Professors

Prof. Cynthia Cruickshank
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Design and optimization of advanced building energy systems; high performance buildings, insulation materials, solar-assisted heat pumps, solar absorption cooling, and thermal storage 
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Prof. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: solar housing, micro-cogeneration, seasonal storage of solar thermal energy, and understanding and controlling for occupant behaviour
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Prof. Liam O’Brien
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Occupant behaviour, building performance simulation, building data analysis and visualization, building controls and operations
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Prof. Scott Bucking
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Energy modelling; sustainable building practices; integrated and sustainable community design
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Prof. Jean Duquette
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research interests: Building integrated sustainable energy systems, modeling and simulation of district energy systems; waste-to-energy processes, electrical and thermal storage; building simulation; building energy system economics
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Prof. Elie Azar
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Buildings and Communities)
Research Interests: Human-centered building design and operation; urban sustainability and resilience; energy efficiency and sufficiency; occupant comfort and behaviour; building performance simulation; agent-based modelling; data-driven modelling and machine learning
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Prof. Cara Lozinksy
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research interests: Ventilation and infiltration in residential buildings; indoor air quality; occupant behaviour; building air flow and contaminant transport modelling; building air leakage testing