Collaborated on the creation of a geomatic planning tool (GEOIDE) with faculty from Civil Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Forest Resource Management
Participated in Clinton Climate Initiative-supported project with Waterfront Toronto (a planning agency) for analysis and development of a neighborhood carbon calculator
Produced, in collaboration with global urban decision makers and vendors, a policy guide for achieving “carbon-neutrality” for Canadian municipalities entitled “Getting to Carbon Neutral”
Completed an inventory of regional greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2005-2009 for contribution to Greater Toronto Civic Action Alliance’s “Greening Greater Toronto” 2011 update

Research Assistant 2001 – 2003

University of Guelph

Supervisors: Prof. G.S. Mittal and Dr. P. Piysasena

Assessed structural properties of soy-based edible packaging materials

Pilot Plant Manager Summer 2001

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON

Supervisor: Dr. P. Piyasena

Examined applications of ultrasound technology in the food industry

Research Assistant Summer 2000

Royal Military College

Supervisor: Prof. K.A.M. Creber

Explored dietary interactions between chitosan and negatively-charged minerals

Selected Honours & Awards

Air & Waste Management Association 2011

Ontario Section

· $5,000 competitive scholarship awarded to top three applicants

Graduate Open Fellowship 2008 – 2011

University of Toronto

$4,000 annually based on maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least A-

Postgraduate Scholarship - Doctoral 2008 – 2010

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

· $63,000 national scholarship awarded based on research ability, academic excellence, communication, interpersonal & leadership abilities

Hannam Soy Utilisation Fund Research Grant 2001 – 2003

University of Guelph

$33,000 university-wide grant awarded to research which promotes innovative medical, industrial and nutritive uses and marketing strategies for soybeans

First Prize, Project SOY 2001

Multi-Campus Team-Based Competition

$2,500 prize awarded to entrants that find diversified uses and markets for soybeans; award-winning project produced edible/biodegradable packaging trays for biscuits/produce
Resulted in the publication of research in Canadian national media, including MacLean’s and Canadian Geographic magazines

Engineering Graduate Student Entrance Award 2001

University of Guelph

· $1,000 awarded to entrants with a final year undergraduate GPA of at least 80%

Publications & Presentations

Publications in Refereed Journals

Mohareb, E., 2012. Residential greenhouse gas emissions from six Canadian cities – Challenges towards deep reductions. Under review.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2012. Scenarios of technology adoption towards low-carbon cities. Under review.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2012. Greenhouse gas emission scenario modeling for cities using the PURGE Model: A case study of the Greater Toronto Area. In Press, Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Kennedy, C.A., Demoulin, S., & Mohareb, E., 2012. Cities reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Energy Policy. 49: 774-777.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2012. Producer and consumer carbon sinks for urban inventories. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16(3): 302-316.

Mohareb, E., Kennedy, C.A., Harvey L.D.D., & Pressnail, K.D., 2011. Decoupling of building energy use and climate. Energy and Buildings. 43(10): 2961-2963.

Mohareb, E., MacLean, H.L., & Kennedy, C.A., 2011. Greenhouse gas emissions from waste management – assessment of quantification methods. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association. 61: 480-493.

Mohareb, E., & Mittal, G.S., 2007. Formulation & process conditions for biodegradable/edible soy-based packaging trays. Packaging Technology & Science. 20: 1 – 15.

Piyasena, P., Mohareb, E., & McKellar, R.C., 2003. Inactivation of microbes using ultrasound: a review. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 87: 207 – 216.

Mohareb, E., & Piyasena, P., 2002. Application of ultrasound in food industry: a review. NutraCos. 1(5): 36 – 40.

Reports and Book Chapters

Kennedy, C.A., & Mohareb, E. In Press. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities. Chapter 7 in Cities in evolution: urbanization, environmental change and sustainability, Xuemei Bai, Thomas Graedel and Akio Morishima, editors, Cambridge University Press.

Kennedy, C.A., Bristow,D., Derrible,S., Mohareb, E., Saneinejad,S., Stupka,R., Sugar,L., Zizzo,R., & McIntyre,B., 2010. Getting to carbon neutral. Chapter 8 in Energy Efficient Cities: Assessment Tools and Benchmarking Practices. Bose, R.K., editor, Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Mohareb, E., 2010. Municipal Services. Chapter 6 in Getting to Carbon Neutral: A Guide for Canadian Municipalities. Kennedy, C.A., editor, produced for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Kennedy, C.A., & Mohareb, E., 2010. Introduction. Chapter 1 in Getting to Carbon Neutral: A Guide for Canadian Municipalities. Kennedy, C.A., editor, produced for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Kennedy, C.A., Bristow, D., Derrible, S., Mohareb, E., Saneinejad, S., Stupka, R., Sugar, L., & Zizzo, R., 2010. Comparison of Strategies. Chapter 7 in Getting to carbon neutral: a guide for Canadian municipalities, Kennedy, C.A., editor, produced for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Conferences and Proceedings

Brugmann, J.E., & Mohareb, E., 2012. The Productive City: Urban Sustainability Practice for the Final Phase of Global Urban Growth. Presented at The 2012 ICLEI World Congress, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June, 2012.

Moharebe, E., 2012. Design of New Solar Communities – The Toronto Waterfront Redevelopment. Presented at Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Research Network Annual General Meeting, Halifax, Canada, May, 2012.

Mohareb, E., 2011. Life cycle assessment software tools for buildings. Presented at the Ontario Building Envelope Council 2012 Greenprint Conference, Toronto, Canada, November, 2011.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2011. The scope of technological change in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. Presented at the Ecocity World Summit 2011, Montreal, Canada, August, 2011.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2011. Transition to low-carbon cities: Applications of the PURGE model. Presented at the 6^th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, San Francisco, California, June, 2011.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2011. PURGE model – Methodology for quantification of transportation and buildings emissions. Presented at the Sustainable Urban Systems Workshop, San Francisco, California, June, 2011.

Mohareb, E., Sovran, L., Stone, D., & Webster, B., 2011. Waterfront Toronto Panel Discussion. Presented at the Canadian Green Building Council National Symposium 2011, Toronto, ON, April, 2011.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2010. Quantification of urban carbon sinks: producer and consumer perspectives. Presented at the International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change, Tempe, Arizona, October, 2010.

Mohareb, E., Kennedy, C.A., Bristow, D., Derrible, S., Rulff, D., Saneinejad, S., Stupka, R., Sugar, L., Zizzo, R., & McIntyre, B., 2010. Getting to Carbon Neutral: a Guide for Cities. Poster Presentation at International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change, Tempe, Arizona, October, 2010.

Mohareb, E., & Kennedy, C.A., 2010. Comparison of methods for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from waste. Proceedings, Annual Conference - Air & Waste Management Association, Calgary, Alberta, June, 2010.

Kennedy, C.A., Bristow,D., Derrible,S., Mohareb, E., Saneinejad,S., Stupka,R., Sugar,L., Zizzo,R., & McIntyre,B., 2009. Getting to carbon neutral: A review of best practices in infrastructure strategy. Presented at the Fifth Urban Research Symposium, Marseille, France, June, 2009.

Mohareb, E., Mohareb, A. & Kennedy, C.A., 2009. Urban carbon sinks: Potential in the Greater Toronto Area. Presented at the 5^th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2009.

Mohareb, E., Joly, M., Nguyen, P., & Mittal, G.S., 2002. Edible packaging for meat, leafy vegetables, herbs and cookies to replace expanded polystyrene. Proceedings from the International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing Technology & Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand, December, 2002.

Piyasena, P., Mohareb, E., & McKellar, R.C., 2002. Inactivation of microbes in food using

ultrasound. Federal Food Safety and Nutrition Research Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, September, 2002.

Teaching Experience & Student Supervision

Course Instructor, Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities Winter 2012

University of Toronto (~25 graduate/undergraduate students)

Course explored the environmental impacts of urban form and infrastructure (buildings, transportation, waste management) and measures applied to reduce these impacts
Conducted lectures, set assignments/exams, supervised teaching assistants and graded exams

Student Supervision Summer 2010

University of Toronto

Guided second-year undergraduate research assistant in conducting literature reviews on greenhouse gas emissions from waste treatment and diffusion curves for energy technologies

Teaching Assistant, Ecology for Engineers Fall 2008, 2010, 2011

University of Toronto (~150 undergraduate students)

Conducted introductory course lectures on “Urban Metabolism”, “Urban Material Flow Analysis” and “Population Energy Flows”
Prepared and gave tutorials on topics including predator-prey dynamics, Lotka-Volterra competition model, mass/energy balances
Set exam questions and graded mid-term examinations

Teaching Assistant, Efficient Use of Energy Fall 2009

University of Toronto (~90 graduate/undergraduate students)

Held weekly office hours to provide guidance on course materials and assignments
Graded assignments, mid-term exams & final examinations

Teaching Assistant, Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment Spring 2009 – 2011

University of Toronto (~90 undergraduate students)

Graded quizzes & mid-term examinations

Teaching Assistant, Engineering Design I Fall 2002 – 2003

University of Guelph

Led tutorials of 15-30 students on course concepts and software (SDRC I-DEAS, MS Office)
Mentored engineering students in the development of solutions to complex design problems involving the reduction of environmental impact of current technologies
Graded oral presentations and written reports based on term projects

Teaching Assistant, Engineering Economics Fall 2001

University of Guelph

Set and graded assignments & examinations

Career Development

Prospective Professors in Training (PPIT) program 2009 – 2010

University of Toronto

Received training aimed to prepare senior Ph.D. students to become successful junior faculty members. Content included establishing a research program, managing time and students, applying for research grants, and university administration and governance services

Energy Management Training 2007-2008
Office of Energy Efficiency

Attended workshops that provided training on energy performance monitoring, energy auditing and developement of a master plan for energy demand reduction

Professional Experience

Sustainability Consultant 2012 – Present

Self-Employed, Greater Toronto Area, ON and Vientiane, Laos

Institutional capacity building of the Lao PDR government’s water and sanitation programs
Provide services related to the quantification of carbon footprints, energy demand scenarios and general urban sustainability issues
Clients include Laos Ministry of Health, The Next Practice and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2012

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

Involved in cross-disciplinary research on urban metabolism, population dynamics and greenhouse gas quantification tools
Work involved collaboration with partners in the University of Toronto’s Cities Centre and Waterfront Toronto

Food Safety & Quality Assurance (QA) Consultant 2004 – 2010

Self-Employed, Greater Toronto Area, ON

Designed and directed implementation and maintenance of client-specific quality assurance, Good Manufacturing Practices and HACCP programs for new and growing SMEs in the food industry
Successfully led all clients through over 20 compliance audits (federal, 3^rd party and customer)
Proposed measures which led to energy usage reductions of up to 25%

Pilot Plant Manager Summer 2001

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON

Led the acquisition process for novel unit operation equipment for food processing
Updated pilot plant maintenance manual, including maintenance and sanitation procedures

Research Assistant Summer 2000

Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON

Performed preliminary experiments to determine nutritional effects of chitosan as a diet pill

Professional Affiliations

Peer Review

Reviewer, Energy Policy

Reviewer, Journal of Cleaner Production

Reviewer, Journal of Industrial Ecology

Reviewer, Waste Management

Memberships

Member, Air and Waste Management Association

Member, International Society for Industrial Ecology

Member, Canada Green Building Council

Member, Engineers Without Borders

Community Involvement

Committee Member 2009 – 2012

Sustainability Sub-Committee, Graduate Students Union

Assisted in developing and promoting strategies for furthering campus sustainability goals

VP External 2009 – 2010

Civil Engineering Graduate Student Association, University of Toronto

Planned social events including field trips and weekly social gatherings

Graduate Student Representative 2009 – 2010

Civil Engineering Departmental Council, University of Toronto

Represented Civil Engineering Graduate Students at the Departmental Council

Graduate Student Representative 2009 – 2010

Engineering Faculty Council, University of Toronto

Represented Civil Engineering Graduate Students at the Faculty Council

Civil Engineering Representative 2009 – 2010

Graduate Engineering Association, University of Toronto

Organized social & sporting events for the promotion of inter-departmental fellowship

VP External 2002 – 2003

Graduate Engineering Society, University of Guelph

Planned social events including multi-day field trips and weekly social gatherings

Executive Member 1998 – 2001

Canadian Society for Bioengineering, Guelph Chapter (formerly CSAE)

Organized career exploration seminars conducted by industrial and academic guests