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Ravi Srinivasan, PhD
Lab Director | Personal Website
Interim Director of Graduate Programs and Research, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
Background: MS Civil Engg., Univ. of Florida; MS & PhD Architecture (Building Technology), University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Modeling, Simulation and Visualization of net zero campuses and Smart Cities
Personal Interests: Ravi loves to spend time with his family. Among others, he is currently training to become FAA Certified Private Pilot which will allow him to fly measurement instruments to gather data related to building structure and to develop measures to reduce overall energy use in this changing climate.
Current PhD Students
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Jithin Gopinadhan, Ph.D. Student
Background: MS Mechanical Engineering, UF
Research Interests: Haptic-enabled Interactive Virtual Environments, BIM
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Deepak Balakrishnan, Ph.D. Student
Background: MS Mechanical Engineering, UF
Research Interests: BIM, Building Permitting/ Codes
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Rahul Aggarwal, Ph.D. Student
Background: MS Mechanical Engineering, UF
Research Interests: Energy Modelling, Building Thermal Properties
Damilola Onatayo Ph.D. Student
Background: MSc. Construction Management
Research Interests: BIM, Automation in Construction, Sustainability
Postdoctoral Fellow
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He Zhang, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Background: Ph.D. Construction Management, UF; MSc Architectural Studies, UF; MFA in Environmental Design, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Research Interests: Indoor Air Quality, Integrated Sensors, Data Analysis
Alumni
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Ali Komeily, PhD
McKinsey & Company, Boston, MA
Dissertation title: Towards Context-Aware Socioeconomic Benchmarking of Neighborhoods
Graduated: May 2017
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Zeyu Wang, PhD
Guangzhou University, China
Dissertation title: Artificial Intelligence Based Ensemble Model for Energy Prediction of Educational Buildings
Graduated: May 2017
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Dongsoo Kim, PhD
Samsung SDS America, Plano, TX
Dissertation title: Forecasting Environmental Impact Assessment of Residential Buildings in Florida under Future Climate Change
Graduated: August 2018
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Mengda Jia, PhD
Feedzai, San Francisco, CA
Dissertation title: Occupant Behavior Modeling for Improving Commercial Building Energy Use Simulation
Graduated: December 2018
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Soheil Fathi, PhD
Clark Construction, San Francisco, CA
Dissertation title: Campus Energy Use Prediction for Assessing the Effects of Climate Change Using Artificial Intelligence
Graduated: May 2019
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Haekyung (Rosa) Im, Ph.D. Candidate
Background: MS Construction Engg., S. Korea
Research Interests: Urban Energy Forecasting, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis
Personal Interests: Haekyung would like to be a good mentor to students as well as have a public park named ‘Rosa Park.’
International Visiting Scholars
Rajashekar Elangovan, PhD
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Supported by Indo-US Science & Tech. Forum (IUSSTF); Summer 2018, 3 months
Tarun Kumar, PhD Student
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Supported by Indo-US Science & Tech. Forum (IUSSTF); Fall 2019, 6 months
Junxue (Jerry) Zhang, PhD Student
Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Supported by Chinese National Science Foundation; 2020, 12 months
Kishor Kulkarni, PhD
Central Building Research Institute, India
Supported by Indo-US Science & Tech. Forum (IUSSTF); 2020, 9 months
Graduate & Undergraduate Students (Alumni)
Vikram Ganesan, MS Mechanical Engineering
Baalaganapathy Manohar, MS Mechanical Engineering
M.S. Students advised as Committee Chair: Vishal Chundawat, May 2018; Kalieshwar Chella, May 2017; Utsav Parakh, May 2016; Vishal Mahajan, December 2014; Kurt Strauss, August 2012; Brain Bennet, August 2011
Manvi Shah, BS Sustainable Built Environment
Dechen Zhangmo, BS Sustainable Built Environment
International Collaborations
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Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Department of Architecture
Dr. Changhai Peng, Professor
Mr. Junxue (Jerry) Zhang, (International Research Scholar, UrbSys Lab)
Collaborative Research Agenda:
Embodied Energy, Emergy Analysis of Building Materials, Unit Emergy Values (UEVs).
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University of Pretoria, South Africa
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Dr. Xiaohua Xia, Professor
Collaborative Research Agenda:
Building Energy Use, Machine Learning, Energy Estimation