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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Glenn Harvel
PhD

Professor

Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (ERC) - Room 4086
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

905.721.8668 ext. 5508

glenn.harvel@ontariotechu.ca

Education

  • PhD in Nuclear Engineering McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 1995
  • Master of Engineering in Engineering Physics McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 1991
  • Bachelor of Engineering McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 1989

Courses taught

  • Nuclear Power Plant Design and Simulation;
  • Nuclear Plant Safety Design;
  • Advanced Nuclear Thermalhydraulics;
  • Industrial Radiography;
  • Reactor Containment;
  • Nuclear Plant Systems and Operations; and
  • Nuclear Reactor Design.

Research and expertise

Dr. Harvel has research interests in Diagnostic Techniques, Energy Systems, and Nuclear Design.  He has been working with neutron radiography, ultrasonics, and capacitance based techniques for the measurement of two-phase flow parameters such as void fraction and interfacial area and for non-destructive measurement of materials.  As well, he has been employing ElectroHydroDyanmics (EHD) techniques to improve energy systems for pollution control and heat transport optimization.  In the area of Nuclear Design, Dr. Harvel is concentrating on Small Reactor Technology and improvements in system design to address issues generated by Plant Ageing Phenomena.

Involvement

  • Journal papers
    • G. Richards, G.D. Harvel, I.L. Pioro, A.S. Shelegov, and P.L. Kirillov, “Heat Transfer Profiles of a Vertical Bare 7 Element Bundle Cooled with Supercritical Freon-12”, Nuclear Engineering Design, In Press.2013.[NSERC]
    • G. Richards, I.L. Pioro, G.D. Harvel, A.S. Shelegov, and P.L. Kirillov, “Temperature Profiles of a Vertical 7-Element Bundle Cooled with Supercritical Freon-12”, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 7(2):207-218, ISSN 1934-8975, USA, 2013.[NSERC]
    • G.D. Harvel and W. Hardman, “A Comparison of Different Communication Tools for Distance Learning in Nuclear Education”, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 6:20-33, 2012. [NSERC]
    • G.D. Harvel, R. Scrannage, and D. Hobbs, “Scoping Assessment of Design Options for an Enhanced Calandria Tube”, Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design,241: 2688-2697, 2011. [Bruce Power, OCE]
    • J.S. Chang, V. Lakhian, D. Brocilo, G.D. Harvel, D.W. Ewing, M. Watanabe, H. Matsubara, H. Hirata, S. Matsumoto, and P. Fanson, “Fuel Reforming Characteristics of Electrohydrodynamic Atomization – Flow Stabilized Radical Shower System”, International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology, 5:7-11, 2011. [Toyota]
    • D. Brocilo, , J.S. Cotton, E. Dela Cruz, G.D. Harvel, D. Ewing, M. Bardeleben, and J.S. Chang, “Deposited Diesel Soot Oxidation and Removal Characteristics by Non-Thermal Plasma”, International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology, 5:37-41, 2011. [NSERC]
    • T. Masala, G.D. Harvel, J. Su, and J.S. Chang, “Determination of Interfacial Parameters for Horizontal Two-Phase Intermittent Flow Regimes Using a High-Speed Pulse-Echo Ultrasonic Technique”, International Journal of Fluid-Flow Machinery, 122:61-76, 2010. [NSERC]
    • H. Tsubone, J.S. Chang, G.D. Harvel and K. Urashima, “Non-Moving Component Pumping of Narrow Gas Flow Channels by an Electrohydrodynamic Gas Pumps”, International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology, 3(2):151-155, 2009. [NSERC, OCE]
    • G.D. Harvel and J.S. Chang, “Non-Destructive Evaluation of Multiply Connected Electrical Arc Furnace Graphite Rod Electrodes”, Research in Non-Destructive Evaluation, 20(4):215-229, 2009. [Cyanamid]
    • G.D. Harvel, B. Komeili, C.Y. Ching, and J.S Chang, “Electrohydrodynamically Enhanced Capillary Evaporator”, Journal of IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 16(2):456-462, April 2009. [CSA]
    • B. Komeili, J.S. Chang, G.D. Harvel, C. Ching, and D. Brocilo, “Flow Characteristics of Wire-Rod Type Electrohydrodynamic Gas Pump Under Negative Corona Operations”, Journal of Electrostatics, 66: 342-353, 2008.  [MMO]
    • I.C. Lim, G.D. Harvel, and J.S. Chang, “Finned Fuel Element Two-Phase Flow Parameter Measurements Using Real-Time Neutron Radiography”, Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2(2): 2008. [AECL]
    • J.S. Chang, C. Ayrault, D. Brocilo, D. Ewing, G.D. Harvel, K. Urashima, H. Hirata, S. Matsumoto, and P. Fanson, “Electrohydrodynamic Atomization Two-Phase Flow Regime Map for Liquid Hydrocarbon Under Pulsed Electric Fields with Co-Gas Flow”, Journal of Electrostatics, 66:94-98, 2008. [Toyota]
    • T. Masala, G.D. Harvel, and J.S. Chang, “Separated Flow Regime Two-Phase Flow Parameter Measurement by a High-Speed Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo System”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 78:114901-1114901-9, 2007.  [NSERC]
    • J.S. Chang, J. Ueno, H. Tsubone, G.D. Harvel, S. Minami, and K. Urashima, “Electrohydrodynamically Induced Flow Direction in a Wire Non-Parallel-Plate Electrode Corona Discharges”, Journal of Physics D:  Applied Physics, 40, 5109-5111, 2007. [CSA]
  • Recent conference papers
    • Takuro Kawakami, Kosuke Matsushima, Gou Koutaki, Keiichi Uchimura, Glenn Harvel, Jen-Shih Chang, “A 3-D Neutron Tomography Method for Measurement of Soot Deposition in Silicon Carbide Filters”, ICICIC2013, 2013.
    • Adam Lipchitz, Theophile Imbert, and Glenn Harvel, “Investigation of Fluid Dynamic Properties of Liquid Field’s Metal”, POWER2013-98224, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Power Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 29-August 1, 2013.
    • Vatsal Trivedi, Amjad Farah, and Glenn Harvel, “Effects of Cavitation damage on the Hydraulic characteristics of a gate Valve”, POWER2013-98234, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Power Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 29-August 1, 2013.
    • Jeffrey Samuel, Glenn Harvel and Igor Pioro, “Numerical Analysis of Natural Circulation Phenomena of Supercritical Fluids”, 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE21-16452, Chengdu, China, July 29 - August 2, 2013.
    • Amjad Farah, Glenn Harvel and Igor Pioro, “Assessment of FLUENT Code as a Tool for SCW heat Transfer Analysis”, 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE21-16446, Chengdu, China, July 29 - August 2, 2013
  • Awards
    • Licensed engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario
    • Member of the Canadian Nuclear Society
    • Member of ASME
    • Member of CAGE Club
    • Member of IEEE-DEIS