Category: cfd

Congratulations to Jake Castellini for Passing His Ph.D. Defense

Nathan Kurtz on

Congratulations to Jake Castellini on passing his Ph.D. defense. Jake became the SBS Lab’s 10th Ph.D. graduate which is a massive milestone. Jake’s research applies his computational fluid dynamics expertise from the automotive industry to the indoor environment. He developed novel surrogate models using uncertainty analysis to improve the accuracy of fast indoor contaminant models. During his research, Jake published 6 journal papers and has 2 more under preparation. We appreciate the support of Jake’s committee members. It has been great to be alongside Jake throughout his research.

Jake Castellini Presents at ASHRAE Conference

Julia Ho on

SBS Lab PhD candidate Jake Castellini presented at the 2023 ASHRAE Winter Conference with a generous scholarship from the ASHRAE Rocky Mountain Chapter. He presented on his paper using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling to investigate the impact of different portable air cleaner (PAC) locations on the transport of airborne contaminants like COVID-19 within a conference room. Great job on your well-received presentation, Jake!

We send a grateful thank you to the ASHRAE Rocky Mountain chapter for supporting our lab members.

You can find the paper on which Jake based his presentation here.