Macmurray Whale

MACMURRAY WHALE is National Bank Financial’s Auto Parts and Energy
Technology analyst. He brings more than 11 years of engineering
experience, particularly in the academic energy technology research
community in Canada and the US. Mr. Whale began covering energy
technology in the fall of 2001 and the auto parts in late 2002. Prior to
joining NBF, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Victoria for three years, where he conducted research on
alternative energy conversion technologies. As a member of the faculty,
Mr. Whale led a research group working on the application of microscale
transport to thermophotovoltaics and fuel cells, developed research
projects with industrial partners, and he taught classes in
thermodynamics to students, many of whom have gone on to careers in the
fuel cell industry. He was also a member of the Institute for Integrated
Energy Systems, Canada’s foremost academic institute for hydrogen and
fuel cell research. Mr. Whale is a Registered Professional Engineer and
holds a PhD and an MSc from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Cambridge), an MBA from Collge des Ingnieurs (Paris) and a BSc
(Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Toronto.