Shichao Liu, Civil & Environmental Engineering | WPI

Shichao Liu

Shichao Liu

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant professor

Affiliated with:

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Education:

Postdoc Center for the Built Environment (CBE) University of California, Berkeley 2017

PhD Civil Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 2014

MS Architectural Engineering Tianjin University, China 2009

BS Building Environment and Energy Engineering Tianjin University, China 2007

Prof. Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). His research focuses on built and urban environment, occupant-building-environment interaction, and integrated design for sustainable and healthy buildings. Prof. Liu envisions his research promoting built sustainability and occupant well-being through the interface among building science, information science, public health, and social science.

Office Location

Kaven Hall 104

Contact

Phone:

+1-508-831-6329

Personal Website

Research Interests:

Sustainable and smart buildings

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling

Building energy modeling

Thermal comfort

Indoor air pollution and control

Human-environment interaction

Built and urban environment

Scholarly Work:

Gao, Y., Zhang, H., Arens, E., Present, E., Ning, B., Zhai, Y., Pantelic, J., Luo, M., Zhao, L., Raftery, P., Liu, S. (2017). Ceiling fan air speeds around desks and office partitions. Building and Environment. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.08.029 - 2017

Liu, S., Schiavon, S., Kabanshi, A. and Nazaroff, W. (2017). Predicted percentage dissatisfied with ankle draft. Indoor Air. 00:1-11. doi:10.1111/ina.12364. - 2017

Liu, S., Clark, J., and Novoselac, A. (2017). Air diffusion performance index (ADPI) of overhead-air-distribution at low cooling loads. Energy and Buildings 134:271-284. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.10.055 - 2017

Cao, G., Liu, S., Boor, B.E. and Novoselac, A. (2017). Dynamic interaction of a downward plane jet and a cough jet regarding particle transmission: an analytical and experimental study. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 14(8) 618-631. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2017.1316383 - 2017

Liu, S., and Novoselac, A. (2016). The Effect of Deflectors on Air Diffusion Performance Index (ADPI) of Adjustable Diffusers: Cooling Condition (RP-1546). Science and Technology for the Built Environment 22(1): 67-74. doi: 10.1080/23744731.2015.1078700 - 2016

Cao, G., Liu, S., Boor, B.E. and Novoselac, A. (2015). Characterizing the Dynamic Interactions and Exposure Implications of a Particle-Laden Cough Jet with Different Room Airflow Regimes Produced by Low and High Momentum Jets. Aerosol and Air Quality Research 15: 1955-1966. doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.03.0146 - 2015

Liu, S., and Novoselac, A. (2015). Air Diffusion Performance Index (ADPI) of diffusers for Heating. Building and Environment 87: 215-223. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.01.021 - 2015

Professional Affiliations:

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)

International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)

The American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)

Professional Highlights & Honors:

Professional Development Award

2017

University of California, Berkeley

Postdoctoral Fellowship

2015

Singapore-Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics (SinBerBEST)

Chapter Scholarship

2015

Golden Gate ASHRAE

Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid

2011

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Sangde Fellowship

2008

Tianjin University

Xingke Fellowship

2007

Tianjin University