IAB Meeting – April 2022

IAB Meeting - April 2022

Industrial Advisory Board Meeting: April 26-27, 2022

AGENDA

April 26, 2022 (SEEC Auditorium C120)
Morning Session
8:00 am – 8:30 amRegistration and Breakfast
8:30 am  – 8:40 amWelcome Note
Keith Molenaar, Dean of College of Engineering
8:40 am – 9:00 amBEST Center Mission
Moncef Krarti , Director of BEST Center
9:00 am – 9:20 amOverview of NSF IUCRC Program
Crystal Leach, NSF-IUCRC Program Director
9:20 am – 9:40 amIntroduction to Evaluation Procedure (Airtable)
Mohamed Haroun
9:40 am – 10:00 amBreak (Poster Session)
10:00 am – 12: 00 pmProject Proposal Presentations
10:00 am – 10:15 amEvaluation of Field Methods for Assessment of Architectural Window Degradation, Prof. John Zhai and Dr. Robert Tenet (CUB)
10:15 am – 10:30 amOptimized Controllers for Adaptive Fenestration Systems, Dr. Ammar Dehwah, Prof. Moncef Krarti, and Prof. Michael McGehee (CUB)
10:30 am – 10:45 amDevelopment of an AI-Enabled Control Framework for Optimal Electric Vehicle Charging Coordination and V2X Services, Prof. Ahmed Mohamed (CCNY)
10:45 am – 11:00 amPractical Design of Residential Dynamic Electricity Prices for Future Distribution Grids, Prof. Kyri Baker (CUB)
11:00 am – 11:15  amVisualizationTtool for Better Forecasting Electric Loads, Prof. Ronak Etemadpour (CCNY)
11:15 am – 11:30  amUrban Energy Forecast Systems Combined with Monitoring Urban Energy Production, Urban Energy Use and Urban Air Quality, Prof. Mark Arend (CCNY)
11:30 am – 11:45  amEnabling smart and energy efficient office buildings based on dynamic occupancy estimation using RF infrastructure, Prof. Nicholas Madamopoulos (CCNY)
11:45 am – 12:00 pmReview and Finalize of Evaluation Forms
  
12:00 pm – 1:00 pmLunch Break and Networking (Poster Session)
Afternoon Session
1:00 pm  – 3:00 pmProject Proposal Presentations (Center Faculty Members)
1:00 pm – 1:15 pmSustainable Heat Pump Systems for Electrified Transition in Winter Markets, Prof. Jorge Gonzalez (CCNY)
1:15 pm – 1:30 pmIntegrated and Smart Controls for Combined Heat Pump and Domestic Water Heater for Residential Buildings, Prof. Moncef Krarti and Prof. Kyri Baker (CUB)
1:30  pm – 1:45 pmEnergy-reduction M&V using Calibrated Simulation, IPMVP Option D; Mr. Duncan Prahl and Prof. Michael Bobker (CCNY)
1:45 pm – 2:00 pmCost-effective Way to Forecast Energy Use at Building to City Scale Using Real-Time Satellite Data, Prof. Prathap Ramamurthy (CCNY)
2:00 pm – 2:15 pmFlexible Insulated Panels for Retrofitting Existing Building Envelopes, Prof. Moncef Krarti and Prof. Shawhin Roudbari (CUB)
2:15 pm – 2:30 pmMaking Reinforcement Learning Practical for Building Control using Surrogate Models, Prof. Gregor Henze (CUB)
2:30 pm – 2:45 pmReview and Finalize Evaluation Forms
2:45 pm – 3:00 pmBreak (Poster Session)  
3:00 pm – 5:00 pmClosed Meeting (IAB Members at N224)
3:00 pm – 3:30  pm

Panel by Industry Representatives

Moderator: Bill Green (RMH)
Panelists: Julie Petrone (ABB), Herbert Els (WSP), Guolian Wu (AprilAire)

3:30 pm – 5:00 pmOpen Discussion with Faculty Members and Industry Representatives
  
5:00 pm – 7:00 pmDinner and Networking + Poster Session

* Assignment for Researchers: Respond to Evaluation Form questions prior to 8 am (Mountain) Next day.

April 27, 2022 (SEEC Conference Room, S228)
Morning Session
8:00 am – 9:00 am Overview of Proposals
Clarifications from Directors and Faculty Members
9:00 am – 10:30 am IAB Deliberation and Vote on Proposals
Review of Evaluation Forms
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break (Poster Session)
10:45 am – 12:00 pm IAB and BEST Leadership Meeting
Evaluation form readout, vote on Bylaws, final remarks and wrap-up
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Break  and Adjourn
Other Useful Information
  • Free Wifi Access: UCB Guest
  • Parking for the Meeting: Lot 556 behind SEEC building (refer to the parking map below with the online payment option)
  • Main Event Location: Auditorium (C120) located on the first floor of the SEEC building (refer to first floor map below)
  • IAB Closed-Door Meetings: Rooms N224 and S228 located on the second floor of the SEEC building (refer to the second-floor map below)
  • Center Website: best-iucrc.org
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Meeting Location: SEEC Building, East Campus, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

April 26, Auditorium at SEEC Level 1 (C120)
April 27, Conference Room at SEEC Level 2 (N224 and S228)

 

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