Dr. Jianhui Wang from the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory visited the SBS Lab and gave a lecture titled "Grid Modernization: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions". This lecture was sponsored by Dr. Zuo's SEEDS "You Choose" Leadership Award.
Thomas Alonso Sevilla , Yangyang Fu , Yunyang Ye and Wei Tian went to Ana Maria, and installed the weather station and solar monitoring system in the Historic Green Village. Left to right: Yangyang Fu, Yunyang Ye, Thomas Alonso Sevilla.
Dr. Zuo gave a talk at the Smart City Miami Conference. The topic of conference on 02/24/2017 was "Zenciti Workshop : Designing a smart city in Yucatán". The title of Dr.Zuo's talk was "Smart Infrastructure and Renewable Energy". Press release: University of Miami News: Smart Cities Conference Plans for New...
ASHRAE University of Miami Student Branch is reactivated. ASHRAE stands for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Founded in 1894, it is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 50,000 members worldwide focus on building...
Dr. Zuo visited the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). He toured the FSEC research facilities (see pictures below) and met the FSEC researchers for potential collaborations. Manufactured Housing Laboratory Water Heater Experiment Facility
Dr. Zuo gave invited talks at seven universities in China from 12/22/2016-12/30/2016: 12/22/2016: Xiamen University of Technology, “Data-drive solutions for building energy efficiency - a view from building scientists”. 12/23/2016: Hunan University, “Equation-based modeling and simulation: the next generation technology for sustainable buildings and cities”. 12/26/2016: Donghua University, “Equation-based modeling...
Wei Tian successfully passed his Ph.D. proposal. His proposal is titled "Coupled Simulation of Indoor Airflow, HVAC, Control, and Building Envelope". Congratulations!