Team

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.

Jithin Gopinadhan, Ph.D. Student

Background: MS Mechanical Engineering, UF
Research Interests: Haptic-enabled Interactive Virtual Environments, BIM

Deepak Balakrishnan, Ph.D. Student

Background: MS Mechanical Engineering, UF
Research Interests: BIM, Building Permitting/ Codes

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

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

Ali Komeily, PhD
McKinsey & Company, Boston, MA

Dissertation title: Towards Context-Aware Socioeconomic Benchmarking of Neighborhoods
Graduated: May 2017

Zeyu Wang, PhD
Guangzhou University, China

Dissertation title: Artificial Intelligence Based Ensemble Model for Energy Prediction of Educational Buildings
Graduated: May 2017

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

Mengda Jia, PhD
Feedzai, San Francisco, CA

Dissertation title: Occupant Behavior Modeling for Improving Commercial Building Energy Use Simulation
Graduated: December 2018

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

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.’

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

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).

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