Category: Conferences, events, workshops
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Naghmeh Ghalamsiah Presented at the ASME 18th International Conference on Energy Sustainability in Anaheim, CA
BSEG Ph.D. candidate, Naghmeh Ghalamsiah, recently gave a presentation entitled ‘Interpreting Convolutional Neural Network Model Developed for Building Fault Detection and Diagnosis Using Layer-wise Relevance Propagation’ at the ASME 18th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ES 2024) in Anaheim, CA. This work focuses on explaining the decision-making process and outcomes of the deep models designed…
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I-HEAR MULTIMODAL IEQ EXPERIMENT AT INDOOR AIR 2024
BSEG PhD candidate, Noresh Varman, recently gave a presentation entitled ‘A Methodology for Assessment of Cross-modal Impact of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) on Occupant Comfort and Stress’ at the Indoor Air conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. This work focuses on understanding and quantifying the multimodality that exists between different IEQ conditions and its impact on occupant…
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best paper award at ashrae annual conference 2024
The ASHRAE conference paper “A Simulation Framework for Analyzing the Impact of Stochastic Occupant Behaviors on Demand Flexibility in Typical Commercial Buildings” won the ASHRAE Crosby Field Award. This award is for the highest rated paper presented in any ASHRAE technical session, symposium or poster session, or at a Society meeting in a given year. This paper…
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NSF PIRE: Building Decarbonization via AI-empowered District Heat Pump Systems Energy Research Exchange Bootcamp
Our BSEG team at Drexel hosted a fantastic International Research Exchange Bootcamp last week! Researchers, mostly PHD students, came from four countries (Denmark, Sweden, U.S., China), seven universities, and three disciplines (mechanical/architectural engineering, information Science, and Social Science). This bootcamp is part of our NSF-PIRE project (PI Zheng O’Neill, co-PI Christina Rosan Teresa Wu K.…
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Visit to Texas A&M University for the HILFT project
On February 1st, 2024, BSEG Research Scientist Dr. Zhelun “Aaron” Chen, visited Texas A&M University (TAMU). He was welcomed by Dr. Zhiyao Yang (Research Engineer) and Caleb Calfa (PhD student). The visit focused on the Water-Source Heat Pump (WSHP) testing facility, pivotal to the HILFT project. Dr. Chen received a thorough introduction to the facility,…
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5th IN2WIBE Workshop @ Drexel University
The IN2WIBE network team (Jin Wen, Simi Hoque, Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Teresa Wu, Zheng O’Neill, Giulia Pedrielli) hosted the IN2WIBE (International Network of Networks for Well -being in the Built Environment) fifth workshop – Enabling Technologies for Well-being In the Built Environment (ET4WIBE), at Drexel University from 09/14 to 09/15 2023. More than 50 experts worldwide, coming from the academia,…
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Yicheng Li presents at The 18th International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Building Simulation Conference at Shanghai China
BSEG member, Yicheng Li, participated in the IBPSA conference held in Shanghai, China, from September 4th to 6th. During the conference, Yicheng Li presented a research paper concerning the development of a framework for calibrating HVAC Modelica models. In addition to the paper presentation, Yicheng Li had the opportunity to engage with numerous colleagues and…
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Dr. Wen returned from summer 2023 conferences in europe and tampa, fl.
Professor Wen recently attended the Healthy Buildings conference in Germany along with her colleagues as part of the NSF IN2WIBE project. She also chaired a seminar in ASHRAE summer conference in Tampa FL on Flexible Building Equipment Performance Verification using Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbeds. Along with Mr. Armando Casillas from LBNL, Ms. Bethany Sparn from NREL, she…
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Dr. Kathryn Hinkelman visits BSEG Group at philadelphia
Fresh from her successful Ph.D. defense, Dr. Kathryn Hinkelman (Katy) from Pennsylvania State University visited the Building Systems Engineering Group (BSEG) on May 26. She led a compelling seminar titled “Equation-Based Modeling and Ecosystem Biomimicry of Integrated Building Energy Systems.” In her presentation, Katy discussed the importance of system integration for achieving net-zero emission energy…