R E S U M E


EDUCATION

·       Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture

                      Degree: Ph.D. in Building Technology, 2003

·       Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Mechanics 

                Degree: Dr.Eng. in Fluid Mechanics, 1999

·        Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Mechanics

                      Degree: M.Eng. in Fluid Mechanics, 1995

·       Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Mechanics

                      Degree: B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, 1994

TEACHING INTERESTS

·       CVEN 5830: SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN (Fall)

·       CVEN 5830: COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS FOR BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (Spring)

·       CVEN 5830: BUILDING ENERGY SYSTEMS (Fall)

·       AREN 3130: BUILDING ENERGY LABORATORY (Spring)

·       AREN 2120: FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER (Spring)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

·       Computational Fluid Dynamics and Its Applications in Building and Environment

·       Heat Transfer and Energy Analysis of Building Systems

·       Building Indoor Environment Quality: Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality

·       Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems

·       Renewable Energy and Sustainable Building Design

EXPERIENCE

  • 2010-                    

Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA.

  • 2009-2012           

The Sea-Sky Special Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.

  • 2008-                    

Faculty Affiliate, The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA.

  • 2008-2013           

Graduate Faculty, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, IN, USA.

  • 2006-2008           

Visiting Professor, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

  • 2003-2010           

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA.

  • 2003(Jun-Aug)    

Research Associate, Building Technology Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  • 1999-2003           

Teaching Assistant, Department of Architecture, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  • 1999-2003           

Research Assistant, Building Technology Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  • 1995-1998           

Teaching Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

  • 1994-1999           

Research Assistant, Fluid Mechanics and Turbulence Laboratory, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

·       Member of

§        International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)

§        International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)

§        American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

§        American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

§        US Green Building Council (USGBC)

·       Voting member and ASHRAE Learning Institute Coordinator of ASHRAE Technical Committee 4.10 Indoor Environmental Modeling, 7/2004-6/2012

·       Member of ASHRAE Technical Committee 4.10 Project Monitoring Subcommittee (PMS) for Research Project 1321-TRP, 2007-2010

·       Corresponding member of ASHRAE Technical Committee 5.6 – Control of Fire and Smoke; Technical Committee 4.3 – Ventilation Requirements and Infiltration; and Technical Committee 5.3 – Room Air Distribution, 2005-~

·       Member of Technical Committee Conservation and Solar Buildings of The Solar Energy Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009-~

·       Invited Panel Reviewer for National Laboratory Assessment, The US National Academies and National Research Council (NRC), 2009-2010

·       Invited Member for The Committee on Protecting Occupants of DoD Buildings From Chemical or Biological Release (Immune Buildings), The US National Academies and The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), 2006

·       Editorial Board Member of The Open Civil Engineering Journal, 2007-~

·       Managing Guest Editor for Building and Environment, 2009

·       Guest Editor for Energy and Building, 2009

·       Panel Reviewer for Georgian National Science Foundation (NSF), 2008-2010

·       Panel Reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2009

·       Panel Reviewer for US National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2007, 2010

·       Oversea Reviewer of National Office for Science and Technology Awards (NOSTA) of China, 2009

·       Member of the International Scientific Committee (ISC) for IAQVEC2010 Conference, August, 2010 Syracuse, New York

·       Track Chair for The 4th ASME International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ES2010), May, 2010, Phoenix, AZ, USA

·       Member of the International Scientific Committee (ISC) for ROOMVENT 2009 International Conference, May, 2009, Pusan, Korea

·       Member of the Scientific Committee for the 11th IBPSA Building Simulation Conference (BS2009), July, 2009, Glasgow, Scotland

·       Conference Co-Chair of The First International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE08), July, 2008, Dalian, China

·       Session Chair for The 3rd ASME International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ES2009), July, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA

·       Session Chair for The 5th International Workshop on Energy and Environment of Residential Buildings and The 3rd International Conference on Built Environment and Public Health (EERB-BEPH 2009), May, 2009, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China

·       Chair for ASHRAE Transaction/Symposium: Material Emissions/Adsorptions at the 2009 ASHRAE Annual Conference, June, 2009, Louisville, KY

·       Chair for Two ASHRAE Seminars and One Transaction/Symposium at the 2008 ASHRAE Annual Conference, June, 2008, Salt Lake City, UT

·       Session Chair for The 10th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference and Exhibition (BS2007), September, 2007, Beijing, China

·       Session Chair for The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (Indoor Air 2005), September, 2005, Beijing, China

·       Session Chair for The First IBPSA-USA Conference (SimBuild2004), August, 2004, Boulder, CO

·       Reviewer of more than 20 professional journals

AWARDS

·       Research Development Award, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, May, 2010

·       Distinguished Service Award (DSA), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), May, 2010

·       William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship in Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, 2009

·       2008 Best Paper Award, International Journal of Building Simulation, 2009

·       CRCW Conference Award, 2008

·       Green Faculty of Campus Sustainability Award, 2008

·       The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Project Award, 2007

·       CU-CEAE Young Investigator Award, 2007

·       MIT Presidential Fellowship, 1999–2003

·       ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid Fellowship, 2001

·       MIT Avalon Travel Grant, 2000

·       MIT Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability, 2000

·       Tsinghua Outstanding Research Assistant (A-level) Award, 1997

·       Best Paper Award of Student Education and Management at Tsinghua, 1997

·       Tsinghua Outstanding Teaching Assistant (A-level) Award, 1996

·       Guanghua Scholarship (Taiwan) (First Prize), 1996

·       Takada Scholarship (Japan SMC) (First Prize), 1995