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Dr John Boland

Dr John Boland is Leader of the Environmental Modelling Research Group in CIAM. He has extensive experience in the development of methodologies for the increased utilisation of renewable energy sources. In the recent past, these have included various aspects of the commercialisation and integration of these technologies into the conventional delivery systems. Included in this endeavour are:

• Construction of Thermal Nomogram Software for House Thermal Performance (South Australian State Energy Research Advisory Council (SENRAC) grant)
• Financial analysis of photovoltaic cells and solar hot water heaters
• Use of Vintage Capital Models for the integration of renewable energy into electricity grid
• Co-convenor for Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG) project on risk analysis in the electricity grid system for ETSA.

Additionally, he is actively involved in ecological modelling projects. He was principal supervisor for Lynne McArthur in her PhD project on “Quantification of the Relationship Between Fish Populations and Seagrass “. He is a member of the CRC for Desert Knowledge and has won funding from that body (with Dr. Fleur Tiver, Natural and Built Environments) for the project “A mathematical-ecological model with flexible computer implementation for sustainable management of shrublands”.

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