Jatin Nathwani, PEng

Jatin Nathwani, Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy is the founding Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) at University of Waterloo. He is cross appointed to the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Environment. In the Faculty of Engineering, he is cross appointed to the Department of Management Sciences and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Professor Nathwani joined the University of Waterloo in 2007.

Professor Nathwani is currently leading a ‘Global Change Initiative - Affordable Energy for Humanity’ to address the challenge of enabling universal access. The focus of this global collaborative effort involves leading universities around the world. The twin goals are to drive the scientific and technological innovations required for energy transitions to a cleaner ‘low carbon’ energy system and to deliver affordable energy to the vast proportion of humanity that has minimal access to electricity and modern fuels for basic needs.

Professor Nathwani’s research interests include energy policy developments, entrepreneurial business innovations for sustainable energy solutions, life-cycle risk management of energy systems, decision-frameworks for managing life safety risks and assessment of strategies and policy instruments for achieving environmental objectives. He has contributed to national and global strategic planning initiatives for sustainability of energy options, including smart energy networks and grids.

He serves on several boards at the provincial and national levels including the Ontario Smart Grid Forum, the Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) and the Council for Clean and Reliable Electricity (CCRE). He is the Scientific Advisor to the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI), a partnership of the Perimeter Institute and the University of Waterloo.

Professor Nathwani has appeared frequently in the media and has over 100 publications related to energy and risk management, including 7 books.

• Engineering Design and Operation, Optimization of Safety and Economics, Planning for Energy Infrastructure, Risk Assessment, Engineering Code of Practice, Science and Energy Policy, Data Analytics Research

• 1980, P. Eng. P. Eng., Ontario, Canada

• 1979, Doctorate Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

• 1976, Master's Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

• 1974, Bachelor's Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

• 2007 Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy Management

• AE 224 - Probability and Statistics
  • Taught in 2021, 2023
• CIVE 224 - Probability and Statistics
  • Taught in 2023
• CIVE 400 - Civil Engineering Design Project 1
  • Taught in 2024
• ERS 619 - Energy Sustainability
  • Taught in 2020
• GEOG 669 - Energy Sustainability
  • Taught in 2020
• INDEV 606 - Energy Sustainability
  • Taught in 2020
• MSCI 433 - Applications of Management Engineering
  • Taught in 2021, 2023

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