Architectural Engineering
Faculty Research Interests/Publications
Architectural Engineering
Brandon E. Boor
Indoor air quality (IAQ), HVAC filtration, human exposure assessment, airborne nanoparticles, bioaerosols (fungi, bacteria, pollen, allergens), air quality in occupational workplaces, particle adhesion & resuspension, early-life/infant exposures, combustion aerosols & wood smoke, new particle formation, urban air pollution, low-cost air quality monitoring, health effects of air pollution, and fate & transport of VOCs/SVOCs.
William T. Horton
Advanced thermal energy conversion systems, energy utilization in buildings, and the interactions between a building and its environment. Specifically include the development of advanced, highly integrated, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems; the role of renewable distributed power generation and combined heat and power (CHP) systems in residential and commercial buildings; and the integration of these technologies into high performance buildings
Robert B. Jacko
Air pollution management and control, transportation noise problems, environmental occupational safety and health.
Nusrat Jung
Architectural engineering, environmental sensing, building disinfection, contaminant mass transport in indoor atmospheres, volatile organic compounds, zero emissions buildings, net-zero energy buildings, environmental assessment of buildings, modular and prefabricated tiny homes, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
Panagiota Karava
Smart buildings, intelligent building operation, system identification, model predictive control; Human-building interactions, personalized control, self-tuned environments; Smart and connected energy-aware residential communities; Energy efficient and mixed-mode buildings, innovative energy and comfort delivery systems; Solar technology integration in building operation
Ming Qu
Solar cooling and heating systems, building heat transfer, building energy supply systems, building controls and operations, building and building system modeling & simulation, sustainable building design and analysis, and building system integration dedicated to sustainable and healthy built environments
Thanos (Athanasios) Tzempelikos
Design, operation and optimization of high performance buildings, daylighting, design and control of dynamic facade and shading systems, indoor environmental (thermal and visual) quality and comfort, occupant preferences and interaction with building systems, radiant building systems, solar energy applications in buildings, building energy modeling and simulation