Environmental Engineering

CHAIR	Lexuan Zhong, MCSME lexuan1@ualberta.ca
VICE-CHAIR	Ofelia Jianu, MCSME ofelia.jianu@uwindsor.ca
MANDATE	The committee’s principal mandate is to represent CSME members active within the sector of environmental engineering. A major duty is to organize a Symposium on Environmental Engineering (SEE) at the annual CSME Congress; other responsibilities include the promotion of TC opportunities within the environmental engineering community, participation in the SEE by submitting or reviewing papers, and communicating with session participants.
KEYWORDS	Wind Engineering, Wind/Solar/Geothermal Energy, Indoor and Outdoor Environmental Quality, Heat and Mass Transfer in Environmental Systems, Green Building Technologies, Computational Environmental Modeling, Environmental Applications of AI/ML, Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Membership List:

• Horia M. Hangan, Western University

• Hassan Peerhossaini, Western University

• Marina Freire-Gormaly, York University

• Guangming Wang, Shandong Agricultural University

• Ramona Fayazfar, Ontario Tech University

• Qian Zhang, Queen’s University

Current Activities:

1. Supporting symposium on Environmental Engineering as part of the 2026 CSME Congress at the University of British Columbia, May 24-27, 2026.

Past Activities:

1. Environmental Engineering Symposium at 2025 CSME Congress at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS).
2. Energy & Environmental Sustainability Symposium at 2022 CSME Congress at University of Alberta.
3. Environmental and Wind Engineering Symposium at 2020 CSME Congress at University of Prince Edward Island.
4. Environmental and Wind Engineering Symposium at 2019 CSME Congress at Western University.