Josipa Petrunic

Josipa G Petrunic
Born 1980
Calgary, Alberta
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater University of Edinburgh (PhD) University of Edinburgh (M.Sc) London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc.) Carleton University (B.J.)
Occupation CEO and executive director, Canadian Urban Transit
Research and Innovation Consortium
Known for Low-carbon smart mobility transportation innovation, alternate propulsion technology for transit

Josipa Petrunic is a Canadian advocate for low- and zero emission transportation technology. She is the CEO and executive director of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium.[1][2] Petrunic was awarded the Canada Clean50 Award for her leadership integrating 20 electric buses with seven overhead charging systems across three Canadian municipalities to demonstrate and promote the standardization of charging technologies.

Early life and education

Petrunic was born and raised in a middle class Croatian immigrant family in Calgary, Alberta. She attended St. Martha’s school in Marlborough Park, Calgary before heading downtown to study at St. Mary’s high school in Calgary. She did her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Journalism from Carleton University and pursued graduate training in Political Philosophy from London School of Economics and Political Science.[3] She embarked on another master's degree in Science and Technology Studies (Sociology of Scientific Knowledge) and did her doctoral studies in the History of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. She did post-doctoral research fellowships at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London (UK) and Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST), University of Toronto.[4][5][6]

Career

Petrunic is the Executive Director and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC). She is involved in developing industry-academic collaborations to advance the next generation of technologies for Canadian transit and transportation systems. She focuses on low-carbon smart mobility technologies across heavy-duty and light-duty platforms, including advanced transit, transportation, and integrated mobility applications,[7][8] Petrunic leads Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)'s efforts to support the commercialization of technologies through industry-led collaborative research, development, demonstration/delivery, and integration (RDD&I) projects.[6] Petrunic also acted as a board member and chair for Electric Mobility Canada wherein she supported the development of the second Canadian electric vehicle (EV) Technology Roadmap elucidating the technological and policy milestones related to electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, EV supply chain development, and EV commercialization across Canada over the next decade.[1][9]

Petrunic built a national consortium of more than 100 private sector and public sector companies including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), automotive industry corporations, research organizations, and academic institutions across Canada to understand and address the political, social, infrastructural, and manufacturing/supply chain barriers to alternative propulsion technology powered transportation.[10] Currently, she is leading the formulation of several national transportation technology trials related to zero-emission transportation and "smart vehicles" innovation, including the Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration & Integration Trial, the Pan-Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstration & Integration Trial and the Canadian National Smart Vehicle Demonstration Project.[6][11][12][13]

Journalism

From 1999-2002, while completing her degree in political science and journalism at Carleton University, Petrunic worked as a full-time journalist for The Edmonton Journal, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star[14]

Educator work

Petrunic was the director of operations and senior manager for Prepskills during the period of 2008-2011, wherein she led the design and development of innovative curriculum products focusing on English literature, writing, algebra, calculus, and logic for students entering the private schooling system in Canada and the United States.[15][16] Since 2012, Petrunic has led the design, research, and on-going development of the MA-IS graduate program’s core course in interdisciplinary research methodologies, including statistical and quantitative methods as well as interview, focus group, and observational analyses at Athabasca University. She is a sessional faculty member at McMaster University and Athabasca University.[17][18][19]

Transportation policy and technology research work

Petrunic led the research framework, including design and development, for a MacAUTO-sponsored Electric Vehicle Technology Roadmap at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She provided normative recommendations for targeted federal, provincial, and municipal public policies aimed at increasing regional investments in sustainable transportation and automotive manufacturing, focusing on the comparative benefits of electrified transportation incentives (including rebates, subsidies, HOV lanes) for hybrid, plug in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles, fleets, and buses across Canada. She led the collaborative operation involving provincial, national, and international organisations – such as Electric Mobility Canada (EMC), Plug n’ Drive, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), and the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) – in formulating best practices for sustainable transportation policies and investments.[20][21][22] During the 2014-2015 period, she functioned as the Executive Director of the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics (MITL), McMaster University, leading the Social Costs and Benefits of Electric Mobility in Canada project. In this role, she led a research team in the design and collection of consumer, dealership, and transit fleet manager survey data related to electric mobility in Canada and coordinated and engaged industrial and public stakeholders across Canada to generate in-depth methodological feedback to improve data outputs.[23][24][25][11]

Writing

Petrunic has published articles on the electrification of transportation and advancing the automotive system, addressing the opportunities and the political, policy-related and technological challenges involved.[26] Furthermore, she has authored articles on factors affecting the process of locating electric vehicle charging stations, and the challenges and benefits involved in carbon pricing policies.[27] and Additionally, she has contributed to mathematical scholarship by addressing topics including evolutionary naturalism, continuity, evolutionary mathematics, symbolic algebra,quaternions, colonial mathematics, and vector analysis.[28][29] She has done invited talks on low-carbon smart mobility and the need and significance of decoupling Canada's economy from carbon-based fuel sources at multiple locations across the country.[30][31]

Awards and recognition

Petrunic was recognized by the Commonwealth Scholarship for academic excellence to Clean50 for leadership in environmental sustainability initiatives,[11] and was elected to sit on the Board of Directors for InnovÉÉ (Observer) to ensure cross-pollination and innovation symbiosis in electrified vehicle technology development across Ontario and Quebec. Starting in 2018, she would be serving as an expert advisor to the City of Vancouver's Electric Vehicle Expert Panel.[6] She was awarded the Canada Clean50 Award for her efforts in forging and launching the Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration & Integration Trial integrating 20 electric buses with 7 overhead charging systems across three Canadian municipalities to demonstrate and promote the standardization of charging technologies.[32][33][34] She recently received the 'Croatian Women of Influence Award 2018'.[35]

Electoral history

Alberta general election, 2012: Edmonton-Gold Bar
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Dorward6,70132.97-4.64
New DemocraticMarlin Schmidt5,83628.71+14.96
LiberalJosipa Petrunic4,07820.06-24.83
WildroseLinda Carlson3,16915.59
Alberta PartyDennis O’Neill3451.70
EvergreenDavid Parker1980.97-2.78
Total valid votes 20,32799.20
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1630.80
Turnout 20,49062.34+19.35
Registered electors 32,868
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.10
Source(s)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-04-29.

References

  1. 1 2 "This CEO is trying to get the auto and transit industries to co-operate". The Globe and Mail. 24 March 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Path to Electric Transportation". SingularityU Canada. 12 October 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "This CEO is trying to get the auto and transit industries to co-operate". Retrieved 16 January 2018 – via The Globe and Mail.
  4. ↑ "Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director, CUTRIC - - Build the Future". CityAge. May 3, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Connecting People Through News". April 9, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Staff". Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium. November 20, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Canada Sets the Course with Zero Emission Demonstration Trial - North America's Bus Leader". New Flyer | North America’s Bus Leader. August 14, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ https://climateconnections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Josipa-Petrunic-YorkU-Climate-Symposium.pdf
  9. ↑ Hamilton, Tyler (May 17, 2016). "Are Ontario's electric car ambitions realistic?". TVO. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ http://www.pollutionprobe.org/wp-content/uploads/Josipa-Petrunic.pdf
  11. 1 2 3 "Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director, CUTRIC - CityAge -- Build the Future". cityage.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. ↑ http://itsworldcongress2017.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ITSWC17_EventProgram_102617addendum_web.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.ontla.on.ca/committee-proceedings/transcripts/files_pdf/23-MAR-2016_M023.pdf
  14. ↑ "2017 Sustainable Business Summit - Toronto". www.bna.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Josipa P., PhD, MSc(Res), MSc, BJ". prepskills. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/.../directory-1959-2009-profiles-p-z.pdf
  17. ↑ "Petrunic Josipa". McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences. August 29, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  18. ↑ "The Landing: Josipa Petrunić". The Landing. September 7, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  19. ↑ "2017 Sustainable Business Summit - Toronto". Bloomberg BNA. September 27, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  20. ↑ "The future of electric mobility: economic impacts and opportunities - So German!". sogerman.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "CERC Team". Dr. Ali Emadi’s Research Group at McMaster University: Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Hybrid Powertrain. October 20, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  22. ↑ https://emc-mec.ca/wp-content/uploads/EMC-EV-Roadmap_Final-Report.pdf
  23. ↑ "Member Stories - Electric Mobility Canada - Mobilité Electrique Canada". emc-mec.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  24. ↑ "Embassy and Consulates General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada - Home". www.canada.diplo.de. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  25. ↑ "Are Ontario's electric car ambitions realistic?". tvo.org. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  26. ↑ Emadi, A. (2014). Advanced Electric Drive Vehicles. Energy, Power Electronics, and Machines. Taylor & Francis. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4665-9769-3. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Future locations for electric vehicle charging stations".
  28. ↑ Petrunić, Josipa Gordana (September 1, 2009). "Conceptions of Continuity: William Kingdon Clifford's Empirical Conception of Continuity in Mathematics (1868-1879)". Philosophia Scientiæ. Travaux d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences (13–2): 45–83. ISSN 1281-2463. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  29. ↑ Petrunić, Josipa G. (16 January 2018). "Review of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics". The British Journal for the History of Science. 43 (2): 289–291. JSTOR 40731037.
  30. ↑ "2018 U of T Sustainability Conference". 2018 U of T Sustainability Conference. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  31. ↑ "CCRE-WISE Micro Grid Forum Summary Report 2016 - Council for Clean ... - MAFIADOC.COM". mafiadoc.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  32. ↑ "Dr. Josipa Petrunic - Clean 50". clean50.com. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  33. ↑ (CUTRIC), Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium. "Dr. Josipa Petrunic honoured as one of Canada's 2018 Clean50 for demonstrated leadership in clean transportation partnerships". globenewswire.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  34. ↑ "Gouvernance - InnovÉÉ". www.innov-ee.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  35. ↑ "2018 Winners of Croatian Women of Influence Award – Croatian Women's Network". croatianwomensnetwork.org.
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