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Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Ali Ashtari, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba

Lead faculty member: Dr. Eric Bibeau, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba

Non-academic participants: 

Of the total primary energy consumed in Manitoba, 34% is spent on heating with the majority supplied by imported natural gas while Manitoba has considerable solar and biomass resources. Similar to the use of electricity as an energy carrier to distribute renewable power, investigating the use of water as an energy carrier to distribute renewable heat and cooling is of interest to Manitoba Hydro.

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Anthony Vannelli, University of Guelph & Dr. Miguel F, AnjosEcole Polytechnique

Project team: 
Dr. Abdo Youssef Alfakih, University of Windsor
Dr. Kankar Bhattacharya, University of Waterloo
Dr. Claudio A. Canizares, University of Waterloo
Dr. Richard J. Caron, University of Windsor
Dr. Thomas Coleman, University of Waterloo
Dr. Tim N. Davidson, McMaster University
Dr. Antoine Deza, McMaster University
Dr. Samir Elhedhli, University of Waterloo
Dr. David Fuller, University of Waterloo
Dr. Elizabeth Jewkes, University of Waterloo
Dr. Paul McNicholas, University of Guelph
Dr. Chitra Rangan, University of Windsor
Dr. Tamás Terlaky, Lehigh University
Dr. Stephen Vavasis, University of Waterloo
Dr. Henry Wolkowicz, University of Waterloo
Dr. Guoqing Zhang, University of Windsor
Funding period: 
April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

Due to the explosive growth in the technology for manufacturing integrated circuits, modern chips contain millions of transistors. Using sophisticated optimization algorithms, it is possible to achieve notable increases in the performance of the chips, reduce the manufacturing costs, and produce faster, cheaper computing for society. Thus, the objective of this project is to enhance the solution of large-scale optimization problems arising in these applications.