Dr. Kim Sawchuk is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Mobile Media Studies, and is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia University.
Since the mid-1990s, much of Kim Sawchuk’s intellectual attention has focused on the intersection between age, ageing, and communication technologies (see: actproject.ca). Her research on ageing in networked societies is intersectional and challenges lingering ageist assumptions within media studies, where old age and new media are often positioned as incommensurable topics. This research is dedicated to fostering opportunities for intergenerational media-making and is foundational to a re-theorization of how we understand key concepts in the field of communications, such as mediation and mediatization. Dr. Sawchuk’s research asks what it means to age in a society where the pressure to become digital is being made into an imperative for participation in public life. She has conducted major ethnographic investigations on “seniors and cell phones” with Dr. Barbara Crow of York University. These studies have demonstrated the need for researchers to understand the connections between ageing, personal household economies, political economic forces and the policies that influence cell phone use; they also question how we understand “non-use”. Kim’s most recent work on ageing and media is centred on community-based media practices with older adults and is asking questions about the ways in which Web 3.0 is shaping public knowledge of age and ageing.
Kim is also a co-founder of the Critical Disability Studies Working Group (CDSWG) at Concordia, which is part of the cluster Communities and Differential Mobilities, within the newly reforming Hexagram. Her research in this area explores the use of research-creation and media-making with the Montreal disability rights community.
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Dr. Sawchuk is the director of Ageing, Communication, Technologies: Experiencing a Digital World In Later Life (ACT), a seven-year research project funded under the auspices of a 2.9 million dollar SSHRC Partnership Grant. ACT is an international, interdisciplinary, and multi-methodological research project that investigates the transformation of experiences of ageing with the proliferation of new forms of mediated communications in networked societies. ACT is a project housed at Concordia University, comprising various partners: Canadian and international universities, research groups (e.g., ENAS, NANAS, and WAM), and local community partners (e.g., RECAA, Atwater Library, Groupe Harmonie).
Dr. Sawchuk is the co-director of Wi: Journal of Mobile Media and a co-founder of the Mobile Media Lab (York-Concordia), located in Concordia’s Department of Communication Studies. She completed a six-year term as the editor of the Canadian Journal of Communication and is the co-founder of Studio XX, a feminist research and media arts centre located Montréal.
Education
BA, Political Science, University of Winnipeg
MA, Social and Political Thought, York University
PhD, Social and Political Thought, York University
Journal Articles
- Marzieh Shokrollahi, Navid Teymouri, Omid Ashrafi, Philippe Navarri, Yaser Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, Methane pyrolysis as a potential game changer for hydrogen economy: Techno-economic assessment and GHG emissions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.056
- H. Ansarinasab, M. Fatimah, Y. Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, Sustainable production of ammonia and formic acid using three chemical looping reactors and CO2 electroreduction cell. Journal of Cleaner Production. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114426
- F. Mufarrij, O. Ashrafi, P. Navarri, Y. Khojasteh. Development and lifecycle assessment of various low- and high-density polyethylene production processes based on CO2 capture and utilization. Journal of Cleaner Production. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137624.
- Y. Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, O. Ashrafi, E. Mostafavi, P. Navarri. CO2 utilization for methanol production; Optimal pathways with minimum GHG reduction cost. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24975
- K. Barati, Y. Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, O. Ashrafi, P. Navarri, Electrified combined reforming of methane process for more effective CO2 conversion to methanol: Process development and environmental impact assessment, Energy Conversion & Management. 287 (2023) 117096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117096.
- H. Ansarinasab, M. Fatimah, Y. Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, Conceptual design of two novel hydrogen liquefaction processes using a multistage active magnetic refrigeration system, Appl. Therm. Eng. 230 (2023) 120771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120771.
- H. Ansarinasab, M. Fatimah, Y. Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, Performance improvement of air liquefaction processes for liquid air energy storage (LAES) using magnetic refrigeration system, J. Energy Storage. 65 (2023) 107304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107304.
- Y. Khojasteh-Salkuyeh, O. Ashrafi, E. Mostafavi, P. Navarri, CO2 utilization for methanol production; Part I: Process design and life cycle GHG assessment of different pathways, Journal of CO2 Utilization, 50, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101608.
- K. Motazedi, Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, I.J. Laurenzi, H.L. MacLean, J.A. Bergerson, Economic and environmental competitiveness of high temperature electrolysis for hydrogen production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.03.226.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, H. L. MacLean, and B. A. Saville, Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of hydrogen production from different biomass gasification processes”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.024.
- J. Ranisau, M. Barbouti, A. Trainor, Nidhi Juthani, Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, Azadeh Maroufmashat, and M. Fowler, Power-to-Gas Implementation for a Polygeneration System in Southwestern Ontario”, Sustainability, 9, 2017, https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091610.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, H. L. MacLean, and B. A. Saville, Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of hydrogen production from natural gas using current and emerging technologies, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.05.219.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, A. Elkamel, J. Thé, and M. Fowler, Development and techno-economic analysis of an integrated petroleum coke, biomass, and natural gas polygeneration process, Energy, 113, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.07.096.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, Integrated petroleum coke and natural gas polygeneration process with zero carbon emissions, Energy, 91, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.08.056.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, Co-production of olefins, fuels and electricity from shale gas with zero CO2 emission, Part I: Process Development and Technical Performance, Energies, 8, 2015, https://doi.org/10.3390/en8053739.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, “Co-production of olefins, fuels and electricity from shale gas with zero CO2 emission, Part II: Economic Performance”, Energies, 8, 2015, https://doi.org/10.3390/en8053739.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, “A novel polygeneration process to co-produce ethylene and electricity from shale gas with zero CO2 emissions via methane oxidative coupling”, Energy Conversion and Management, 92, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2014.12.081.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, A new power, methanol, and DME polygeneration process using integrated chemical looping systems, Energy Conversion and Management, 88, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2014.08.039.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, Shale gas for the petrochemical industry: Incorporation of novel technologies, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 34, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63433-7.50085-7.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T. A. Adams II, “Combining coal gasification, natural gas reforming, and external carbonless heat for efficient production of gasoline and diesel with CO2 capture and sequestration”, Energy Conversion and Management, 74, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2013.07.023.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and T.A. Adams II, “Combining coal, natural gas, and nuclear heat for liquid fuels production with reduced CO2 emissions”, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 30, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59519-5.50050-2.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and M. Mofarahi, Reduction of CO2 Capture Plant Energy Requirement by Selecting a Suitable Solvent and Analyzing the Operating Parameters, International Journal of Energy Research, 37, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.2899.
- Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and M. Mofarahi, Comparison of MEA and DGA performance for CO2 capture under different operational conditions, International Journal of Energy Research, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.1812.
- M. Mofarahi, Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, H. Khaledi, and A. Farahnak, Design of CO2 absorption plant for recovery of CO2 from flue gases of gas turbine, Energy, 33, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2008.02.013.
Book chapter
- T. A. Adams II, Y. Khojasteh Salkuyeh, and Jake Nease, “Reactor and process design in sustainable energy technology: Processes and Simulations for Solvent-based CO2 Capture and Syngas Cleanup”, Elsevier, 2014.
