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Dr. Mory Ghomshei

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Canada British Columbia Institure of Technology

Biography

Shortly after completing his doctoral studies in France (at �Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris� and �Faculte des Sciences d�Orsay�) on �Mineral and Energy Producing Material�, Mory Ghomshei was invited, in 1984, to Canada to work on B.C. Hydro�s deep geothermal Drilling Project. He has since worked in Canada and around the world on numerous geothermal projects, (e.g. in Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Vietnam, US, Qatar and Iran). Mory is presently a BCIT faculty member and an adjunct professor at the Mining Departments of UBC, where he has been teaching (energy and ventilation courses) and conducting applied research in mine energy systems and resources, mine ventilation and mine cooling Mory has authored or co-authored over 250 technical reports and over 150 scientific publications. He is presently a principal investigator in a number of Canadian and international energy and mining projects (e.g. extraction of heat from abandoned and operating mines, geothermal energy from oil and gas wells, application of geothermal in deep mine ventilation systems, co-production of Natural gas and geothermal power from shale gas). Mory also develops and gives Processional Development Courses on geothermal energy. He is presently an advisor to the BC Oil and Gas Commission on geothermal energy.