Michelle Shao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Michelle received her PhD in sustainable building technology from The University of Nottingham Ningbo China in 2015. Her work was focused on the development of energy efficient phase change emulsion materials for air conditioning systems. Since October 2015, Michelle has been working on the EU-funded ‘DragonSTAR Plus’ project which aims to support bilateral collaboration activities and policy dialogues in science and innovation between Europe and China. Her research interests are mainly focused on urbanisation and building energy consumption. It is widely believed that in the process of urbanization, a large number of new buildings are constructed and this will lead to massive building energy consumption during construction and operation period. Michelle tends to qualitatively analyse the relationship between urbanization and building energy consumption, as well as develop novel building energy saving technologies.
Research Interest
Urbanisation Low Carbon Buildings Sustainable Energy Technologies Energy Storage in Phase Change Materials Building Energy Simulation HVAC Systems
Publications
-
J. Shao, J. Darkwa, G. Kokogiannakis, Numerical study of laminar heat transfer and pressure drop of Phase Change Material Emulsion (PCME) in Coiled Tubes, in: 14th International Conference on Sustainable Energy technologies (SET2015) Nottingham, UK, 2015
-
J. Shao, J. Darkwa, G. Kokogiannakis, Review of phase change emulsions (PCMEs) and their applications in HVAC systems, Energy and Buildings 94 (200-217), 2015
-
J. Shao, J. Darkwa, G. Kokogiannakis, Development of a novel phase change emulsion material for cooling systems, Renewable Energies 87(509-516), 2016
