OUR TEAM
Ion Paraschivoiu,P.Eng, PhD.
Professor at Polytechnique Montréal
Founder and President of IOPARA Inc.
B.Sc. A., M.Eng., Ph.D. (Bucharest) in Aeronautics
Full Professor at Polytechnique Montréal https://polymtl.ca
Founder and President of IOPARA Inc. https://www.iopara.ca
Ion Paraschivoiu was listed in the world's top 2% scientists in various disciplines by Stanford University (November 2020). The database can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUJrvurVVBbxSl9eFZRSHFif7tt30-5U/view . The study is here: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918.
Dr. Ion Paraschivoiu, has over 40 years of experience in conducting research, teaching and in providing services for major companies and research centers worldwide on problems related to wind turbine aerodynamics, performance prediction and optimal design, aircraft icing and anti-icing. Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, Dr. Paraschivoiu has won many industry and academic awards for his research and publications:
Bombardier Aeronautical Chair Holder (1990 - 2005)
Chairman of « The first Bombardier International Workshop » Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 20-21, 1993
AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Associate Fellow
Honorific Member of Academy of Scientists of Romania
American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA) President from 1998 until 2013
Emeritus President of ARA (American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Chairman of « The first International Symposium on Wind and Tidal Power (ISWTP 2017) » Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 28- 30, 2017
Doctor Honoris Causa of 6 Universities
Contributions to the study of a new form of aircraft wing with variable geometry (Butterfly Wing), patented in collaboration with Professor Elie Carafoli
Principal researcher at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute, where he developed the ‘Paraschivoiu Method’ for the aerodynamic performance calculation of Darrieus type wind turbines (1979-1984)
Academic Editor at the International Journal for Rotating Machinery
Supervisor of Ph.D. Thesis (11)
Supervisor of Masters (MASc) Thesis (18)
Principal research investigator and leader of more than 35 projects for 20 countries in the context of IOPARA Inc. Consulting Company
Liliana Surugiu, Ph. D.
Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Expert
From 1997 to 1999 she worked as Post-doctoral fellowship at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in the field of renewable energy. In 1999, she has been hired as Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and has been involved in several project regarding the social and environmental aspects of wind energy. From 2009 Dr. Surugiu got a permanent position in the context of IOPARA Inc. Consulting Co.
Marius Paraschivoiu, Ph.D, ing.
Professor at Concordia University
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Expert
Dr. Marius Paraschivoiu, earned his Ph.D. from MIT in the U.S.A. and is a leader in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He holds a research chair in Production and Storage of Clean Energy and was the Director of Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI) from 2008 to 2011. He also was the President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering from 2008 to 2010.
Valeriu Dulgheru, Ph.D, Dr.Sc.,ing.
Professor at the Technical University of Moldova
Wind Energy Expert
Dr.Sc. Valeriu Dulgheru, earned his Ph.D. from Polytechnic Institute from Vladimir, Russia
(1987), and Dr.Sc. – from the Technical University of Moldova (1995). He is expert in Aeolian and hydraulic conversion system’s elaboration. Dr.Sc. Dulgheru is an Honorary Member of the Romanian
Academy of Science and Technology and , D.H.C. of the Technical University ”Gh. Asachi” from
Iasi, Romania.
David Marten
Wind Energy Expert
David Marten studied mechanical engineering and physics, with a focus on aerodynamics in Dresden and Berlin. In 2010 he initiated the open source wind turbine design and simulation software project QBlade. Over the years he constantly expanded QBlade's functionality and applied the software in numerous national and international projects and QBlade quickly became a "standard" software for wind turbine aerodynamics that is applied in research, education and industry worldwide.
Wei Liu, Ph.D.
Wind Resource Assessment Expert
Dr. Wei Liu, earned her master and Ph.D. in wind engineering from Tottori University in Japan. She worked for the Chinese Wind Energy Association and is involved in wind resources assessment, development of offshore wind farm and certification on wind energy products. She has published over 20 journal and conference proceeding papers.
Farooq Saeed, Ph.D.
Professor at the University of Dammam
Aeronautics, CFD & Wind Energy Expert
Dr. Farooq Saeed graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering. Dr. Farooq’s interests include Aviation
Science, Aerospace Engineering, Wind Energy Engineering, and Engineering Education. He is certified ABET PEV. He is active in research with 100+ publications including 7 patents and has collaborated with NASA, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, MIT, NSERC, KACST and several other local and
international organizations.