Prof. O’Brien’s Graduated Research Students
- Fathi, Arefeh Sadat Ph.D. (2024) Integrating Indoor Environmental Quality and Decision-Making at Early Building Design.
- Derakhti, Mohammad Ph.D. (2024) co-supervised with Prof. Scott Bucking Rapid Workflow for Energy Model Calibration, Retrofit Optimization, and Uncertainty Analysis of Large Building Energy Retrofits.
- Nojedehi, Pedram Ph.D. (2023) co-supervised with Prof. Burak Gunay Towards Smart Building Maintenance: Leveraging Multi-Source Data and Digital Twins with Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Torabi, Narges Ph.D. (2023) co-supervised with Prof. Burak Gunay Fault Detection and Diagnostics in Single-Duct Multiple-Zone Variable Air Volume Air Handling Unit Systems
- Azimi, Sara M.A.Sc. (2023) Comprehensive Simulation-based Workflow to Assess the Performance of Occupancy-based Controls and Operations in Office Buildings
- Simon, Sharane M.A.Sc. (2022) Quantitative Assessment of Teleworking on Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
- Tamas, Ruth M.A.Sc. (2022) A Mixed Methods Approach for Investigating Residential Building Thermostat Interfaces in the Context of Use, Usability, and User Understanding
- Soble, Adrian John M.A.Sc. (2020) Holistic Indoor Environmental Quality & Energy Simulation: Generative Design Assessment Methodology for Heritage Building Retrofits
- Shi, Zixiao Ph.D. (2018) Building Operation Specialist : A Probabilistic Distributed Fault Detection, Diagnostics and Evaluation Framework for Building Systems
- Abdelalim, Aly Assem Mostafa Kamal Ph.D. (2017) A Multi-Scale Approach to Exploiting Measured and Modelled Building Performance Data to Improve Campus Operations
- Gilani, Sara Ph.D. (2017) Occupant monitoring, modelling, and simulation to improve office design and operation
- Gunay, Huseyin Burak Ph.D. (2016) co-supervised with Dr. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison Improving energy efficiency in office buildings through adaptive control of the indoor climate
- Selvig, Austin M.A.Sc (2015) co-supervised with Dr. Craig Merritt Cost-Effective Net-Zero Energy Houses Through Optimization
- Huchuk, Brent James M.A.Sc. (2014) co-supervised with Dr. Cynthia A. Cruickshank Model-Based Predictive Control of Window Shades