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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Zhou completed her PhD research at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She then undertook postdoctoral research on the built environment at two institutes: the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS, a joint program between the Singapore government and UC Berkeley) and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) at the University of Melbourne. She pursues research through a combination of laboratory experiment, field monitoring, data analysis and numerical modelling.
Research interests
Each year I admit students for interdisciplinary research investigating the built environment and sustainability. This research calls on methods from lab and field experiments, numerical modeling, and data analysis. I am particularly recruiting candidates interested in the following topics. Of course, I am open to new research ideas. Just send me your thoughts and we can start from there.
- Energy-efficient building and rating system (e.g. Passivhaus, Green star, net-zero, etc.)
- Climate change and Indoor environmental quality (e.g. impacts from bushfire, extreme weather, etc.)
- Building applied and integrated renewables (e.g. BAPV, BIPV, etc.)
- Bioaerosol fate and transport (e.g. impacts from COVID-19, bioaerosol transmission in aged-care facilities, etc)
- Human factor of indoor environment (e.g. thermal and visual comfort, occupant behavior, perceived quality, biometric response, etc.)
- Wireless sensing network for environmental monitoring and data analysis (e.g. IoT, data fusing, etc.)
- Sustainable urban infrastructure (e.g. LCA, embodied emissions, etc.)
Interested candidates should email a CV, unofficial transcripts, and if required, English language test score. Please ensure that you meet the Monash University's admission criteria at the following link: www.monash.edu/graduate-research/faqs-and-resources/content/chapter-two/2-1. Experience in one of the following fields will be at an advantage: building energy modeling, daylighting and lighting design, parametric design with visual programming language, programming skills in Python or similar, QGIS platform or similar, openLCA and Ecoinvent. I also encourage candidates to send through a brief research proposal (max 1 page). It will be a great first step towards graduate school admission.
Education/Academic qualification
Environmental Science and Engineering, B.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Environmental Science and Engineering, M.Eng, Harbin Institute of Technology
Human Factor Engineering, M.Sc, Nanyang Technological University
Environmental Science and Engineering, PhD, Nanyang Technological University
Research area keywords
- Building performance simulation
- Exposure Assessment
- Life Cycle Analysis
- Human-Centred Design
- Health Risk Assessment
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Air Pollutant Dynamics
Network
Projects
- 1 Active
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Building 4.0 CRC: Better buildings, new efficiencies through technology and collaboration
Aitchison, M., Ngo, T. D., Maxwell, D., Couper, R., Breen Lovett, S., Cumarasamy, S., Blue, K., Laverty, C., Gerber, P., Merkoulova, Y., Sohal, A., Dare, R., Moehler, R., Nicholson, A., Grundy, J., Garcia De La Banda, M., McCormack, J., Vu, L. H., Dwyer, T., Murray, S., Kulic, D., Bai, Y., Davies, C., Zhou, J., Duffield, C., Singh, P. J., Bridge, A., Erol, I., Drogemuller, R. & Mahendran, M.
10/09/20 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
Research output
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An international review of occupant-related aspects of building energy codes and standards
O'Brien, W., Tahmasebi, F., Andersen, R. K., Azar, E., Barthelmes, V., Belafi, Z. D., Berger, C., Chen, D., De Simone, M., Simona d'Oca, DO., Hong, T., Jin, Q., Khovalyg, D., Lamberts, R., Novakovic, V., Park, J. Y., Plagmann, M., Rajus, V. S., Vellei, M., Verbruggen, S. & 4 others, , 15 Jul 2020, In : Building and Environment. 179, 18 p., 106906.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
12 Citations (Scopus) -
Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: a critical review of tools, methods, and applications
Azar, E., O'Brien, W., Carlucci, S., Hong, T., Sonta, A., Kim, J., Andargie, M. S., Abuimara, T., El Asmar, M., Jain, R. K., Ouf, M. M., Tahmasebi, F. & Zhou, J., 1 Oct 2020, In : Energy and Buildings. 224, 21 p., 110292.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus) -
Neural-signal electroencephalogram (EEG)methods to improve human-building interaction under different indoor air quality
Shan, X., Yang, E. H., Zhou, J. & Chang, V. W. C., 15 Aug 2019, In : Energy and Buildings. 197, p. 188-195 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Physical and perceptual gap in indoor environmental quality: a mixed method study of space and users at an aged care facility in Victoria
Noguchi, M., Woo, C. M. M., Chau, H-W., Zhou, J., Pianella, A. & Newton, C., 11 May 2019, In : Architectural Science Review. 62, 4, p. 286-300 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Human-building interaction under various indoor temperatures through neural-signal electroencephalogram (EEG) methods
Shan, X., Yang, E-H., Zhou, J. & Chang, V. W-C., 1 Feb 2018, In : Building and Environment. 129, p. 46-53 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
18 Citations (Scopus)