Affiliated Researchers: Residential Building

Gregory Pavlak

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Comfort, Heat Storage, Thermal Energy Storage, Energy Use, Predictive Control Model

Lisa Iulo

Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Energy Consumption, Integrative Design, Energy Performance, Sustainable Design

Wangda Zuo

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluid Dynamics, Air Flow, Fast Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Chiller

Ali Memari

Professor and Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Curtain Wall, Curtain Wall Systems, Residential Building, Structural Sealant Glazing, Glazing Systems

Douglas Wrenn

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Economic And Social Development, Taxation, Pennsylvania, Shale Gas Development, Residential Development

Corey Gracie-Griffin

Professor, Division of Arts & Humanities (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Structural System, Embodied Energy, Garages (Parking), Parking Garage, Structural Materials

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Building Envelope, Environmental Impact, Energy Performance

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Energy Storage

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Lamp, Duct, Commercial Building

Esther Obonyo

Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Workers, Posture Recognition, Building Materials, Recognition Model, Injury Prevention

Mehrdad Mahdavi

Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Harmony Search, Optimization Problem, Convex Optimization, Random Projection, Neural Network

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Natural Sounds, Natural Environment, National Park, Wildlife, Protected Areas

Jeremy Gernand

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pulmonary Toxicity, Accident Prevention, Exceedance, Dose-response, Engineering Students

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Americas, USA, Africa, Population Censuses, United States

Matthew Gustafson

Professor, Finance
Top research keywords: Sea Level Rise, Initial Public Offering, Cash Flow, Borrower, Investors

Judd Michael

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Wood, Pallet, Wood Industry, USA, Wood Products

Andisheh Ranjbari

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Transport, Curb, Curbs, USA, Strategic Management

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity Demand, United States, Climatic Change, Climate Change, Water Demand

Somayeh Asadi

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Utilization, Scheduling, Renewable Energy Resources, Hot Temperature, Asphalt Pavements

David Macauley

Associate Professor, Penn State Brandywine
Top research keywords: Philosophy, Empedocles, Aristotle, Pre-Socratics, Flowering

Theodore R. Alter

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Tax Capitalization, Performance Evaluation

Ross Pifer

Clinical Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, United States Of America, USA, Presidential Politics, Politics

Brian Fronk

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microchannel, Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Pressure Drop, Condensation, Heat Transfer Coefficient

Donghyun Rim

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultrafine Particles, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Indoor Environment, Air Flow, Human Exposure