Meet Dr. Tania Urmee

Lecturer, Energy Studies

"I love teaching here in energy studies because I believe this is the best way to build awareness among all to reduce the greenhouse footprint.

In this world, very few areas are electrified. To bring solution for this energy crisis, there is a need for the commercial deployment of low greenhouse gas technologies. It is recognized that the absence of suitable policy is the key barrier to this development.

So I would like to devote myself in this area and share the first hand experience of working in the renewable energy electrification with my students.

I want my students to think and care about the environment."

Education

• PhD MSc. in Energy Technology
• Bachelor of Science in Physics

Awards

• Prestigious Australian Government scholarship (Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship) and Murdoch University Research Scholarship for PhD at Murdoch University.
• E8 sustainable energy development scholarship for M. Sc in Energy Technology at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
• Awarded as a presenter on Sustainable Energy Day, 1999, Wells, Austria
• Awarded as a guest speaker by Forum for Energy and Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, for an Energy Debate arranged by Denmark Parliament

Publications

• Tania Urmee and David Harries, ‘Solar Photovoltaic Programme Implementers in the Asia-Pacific Region’, MODERN ENERGY REVIEW - Volume 1 - Copenhagen Edition, touch briefings, UK. December 2009. ISSN 2041-9570
• Tania Urmee, David Harries and August Schlapfer, ‘Issues Related to Rural Electrification using renewable energy in Developing Countries of Asia and the Pacific’ Renewable Energy, Volume 34, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 354-357
• Tania Urmee and David Harries, ‘A survey of solar PV program implementers in Asia and the Pacific regions’, Energy for Sustainable Development, Received 1 December 2008, Accepted 20 January 2009,
• Tania Urmee, David Harries and August Schlapfer, A Survey of Program Implementers on Their Views About Success Factors of Solar PV Program in Asia and the Pacific, Ecocity World Summit, San Francisco, USA, April 2008
• Tania Urmee and David harries, ‘Renewable Energy Based Rural Electrification Programs in Developing Countries: Lessons and Perspectives, The 2nd Joint International Conference on “Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE 2006)” November 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
• M. Anisuzzaman and Tania P. Urmee, ‘Financing Mechanisms of Solar Home Systems for Rural Electrification in Developing Countries’, International Conference on Energy for Sustainable Development: Issues and Prospects for Asia, Phuket, Thailand, March 2006.
• R. M. Shrestha, S. Kumar, S. Martin and T. Urmee, ‘Application of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy for Small Medium and Micro-enterprises’, presented in the UNDP expert meeting, May 2005, Amari Watergate, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Tania P. Urmee and S. Kumar, Assessment of Wind-PV Hybrid System for Decentralised Rural Electrification using Geographic Information System, World Renewable Energy Regional Congress, Jakarta, April, 2005.
• Dipal C. Barua, Tania P. Urmee, S. Kumar, and S. C. Bhattacharya, "A Photovoltaic Solar Home System Dissemination Model", Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Application, April 2001, pp. 313-322
• Tania P. Urmee, “Promotions of Renewable Energy Technology in Bangladesh”,
• Proceedings of World Sustainable Energy Day, Wels, Austria, March, 1999
• Nancy Wimmer and Tania P. Urmee, “Transforming Lives: Micro-credit promotes renewable energy in Bangladesh”, Renewable Energy World/July 99.
• Ali Agar and Tania P. Urmee, “Performance testing of lead acid batteries as a function of Depth of Discharge and temperature in Photovoltaic application in
• Rural Bangladesh.”, World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) Special publication, pp 817- 820.
• M. M. Hussain and Tania P. Urmee, “A Case Study of PV System Design for a RuralVillage in Bangladesh”, World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) Special Publication pp. 1116
• M. M. Hussain and Tania P. Urmee, “Design and Fabrication of a Low Cost Solar Water Heater”, World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) Special Publication pp. 906.