CBE hosts visiting scholars from around the world who contribute to our research and impact. They include graduate students in master’s and doctorate programs, visiting researchers from CBE partner companies, and also academic faculty spending their semester or year-long sabbaticals from their institutions. These visitors are actively engaged in CBE research and/or complimentary independent work.
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Natasha Balwit-Cheung
University of Cambridge
Natasha Balwit-Cheung’s research is focused on planning and life cycle assessment of shallow geothermal heating and cooling infrastructure.
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Xiaoxi Cai
Hunan First Normal University, China
Xiaoxi specializes in urban landscape space, especially exploring the relationship between the characteristics of high-quality urban landscapes and people’s satisfaction.
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Jiang Li
Central South University, China
Jiang is focused on outdoor thermal comfort, especially thermal comfort research in landscape spaces of urban wetland parks.
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Mingchen Li
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Mingchen Li develops AI tools that enable natural language interaction with building metadata, focusing on large language models and semantic modeling techniques.
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Chang Liu
Shenzhen University, China
Chang Liu is focused on providing efficient comfort strategies for residential buildings, including envelope systems, and balancing sustainability and economics.
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Junmeng (Patrick) Lyu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Junmeng researches occupant-centric environmental control, models and multi-sensor networks for real-time comfort sensing and adaptive climate coordination.
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Sizhong Qin
Tsinghua University, China
Sizhong Qin’s research centers on AI-driven integration of architectural and structural design, leveraging graph learning, large language models, and structural optimization to support intelligent design.
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Jimena de la Vega Blanco
Polytechnic University of Madrid / IMDEA Materials Institute
Jimena de la Vega Blanco researches sustainable biopolymers and waste-derived additives for advanced flame-retardant materials.
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Tong Xiao
Tongji University
Tong specializes in energy forecasting, optimal operation and control for HVAC systems in commercial buildings using data science technologies.
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Haiyan Yan
Henan Polytechnic University, China
Haiyan Yan specializes in human adaptive thermal comfort and sustainable energy-efficient building environments.
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Jiake Yang
City University of Hong Kong
Jiake focuses on personalized and AI-driven environmental management, leveraging LLMs to integrate data assets for safety-driven recommendations.