Title:

Design of Sustainable Built Environment

Speaker:

Dr. Qingyan Chen

Affiliation:

Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University

When:

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Ford Building, Room L1205

Host:

Rona Ginsberg
rona.ginsberg@me.gatech.edu
404-894-3214

Abstract

Built environment, such as buildings and transportation vehicles, consumes more than 1/3 of the primary energy in the United States. However, the built environment may not be necessarily comfortable and healthy. This seminar shows how to design sustainable built environment that is not only comfortable and healthy but also energy-efficient and environmental friendly. The design used Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as a tool together with other computer simulation programs. This seminar will also discuss the challenges and opportunities in designing sustainable built environment.

Biography

Dr. Qingyan (Yan) Chen is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and Principal Director of the National Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Research in the Intermodal Transport Environment (RITE). Dr. Chen has worked 50 sponsored projects related to sustainable built environment with a total funding of more than $30M. He has published two books, 135 journal papers, and 112 conference papers; and has been invited to deliver more than 110 lectures internationally, including nearly 20 keynotes or plenary session lectures. In recent years, Chen has received several technical paper and poster awards and Distinguished and Exceptional Service Awards from the ASHRAE and IBPSA. He was appointed by the China’s Ministry of Education as a part-time Changjiang Chair Professor at Tianjin University. He is a recipient of the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Chen has also received the Willis J. Whitfield Award for significant contributions to the field of contamination control through numerous published papers, studies, and report from the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology. He is a fellow of the ASHRAE and the International Society of Indoor Air Quality. Before he became the Editor-in-Chief of the Building and Environment journal, he served as an associate editor of the HVAC&R Research journal and was a member on the editorial boards of six other journals.