diverse 3D mapping cameras and lidar rangefinders, gated cameras for space missions and spectroscopic lidars for leak detection in natural gas and liquid petroleum pipelines or measuring pollutants from stacks. Prior to this, he worked in the fiber optics telecom test and measurement industry after having worked as a research scientist at the University of Montreal’s Physics Engineering Department. He is presently senior scientist in the Remote Sensing Group at INO. | |
| Jim Benson Senior Product Engineer Camfil Power Systems Jim Benson is a senior product engineer with Camfil Farr Power Systems, North America. He has over 30 years of filtration experience, in the areas of product development, filter media and applications. This experience has covered multiple of markets including military vehicles, industrial dust collection and gas turbine systems. He has a bachelor’s of mechanical engineering, and Master in Management of Technology both from the University of Minnesota; and is a Professional Engineer. | |
| Kamal Botros Research Fellow NOVA Chemicals Dr. Kamal Botros is a Research Fellow of Fluid Dynamics with NOVA Chemicals Corporation. He has been with the company since 1984. Over the past 35 years he has worked on various fluid flow equipment dynamic problems related to oil and gas processing and transportation facilities, as well olefins and polyolefins manufacturing plants. Dr. Botros has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary and is a registered professional engineer in Alberta, Canada. | |
| Klaus Brun Program Director Southwest Research Institute Dr. Klaus Brun is the Program Director of the Machinery Program at Southwest Research Institute. His experience includes positions in engineering, project management, and management at Solar Turbines, General Electric, and Alstom. He holds six patents, authored over 150 papers, and published two textbooks on gas turbines. Dr. Brun won an R&D 100 award in 2007 for his Semi-Active Valve invention and ASME Oil & Gas Committee Best Paper/Tutorial awards in 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2014. He was chosen to the "40 under 40" by the San Antonio Business Journal. He is the past chair of the ASME-IGTI Board of Directors and the past Chairman of the ASME Oil & Gas Applications Committee. He is also a member of the API 616 and 692 Task Forces, the Middle East and Far East Turbomachinery Symposiums, the Fan Conference Advisory Committee, and the Supercritical CO2 Conference Advisory Committee. Dr. Brun is the Executive Correspondent of Turbomachinery International Magazine and an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Gas Turbines for Power. | |
| Francis A. Di Bella Concepts NREC FRANCIS A. DI BELLA, PE Project Manager, Concepts NREC Professional Engineering Experience May, 2008 - Present Project Manager (Product Development) - Concepts NREC, Woburn and Chelmsford, MA Project Manager for the development of a hydrogen fuel compressor station funded by DOE. Advanced Engine and Renewable Energy Projects. Managing DOE Wave Energy Recovery project based on Oscillating Water Column and an SBIR project for the Navy MT-30 Energy Recovery Project using supercritical CO2 and Thermoelectric Devices. Adjunct Professor at Boston University’s AERO/MECH Dept. for instructing Capstone Senior Design Projects. | |
| David Garcia Project Applications Engineer Solar Turbines David Garcia is a Project Applications Engineer in the Gas Compressor Restage Performance Group at Solar Turbines Inc., in San Diego, CA. Mr. Garcia joined Solar in 2012 after graduating from San Diego State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He has expertise in gas compressor optimization for both onshore and off shore applications. | |
| Tim Haaf Executive Institute of Power Engineers Tim Haaf is a registered First Class Power Engineer in the Province of British Columbia. He is currently the Plant Manager of Prince Rupert Generating Station, which is a 2 unit, 46 Mw Gas Turbine, Power Generating Station serving the Prince Rupert Area Load on an emergency standby basis. He is also a Thermal Plant Projects Manager with BC Hydro in its’ Thermal Generation Area Division.
He is formerly the Operations Manager & Chief Power Engineer of the Burrard Generating Station in Port Moody. Prior to this position, Mr. Haaf has held positions as Chief Power Engineer at both Norampac Papermill in Burnaby, and Imperial Oil Refinery, in Norman Wells.
He is a member of the Institute of Power Engineers, currently serving as Treasurer of the Vancouver Branch, and has served as Vice President and Social Director for the Institute.
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| Scott Hastie Liburdi Turbine Services Scott Hastie is Continuous Improvement Engineering Manager at Liburdi Turbine Services. Scott has over 14 years of experience in developing new processes for the manufacture and repair of gas turbine components. He and his team are responsible for new repair process development and continuous improvement for Industrial, Aero Derivative and Flight gas turbine components. | |
| Brian Igoe Chair Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd. Brian Igoe has been working in rotating equipment for more than 30 years. As an Expert Proposal Manager for the FEED team of Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd, Lincoln, England, he is responsible for supporting gas turbine applications including performance, fuels and emissions at the early stages of projects. Brian also provides a range of training internally within Siemens as well as to external groups. Brian was awarded an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Surrey and a Master degree from the University of Cranfield. He was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineer in 2011
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| David Keane President British Columbia LNG Alliance David Keane, President, BC LNG Alliance In an energy industry career spanning 33 years David has conducted business in over 16 countries. He has managed various forms of the business and has established a strong external reputation in the energy industry.
As BC LNG Alliance’s President, David has responsibility for promoting and developing a robust LNG export industry in British Columbia that is safe, environmentally and socially responsible.
David was named President of the BC LNG Alliance in August 2014. Prior to joining the Alliance, David was with BG Group for 10 years serving as Vice President, Policy and Corporate Affairs. Before joinging BG he was with Dynegy Inc. as Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Dynegy Europe. David also spent several years with Apache Corp. and Conoco, Inc. He also spent nine years as a helicopter pilot in the US Army.
David is Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Premier’s LNG Working Group on Labour and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Immigrant Employment Council of British Columbia.
David is a cum laude graduate of Kansas State University, and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration. He is married, has two grown children and two grandchildren and lives in Vancouver, Canada.
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| Corey Kinart Senior Associate HGC Engineering Corey Kinart is a Senior Associate at HGC Engineering, a leading engineering consulting firm specializing exclusively in noise, vibration and acoustics. He received his BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2001, and has been with HGC Engineering for the past 10 years. Corey specializes in the measurement and assessment of industrial noise and vibration, having conducted feasibility studies, acoustic assessments and audits for government approvals, as well as noise complaint investigations, for hundreds of facilities across Canada and abroad, including numerous gas turbine installations.
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| Tobias Kiuru FEED Manager Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB Tobias Kiuru is a FEED Manager at Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB and working in the Technical Integration Support team. He received his B.Sc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Linköping in 2003 and began working as an Electrical Engineer for Siemens after a variety of position at ABB and AtlasCopco. Since joining Siemens, Finspong in 2003 he has had various engineering and manager positions. He has been involved in specifying the flexible package solution for Siemens SGT-800 gas turbine. | |
| Manfred Klein Principal MA Klein & Assoc. Manfred is an independent consultant on environment and industrial energy issues. He retired in 2013 after 33 years in the Canadian government, most recently with six years at the Gas Turbine Labs of the National Research Council. Prior to this, he spent 16 years with Environment Canada, involved in balanced solutions to industrial emissions of air pollution and greenhouse gases. There he worked with industry and government to develop National Emission Guidelines for Gas Turbines, with new energy-output based environmental standards to promote cogeneration and district energy with system reliability. He provided extensive training on integration of energy systems, with multiple environmental air and water priorities for environmental assessments.
Before that Manfred was with the National Energy Board for 11 years dealing with natural gas pipeline and compressor station regulatory work.
• Former Chair of the IAGT Industrial Gas Turbine Applications Committee and the ASME/IGTI International Gas Turbine Environment Committee,
• Past member of the Environmental R&D group of the Canadian Gas Association.
He has a Bach. of Mech. Engineering 1980, Carleton University
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| Shaji Manipurath Program Technical Leader, Bioenergy National Research Council Shaji Manipurath has been with the National Research Council (NRC) since 2001, where he has contributed to the development, operation and management of several unique gas turbine R&D facilities that have enabled NRC’s partners to develop and test advanced engines, combustion systems and other components. He is presently a Team Leader in NRC Aerospace’s Gas Turbine Lab, and also a technical lead in NRC's Bioenergy program. | |
| Jonathan Martin Program Leader, Bioenergy National Research Council Since Jonathan Martin joined the National Research Council in 2005, he has co-authored 20 journal articles and 3 book chapters, while managing numerous projects on alternative power sources such as hydrogen, methanol and formic acid fuel cells and metal-air batteries. He has contributed to over 30 technical reports for various industrial clients and government agencies, regarding the environmental impacts, safety standards, and performance of energy systems and the transportation sector. He is currently the Program Leader for NRC’s initiative on Bioenergy Systems for Viable Stationary Applications. | |
| Stephen Niedojadlo Engineer Liburdi Turbine Services Stephen Niedojadlo is a Gas Turbine Engineer at Liburdi Turbine Services. He has over 8 years of experience in the gas turbine industry in the field of turbine design with focus on performance, simulation, and numerical optimization. Stephen has extensive experience with Finite Elements Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has worked for Siemens Energy Inc. - in both Canada and the US, and Liburdi Turbine Services in Dundas, Ontario. Stephen holds a B. Eng. Mgmt. in Mechanical Engineering and Management from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. | |
| Jim Noordermeer Vice-President, Power & Thermal Generation Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc. Mr. Noordermeer has over 35 years of international experience in the design, layout, installation and construction, commissioning, startup, testing and servicing of gas turbine power and steam turbine generator power plants, including cogeneration, and combined-cycle plants and associated equipment. | |
| Steve Quisenberry Vice-President Power Phase Steve Quisenberry has over 17 years of advanced engineering and turbine experience beginning as a flight test engineer for Pratt & Whitney and advancing to the General Manager, Alstom Thermal Service Middle East Operations. As General Manager, Steve was responsible for mobilizing and building the PSM business in the Arabian Gulf. During his ten years with PSM, Steve held managerial positions in Customer Service Engineering, Tendering and led the Project and Long Term Service Agreement business. Steve graduated from Tulane University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. | |
| Vito Raponi Design & Proposal Engineering Innovative Steam Technologies Vito Raponi is an EIT employed at Innovative Steam Technologies (IST) in the Design and Proposal Engineering group. He received his BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2013 and joined IST immediately afterwards.
His experience working in both proposal and execution project phases has given Vito a well-rounded appreciation for Balance-of-Plant optimization for cycling combined cycle facilities.”
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| Pontus Slottner Specialist - GT Component Life Assessment Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB Working for ABB STAL / Alstom / Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB since 1996 with technical programming, mechanical integrity and life prediction questions. Life time manager for SGT-500/GT35 2000 – 2004. Turbine life time manager for SGT-800/GTX100 2004. Working with life time assessment and life time extension within Service organization since 2004. Appointed specialist in GT component life time assessment 2008. Author or co-author of several academic gas turbine related papers. ASME IGTI Manufacturing Materials & Metallurgy Committee chair 2012 - 2014. Mr. Slottner has a MSc in Engineering Physics from University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1995. | |
| Eric Steinson President Institute of Power Engineers Eric Steinson is a registered First Class Power Engineer in the Province of British Columbia. He is currently employed as a Shift Supervising Engineer at Burrard Generating Station, which is a 6 unit, 950 MW conventional steam turbine power generating station in Port Moody, B.C. He has worked as Operations Manager of the Burrard Generating Station as well as Safety Implementation Manager for Generation Safety. Prior to his work at BC Hydro, Mr. Steinson held positions at Skeena Cellulose’s Northern Pulp Operations as Manager of Recovery and Utilities and Training and Development Manager.
Mr. Steinson is currently serving as National President of the Institute of Power Engineers and Chair of the Program Advisory Committee for Power Engineering at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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| Ian Summerside Product Line Manager Power Systems mfg, LLC (PSM) Alstom Power Thermal Services With over 14 years’ experience in the Industrial Gas Turbine arena, Ian works as a Product Line Manager at PSM, LLC., An Alstom Company. Here he oversees the market & customer alignment, technical requirement and product development strategy for various gas turbine fleets globally. Starting his career with Alstom Power in Switzerland, at their corporate research center, he has 5 years’ experience in advanced laser welding technology for gas turbine repair. Following relocation to Jupiter, Florida he has a further 5 years in repair engineering leadership and shop operations management at PSM.
Ian has authored and presented several ASME Turbo Expo technical papers on various IGT repair techniques for both Alstom hardware and other OEM Hot Gas Path components. He studied Materials Engineering at Brunel University, West London (UK), specialising in welding and joining techniques. He also has an MBA in International Business from Florida Atlantic University.
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| Brian Swanson President CMC Solutions Brian Swanson is the President of CMC Solutions, a leading provider of emission monitoring technology. He received his B.A.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University in 1983 and has managed over a hundred turnkey PEMS and CEMS projects worldwide. The presentation discusses various type models developed for small and large gas turbines from different manufacturers where the deployed statistical hybrid models represent the lowest total cost for gas turbine compliance available on the market today. | |
| Chair Bob Wellington Manager, Station Design Union Gas Bob Wellington graduated from Lakehead University in April of 2002 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He began his career with Union Gas in May 2002 and has held several engineering positions within Union Gas’s engineering and operations departments since that time. Since 2007, the majority of Bob’s work has been focused on the design, construction, and maintenance of natural gas compressor stations. He currently manages the Station Design group at Union Gas, who is responsible for development of design standards and management of design for these stations in major projects. | |
| Kent Wilfur Vice-President, Product Execution SET West Kent Wilfur is vice president of project execution for Spectra Energy Transmission’s operations in Western Canada. In this role, he oversees engineering, project management and construction for all major capital expansion projects, including the Canadian LNG and Spectra Energy Liquids business groups. Wilfur has close to 25 years of industry experience in engineering, supply chain and project development. He first joined Westcoast Energy in 1991, moving through several engineering positions, before transitioning to supply chain management in 1999. In 2005, Wilfur moved to Houston, Texas, to serve as general manager of project development and asset planning. From 2009 to 2012, he led an enterprise-wide supply chain transformation effort for Spectra Energy.
Prior to his current role, Wilfur held the title of general manager, projects. His responsibilities included project management for major expansion projects in Western Canada, as well as overseeing project development and project control teams.
Wilfur earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
He is a member of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and a Board member of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association Foundation.
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| Erin Wishart Design Engineer Union Gas Erin Wishart is a Design Engineer at Union Gas, working in the Major Projects department. He joined Union Gas in 2009, after receiving his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. His prior experience includes work in pipeline integrity, project engineering, and project management. Most recently, Erin has served as the on-site engineer supporting the design and construction of Union Gas’ Parkway West project. | |
