Cary Faulkner

Education Background

Before joining the SBS lab, Cary received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in May 2019. At Purdue University he performed research studying collisions of non-spherical particles in granular flows using the Discrete Element Method. Part of this research was done as a participant in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at Purdue, which sponsored his full time research during the Summer of 2018. This culminated with a presentation at the SURF Symposium and the abstract for this can be found here. He was also a member of the national mechanical engineering honor society Pi Tau Sigma.

Ph.D. Dissertation

• C. Faulkner 2022. “Advanced Modeling for Sustainable HVAC Operation to Mitigate Indoor Virus Transmission in Office Buildings.” Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.

Research Interests

• Indoor Environment
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Energy Efficient Buildings
• Building Resiliency
• Machine Learning
• Multiphase Flow

Research Projects

• 09/2020 – 05/2023: DTRA – Contaminant Spread Modeling (with LBNL)
• 09/2020 – 05/2023: ASHRAE – 1661-TRP, Development of Near-Optimal Control Sequence for Chiller Plants with Water Side Economizer using Dynamic Models
• 07/2019 – 09/2020: DOE – Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency through End-to-End Cooling Modeling and Optimization (with LBNL and Schneider Electric)

Major Awards

• Student Scholarship to the 2022 ASHRAE & IBPSA-USA BPAC and SimBuild Conference, 2022
• PhD Fellow. UNL Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction PhD Symposium, 2022
• Departmental Travel Award, 2022
• Best Paper Awards, The 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference), 2021
• ASHRAE Student Travel Grant, 2020
• Graduate Dean’s Fellowship, 2019

Journal Papers

• C. A. Faulkner, R. Lutes, S. Huang, W. Zuo, D. Vrabie 2023. “Simulation-based Assessment of ASHRAE Guideline 36, Considering Energy Performance, Indoor Air Quality, and Control Stability.” Building and Environment.
• C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini Jr., W. Zuo, M. D. Sohn 2023. “Comprehensive Analysis of Model Parameter Uncertainty Influence on Evaluation of HVAC Operation to Mitigate Indoor Virus”. Building and Environment. 238 (15), pp. 110314.
• S. Huang, R. Lutes, C. A. Faulkner, D. Vrabie, S. Katipamula, W. Zuo 2023. “An Open-Source Framework for Simulation-based Testing of Buildings Control Strategies.” Journal of Building Performance Simulation, pp. 1-13.
• C. A. Faulkner, D. S. Jankowski, J. E. Castellini Jr., W. Zuo, P. Epple, M. D. Sohn, A. T. Z. Kasgari, W. Saad 2023. “Fast Prediction of Indoor Airflow Distribution Inspired by Synthetic Image Generation Artificial Intelligence.” Building Simulation, pp.1-20.
• Y. Ye, C. A. Faulkner, R. Xu, S. Huang, Y. Liu, D. L. Vrabie, J. Zhang, W. Zuo 2023. “System modeling for grid-interactive efficient building applications.” Journal of Building Engineering. 69. pp. 101614.
•  J. E. Castellini, C. A. Faulkner, W. Zuo, M. D. Sohn 2023. “Quantifying spatiotemporal variability in occupant exposure to an indoor airborne contaminant with an uncertain source location” Building Simulation.
• C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini, Y. Lou, W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn. 2022. “Tradeoffs Among Indoor Air Quality, Financial Costs, and CO2 Emissions for HVAC Operation Strategies to Mitigate Indoor Virus in U.S. Office Buildings,” Building and Environment, 221, pp. 109282.
• Y. Ye, M. Strong, Y. Lou, C. A. Faulkner, W. Zuo, S. Upadhyaya. 2022. “Evaluating Performance of Different Generative Adversarial Networks for Large-ScaleBuilding Power Demand Prediction,” Energy and Buildings, 269, pp. 112247.
• C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini, W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2022. “Investigation of HVAC Operation Strategies for Office Buildings During COVID-19 Pandemic.” Building and Environment, 207 (B), pp. 108519.
• J. E. Castellini, C. A. Faulkner, W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2022. “Assessing the Use of Portable Air Cleaners for Reducing Exposure to Airborne Diseases in a Conference Room with Thermal Stratification.” Building and Environment, 207 (B), pp. 108441.
• C. Fan, K. Hinkelman, Y. Fu, W. Zuo, S. Huang, C. Shi, N. Mamaghani, C. Faulkner, X. Zhou 2021. “Open-source Modelica Models for the Control Performance Simulation of Chiller Plants with Water-side Economizer.” Applied Energy, 299, pp. 117337.
• X. Han, W. Tian, J. VanGilder, W. Zuo, C. Faulkner 2021. “An Open Source Fast Fluid Dynamics Model for Data Center Thermal Management.” Energy and Buildings, 230, pp. 110599.

Conference Papers

• C.A. Faulkner, C. Shi, J. Ho, N. Ildiri, W. Zuo 2024. “Parameter Optimization of Advanced Control Sequences for Chiller Plants with Water-side Economizer.” SimBuild 2024. May 21-23, Denver, CO.

• C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini Jr., Y. Lou, W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2022. “Tradeoffs Between Indoor Air Quality and Sustainability for Indoor Virus Mitigation Strategies in Office Buildings.” American Modelica Conference 2022. October 26-28, Dallas, TX.

• C. A. Faulkner, J. E. Castellini Jr., W. Zuo, D. M. Lorenzetti, M. D. Sohn 2021. “MERV 13 Filtration for Office Buildings During COVID-19 Pandemic.” Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference), November 24-26, 2021.
• C. A. Faulkner, D. S. Jankowski, W. Zuo, P. Epple, M. D. Sohn 2021. “A Novel Physics-informed Algorithm for Training AI Models to Predict Indoor Airflow.” Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference), November 24-26, 2021.

Presentation

• C. A. Faulkner 2021 “A Novel Physics-informed Algorithm for Training AI Models to Predict Indoor Airflow“, ISHVAC 2021 Conference, November.
• C. A. Faulkner 2021 “MERV 13 Filtration for Office Buildings During COVID-19 Pandemic“, ISHVAC 2021 Conference, November.

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