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Secondments from Canadian Universities
Seconded faculty are professors from Canadian (CUC) universities who have been
temporarily released from their regular duties and positions in order to come to AIT to
participate in the UEM Program. Their support, and the support of their "home"
schools, is essential to the CUC's central concept of delivering leading-edge techniques
and state-of-the-art technology in a timely, effective and professional manner.
Alastair R. Lucas
Visiting Professor of Environmental Law
Qualifications: B.A., LL.B. (Alberta); LL.M. (British Columbia)
Current Positions: Professor of Environmental Law, University of Calgary;
Director, Canadian Institute of Resources Law; and Director, Alberta Environmental Law
Center.
Specialization: A lawyer who evolved into teaching, research and
consulting activities, with an emphasis on legal and constitutional matters relating to
natural resources, energy and environmental regulation. His current areas of interest and
consultation include:
- Natural Resource and Environmental Law (environmental protection, oil and gas law, water
resources law)
- Constitutional Law (including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)
- Administrative Law (esp, standing and procedural rights of regulatory intervenors)
- Water, Energy, etc., as mandated by Canadian agencies, the Russian Federation, etc.
Virginia W. MacLaren
Visiting Faculty of Urban Waste Management
Qualifications: B.A. (Geography, Bishop's U. Lennoxville); M.Pl.
(Regional Planning, Ottawa); M.Sc., Ph.D. (Regional Science, Cornell).
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geography,
University of Calgary.
Specialization: Among Dr. MacLaren's specific research interests are
questions of sustainability and its indicators, and environmental impact assessment,
reporting and auditing. Her current research focus is very much urban waste-oriented, with
numerous investigations into industrial waste (eg, minimization practices in Jakarta,
recycling of solid waste at ICI-establishments), and further thought on how present waste
crises might be solved. She has received invitations to give lectures at several
universities, contributed to community services, and acted as a reviewer.
Francis P. D. Navin, P. Eng.
Visiting Professor of Urban Transportation and Management
Qualifications: B.E. (Civil Engineering, McMaster), M.Sc. (Civil
Engineering, Missouri), Ph.D. (Civil Engineering, Minnesota).
Current Positions: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University
of British Columbia; Member, CUC Board of Directors.
Specialization: Dr. Navin has authored, edited, or contributed to numerous
books in the fields of Urban transportation and Engineering, and has enjoyed decades of
professional consultancy and service to communities across Canada. Together with ICBC (the
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia), he built Canada's second vehicle crash barrier
and a pendulum for whiplash studies. He has built a high-speed crash barrier and a skid
pad for vehicle dynamics analysis, and completed a series of high-speed vehicle side
impact studies. Currently, his chief topics of interest lie in the following areas:
- Transportation Development in Urban Areas
- Urban Transportation Issues (eg, ridership, costs, energy consumption, etc.)
- Vehicle traffic loads on long span bridges
- Motor vehicle accidents, their mechanics and the Civil Engineering contribution
- Trucks and Safety in Highway Design
V. Setty Pendakur
Visiting Faculty of Urban Transportation and Management
Qualifications: B.E. (Mysore); M.Sc. (Planning, British Columbia);
M.S.C.E., Ph.D. (Transportation, Washington). Awarded the Canada Medal in 1994.
Current Positions: Professor Emeritus (Planning), Adjunct Professor
(Applied Science), University of British Columbia; President, Pacific Policy and Planning
Association, Vancouver; Member, Transportation Research Board (U.S. National Academy of
Sciences).
Specialization: A planner with a civil engineering background, Dr.
Pendakur has served on the technical committees of numerous professional organizations
related to transport. His professional activities have been carried out in North America
as well as Southeast Asia, and within several international organizations. His teaching
activities have taken him to many different countries and universities, most recently to
Thailand and China. His areas of interest and research are transport-related, and
encompass issues such as:
- Urban Transportation Planning in developing countries
- Congestion Management and Sustainability (esp, Asian mega-cities)
- Non-motorized Transport in Urban Transportation Planning
William (Bill) A. Ross
Visiting Professor of Environmental Impact Assessment
Qualifications: B.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Physics, Stanford).
Current Positions: Professor of Environmental Science, Faculty of
Environmental Design, University of Calgary; Member, CUC Board of Directors.
Specialization: Physicist turned specialist of Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA). Dr. Ross' teaching activities cover topics such as EIA, energy policy,
and the use of computers in environmental management. He has taught at several Southeast
Asian universities, headed a Canadian mission to the Middle East to determine EIA
capability and needs, and sits on several Boards (advisory, editorial, etc.) in Canada and
many other countries. He has wide-ranging research and professional practices in several
EIA-related areas:
- Energy Planning
- Energy-efficient Building Design and Management
- Urban Environmental Management
© 1999, Canadian Universities Consortium
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