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    • Prof. Zoltan Nagy, PhD
    • June Young Park
    • José Ramón Vázquez-Canteli
    • Megan K. McHugh, MSE
    • Ayşegül Demir Dilsiz
    • Hagen Fritz
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“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
— Henry Ford

5A1-xlS5_400x400Prof. Zoltan Nagy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Senior Scientist, Architecture & Building Systems, ETH Zurich, 2016
Ph.D. Robotics, ETH Zurich, 2011
B.Sc/M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 2006
DSCN4794June Young Park
Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Building Performance and Diagnostics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2016
B.S. Architectural Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 2014
B.S. Architectural Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 2014
Jose_photoJose Ramon Vazquez Canteli
Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Universidad Pontificia Comillas – ICAI School of Engineering, Madrid, 2016
B.S. Electromechanical Engineering, Universidad Pontificia Comillas – ICAI School of Engineering, Madrid, 2014
Megan K. McHugh, MSE
Ph.D. Student in Sustainable Systems, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
M.S.E. Sustainable Systems, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, December 2018
B.S. Sustainable Built Environments, College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, The University of Arizona, May 2017



Hagen Fritz
Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
B.S. Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2016

Aysegul Demir
Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
M.Sc. Structural Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 2016
B.S. Civil Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 2013.
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, 2013.
Kingsley Nweye
M.Sc. Student Building Energy & Environments
Sepehr Bastami
M.Sc. Student Building Energy & Environments
Tungo To
Research Engineer

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Wendy Zhang, CAEE, Fall 2019—
Dung N Le, ME, Fall 2019—
Lauren, Chen, ME, Fall 2019—
Tejal Kulkarni, ECE, Fall 2019—
Cassandra Prince, GLUE student , Fall 2019—
Kaylee Trevino, ECE , Fall 2019—
Jacob Wright, CAEE, Spring 2019—
Edward Mbata, CAEE, Fall 2018—
Avinash Damania, CS, Fall 2018—
Julien Brown, Architecture, Spring 2018—

IEL Alumni
Alessandra Guerini, Visiting MSc student, University of Brescia, Italy, Fall 2019
Sepehr Bastami, ME, Undergraduate Researcher Fall 2017—Fall 2019
Zhiheng Hu, Visiting MSc student, Carnegie Mellon University, Summer 2019
Negar Sheikh Mohammadi Khamseh, Visiting PhD student, Politecnico di Milano, Summer 2019
Karthik Velayutham, CS, Fall 2018
Khavvia Shanmugasundararaj, Physics, Fall 2018
Ritvik Annam, UGRA, CS, Fall 2017—Fall 2018
Stepan Ulyanin, Applied Math, Fall 2017—Fall 2018
Rachel Schutte, MS, CAEE, Fall 2017—Spring 2018
Thomas R Dougherty, ME, Spring 2017—Fall 2018
Xiya Yang, Business Analytics, NUS Singapore, Spring 2018
Ignacio Aguirre Panadero, MSc Exchange, Fall 2017—Spring 2018
Nicolas Castillo-Castejon, MSc Exchange, Fall 2017—Spring 2018
Ignacio Perez de Rojas, MSc Exchange, Fall 2017—Spring 2018
Viktor Carp, MSc Exchange, ETH Zurich, Fall 2017
Ashley Wilkes, CAEE, Bridging Disciplines Program, Spring & Fall 2017
Raghuveer Achukola, Fall 2017
Armando Espinoza Calderón, UGRA, ME, Spring 2017
Sara Caroline Kingman, UGRA, CAEE, Fall 2016
Juan L Jasso, UGRA, CAEE, Fall 2016
Sidharth Kapur, UGRA, CS, Fall 2016


Opportunities

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The Intelligent Environments Laboratory is looking for motivated, talented and exceptional students and postdocs to join our growing research team.

Successful candidates will have interest and skills in the following:

 

  • smart environment technologies (sensing, actuation, communication, algorithms, electronics)
  • building control
  • occupant comfort
  • human-machine-interaction
  • data analytics
  • sustainable building technologies (PV systems, geothermal heating, etc)
  • architectural integration
  • Programming skills (Python, Matlab, C/C++, Java)
  • Machine learning

We regularly post opportunities for undergraduate research assistants on EUREKA. We are also happy to discuss opportunities in independent research projects (ie CE377K).

Graduate Students are expected to be able to define a research project (MSc/PhD) within the research interests of the group and actively contribute to ongoing research projects. Students that we have been working with in the past have knocked our socks of by their dedication, and result-oriented work approach. We actively encourage and support students to seek scholarship funding, further demonstrating their excellence and ability to knock off socks.

  • UT Students: If you are interested in doing research in the Intelligent Environments Lab, please contact Prof. Nagy directly.
  • Prospective Students: You should apply for admission to the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, and indicate that you are interested in working with Prof. Nagy. In your statement of purpose, detail how your interests and background fit within the research areas of IEL.

Post-Doctoral Researchers are expected to actively contribute to ongoing research projects, while developing their own research. We provide mentoring and opportunities to further develop teaching and grant writing skills. Potential post-doctoral researchers contact Prof. Nagy directly, with a project proposal and potential funding opportunities for it.

 

Research

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Fault detection and diagnostics of air handling units using machine learning and expert rule-sets

Reinforcement Learning in the Built Environment

Reinforcement learning for urban energy systems & demand response

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for demand response & building coordination

IEA-EBC Annex 79: Occupant Centric Design and Operation of Buildings

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  • Prof. Zoltan Nagy, PhD
  • June Young Park
  • José Ramón Vázquez-Canteli
  • Megan K. McHugh, MSE

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