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Current Lab Members

Graduate Students

Tim Jiang, PhD student

Klahowya! I’m Tim, hailing from Vancouver. I am currently designing a framework for the prediction of microscale thermal conditions in urban areas, and coupling it with the WRF-BEP urbanized mesoscale model. With this, we will be able to quantify and predict pedestrian thermal exposure at the finest scales in the complex morphology of cities, under a broad range of current and projected background climates.

In my free time, I enjoy hiking, and I play a mean game of bridge.

Hang Yin, PhD student

My research focuses on city-scale building energy consumption prediction and mitigation. I am updating the TEB model with a building energy component within the Canadian GEM model (GEM-TEB-BEM). With this, we will be able to predict building energy use for Canadian cities. Further, I will explore building energy mitigation and thermal equity achievement through different deployment plans of rooftop photovoltaic panels under different climatic backgrounds. 

I enjoy long walks alone, playing ping pong, and watching people play scary video games in my spare time. More information is available at my website.

John Camarda, PhD student

Alireza Saeedi, PhD student

I am currently coupling a green roof module to the Town Energy Balance (TEB) model within the Canadian GEM model (GEM-TEB). With this coupled model we will be able to quantify and predict the city-scale building energy savings and outdoor climate impacts associated with green roofs. I have close cooperation with my colleague, Hang. Adding building features (i.e., a building energy model, green and photovoltaic roofs) to the GEM-TEB model by our team is a big step for forecasting the future of neighborhood-scale climate conditions (temperature, wind, humidity, and radiation) that drive building energy.

In my free time, I enjoy mountain climbing, swimming, and cycling.

Grace Gibbs, MSc student

Sara Hesse, MSc student

My current research involves using the WRF model to prepare climate projections for Toronto, in order to assess urban climate effects and heat mitigation strategies at convection-permitting scales. The long-term goal of this project is to help building simulation teams assess local climate impacts of urban planning, as well as determine the efficacy of implementing different heat mitigation strategies, such as cool roofs.

In my free time, I like playing guitar, and experimenting with photography and knitting. 🙂