Day 1 in BFN AGM

BFN AGM

Day 1 (June 19, 2013)

Arrive at Holiday Inn Midtown Montreal at 5pm, Paid Taxi $45

6:30pm to 9pm

Reception and Registration

1.       Meet David (UBC MASc) here, talked about his research on TGA, he said there is a lot of (Gaussian) noise.

2.       Meet BFN talent manager, he is very good at marketing his idea. He said for emailing, I only need to be myself. Be polite enough, the email recipient will understand.

3.       Talked to a group of U of Toronto students (1 MSc and 2 Phd). They’re doing combustion modeling, modeling of black soot from biomass combustion

4.       Talk to Annie from BFN! :D She said sometimes when she is busy, she might answer very short and to the point. So don’t take it personally.

5.       Meet an Indian guy from U of Western Ontario (?), He worked on upgrade of bio-oil by fractionation for his Master. Currently he is a research engineer for his research group , researching on bitumen.

6.       Meet a Vietnamese guy (Nyguen), MSc in University of Manitoba. He worked on finding which gene in wheat control the expression of lignin. There is actually 10 types of lignin in wheat. He worked  on Eucalyptus plantation for his Master in Vietnam. To solve the problem with Eucalptus, he suggested rotation with other plants.