OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Richard J. Chase | Chairman, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, P.Eng. completed his formal education with an MBA at the Ivey School of Business. He is a seasoned operating manager with experience in the environmental, bio-technical, natural resources, project engineering, and manufacturing sectors. He has successfully developed start-up businesses, expanded the scale of small businesses and led large corporate divisions servicing domestic and international markets. He co-founded a publicly traded organic waste processing company that now operates in Canada and the USA. Rick currently operates his own business/management company.

Xiaotao Tony Bi | Ph.D. in Multiphase Flow, University of British Columbia, P.Eng. Professor, The University of British Columbia, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, is an expert in the field of fluid-particle flow and reaction systems, including both fundamental researches and the application for chemical and petro-chemical processes, electrostatics control, water management in fuel cells, air pollution control (NO_X and PM), water pollution control (nutrient removal, particulate removal, organic compounds destruction and water purification) and pollution prevention via green design. Dr. Bi has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and held 8 patents on animal waste treatment, catalytic NO_X reduction, electrostatics monitoring tools and novel solids feeders.

He is the editorial board member and guest editor for several journals and was the co-chair of the 2007 Fluidization XII conference. He has been invited to give seminars to both universities and polymer companies on electrostatics control and green engineering, consulted for both local and international companies on various issues such as fluidized bed reactor design, particulate control, air pollution control, waste treatment and biomass energy. He is a member of the Clean Energy Research Centre, Fluidization Research Centre, Biomass and Bioenergy Research Group, and a faculty mentor of the UBC Bridge program.

Kelvin Campbell | Bachelor of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, P.Eng. joined RWDI AIR, Inc. in 2007 as a Project Manager / Senior Specialist in Vancouver. He is a Professional Engineer with 24 years experience in a variety of roles, including design team leader, procurement/construction manager, R&D manager, design/build engineer, consultant, and VP Engineering. Kelvin’s specialized competencies include continuous emission monitoring (CEM) system operation and design, stack testing, indoor air testing, computer modelling, process control, hazardous waste management, safety management, quantitative risk assessment, and HAZOP. Kelvin’s experience in the area of scrubber design includes process gas scrubbing for acid neutralization, particulate and hydrocarbon removal, carbon dioxide separation and heat exchange.

Wayne Edwards | Master of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, P.Eng. is a mechanical engineer with 30 years of consulting experience in the fields of environment and energy. He has extensive technical, business, and management experience. He has worked as an engineering specialist, managed a large and successful environmental engineering consulting division, and, as a past vice-president of Levelton Consultants, participated in a wide range of business development, strategic planning, and corporate governance activities.

His technical experience includes analysis of emissions from stationary and mobile sources, the selection, use, and performance of emission control technology, assessment of the air quality impacts from emission sources, as well as regional air quality management. Mr. Edwards has many years of experience with air quality and emission issues and regulatory efforts in the Lower Fraser Valley (LFV), Western Canada, Canada, and the United States, extending from his work to develop and update the first comprehensive air quality management plan in the LFV, and preparation of numerous major studies for provincial and federal agencies that have evaluated emission control options and recommended control strategies for major emission source sectors.

Kwang Victor Lo | Ph.D., Food & Agricultural Engineering, University of Massachusetts, P.Eng. is a Professor at the University of British Columbia in Civil Engineering. His experience in Environmental Engineering includes Biological Process Applications in waste treatment and Utilization [aerobic and anaerobic treatments of nutrients recovery from food processing and agricultural wastewaters and solid wastes including composting, and anaerobic digestion]; Hazardous Waste Management. He successfully developed a full-scale aerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system for treating swine wastewater, which has been used by the BC pork producers in various sizes and forms since 1990. As a result of his studies, a full-scale SBR system was constructed for a local slaughtering plant to treat the wastewater. An in-depth report entitled “A Waste Treatment System for the Swine Industry” (135 pages) was prepared and submitted to the Resource Management Branch, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food in 1994. Included in this report are important application data for chemical, anaerobic and aerobic treatment processes.

Kathy Preston | Ph.D. Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, P.Eng. is the General Manager and Project Director for RWDI AIR Inc.’s Vancouver office. She is also a Senior Associate of RWDI. As a project director, she is responsible for technical direction and quality for air, odor and risk assessments. Kathy is an atmospheric chemist and a professional engineer in both BC and Alberta. She consulted to the oil and gas industry in Alberta for six years before moving to Vancouver in 2003. She has over ten years experience in environmental assessments and permitting for the oil and gas, mining, power, transportation and forestry sectors. Kathy has also worked on air quality related policy studies for the BC Ministry of Environment, the BC Lung Association, Metro Vancouver, the Alberta Natural Resources Conservation Board and the Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) Department of the Government of the Northwest Territories.