Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Ph.D., FIBPSA, P.Eng. Concordia University Research Chair (CURC) Full Professor Associate Director |
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (2002-2007)
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China (1999-2002)
- B.S., Thermal Engineering, Tianjin Institue of Urban Construction, Tianjin, China (1995-1999)
Research Interests
- Urban microclimate modeling - CityFFD (in-house code)
- Urban-scale building energy modeling - CityBEM (in-house code)
- Building thermal airflow similarities and scaling - sub-scaling and 3D printing
- Forecasting building simulations using weather forecasting models
- Whold-building airflow, ventilation, contaminant transport, heat transfer and thermal and management
- Multizone airflow, contaminant transport and thermal network model - CONTAM and CONTAM-HT (https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/contam)
- Whole-building annual energy analysis
- High-rise building fire protection and smoke management
Open Positions
1. Ph.D. student
- Must have experience in CFD programming, preferred GPU computing
- Machine learning and data-driven modeling are preferred
- The research project will be related to machine learning, GPU computing and CFD
CityFFD (Multi-scale Urban and Building Modeling System)