Aileen Pugliese Castro, MAT

Senior Lecturer, Art Education

Biography Teaching activities Selected publications Artistic performances Participation activities

Office:	S-EV 2.619 Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex, 1515 St. Catherine W.
Phone:	(514) 848-2424 ext. 8003
Email:	aileen.castro@concordia.ca

Aileen Pugliese Castro is a Senior Lecturer and BFA Specialization Program Coordinator in Art Education at Concordia University. Her research explores children's learning, from material exploration to a young child's imagination. She focused on how teachers use picture books to inspire young children and how illustrators sustain their imagination as they mature. She is an exhibiting watercolour painter. Aileen has over 28 years of experience teaching young artists (preschool and elementary) and higher education throughout North America. She has taught at McGill University, the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the University of British Columbia, Howard County Public School System in Maryland, and Maryland Institute College of Art. Aileen got her BFA and MAT from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Education

BFA, MAT, Maryland Institute College of Art

Teaching activities

Topics

My research activities use optimization to generate solutions for complex problems in energy systems. We are developing methods to provide meaningful ways to transition to more efficient industrial production, process integration, and circular economy. Life-cycle assessment principles are leveraged to understand environmental impacts.

Selected publications

Selected journal publications

Shafiee Roudbari E, Menon RP, Kantor I, Eicker U. Toward Positive Energy Districts by Urban–Industrial Energy Exchange. Designs. 2023 Jun;7(3):73.

Santecchia A, Kantor I, Castro-Amoedo R, Maréchal F. Industrial Flexibility as Demand Side Response for Electrical Grid Stability. Frontiers in Energy Research. 2022;10.

Granacher J, Kantor ID, Maréchal F. Increasing Superstructure Optimization Capacity Through Self-Learning Surrogate Models. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering. 2021;3:58.

Weickgenannt A, Kantor I, Maréchal F, Schiffmann J. On the Application of Small-Scale Turbines in Industrial Steam Networks. Energies. 2021 Jan;14(11):3149.

Kantor I, Robineau J-L, Bütün H, Maréchal F. A Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Formulation for Optimizing Multi-Scale Material and Energy Integration. Front. Energy Res. 2020; 8.

Bütün H, Kantor I, Maréchal F. An Optimisation Approach for Long-Term Industrial Investment Planning. Energies. 2019; 12(21):4076.

Bütün H, Kantor I, Maréchal F. Incorporating Location Aspects in Process Integration Methodology. Energies. 2019;12(17):3338.

Suciu R, Kantor I, Bütün H, Maréchal F. Geographically Parameterized Residential Sector Energy and Service Profile. Front. Energy Res. 2019; 7.

Kermani M, Kantor ID, Maréchal F. Optimal Design of Heat-Integrated Water Allocation Networks. Energies 2019; 12(11):2174

Suciu R, Stadler P, Kantor I, Girardin L, Maréchal F. Systematic Integration of Energy-Optimal Buildings With District Networks. Energies. 2019; 12(15):2945.

Kermani M, Kantor ID, Wallerand AS, Granacher J, Ensinas AV, Maréchal F. A Holistic Methodology for Optimizing Industrial Resource Efficiency. Energies. 2019; 12(7):1315.

Bertrand ASJ-M, Mian A, Kantor I, Aggoune R, Maréchal F. Regional waste heat valorisation: a mixed integer linear programming method for energy service companies. Energy 2019; (167) 454-468

Kermani M, Kantor ID, Maréchal F. Synthesis of Heat-Integrated Water Allocation Networks: A Meta-Analysis of Solution Strategies and Network Features. Energies 2018; 11(5):1158

Wallerand AS, Kermani M, Kantor I, Maréchal F. Optimal heat pump integration in industrial processes. Applied Energy 2018; (219) 68–92.

Bütün H, Kantor I, Maréchal F. A heat integration method with multiple heat exchange interfaces. Energy 2018 (152) 476–88.

Kermani M, Wallerand AS, Kantor ID, Maréchal F. Generic superstructure synthesis of organic Rankine cycles for waste heat recovery in industrial processes. Applied Energy 2018; (212) 1203-1225

Kantor I, Rowlands IH, Parker P. Aggregated and Disaggregated Correlations of Household Electricity Consumption with Time-of-Use Shifting and Conservation. Energy and Buildings 2017 (139) 326-339

Wallerand AS, Kermani M, Voillat R, Kantor I, Maréchal F. Optimal design of solar-assisted industrial processes considering heat pumping: Case study of a dairy. Renewable Energy 2017 (128) 565-585

Li X, Wang N, Wang L, Kantor ID, Robineau J-LS, Yang Y, Maréchal F. A data-driven model for the air-cooling condenser of thermal power plants based on data reconciliation and support vector regression. Applied Thermal Engineering 2018; (129) 1496-1507

Kantor I, Rowlands IH, Parker P, Lazowski B. Economic Feasibility of Residential Electricity Storage Systems in Ontario, Canada Considering Two Policy Scenarios. Energy and Buildings 2015 (86) 222 – 232

Kantor I, Betancourt A, Elkamel A, Fowler MW, Almansoori A. Generalized Mixed-integer Nonlinear Programming Modeling of Eco-industrial Networks to Reduce Cost and Emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production 2015; (99) 160-176

Kantor I, Elkamel A, Fowler MW. Optimization of Material and Energy Exchange in an Eco-park Network Considering Three Fuel Sources. Int J Advanced Operations Management 2014; 6(4), 285 – 308

Kantor I, Fowler MW, Elkamel A. Optimized production of hydrogen in an eco-park network accounting for life-cycle emissions and profit. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2012; 37(6), 5347 – 5359

Kantor I, Fowler MW, Hajimiragha A, Elkamel A. Air quality and environmental impacts of alternative vehicle technologies in Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2010; 35 (10), 5145-5153

Book chapters

Kantor I, Pouransari N, Maréchal F. Chapter 16: A Perspective on Process Integration in Resource Efficiency of Processing Plants: Monitoring and Improvement edited by Stefan Krämer and Sebastian Engell. John Wiley & Sons (2018)