Shichao Liu
Assistant professor
Affiliated with:
Education:
Postdoc University of California, Berkeley 2017
PhD The University of Texas at Austin 2014
BS/MS Tianjin University, China 2009
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
+1-508-831-5294
Research Interests
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
Jin, M., Liu, S., Schiavon, S., & Spanos, C. (2018). Automated mobile sensing: Towards high-granularity agile indoor environmental quality monitoring. Building and Environment, 127, 268-276. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.11.003 - 2018
Chen, W., Liu, S., Gao, Y., Zhang, H., Arens, E., Zhao, L., & Liu, J. (2018). Experimental and numerical investigations of indoor air movement distribution with an office ceiling fan. Building and Environment, 130, 14-26. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.12.016
Professional Affiliations
Professional Highlights & Honors
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