Students

These MS and PhD students are in the Building Science, Technology and Sustainability (BSTS) program in UC Berkeley’s Department of Architecture. Many are involved in CBE research working with our faculty, some work with other faculty, and some at the Berkeley Lab.

  • Sun Woo Chang

    Sun Woo Chang

    PhD student in Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability

    Sun Woo Chang’s research is on window view quality, measuring occupant responses to view content, access, and clarity. Other interests include occupant-centered design and building performance evaluation.

  • Harry-Jiang

    Harry Jiang

    MS Student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability

    Harry’s research interests include designing for resiliency in vulnerable communities, developing tools to enhance comfort, and advancing energy efficiency via smart controls and systems.

  • Riwayat-Katia

    Riwayat Katia

    MS Student in Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability

    Riwayat’s research interests lie in improving thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality by optimizing ventilation strategies and using energy-efficient HVAC systems.

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    Marya Kemp

    MS Student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability

    Marya’s research interests include improving thermal comfort, reducing energy consumption, and increasing the resiliency of the built environment to extreme temperatures associated with climate change.

  • chitra-nambiar

    Chitra Nambiar

    PhD student in Building Science

    Chitra is interested in innovative solutions for adapting built environments to a changing climate, including grid interactive buildings, codes and standards, and the role of occupants in building decarbonization.

  • Lino-Sanchez

    Lino Sanchez

    PhD student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability

    Lino is interested in researching the influences of indoor thermal comfort on occupant behavior and wellbeing across different building types and spatial scales.

  • Haripriya-Sathyanarayanan

    Haripriya Sathyanarayanan

    PhD student in Architecture and Building Science

    Priya’s research is centered around evidence-based design, human-centric design, patient experience, immersive technology and collaborative design in pediatric built environment settings.

  • Ruiji-Sun

    Ruiji Sun

    PhD student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability

    Ruiji specializes in personalized thermal comfort, HVAC controls and statistical analysis. His dissertation is centered on advanced causal inference frameworks for data analysis for the built environment.

  • Elnaz-Tafrihi

    Elnaz Tafrihi

    PhD student in Building Science

    Elnaz’s research focuses on using immersive environments to inform design of high-performance buildings.

  • chai-um

    Chai Yoon Um

    PhD student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability

    Chai’s research focuses on improving indoor air quality by optimizing ventilation strategies.

  • Xinwei-Zhuang

    Xinwei Zhuang

    PhD student in Building Science

    Xinwei’s research interests lie in data-driven and machine learning-aided design and optimization, taking environments and energy consumption into consideration.

  • Aoyu Zou

    Aoyu Zou

    PhD student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability

    Aoyu’s research is working on mechanical system control in office buildings and how advanced control could better contribute to comfort and well-being.

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