Rate My Professor Amit Kumar

His academic background includes a BSc in Energy Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, an MSc in Energy Technology from the Asian Institute of Technology, a PhD from the University of Alberta in 2004, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia in 2004. Kumar's research focuses on integrated energy and environmental modelling and life cycle and techno-economic assessments of both conventional and non-conventional energy sources, with particular emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater consumption, and land use changes in Canada and Alberta. He teaches several graduate and undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Engineering, contributes to various national, regional, faculty, and department committees, and reviews funding proposals and manuscripts for refereed journals. Invited to expert panels by organizations such as the European Commission, National Science Foundation, Natural Resources Canada, California Environmental Protection Agency, and NSERC, he also serves as Associate Editor for the Canadian Biosystems Engineering Journal in the area of renewable energy and has chaired committees for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and the Canadian Society of Bioengineering. Among his honors are the Young Engineer of the Year award from CSBE for contributions in bioenergy and biofuels, recognition by Reuters as one of the world’s top climate scientists, and election to the Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research University Advisory Board.