Hossam Gaber (Gabbar), PhD
Professor
FEAS
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
FEAS
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Distinguished international researcher forging new methods and technologies for smart energy grid engineering, energy safety and control systems, nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems, and waste to energy using advanced plasma technologies.
Full biography
Exploration of clean energy technologies to support conservation strategies through green energy systems has gained global recognition as a means to a sustainable future in recent years. Director of Ontario Tech University's Energy Safety and Control Lab, Hossam A. Gaber, Ph.D., specializes in smart energy grid engineering with an emphasis on safety and control engineering in clean energy technology. A Professor, cross-appointed in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science and the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Dr. Gaber’s research focuses on the critical need to design and implement intelligent safety and control systems to enable high performance and reliable energy supply grids. Author of more than 210 publications including books, chapters and papers specializing in safety and control engineering for smart energy grid and interconnected micro energy grids, Dr. Gaber is a distinguished global energy systems researcher. He is leading plasma-based clean fusion energy research with national and international teams including Carleton University in Ottawa, and universities in China and Japan. Previously, Dr. Gaber was appointed a tenured Associate Professor in the Division of Industrial Innovation Services at Okayama University in Japan, and he served as a Research Associate with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Japan Chemical Innovative Institute, and the Egypt National Research Center, spanning a decade. He has led several large-scale national and international projects in Japan, the Middle East, and Canada. Inspired by some of academia’s most brilliant minds to strengthen his theoretical foundation and follow a research path, Dr. Gaber completed his Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering and Automatic Control at Alexandria University in Egypt in 1988, and completed Master’s degree courses in this area before earning his Doctorate in Safety Engineering from the Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences at Okayama University in Japan in 2001. Dr. Gaber is a Fellow and Founding President of Canada’s Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety Professionals Society (RAMSP). He is also a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions which include: Founding Chair of its SMC Hiroshima Chapter; Founding Chapter Chair of its Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, Toronto Section; and Technical Committee Founder and Chair of Intelligent Green Production Systems.
Areas of expertise
Education
- 2001PhD - A+ Process Systems & Safety Engineering, Department of Systems EngineeringOkayama University, Japan
- 1990Master's Degree Courses - Computer Science and Automatic ControlAlexandria University, Egypt
- 1988BSc - Computer Science and Automatic Control (1st Class Honours)Alexandria University, Egypt
Media appearances
- Ontario Tech University News December 31, 1969Ontario Tech University's Dr. Hossam Gaber talks about smart electricity grids at Indonesia conferenceOntario Tech University Professor Dr. Hossam Gaber led a panel of international experts invited to share their latest research findings at a December electric grid planning conference in Indonesia. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) conference in Jakarta examined the future expansion of nuclear energy and its integration with renewable energy sources as well as with oil and natural gas sources.
- Global Renewable News August 10, 2014Ontario Tech University smart grid expert exploring Ontario's road to transportation electrificationDr. Hossam Gaber, Associate Professor, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science presents research at the Mayor of Nanjing's International Consultative Conference, Nanjing, China, September 23, 2014.
- Oshawa This Week February 6, 2013Durham University, Qatar University uniteDr. Hossam Gabbar forms partnership with Qatar University to develop the latest in advanced energy conservation in industrial and societal facilities.
Speaking engagements
- ICSGSC, Smart Grid and Smart Cities, Osaka, Japan (virtual) December 31, 1969Plenary Talk “Resilient Energy-Water-Transportation-Food-Health Infrastructures for Smart Cities”
- IFNAC, Slovenia December 31, 1969Invited talk on Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems, as part of webinar on “Synergies between Nuclear and Renewable Energy and Hybrid Systems”
- Ontario, Canada December 31, 1969Resilient Energy and Transportation Infrastructures for Smart CitiesInvited Talk at High School for Grade 11 Physics Class
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 31, 1969Renewable Energy and Power Engineering (REPE) 2019, Resilient Energy-Water-Transportation Infrastructures for Smart CitiesKeynote Speaker at IEEE International Conference
- Guiyang, China December 31, 1969Interconnected Micro Energy Grids for Resilient Energy and Transportation Infrastructures,International Development of High-End Manufacturing Summit 2019, October 25th-26th 2019
- Ontario Tech, Oshawa, ON, Canada December 31, 1969Fast Charging Infrastructures for Autonomous Transportation and Smart CitiesKeynote Speaker, IEEE Smart Energy Grid Engineering-SEGE2019, 12-14 Aug, 2019
- Banff, Alberta, Canada December 31, 1969Fast Charging Infrastructures for Autonomous Transportation and Smart CitiesPlenary talk, IEEE ICNSC2019
- Plugfest, Omniair, Montreal July 5, 2019Robotics-Assisted Testing and Training Platform for Connected and Autonomous VehiclesInvited talk-Panel
- UAE December 31, 1969Risk Management and SIL Verification in Oil & Gas Process IndustryInvited talk
- Vienna, Austria, IAEA December 31, 1969Nuclear-Renewable Energy IntegrationInvited talk
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, China December 31, 1969Interconnected Micro Energy Grids with Hybrid Energy Storage for Resilient Energy and Transportation InfrastructuresInvited speaker
- China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), Beijing, China December 31, 1969Resilient Energy and Transportation InfrastructuresInvited speaker
- Jiaoton University, Beijing, China December 31, 1969Resilient Energy and Transportation InfrastructuresInvited speaker
- Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization(GEIDCO), Beijing, China December 31, 1969Flywheel-Based Energy Storage for Resilient Energy and Transportation InfrastructuresInvited speaker
- Genk, Belgium December 31, 1969Smart Grid for Smart CitiesInvited Speaker at IEEE 2nd World Forum, 26-28 Nov, 2018
- Bali, Indonesia September 12, 2014Resilient Micro Energy Grids with Gas-Power and Renewable TechnologiesThe 2nd IEEE Conference on Power Engineering and Renewable Energy, ICPERE 2014
- Indonesia August 12, 2014Smart Energy Grid Engineering and Regional Implementation PlansInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Meeting
- University Teknologi Malaysia Johor Bahru, Malaysia April 12, 2014Safety Design for Smart Energy Grids
- St. John's, Newfoundland December 31, 1969Advanced Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring in Process FacilitiesThe Second Workshop on Safety and Integrity Management of Operations in Harsh Environments
- Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario June 10, 2014Advances in Safety and Control Engineering: Future Opportunities for NPPIAEA Technical Meeting on Advances in Non-Electric Applications of Nuclear Energy and on Efficiency Improvement at Nuclear Power Plants
- Beijing, China December 31, 1969Advances in Safety Engineering for Energy and Nuclear FacilitiesInvited Talk, Tsinghua University
- Nanjing, China December 31, 1969Smart Energy Grids and Micro Grids with Energy Conservation Strategies2014 Nanjing Mayor International Consultative Conference
- Qingdao, China December 31, 1969Building Micro Energy Grids with Gas-Power and Renewable TechnologiesNew Energy Forum, Fuelling a Beautiful World of Cleanness and Sustainability
- Taiyuan, China December 31, 1969Building Energy Conservations and Micro Energy GridsWorld Congress of Energy Wise 2014, WEW
- Oshawa, Ontario December 31, 1969Symposium on Plasma and Nuclear Systems, ChairSPANS 2014 Workshop, Ontario Tech University
- Oshawa, Ontario December 8, 2014Smart Micro Energy Grids with Gas-Power and Renewable Technologies, Plenary Talk and Conference ChairInternational Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering, SEGE 2014, Ontario Tech University
- Qatar University, Doha, Qatar July 5, 2014Energy Conservation in Buildings: Integrated Approach with Smart Energy GridsEnergy Conservation Opportunities in Buildings in Qatar, IEEE, SMC-IGPS
- Sarnia, Ontario December 31, 1969Energy Storage Solutions: Options to Improve Power Quality and Reliability, Panel ModeratorGrid Resiliency Through Energy Storage in SW Ontario
- Qatar University, Doha, Qatar January 5, 2013Toward a Sustainable Community in QatarEnergy Conservation Opportunities in Buildings in Qatar, IEEE SMC-IGPS
- Oshawa, Ontario May 4, 2013Advances in Energy Conservations for Smart Green Buildings, Towards Smart and Sustainable Communities Workshop, ChairIEEE, Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMC), Intelligent Green Production Systems (IGPS), Ontario Tech University
Affiliations
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Professional Engineers Ontario
- Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science