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the HUBS news!

2024

  • 09/2024, The HUBS lab welcomes a new undergraduate research assistant: Efren Hiram Figueroa! He will support Prosper's experiment!
  • 09/2024, The HUBS lab welcomes a new undergraduate research assistant: Sascha Nicole Moran! She will support Prosper's experiment and our heat resiliency study!
  • 08/2024, The HUBS lab welcomes new undergraduate research assistants: Alyssa La Fountain, Lucas DeFrancesco, Nick Kyle! They will support the new research initiative about smart buildings
  • 08/2024, The HUBS lab welcomes a new PhD student, Elham Hasani Alavy! She will work on our building electrification project and continue her IAQ research.
  • 08/2024, The HUBS lab won the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) STEM-centered undergraduate research experiences for Fall 2024! We do look foward to working with talented undergraduates this Fall!
  • 07/2024, The HUBS lab won the SensorLab 2025 - Seed Grant! We do look foward to collaborating with the SensorLab continuously!
  • 06/2024, Details of the two SRP projects that Dr. Jung serves as a PI are updated in the Research Tap
  • 06/2024, A new paper, titled "The Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Energy Consumption and Demand Response Strategies", has been accepted by the US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2024 on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Congrats to Sun!
  • 05/2024, Dr. Jung participated in the Future of Building Industry Workshop (FoBI), orgnanized by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL)! It was such an informative workshop and the HUBS lab looks forward to future collaborations with UNL faculty!
  • 05/2024, The HUBS lab wins three projects from Salt River Project (SRP)! The HUBS lab does appreciate this opportunity and look forward to working with SRP! More details will come!
  • 05/2024, A new paper, titled "A new database of building-space-specific internal loads and load schedules for performance based code compliance modeling of commercial buildings", has been published by the Building Simulation Journal!
  • 04/2024, Our conference paper, titled "Unveiling Personal Heat Stress Diversity in Buildings", has been accpeted by ICCCBE 2024! Congrats to Prosper for his first publication with the HUBS lab!
  • 03/2024, Dr. Jung serves as a reviewer for the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2024 conference.
  • 03/2024, Our poster abstract, titled "Biophilic design and the COVID019 pandemic: Literature review and novel tools to assess mental health and well-being", has been accepted by EDRA55 Portland!
  • 03/2024, Dr. Jung attended the CI-CRC 2024 conference!
  • 03/2024, Ms. Sun Kwon joined the HUBS lab as an affiliate researcher! The HUBS lab welcomes her and look forward to our collaboration.
  • 02/2024, Dr. Jung joins the Mentor Training and Student Mentoring Service organized by the Building Pathway Project funded by the NSF.

2023

  • 12/2023, HUBS won an undergraduate research award and get to work with Mr. Diego Fajardo, a senior majoring in civil engineering!
  • 11/2023, A new paper, titled "Towards intelligent workstations: Investigating the feasibility of Doppler radar sensors for personal respiratory quantification in thermal comfort", has been accepted by the Building and Environment journal! Yay!
  • 09/2023, Dr. Jung has become the Summer Engineering Academy (SEA) coordinator for Architectural Engineering. We look forward to our consistent contribution to such outreach activities!
  • 09/2023, A new journal paper, entitled "Towards intelligent workstations: Investigating the feasibility of Doppler radar sensors for personal respiratory quantification in thermal comfort" has been accepted by Building and Environment!
  • 09/2023, Dr. Jung has become a Poster/Demo technical program committee of ACM Buildsys 2023!
  • 08/2023, A new PhD student, Prosper Babon-Ayeng, has joined the HUBS lab! Welcome and we look forward to your contribution to the world!
  • 07/2023, A new paper, titled "Smart thermostat data-driven U.S. residential occupancy schedules and development of a U.S. residential occupancy schedule simulator", has been accepted by the Building and Environment journal! Yay!
  • 07/2023, HUBS lab successfully led the Summer Engineering Academy - Architectural Engineering! We look forward to upcoming outreach activities!
  • 05/2023, Dr. Erin Driver joins HUBS as an intern! She is highly qualified for the position and we look forward to our collaborative works!
  • 04/2023, Dr. Jung has introduced himself at the CAEM Alumni Council Meeting!
  • 04/2023, Dr. Jung has become an Annex87 Subtask C co-leader with Prof. Joon-ho Choi at USC! Thanks a lot for the opportunity!
  • 04/2023, Dr. Jung has attended the ASCE AEI conference, Denver, CO, to attend the Academic Council meeting and get the sense of the student competition :)
  • 04/2023, Dr. Jung has presented his research and the Architectural Engineering program to the ASHRAE Tucson Chapter!
  • 03/2023, Sophia Kristine Witt joins HUBS as an undergraduate student! Welcome, Sophia!
  • 02/2023, Dr. Altaf Engineer provided his invited talk to the students in the HBI class. We appreciate his insightful talk!
  • 02/2023, Dr. Jason Koh at Mapped joined the HBI class and shared his research and works at Mapped! It was an eye-opening talk and we are very thankful for the talk!
  • 01/2023, Dr. Jung will serve as a Co-Chair for the Sustainability and Resilience Track at CI & CRC 2024. Thanks for the opportunity!
  • 01/2023, Dr. Jung was invited to ARC497B/597B and shared his ways of developing/addressing interesting/impactful research questions!
  • 01/2023, Dr. Jung presented his research at a KICEM monthly meeting.
  • 01/2023, Dr. Jung shared his research at a IAQVEC technical meeting. Thanks for the opporunity!
  • 01/2023, Dr. Jung started his new course in the department: Human Building Interaction :)

2022