Shichao Liu
Assistant professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Postdoc Center for the Built Environment (CBE) University of California, Berkeley 2017 PhD Civil Engineering The University of Texas at Austin 2014 MS Architectural Engineering Tianjin University, China 2009 BS Building Environment and Energy Engineering Tianjin University, China 2007 Prof. Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). His research focuses on built and urban environment, occupant-building-environment interaction, and integrated design for sustainable and healthy buildings. Prof. Liu envisions his research promoting built sustainability and occupant well-being through the interface among building science, information science, public health, and social science.
Research Interest
Sustainable and smart buildings Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling Building energy modeling Thermal comfort Indoor air pollution and control Human-environment interaction Built and urban environment
Publications
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iu, S., Schiavon, S., Kabanshi, A. and Nazaroff, W. (2017). Predicted percentage dissatisfied with ankle draft. Indoor Air. 00:1-11. doi:10.1111/ina.12364. - 2017
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Liu, S., Clark, J., and Novoselac, A. (2017). Air diffusion performance index (ADPI) of overhead-air-distribution at low cooling loads. Energy and Buildings 134:271-284. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.10.055 - 2017
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Cao, G., Liu, S., Boor, B.E. and Novoselac, A. (2017). Dynamic interaction of a downward plane jet and a cough jet regarding particle transmission: an analytical and experimental study. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene 14(8) 618-631. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2017.1316383 - 2017