A lightweight archive of recruiting, publication, and laboratory milestones.
ESIL is actively recruiting doctoral students throughout 2027 who are interested in HVAC and heat-pump systems, advanced control and optimization, grid-interactive buildings, fault diagnostics, modeling/AI, and experimental validation. See application guidance.
The laboratory website now provides research, publications, facilities, people, and recruiting information in one public location.
Junke Wang joined the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor and established ESIL.
Work on automated calibration of coupled residential building and HVAC models using an RC model and genetic-algorithm optimization was published in Building and Environment.
A comprehensive review of modeling variable refrigerant systems in building applications was published in Energy and Buildings.
Recent publications addressed model-predictive precooling with smart thermostats and occupancy-sensor-enabled demand-controlled ventilation using virtual outdoor-air flow metering.