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Mory Ghomshei, Ph.D., P.Eng., P.Geo.

 

Shortly after receiving his Doctorate Degree in Geothermics, Mory Ghomshei came to Canada in 1984, to work on B.C. Hydro's first Canadian Geothermal Project. He is a Professional Engineer and a Professional Geoscientist in the Province British Columbia and the Chair of Canadian Geothermal Energy Association since 1988.

During the past two decades, he has worked as an international consultant in the field of geothermal energy. He has published over 50 papers in this field and  has been involved in assessment and development of many geothermal resources around the world, including, Coso in California, Meager Creek in British Columbia and Sabalan in Azarbaijan. As a director of the North Pacific Geopower (presently Western Geopower), he played a key role in resurrection of the Canadian Geothermal power project at Meager Creek. He is presently a consultant to Western Geopower. In the low-temperature area, he has designed several commercial geothermal heat pump systems in British Columbia, including a 90 KWt open-loop facility for the Lyn Valley Care Centre. (North Vancouver).

Mory has worked for the University of British Columbia since 1985 as a research scientist and  an adjunct professor. He teaches a gradate course at the Department of Ming Engineering on "Energy Resources of the Ground" with focus on geothermal energy. He also works, as Director of Business Development at Gasmaster Industries, where he promotes high-efficiency hybrid gas/geothermal systems.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATION

    (a) Refereed Journals

     1.      F. Moreno, C. Anderson, R. Stewart, B. Robinson, M.M. Ghomshei, J.A. Meech, 2005. "Induced plant uptake and transport of mercury in the presence of sulphur-containing ligands and humic acids", Plant and Soil Journal, accepted for publication, pp.35.

  1. C. Anderson, F. Moreno, F. Geurts, C. Wreesmann, M. Ghomshei and J. Meech, 2005. "A comparative analysis of gold-rich plant material using various analytical techniques", Geochemistry: exploration, environment, analysis; accepted for publication, pp.11.

  2. F.N. Moreno, C.W.N. Anderson, R.B. Stewart, B.H. Robinson, R. Nomura, M. Ghomshei, and J.A. Meech, 2005. "Phytoremediation of Hg-contaminated Artisanal Mine Sites", Plant and Soil Journal, accepted for publication, January, pp 6.

  3. J.A. Meech, M. Scoble, W. Wilson, R. Pakalnis, B. Klein, M. Veiga, R. Hall, M. Ghomshei, S. Baldwin, L. Lavkulich, C. Suttle, J. Mortensen, D. Weis, L. Smith, K. Hall, D. Dixon, D. Tromans, D. Dreisinger, S. Dunbar, M. Pawlik, M. Morin, W. Cullen, K. Teschke, G. Gibson, R. Ulansky, J. Hinton, B. Wickland, Y. Bissiri, B. Lang, 2003. "CERM3: The Centre for Environmental Research in Minerals, Metals, and Materials and its Contribution to Providing Sustainable Research for the Mining Industry", CIM Bulletin, 96(1067), 72-81.

  4. M.M. Ghomshei and J.A. Meech, 2000. "Application of Fuzzy Logic in Environmental Risk Assessment: Some Thoughts on Fuzzy Sets"; Cybernetics and Systems; 31(3), 317-332.

  5. M.M. Ghomshei and Allen, D.M. (2000). Potential application of oxygen-18 and deuterium in mining effluent and acid rock drainage. Environmental Geology, 39(7), 767-773.

  6. M.M. Ghomshei, Allen, D.M. (2000). Hydrochemical and stable isotope assessment of tailings pond leakage, Nickel Plate Mine, British Columbia. Environmental Geology,  39(8), 937 - 944.

  7.  R.D. Russell and Ghomshei, M. (1997). Inverting Piezoelectric Measurements. Tectonophysics. 271: 21-35

  8. M.M. Ghomshei. and Clark, I.D. (1993). Oxygen 18 and Deuterium in deep thermal waters from the South Meager Creek Geothermal system. Geothermics, 22(2), 79-89.

  9.  M. Jessop, M. Ghomshei, M. Drury, 1991. Geothermal Energy in Canada. Geothermics, 20(5/6), 369-385.

  10. M.M. Ghomshei, J. Arkani-Hamed, D. Strangway, R.D. Russell, 1990.  Underplating of oceanic lithosphere in the Archean: a possible mechanism for the formation of Archean komatiites. Tectonophysics, 173,  291-302.

  11.  M.M. Ghomshei and Templeton, T.L. (1989).  Piezoelectric and a-axes fabric along a quartz vein. Physics of the Earth and Planetary interior, 55, 374 - 386.

  12.  M.M. Ghomshei, Narod, B.B. Templeton, T.L., Arrott, A.S. and Russell, R.D. (1988). Piezoelectric pole figure of a vein quartz sample. Textures and Microstructures. 7. 303‑316

  13. M.M. Ghomshei and Stauder, J.J. (1989).  Brief review of the Meager Creek Geothermal system: a second look at the data.  Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin, 18(7), 3-7.

  14. M.M. Ghomshei, Croft, S.A.S., and Stauder, J.J. (1986).  Geochemical evidence of chemical equilibria in the South Meager Creek Geothermal System.  Geothermics, 15(1), 49 - 61.

  15.  M.A. Giret, Ghomshei, M.M., Cheminee, J.L. and Nougier, J. (1984).  Comportement de l'uranium et du thoriumdans les laves alcalines des iles Kerguelen (Ocean Indian, TAAF). Compte Rendu de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris. T. 299, Serie II, No. 6,  239 - 244.

 

   (b) Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. M. Ghomshei, S. Sanyal, K. MacLeod, R. Henneberger, A. Ryder, J. Meech, and B. Fairbanks, 2004. "Status of the South Meager Geothermal Project, British Columbia, Canada: Resource Evaluation and Plans for Development"; Annual Meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council, Indian Wells, California, Aug. 31, 2004 to Sept. 2, 2004. *** Best GRC Paper Award ***.

  2. M. Ghomshei and J.A. Meech, 2003. "Usable Heat from Mine Waters: Coproduction of Energy and Minerals Design II, Vancouver, B.C., ep. 12.

  3. M.M. Ghomshei and J.A. Meech, 2002. "Geothermal Energy in Canada: an Overview", Proc. 104th CIM/AGM - Vancouver 2002, Session on Alternative Energy Systems, Vancouver, B.C., ep. 10.

  4. M. M. Ghomshei, J. A. Meech, D.W. Fraser, and R.A. Dakin, 2001. "Geothermal Heat Pump Options: Fuzzy Arithmetic for a Bright Decision", Proc.  3rd International Conf. on IPMM, Richmond, B.C., ep. 6.

5.        M. E. Lepitre, D.M. Allen, J. K. Mortensen, M.M. Ghomshei.  (2001). Use of Stable Pb, O-18, and D isotopes for investigating acid rock drainage (ARD) at the Sulivan Mine, British Columbia. Proceedings of Geological Society of America - Cordilleran Section, Vancouver, 2000.

6.        J.V. Balcita, Meech J.A., Ghomshei, M.M.  ARDX - a fuzzy logic system in ARD site remediation. IPMM 1999, The second international conference on Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of Materials, IPMM, 1999., July 1999, Hawaii. pp. 499 - 504.

7.        M.M. Ghomshei,  Holmes, A., Lawrence, R.L., Carriou, T.  (1997) Acid Rock Drainage Prediction of Samatosum Mine, B.C. International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Vancouver. pp. 351 - 366.

8.        M.M. Ghomshei, M.M., Sadlier-Brown, T.L, and MacRae, J.M. (1992). Geothermal Prospects in British Columbia, Resource, Market and Regulation aspects. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions. Vol 16, October 1992. pp. 57-63.

9.        D.R. Morley, Ghomshei, M.M., Van Netten, C. and Phillips, B.G. (1992). Radon studies in British Columbia. Proceedings of the International Symposium and Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1992. pp.8.

10.     M.M. Ghomshei, and Slawson. W.F. (1990).  Secular variations of radon in Metropolitan Vancouver. Proceedings of International Symposium on Radon and Radon Reduction Technology, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Feb. 19 -23, Atlanta, Paper C-VI-2, pp.8.

 

     (c) Non-refereed publications

1.        J.A. Meech and M.M. Ghomshei, 2004. "Geothermal Energy Research and Use in Canada", Green Power in Canada Workshop Series - No. 5., Pollution-Probe, Vancouver, B.C., April 3, 2004, pp.10.

 

     (d) books authored

1.        M.M. Ghomshei and T. Sadlier Brown, 1996. Direct Use Energy from  the Hotspings and Subsurface Geothermal Resources of British Columbia. BiTech, Richmond, B.C., ISBN 0-921095-39-2

 

     (e) Books - in edited

1.        M. Ghomshei and J.A. Meech, 2003. "Useable Heat from Mine Waters: Coproduction of Energy and Minerals from "Mother Earth" Intelligence in a Materials World: Nanotechnology for the 21st Century, Eds.: J.A. Meech, Y. Kawazoe, V.J. Kumar, J. Maguire, H.P. Wang, CRC Press,  pp. 5.

2.        M. M. Ghomshei, J. A. Meech, D.W. Fraser, and R.A. Dakin, 2002. "Geothermal Heat Pump Options: Fuzzy Arithmetic for a Bright Decision", In: Intelligence in a Materials World. Eds. J.A. Meech, M.M. Veiga, Y. Kawazoe, S.R. LeClair, CRC Press, New York, 609-614.

 

(f) Patents

1.        Device for grinding curved surfaces on objects, Government of Canada, 1994, patent  # 13 29705

 

(g) In progress

1.        Stable isotope hydrology of Britannia Mine, British Columbia, Canada

2.        Oxidation rates in pyrite and pyrrhotite

3.        Hydrogeochemistry and geothermal potential of Canoe Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada.  

 

    (h) Technical reports

Author/coauthor of more that 100 technical reports in areas related to Geothermal Energy, Mineral Exploration (geology, geochemistry and geophysics), Mineral Processing, Environmental Site Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment, Mining Environment, Geophysical Instrumentation.

 

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