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Gordon McTaggart-Cowan
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Latest papers
Assessing the air pollution co-impacts of hybridizing coastal ferry powertrains on ports and coastal communities.
Marine pollution bulletin · 2026
Predicting transient performance of a heavy-duty gaseous-fuelled engine using combined phenomenological and machine learning models.
International journal of engine research · 2025 · senior author
Enhancing soot oxidation using microtextured surfaces.
Scientific reports · 2024
Latest funding
- $149,493
Enhanced hydrogen fueling for low emission heavy-duty diesel engines
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $95,001
A novel compression and delivery system for hydrogen fuelling stations
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $108,000
On the road to sustainable transportation with renewable gaseous fuels
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Assessing the air pollution co-impacts of hybridizing coastal ferry powertrains on ports and coastal communities.
Meresht NB, Paydari M, Shahbazi H, Safavi SR, McTaggart-Cowan G, Hosseini V
Predicting transient performance of a heavy-duty gaseous-fuelled engine using combined phenomenological and machine learning models.
Balazadeh N, Munshi S, Shahbakhti M, McTaggart-Cowan G
Enhancing soot oxidation using microtextured surfaces.
Oren O, McTaggart-Cowan G, Khan S
Heat release rate and emissions regimes of stratified pilot-ignited direct-injection natural gas combustion.
Rochussen J, McTaggart-Cowan G, Kirchen P
Enhanced hydrogen fueling for low emission heavy-duty diesel engines
Principal investigators: Mctaggart-Cowan, Gordon
Keywords: Ground (road and rail); Mechanical machinery, heavy equipment (including farm, forestry, and construction equipment)
A novel compression and delivery system for hydrogen fuelling stations
Principal investigators: McTaggart-Cowan, Gordon GP
Keywords: hydrogen; hydrogen compression; hydrogen economy; hydrogen infrastructure; vehicle fuelling
On the road to sustainable transportation with renewable gaseous fuels
Principal investigators: McTaggart-Cowan, Gordon
Keywords: biomethane; hydrogen; natural gas; gaseous fuel; sustainable vehicles; vehicle fuel system; engine; renewable natural gas; biogas; hybrid powertrain
Hydrogen-Diesel Dual Fuel for GHG Reductions of Heavy Duty Trucks
Principal investigators: Kirchen, Patrick PN
Keywords: dual fuel combustion; ghg reduction; heavy duty transportation; hydrogen engine; in-use emissions; optimization
Optimum high-efficient hybrid electric natural gas powertrain designs towards economically viable low emission trucks
Principal investigators: Shahbakhti, Mahdi M
Keywords: Automotive vehicles; Energy management; Hybrid electric vehicles; Internal combustion engines; Natural gas fuel; Optimization and control; Powertrain; System simulation/modeling; Vehicle tailpipe emissions; Well-to-wheels analyses
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Mahdi Shahbakhti and Gordon McTaggart-Cowan: 1 shared paper
- Mahdi Shahbakhti and Vahid Hosseini: 1 shared paper
- Patrick Kirchen and Gordon McTaggart-Cowan: 1 shared paper
- Gordon McTaggart-Cowan and Sami Khan: 1 shared paper
- Gordon McTaggart-Cowan and Vahid Hosseini: 1 shared paper
- Mechanical Engineering
- School of Sustainable Energy Engineering
- Sustainable Energy Engineering
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