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Energy Modeling Workshop With PHA
Dr. Jin Wen and student Liam Hendricken recently ran a workshop for the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) for training on energy modeling and energy modeling software, EnergyPlus. Over a three day period, Drexel provided theoretical background on energy modeling followed by a practical workshop using EnergyPlus so that PHA staff could develop an understanding of…
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Dr. Jin Wen Receives NSF Grant
Dr. Jin Wen was recently funded by the NSF Cyber-Physical-System program for her proposal “CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: SMARTER – Smart Manager for Adaptive and Real-Time decisions in building clustERs”. This is a collaborative proposal among three universities: Arizona State University (Teresa Wu, PI); Drexel University (Jin Wen); and University of Buffalo (Kemper Lewis). The…
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BSEG Presents At SimBuild
Student Liam Hendricken attended the 5th Biennial SimBuild Conference in Madison, WI this year during August. Aimed at blending both industrial practice and research initiatives, SimBuild provided technical sessions and workshops on emerging methods for simulation modeling in the building sector. While at the conference Liam presented work from his paper (co-authored by Dr. Jin…
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Ph.D. student Jared Langevin and faculty members Drs. Patrick Gurian and Jin Wen have recently published a paper in the journal Applied Energy that examines residential energy consumption behaviors in low-income housing – a context that has not received enough attention in spite of its significant contribution to energy consumption in the United States. The…
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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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A Research Assistantship is available for PhD students starting in February 2013 to work in the area of building energy efficiency. U.S. citizens or permanent residents are strongly encouraged to apply. A Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or Electrical Engineering is preferred. Previous programming experience is also strongly preferred. Please contact: Dr. Jin…
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Project Title: REU Site: SENSORS – Design to Implementation Principal Investigator: Caroline Schauer and Jin Wen Funding Agency: National Science Foundation Abstract: The objective of this REU proposal is to provide the selected REU participants with a rare research opportunity, exposing them to the entire exploration process of creating a viable sensor and sensor network…
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Project Title: CPS:Synergy: Collaborative Research: SMARTER – Smart Manager for Adaptive and Real-Time decisions in building clustERs Principal Investigators (Drexel Team): Jin Wen Co-Investigators: Xiwang Li Collaborators: Arizona State University (PI: Teresa Wu); University of Buffalo (Kemper Lewis) Funding Agency: National Science Foundation Funding Period: 2012 – 2015 Abstract: In this project, we propose a…
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Project Title: Surface reaction between Ozone and Squalene in Batch continuous flow reactor Principal Investigator: Chunyi Wang Abstract: Squalene is one of the most common lipids produced by human skin cells. It constitutes ~5-15% of skin oil. The characteristic of its six carbon-carbon double bonds leads to rapid reaction activity with ozone to form secondary…