Dr. Sylvia Sleep
Positions
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Engineering, Sustainable Systems Engineering
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
PhD Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, 2018
BSc Civil Engineering, Queen's University, 2010
BA Economics, Queen's University, 2010
Biography
Dr. Sylvia Sleep is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary. She received her PhD in Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto with research focused on applying life cycle assessment to evaluate the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of new oil sands technologies. Prior to starting her faculty position, she completed an Eyes High postdoctoral fellowship in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary with a focus on systems-level assessments of carbon capture and utilization technologies. She completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering and Economics at Queen’s University. Her research interests are centered around the development of new methods to assess the life cycle environmental and economic implications of new technologies to aid in decision-making under uncertainty.
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| ENCI 603 | Quantitative Methods for Sustainable Design | Winter 2023 |
| ENCI 619/ENEN 693 | Life Cycle Assessment | Fall 2022 |
| ENCI 619/ENEN 693 | Life Cycle Assessment | Winter 2022 |
Projects
Publications
- Guiding research in electrochemical CO2 conversion strategies through a systems-level perspective. E Nishikawa, S Islam, S Sleep, V Birss, J Bergerson. Green Chemistry. (2023)
- Carbon footprinting of carbon capture and-utilization technologies: Discussion of the analysis of Carbon XPRIZE competition team finalists. S Sleep, R Munjal, M Leitch, M Extavour, A Gaona, S Ahmad, E Nishikawa, V Pitre, P Psarras, A Ramirez, HL MacLean, JA Bergerson. Clean Energy. (2021)
- Improving robustness of LCA results through stakeholder engagement: A case study of emerging oil sands technologies. S Sleep, Z Dadashi, Y Chen, AR Brandt, HL MacLean, JA Bergerson. Journal of Cleaner Production. (2021)
- Statistically enhanced model of oil sands operations: Well-to-wheel comparison of in situ oil sands pathways. J Guo, A Orellana, S Sleep, IJ Laurenzi, HL MacLean, JA Bergerson. Energy. (2020)
- Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: Evaluation techniques at different stages of market and technical maturity. JA Bergerson, A Brandt, J Cresko, M Carbajales‐Dale, HL MacLean, HS Matthews, S McCoy, M McManus, SA Miller, WR Morrow III, ID Posen, T Seager, T Skone, S Sleep. Journal of Industrial Ecology. (2020)
- Evaluation of variability in greenhouse gas intensity of Canadian oil sands surface mining and upgrading operations. S Sleep, IJ Laurenzi, JA Bergerson, HL MacLean. Environmental Science & Technology. (2018)
- Expert assessments of emerging oil sands technologies. S Sleep, JM McKellar, JA Bergerson, HL MacLean. Journal of Cleaner Production. (2017)
- Expectations and drivers of future greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands: An expert elicitation. JM McKellar, S Sleep, JA Bergerson, HL MacLean. Energy Policy. (2017)
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