People

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Faculty Leadership Team

Prof. Moncef Krarti, PE, LEED-AP
BEST Center Executive Director
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. Ahmed Mohamed
BEST Center CCNY Site Director
Electrical Engineering
City College of New York

Prof. John Zhai
BEST Center CU Site Director
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Nicholas Clements, PhD
BEST Center Manager
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder Faculty

Prof. Moncef Krarti, PE, LEED-AP
BEST Center Executive Director
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. John Zhai
BEST Center CU Site Director
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. Kyri Baker
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. Gregor Henze
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. Wil Srubar
Architectural Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. Michael McGehee
Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder

Prof. Ivan Smalyukh
Physics
University of Colorado Boulder

City College of New York Faculty

Prof. Ahmed Mohamed
BEST Center CCNY Site Director
Electrical Engineering
City College of New York

Prof. Prathap Ramamurthy
Mechanical Engineering
City College of New York

Prof. Panayiotis (Panos) Moutis
Electrical Engineering
City University of New York

Michael Bobker
Director, Building Performance Lab
Institute for Urban Systems
City University of New York

Duncan Prahl
Director, Tech. Services, Building Performance Lab
Institute for Urban Systems
City University of New York

Students and Researchers

Enhancing Thermal Energy Harvesting and Storage using Monolithic Mesoporous Metamaterials and Phase Change Materials (Smalyukh)

  • TBD

Embodied Energy and Embodied Carbon Analysis of Residential & Commercial Building Envelopes (Srubar)

  • Jonathan Broyles, PhD (Post Doc)
  • Matt Jungclaus (PhD)
  • Megan Quinn (MS)

Feasibility Evaluation of Net-Positive Window Systems (Krarti, McGehee)

  • TBD

Design & Techno-Economic Assessment Tool for ASHP Systems for Cooling, Heating and Hot Water (Ramamurthy, Gonzalez-Cruz)

  • TBD

Performance Evaluation and Grid Impacts of Intelligent Field Devices and Next-Generation Heat Pumps with an Application to Adaptive Reuse of Commercial Buildings (Henze)

  • Jonas Søgaard (MS)
  • Alex Pentecost (MS)

Sustainable Air Source Heat Pump Systems for Electrified Transition Markets in the Multi-Family Buildings Sector (Ramamurthy, Gonzalez-Cruz)

Development of an Automated Electrification Retrofit Analysis Tool (Krarti, Zarske, Prahl)

  • Phani Vadali (PhD Candidate)

Evaluation of Field Methods for Assessment of Architectural Window Degradation (Zhai, Tenent)

Testing and Evaluation of Thermal Energy Storage Panels Integrated with Heat Pumps (Krarti, Kishore)

  • Antonin Masson (MS Candidate)
  • Paul Gouezec (MS Candidate)

Evaluation of Hygrothermal and Energy Efficiency and Condensation Risk of Secondary Windows (Zhai, Tenent, Kiatreungwattana)

  • Haiying Peng (PhD Candidate)

Making Reinforcement Learning Practical for Building Control through Human Feedback (Henze)

  • Matt Robinson (PhD Candidate)

Evaluation of Field Methods for Assessment of Architectural Window Degradation (Zhai, Tenent)

Integrated and Smart Controls for Combined Heat Pump and Domestic Water Heater for Residential Buildings (Krarti, Baker)

  • Phani Arvind Vadali (PhD Candidate)

Energy-Reduction M&V Using Calibrated Simulation IPMVP Option D (Berk, Prahl)

  • Mohamed Bassimbo (Intern)

Cost-Effective Way to Forecast Energy Use at Building to City Scale Using Real-Time Satellite Data (Ramamurthy)

  • Li Kuan Phang
  • Ryan Redman

Flexible Insulated Panels for Retrofitting Existing Building Envelopes (Krarti, Roudbari)

  • Kyle Biega (MS)
  • Paul Neumann (MS Candidate)

Making Reinforcement Learning Practical for Building Control using Surrogate Models (Henze)

Collaborators

Prof. Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz
Mechanical Engineering
University at Albany

Robert Tenent, PhD
Researcher V – Materials Science
NREL

Ravi Kishore, PhD
Researcher III – Mechanical Engineering
NREL

Kosol Kiatreungwattana
Senior Engineering – Building and Renewable Energy Systems
NREL