Professor • RASEI Fellow • Charles Victor Schelke Endowed Chair • NREL Joint Professor • Professional Engineer
Building Systems Engineering • Civil Systems
Office:听ECCE 246A and SEEC N330 (RASEI)
Education:
- PhD听in Civil Engineering (Building Systems), 乐播传媒 Boulder, 1995.
- MS听in Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1991.
- Dipl.-Ing. (Diplom-Ingenieur) in mechanical engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 1992
Honors and Distinctions:
- Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Science, Technology, and Innovation at CSIRO in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 2022
- RASEI Associate Director for Energy Systems for the Built Environment 2017-2021
- Charles Victor Schelke Endowed Chair 2017
- 乐播传媒 Architectural Engineering Appreciation Award 2015
- 乐播传媒 CEAE Department Service Award 2014
- Endowed Lewis-Worcester Faculty Fellowship 2014-2018
- Architectural Engineering听Institute (AEI) 2013 Conference听Best听Paper Award
- 乐播传媒 CEAE听Department听Distinguished Achievement听Award听2012
- Colorado Cleantech Industry听Association听Research and听Commercialization Award听2011
- 乐播传媒 CEAE听Department听Research Development Award听2011
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy听Institute (RASEI)听Founding Fellow and听Executive Committee Member听2010
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln听College of Engineering听Holling Family听Distinguished Teaching Award for Innovative Use of Instructional Technology听2006
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln听College of Engineering听Holling Family Teaching听Award听2006
- University of Nebraska at Omaha听Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award听2006
- American Society of Mechanical听Engineers (ASME):听Best Paper Award,听Interna颅tional Solar Energy Conference 2004, Portland, Oregon.
- UNL College of Engineering听Faculty Fellowship听for 2003 and 2004
- American Society of Mechanical听Engineers (ASME):听Best Paper Award,听Na颅tional Solar Energy Conference 2002, Reno, Nevada
- American Society of Heating,听Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE):听New Investiga颅tor Award听for听the year听2001 (one per year)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers听(ASME):听Best Paper Award, Interna颅tional听Solar Energy Conference 1996, San Antonio, Texas
- Texas A&M University, College Station,听Texas:听Winner of Energy Predictor听Shootout II听in team ef颅fort with Robert H. Dodier, 1995
- William听Fulbright听Scholarship听for graduate study at Oregon State University 1990 鈥� 1991
Professional Affiliations:
- International Building Performance Simulation Association
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers
- VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure): International member TGA (Building Energy Systems)
Interests:
- Building-to-grid integration
- Model-based predictive optimal control and model-free reinforcement learning control of building energy systems and building thermal mass
- Model-based benchmarking of building operational performance
- Whole-building fault detection and diagnosis
- Building occupancy detection using distributed sensor belief networks
- Design and control strategies for mixed-mode buildings that incorporate both natural and mechanical ventilation
- Low-exergy building energy systems for continental climates
- Zero energy buildings
- Time series prediction and forecasting
- Distributed generation systems
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