Wei Tian
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at University of Miami

Ph.D. Thesis:

听"" (2017)

2017 Outstanding Ph.D. AV名湿 Award by听College of Engineering

First Job After Graduation:

AV名湿 Engineer at Schneider Electric

Awards:

  • Outstanding Graduate Award. Department of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami.听2017.
  • ASHRAE听Grant-in-Aid Award. ASHRAE, $10,000. 2017.
  • Outstanding Ph.D. AV名湿 Award. College of Engineering, University of Miami.听2017.
  • NSF Travel Award for attending the Symposium on Building Energy Uncertainty and Risk Analysis at the Georgia Tech.听2014.
  • ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA student travel scholarship for attending the ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.听2014.

Publications:

Journal Papers:

  1. W. Tian, X. Han, W. Zuo, Q. Wang, Y. Fu, M. Jin 2019. 鈥�An Optimization Platform Based on Coupled Indoor Environment and HVAC Simulation and Its Application in Optimal Thermostat Placement.鈥� Energy and Buildings, 199, pp. 342-251.
  2. W. Tian, J.W. VanGilder, X. Han, C.M. Healey, M.B. Condor, W. Zuo 2019. 鈥�A New Fast Fluid Dynamics Model for Data-Center Floor Plenums.鈥澨鼳SHRAE Transactions, 125, pp. 141-148.
  3. W. Tian, X. Han, W. Zuo, M.听Sohn 2018.听"Building Energy Simulation Coupled with CFD for Indoor Environment: A Critical Review and Recent Applications." Energy and Buildings, 165, pp.184-199.
  4. W. Tian, T. A. Sevilla, D. Li, W. Zuo, M. Wetter 2018. "Fast and Self-Learning Indoor Airflow Simulation Based on In Situ Adaptive Tabulation."听Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 11(1), pp. 99-112.
  5. Q. Wang, Y. Pan, M. Zhu, Z. Huang, W. Tian, W. Zuo, X. Han, P. Xu 2017. "A State-Space Method for Real-Time Transient Simulation of Indoor Airflow."听Building and Environment, 126, pp. 184-194.
  6. W. Tian, T. A. Sevilla, W. Zuo, M. Sohn 2017. "Coupling Fast Fluid Dynamics and Multizone Airflow Models in Modelica Buildings Library to Simulate the Dynamics of HVAC System."听Building and Environment, 122, pp. 269-286.
  7. W. Tian, T. A. Sevilla, W. Zuo 2017. 鈥�A Systematic Evaluation of Accelerating Indoor Airflow Simulations Using Cross Platform Parallel Computing.鈥澨齁ournal of Building Performance Simulation, 10(3), pp. 243-255.
  8. W. Zuo, M. Wetter, W. Tian, D. Li, M. Jin, Q. Chen 2016. "Coupling Indoor Airflow, HVAC, Control and Building Envelope Heat Transfer in the Modelica Buildings Library.鈥澨齁ournal of Building Performance Simulation, 9(4), pp. 366-381.

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers:

  1. X. Han, W. Tian, W. Zuo, J.W. VanGilder 2019. 鈥淥ptimization of Workload Distribution of Data Centers Based on a Self-Learning In Situ Adaptive Tabulation Model.鈥� Proceeding of听the 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019), September 2-4, Rome, Italy.
  2. W. Tian, J.W. VanGilder, M.B. Condor, X. Han, W. Zuo 2019. 鈥�An Accurate Fast Fluid Dynamics Model for Data Center Applications.鈥� The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2019), May 28-31, Las Vegas, NV.听
  3. W. Tian, Y. Fu, Q. Wang, T. A. Sevilla, W. Zuo 2018. 鈥�Optimization on Thermostat Location in an Office Room Using the Coupled Simulation Platform in Modelica Buildings Library: A Pilot Study.鈥� Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE2018), pp. 569-574, February 5-9, Melbourne, Australia. 听
  4. T. A. Sevilla, W. Tian, Y. Fu, W. Zuo 2018. 鈥�Low-Cost Acoustic Sensor Array for Building Geometry Mapping Using Echolocation for Real-Time Building Model Creation.鈥� Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE2018), pp. 323-328, February 5-9, Melbourne, Australia.听
  5. W. Tian, W. Zuo, T. A. Sevilla, M. Sohn 2017. 鈥�Coupled Simulation Between CFD and Multizone Models Based on Modelica Buildings Library to Study Indoor Environment Control.鈥� Proceedings of the 12th International Modelica Conference, pp. 55-61, May 15-17, Prague, Czech Republic.
  6. D. Li, W. Tian, W. Zuo, M. Wetter 2016. 鈥淪imulation Using In Situ Adaptive Tabulation and Fast Fluid Dynamics.鈥� Proceedings of the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference, pp. 65-71, August 8-12, Salt Lake City, UT.
  7. M. Wetter, M. Bonvini, T. S. Nouidui, W. Tian, W. Zuo 2015. 鈥�Modelica Buildings Library 2.0.鈥� Proceedings of the 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2015), pp. 387-394, December 7-9, Hyderabad, India.
  8. W. Zuo, M. Wetter, D. Li, M. Jin, W. Tian, Q. Chen 2014. 鈥淐oupled Simulation of Indoor Environment, HVAC and Control System by Using Fast Fluid Dynamics and the Modelica Buildings Library.鈥� Proceedings of the 2014 ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, pp. 56-63, September 10-12, Atlanta, GA.
  9. W. Tian, W. Zuo 2013. 鈥�Literature Review and AV名湿 Needs to Couple Building Energy and Airflow Simulation.鈥� Proceedings of the APEC Conference on Low-carbon Towns and Physical Energy Storage, pp. 492-496, May 25-26, Changsha, China.