Category: People
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Lisa Chen Ng
Lisa graduated from Drexel University with a B. S. in Architectural Engineering, concentration on HVAC systems. While at Drexel, she completed co-ops with a construction management, a project management, and an HVAC design/consultation firm. After graduation, she lived and worked in Taipei, Taiwan for two years for an architect as a mechanical engineer. In 2005,…
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Ran Liu
Ran Liu received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from Beijing University of Technology and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University Calumet. Ran joined Dr. Wen’s group in 2007. He used to work on ASHRAE 1353 research project Stability and Accuracy of VAV Box Control at Low Flows. In this study, he systematically designed…
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Somayeh Youssefi
Somayeh Youssefi is a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering at Drexel University. Her current research is funded by National Science Foundation. Her research focuses on formation of secondary organic aerosols indoors. Somayeh got her BS in Chemical Engineering (Process designing) from Tehran University. She got her Master degree from Tehran Universrity in Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology).…
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Shokouh Poorarian
Shokouh Pourarian is a PhD candidate in Architectural Engineering at Drexel University. Her current research under supervision of Dr. Jin Wen is funded by National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) and focuses on the area of building energy simulation, HVAC components and systems modeling in faulty and fault free conditions. The project focus is…
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Michael Hamilton
Michael Hamilton is a M.S. student in Environmental Engineering at Drexel University. He is currently working on a project funded by the Energy Efficient Building (EEB) HUB that seeks to quantify the contributions of financial and non-financial metrics to the retrofit decision process through survey work with building owners and other industry professionals. The results of…
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Adams Rackes
Adams Rackes is a Ph.D. candidate in Architectural Engineering who investigates computational tools for improving the design and operation of sustainable buildings. His current research focuses on using machine learning and optimization techniques to enable smarter ventilation control in commercial buildings, in order to both save energy and improve indoor air quality. This work combines…
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Chunyi Wang
Chunyi Wang is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering at Drexel University. He is doing research in the area of indoor air quality. He received Bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering from Tongji Universty in China in 2007. Email: cw497 [at] drexel [dot] edu
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Adam Regnier
Adam Regnier is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the field of architectural engineering at Drexel University. His research focus is in the area of automated fault detection and diagnosis (AFDD) for building systems using statistics-based methods. Related to this field, he is also investigating the design of sensor systems in buildings and how they affect AFDD and building…
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Jared Langevin
Jared Langevin is a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering at Drexel University, where his research focused on measuring and modeling the adaptive interactions between human building occupants and their surrounding thermal environments, examining the links between these interactions…