Intelligent BES Research Focus

  • Evaluate and optimize environmental sensors for monitoring and intelligent control of built environmental systems
  • Develop reduced-order models of pollutant transport for predictive control of built environmental systems
  • Develop i-BES for personal environmental control
  • Develop i-BES for large office buildings
  • Develop integrated testbeds for testing, debugging, and optimizing i-BES

Our Research Facilities

  • Test atmosphere generator systems (TAGs) for sensor evaluation
  • Coupled outdoor/indoor environmental simulator for testing new control algorithms
  • A 6-zone testbed for evaluating multizone pollutant transport and control systems
  • Thermal manikins for studying the microenvironment around human body and testing personal environmental control systems
  • Total indoor environmental quality (TIEQ) simulator for studying indoor thermal, air quality, acoustic and lighting environments and their impact on human comfort and performance (under development)
  • Whole building testbed

iBES Research Team

  • Dr. Jensen Zhang (Team Leader, Acting)
  • Mr. Korbaga Woldikidan
  • Mr. Zhaozhou Meng
  • Mr. Shewangizaw Semahegn
  • Mr. Yixing Chen
  • Dr. Kwanghoon Han

Other active collaborating faculty

  • Dr. Andrea Ferro, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University
  • Dr. Max Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
  • Dr. Phil Hopke, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University
  • Dr. Can Isik, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
  • Dr. C.K. Mohan, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
  • Dr. Pramod Varshney, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
  • Dr. Thong Dang, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
  • Dr. Mark Glauser, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
  • Dr. Ezzat Khalifa, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University

Active Projects

  • Development of a “Whole building testbed”
  • Development of formaldehyde sensors

Past Projects

  • i-BES for optimal evacuation and planning
  • Development of a full-scale “TIEQ Simulator”