Hua Ge
Associate Professor
Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Ge received her Ph.D. from the BuildingEngineering program at Concordia University in 2003. She was the Director ofBuilding Science Centre of Excellence at British Columbia Institute ofTechnology from 2004-2009, where she established the research center,championed a unique Master of Building Science/Building Engineering program,and developed a major Building Envelope Test Facility. After working in thedepartment of Architectural Science at Ryerson University for over two yearsfrom 2010-2012, she joined the department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Concordia in Aug. 2012. She has published over 50 technical papers in peer reviewed Journals and conference proceedings.
Research Interest
Dr. Hua's current research focuses on high performance and durable building envelopes including innovative wood-frame constructions and plus-energy curtain walls, quantifying wind-driven rain loads by field measurements and modeling, and optimum building envelope design for future climates.
Publications
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Yang XJ, Ge H, Fazio P, Rao J (2014) Evaluation of parameters influencing the moisture buffering potential ofhygroscopic materials with BSim simulations. Buildings 4: 375-393.