Wangda Zuo
Professor in Architectural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University • Associate Director for Research at Global Building Network, Penn State University • Joint Appointment at National Renewable Energy Laboratory • Faculty (on Leave) in Architectural Engineering at 精品SM在线影片
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

ECCE 247, UCB 428, 听Boulder, CO 80309-0428

Professor Zuo is currently on leave at 精品SM在线影片 since he joins Penn State University in January 2022. For updated information, visit his at Penn State.听

Research/Specialization

With degrees in three majors (Automation, Computational Engineering, Mechanical Engineering) from three countries (China, Germany, U.S.),听Dr. Zuo's research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative.听His current research听focuses on smart, sustainable and resilient buildings, communities and cities. He has contributed to multiple open source programs, including Modelica Buildings Library for building energy and control systems, Fast Fluid Dynamics for indoor airflow simulation, Modelica Net Zero Energy Community library, and Modelica Smart and Connected Community Library. He has served as PI for nearly 30 research projects sponsored by NSF, DOE, DOD, DHS etc.听with more than听$7M research grant.听He has supervised more than 15 Ph.D. students and published more than 100 peer reviewed papers.听Prior to joining the 精品SM在线影片, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami and Research Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.听

Current Positions

  • Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2022-Now)
  • Associate Professor (on leave since 01/2022),听Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 精品SM在线影片 (2017-Now)
  • Faculty Director for Smart, Sustainable and Resilient City, 精品SM在线影片 (2020-2021)
  • Affiliated Faculty,听Department of Mechanical Engineering,听精品SM在线影片 (2020-Now)
  • Affiliated Faculty,听Community Engagement Design and Research Center,听精品SM在线影片 (2019-2021)
  • Joint Appointment, Buildings and Thermal Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2018-Now)

Major Professional Services

  • Associate Editor,听Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Including Wind Energy and Building Energy Conservation; Sustainable Buildings (2019-Now)
  • Treasurer听补苍诲听Affiliate Director听of International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) (2016-Now)
  • Chair, ASHRAE TC 4.10 Indoor Environmental Modeling (2019-2021)
  • Chair, ASHRAE TC 7.4听Exergy Analysis for Sustainable听Buildings (2017-2019)
  • Founding Chair,听IBPSA-USA Research Committee听 (2014-2018)

Major Awards

  • Fellow, IBPSA, 2021
  • Research Development Award,听Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 精品SM在线影片, 2020.听
  • ExCEEd Teaching Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019
  • Lewis-Worcester Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering, 精品SM在线影片, 2017-Now
  • Distinguished Service Award, ASHRAE, 2017
  • Eliahu I. Jury Early Career Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Miami, 2016
  • SEEDS You Choose Leadership Award, University of Miami, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Emerging Professional Award听in recognition of superior early achievement in the field of energy modeling, IBPSA-USA, 2016
  • Provost Research Award, University of Miami, 2014

Publications

See our publication page for the full list of Dr. Zuo's publications.

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