Center for Environmental Research & Technology

Dr. Abhilash Vijayan, Vice President and Air Quality Practice Area Leader at Sonoma Technology and Spheros Environmental, will give a seminar on Monday, May 19th, entitled: Designing Integrated Methane Monitoring Platforms for the Oil and Gas Sector.

Abstract: This presentation will discuss results from a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project to inform the design of integrated methane monitoring platform plans for the oil and gas sector.  The project was designed to evaluate the strengths, limitations, and complementarity of different measurement tiers and systems, such as satellites, aircrafts, drones, ground-based mobile platforms, fenceline measurement systems, and other handheld systems for emission event detection, source identification, and quantification of methane emissions from oil and gas facilities.  The project was led by Sonoma Technology, in collaboration with experts from GHGSat, Scientific Aviation, ChampionX, FluxSense, SeekOps, and Kern Energy.

Bio: Dr. Abhilash Vijayan is the Vice President and Air Quality Practice Area Leader at Sonoma Technology and Spheros Environmental.  He oversees the Climate and Community Air Quality programs, and specializes in designing and implementing state-of-the-art air quality, air toxics, and climate change measurement and mitigation projects for regulatory, research, and community applications.  Before joining the company, Dr. Vijayan worked at the California Air Resources Board for over 12 years, where he most recently served as the Manager of CARB’s Emission and Exposure Research Section, and oversaw the Agency’s air pollution exposure and greenhouse gas emissions research portfolio.  He has a Doctoral degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Toledo, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering.  He also serves as a Global Air Quality Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Riverside.

Location: Hybrid; CE-CERT RM 105 and Zoom (Join Zoom Meeting ID: 96812456763 | Passcode: 656776)