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Researcher & Sustainability Strategist | Climate, Policy, Food Systems & Innovation

Profile Summary

I am a researcher and sustainability professional with experience working across climate, policy, innovation, and systems-level challenges. My work focuses on turning complex ideas into practical strategies, research insights, and actionable recommendations. I have worked across consulting, public-interest initiatives, entrepreneurship, and academia, with experience spanning research, program development, stakeholder engagement, funding initiatives, and technical communication. My work has informed investment decisions, policy submissions, and organizational strategy for clients across government, industry, and the nonprofit sector. I take on projects involving: • Research and literature reviews • Sustainability and climate strategy • Policy and market analysis • Grant and proposal support • Data synthesis and report writing • Innovation and systems thinking • Food systems and sustainable supply chains • Executive and technical communications I hold a Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Simon Fraser University and work at the intersection of research, real-world impact, and new ideas.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Agribusiness
• ☆ Engineering Education
• ☆ Engineering Physics
• ☆ Engineering Thermodynamics/Thermophysical Engineering
• ☆ Systems Engineering
• ☆ Energy Security
• ☆ Engineering Economics
• ☆ Transportation
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Management & Protection
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Deforestation
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Sustainable Development

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning

Product Development Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Product Compliance , Concept Development, Product Launch Support, Packaging Design

Work Experience

Founder & Director

Forest Bean Inc

February 2023 - Present

Clean Transportation Analyst

Fraser Basin Council

July 2018 - Present

Research Associate

Simon Fraser University

May 2013 - Present

Canada Lead

Jacobs (Canada)

November 2021 - July 2025

Senior Engineer

Robert Bosch GmbH Stuttgart

February 2008 - April 2013

Education

Ph.D (School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering)

Simon Fraser University

May 2013 - June 2018

MSc [Engineering] (Rotating Machinery Design, M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies)

Coventry University Faculty of Engineering and Computing

September 2004 - June 2006

Bachelor of Engineering (Malnad College of Engineering)

Visvesvaraya Technological University

September 2000 - September 2004

Certifications

• AI Pathways: Energizing Canada's Low-Carbon Workforce - Technical Track Scholarship

  Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute)

  https://certificates.amii.ca/7b28596d-7a51-42e8-bd90-e6429e33676f#acc.SVxnRD7I

  January 2026 - Present

• ESG and Sustainable Investing

  udemy

  https://udemy-certificate.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/UC-e2cdd57c-5b32-49fa-a9eb-26da2174cf96.pdf_view_base_certifications_details;rtq2sRLKQY6QWoAeARa+Ag==

  February 2022 - Present

• Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples

  Indigenous Corporate Training Inc.

  November 2019 - Present

• Electric Cars: Policy

  Delft University of Technology

  https://courses.edx.org/certificates/be85cc9df3234e0d83bf9db2634fe9da

  July 2019 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Poovanna Cheppudira Thimmaiah, Asish Kumar Panda, Upendra Kumar Pandey, Claire McCague, Pradip Dutta, Majid Bahrami (2018). A New Approach to Compute the Porosity and Surface Roughness of Porous Coated Capillary-Assisted Low Pressure Evaporators . Scientific Reports.

Poovanna Cheppudira Thimmaiah, Amir Sharafian, Mina Rouhani, Wendell Huttema, Majid Bahrami(2017). Evaluation of low-pressure flooded evaporator performance for adsorption chillers . Energy. 122. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 144--158. Elsevier {BV}

Amir Sharafian, Seyyed Mahdi Nemati Mehr, Poovanna Cheppudira Thimmaiah, Wendell Huttema, Majid Bahrami(2016). Effects of adsorbent mass and number of adsorber beds on the performance of a waste heat-driven adsorption cooling system for vehicle air conditioning applications . Energy. 112. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 481--493. Elsevier {BV}

Poovanna Cheppudira Thimmaiah, Amir Sharafian, Wendell Huttema, Claire McCague, Majid Bahrami (2016). Effects of capillary-assisted tubes with different fin geometries on the performance of a low-operating pressure evaporator for adsorption cooling system applications . Applied Energy.

Mehran Ahmadi, Poovanna Thimmaiah, Majid Bahrami, Khaled Sedraoui, Hani H. Sait, Ned Djilali(2016). Experimental and numerical investigation of a solar eductor-assisted low-pressure water desalination system . Science Bulletin. 61. (12). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 959--973. Elsevier {BV}

Poovanna Cheppudira Thimmaiah, Amir Sharafian, Wendell Huttema, Chantal Osterman, Ameer Ismail, Aashkaran Dhillon, Majid Bahrami (2016). Performance of finned tubes used in low-pressure capillary-assisted evaporator of adsorption cooling system . Applied Thermal Engineering.

(2015). Theoretical and experimental investigation into anti-idling A/C system for trucks . Energy Conversion and Management.

Poovanna Cheppudira Thimmaiah, Amir Sharafian, Wendell Huttema, Majid Bahrami(2015). EFFECTS OF FIN SPACING AND FIN HEIGHT OF CAPILLARY-ASSISTED TUBES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOW OPERATING PRESSURE EVAPORATOR FOR AN ADSORPTION COOLING SYSTEM . Heat Pipe Science and Technology, An International Journal. 6. (3-4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 195--204. Begell House