Andrew Rowe

(arowe@me.uvic.ca) Assistant Professor

Dr. Andrew Rowe completed his undergraduate work in Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada. He then went on serve as a Marine Systems Engineering Officer in the Navy until 1997 where he was involved in the operation and maintenance or propulsion and power generation machinery. After completing a Masters thesis in performance modeling of PEM fuel cells he turned his attention to problems of fuelling infrastructure for his PhD work; specifically, the development of efficient devices for the liquefaction of hydrogen and natural gas. His dissertation involved experimental and numerical studies of Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration. Andrew’s research interests are in the areas of cryogenics, thermodynamics, heat transfer and alternative energy technologies. His current focus is the development of an efficient hydrogen liquefier based on an Active Magnetic Regenerative cycle. This involves the use of superconducting technology to create large magnetic fields, novel magnetic refrigerants displaying a large magnetocaloric effect, and the design and fabrication of efficient regenerators.

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Armando graduated (MASc) at the University of Victoria in 2005. His research is testing the validity of Active Magnetic Refrigeration running experiments with the AMR (Active Magnetic Regenerator) apparatus. The objective is to prove that this alternative technology can be implemented for liquefying hydrogen more efficiently and economically. Armando's other interests include working on the design of the Formula SAE car, flying, photography and sailing.

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Sandro Shopfer

(sandros@uvic.ca) MaSc Student

Sandro graduated from Zurich University of applied Sciences with an engineering degree in Data Analysis and Process Design. His diploma thesis involved multiphysics modeling and simulation of magnetocaloric refrigeration devices. Sandro worked as an project engineer and designed customer specific computer aided engineering tools before he joined IESVic in June 2008. His graduate research involves numerical and experimental analysis of active magnetic regenerators. Sandro likes to travel and spending time outside. Especially mountain biking and snowboarding are some of his favorite activities.

Ciro Aprea

( aprea@unisa.it) Professor

Professor Ciro Aprea was born in 1962 in Italy. Currently, he holds the rank of full professor at the University of Salerno, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Aprea has authored about 60 papers in the areas of: experimental evaluation of heat transfer coefficients in evaporation and condensation of non azeotropic mixtures, analytical, numerical and experimental study of transient response in air cooling evaporator using non azeotropic mixtures, energetic and exergetic analysis in the vapour compression refrigeration plant varying the compressor speed to control the refrigeration power, autocascade refrigeration plant operating at -150°C and design of a suited refrigerant mixture (eight components) with low environmental impact. The research activity has been financed both by means of research agreements with private undertaking and by Italian Ministry of University.

Angelo was born in 1979 in Italy. Degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering at University of Salerno on 2004. Currently, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Salerno. His field of research is the experimental and thermodynamic analysis of innovative refrigeration cycle. From February to April 2007 he was at University of Victoria to collaborate in the developing of an Active Magnetic Regenerator Refrigerator at room temperature. Angelo’s other interest include travelling, sport and especially cooking.

Andrew graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison with a BS in Physics and Astro-Physics. While studying at Wisconsin, Andrew was involved with the ICECUBE project, the world's largest neutrino telescope located at the South Pole. His main area of research was instrumentation - design and calibration of the PMT modules used in the array. Andrew recently joined the IESVic team at the University of Victoria and is pursuing his MSc in Mechanical Engineering where he will be investigating the dynamics of wind energy integration and storage in Queen Charlottes Islands’ electrical grid. Andrew enjoys surfing, kiteboarding, fly-fishing, sailing, soccer, hockey and any other excuse to be outside…

Juergen was born in 1983 in South Germany. As part of his Master Thesis in Aerospace Engineering his research involve the Active Magnetic Regenerator and the Passive Regenerator Test Apparatus, including experimental and numerical tasks. Other interests are hiking, table tennis, golfing, biking and enjoying the great nature around.

Sascha was born in 1983 in Germany. He joined IESVic in June 2009 to research Active Magnetic Refrigeration and passive thermodynamic regenerators as part of his Master Thesis in Aerospace Engineering, which involves experimental and numerical tasks. Sascha enjoys reading a good book, sport and travelling.

Conrad graduated from Queen's University in Kingston Ontario in 2008, with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He spent a year as a research and development engineer for a Toronto based company working with wastewater treatment technologies. Throughout his undergraduate he was always interested in power generation; particularly renewable sources. Through independent study, Conrad became interested in the energy storage requirements and the barriers/opportunities they present to higher renewables penetration in generation mixtures. In 2009, Conrad joined the IESVic team to further research the energy storage problem. In his spare
time Conrad enjoys reading, cycling, running, cooking and anything outdoors.