Since moving to Ottawa in 2020 to attend Carleton University’s Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program to pursue his passion for renewable energy, Ian has been growing his career with Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY-Ottawa research lab. For the past three years as a Research Engineer within the Renewable Heat and Power team, he has spent a significant portion of his time working on the research and development side of topics such as wildlife interaction, wind resource assessments, hydrodynamic modelling, and wind farm performance optimization.