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Faculty
John Zhai The following brief biographical sketches describe the principal personnel involved with the BSP. Dr. Zhai is a faculty member in the department of Civil, Environmental
and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado at
Boulder (UCB). He has a unique background in both mechanical and architectural
engineering. He earned two Ph.D. degrees, one in fluid mechanics from
Tsinghua University and the other in building technology from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Dr. Zhai has been engaged in research activities
in the field of fluid and thermal science since 1989. As a principal researcher,
he completed several notable research and consulting projects. Professor Zhai can be contacted by email at John.Zhai@Colorado.edu. Office:
Michael J. Brandemuehl, Ph.D., P.E., is an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. As a faculty member since 1988, he has performed research and taught in the general area of building energy systems analysis. Research activities specifically include intelligent and integrated control of building systems using adaptive and optimal control methodologies to improve real-time operation, modeling and simulation of building energy systems using physical and neural network models, development and evaluation of humidity control strategies in buildings, use of structural building mass for thermal storage, and characterization of ventilation for indoor air quality. Professor Brandemuehl can be contacted by email at michael.brandemuehl@colorado.edu. Office: ECCE 246
Moncef Krarti, Ph.D., P.E., is an associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and has been affiliated with BSP since August 1991. Prior to that time, he spent four years as an associate with Steven Winter and Associates and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Texas. His research activities include extensive exploration in the areas of ground-coupled heat transfer from buildings, modeling and control of thermal energy storage systems, indoor air quality, and energy analysis of commercial buildings. He has written over 120 technical papers as well as over 30 manuscripts including a textbook on Energy Audit of Building Systems. He is a technical editor of ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. He is also member of several ASHRAE technical committees. Professor Krarti can be contacted by email at krarti@bechtel.colorado.edu. Office: ECCE 247
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