ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY

Subjects Taught:

Alternative Energy Systems

Solar Energy Conversion Systems

Solar Heating

Energy Conservation

Energy Concepts

Energy Economics

Photovoltaic Systems

Wind and Hydraulic Systems

Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer

Man Environment Impact

Mathematics I (Arithm. & Geom.)

Mathematics II (Algebra & Trig.)

Mathematics III (Intro. Calculus)

Mathematics IV( Interm. Calc)

Mathematics V (Diff. Equations)

Mathematics VI ( Vector Analysis)

Mechanics & Mechanisms

Physics

Modern Physics & Tgy.

Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Thesis Supervision

Three Year Technology Program in Alternative Energy

Zack Bajin

ECT Development and Proposal:

1978 - 1979

ECT  Program Coordinator

1980 - 1989

Top: Energy Conversion Technology three year program schedule

Right centre:  1kW photovoltaic system on the roof of the old E-building

Right Bottom: Solar Coaster - 1st solar car in Canada built by GBC students in1987 (max. 45km/h).

ORGANIZED                   

Annual Universities and Colleges

    Design Competitions :

    Solar Thermal Design

    Photo-Voltaic Systems Design

    Solar Powered Car Race

Annual High School

   Design Competitions:

   Solar Cookers,

   Solar Powered Remote Controlled Cars                    

FUNDING PROPOSALS and INITIATIVES

   ECT Lab Development

   Building Energy Auditor

   Opthalmic Dispensing

   CSA Parallel Generation Standard

   CURRENT Magazine - Editorial Board

   RFP: $600 000 for Innovation Centre

CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

    and/or ORGANIZING:

    FrontIers in Education, SC

   SESCI, Regina, Sask.

   ISES, Hamburg, W. Germany

   ISES, Brighton, UK

   Energy Educators,

   STAO, Hamilton

   Providence, RI

   Thunder Bay, Confed. Coll.

   WORLD FAIR, 1982, Knoxville

   and Gattlinburg, TN.

Below: Zack Bajin, Director of the Great Canadian Solar Race 1986, Ontario Place, Toronto, with one of the competing teams from Guelph University seting up their thermo-syphon water heater.

Primary Objective:

Innovate & Promote Alternative Forms of Energy

I PRACTICE WHAT I TEACH:

If you enjoy what you're doing,

it never feels like work.

Keep bird’s eye view -

don’t get lost in the bush.

Synergize - work with others.

Volunteer to teach,

it’s the best way to learn.

Vitamin C - build connections;

e.g. become member of a club,

give presentations at meetings.

Stay On Top:

Write papers for magazines &  

Present at conferences.

My Moto:

Life is what we experience when we're not asleep.

One-page resumé composed after George Brown discontinued Energy Converson Technology: