Education Background

Prior to joining the SBS lab at Penn State University, Jiyuan accomplished his M.S. in Building Performance and Diagnostics at Carnegie Mellon University in 2023. He also served as a research assistant at the Center of Building Performance. He earned his B.Eng. in Building Environment and Energy from Tianjin University, China, with a primary research emphasis on solar energy.

Research Interests

• Building Energy Modeling
  
• Renewable Energy
• Machine Learning

Research Projects

• 05/2023- Present: NSF – U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Intelligent Data Harvesting for Multi-Sclae Building Stock Classification and Energy Performance Prediction (with Ulster University and University College Dublin).
  
• 05/2023 – Present: DOE: The Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative Integrated Field Laboratory (with John Hopkins University).

Reports

• Z. Li; V. Loftness; S. Ge; Y. Zhou; J. Sui; Z. Zhang; J. Kim, Smart Surfaces Guide.

Journal Papers

• Zhang, J., Zhou, Z., Quan, J., Zhang, D., Sui, J., Yu, J., & Liu, J. (2021). A flexible film to block solar radiation for daytime radiative cooling. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 225, 111029.
• Zhang, J., Yuan, J., Liu, J., Zhou, Z., Sui, J., Xing, J., & Zuo, J. (2021). Cover shields for sub-ambient radiative cooling: A literature review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 143, 110959.
• Sui, J., Chen, Z., Wang, C., Wang, Y., Liu, J., & Li, W. (2020). Efficient hydrogen production from solar energy and fossil fuel via water-electrolysis and methane-steam-reforming hybridization. Applied Energy, 276, 115409.

Conference Papers

• Y. Yang, J. Sui, Y. Ye, W. Zuo, Y. J. Jung, X. Lei 2024 “Long-Term Assessment of Commercial Building Energy and Carbon Emissions in the Northwestern Region Under Future Weather Trend.” SimBuild 2024. May 21-23, Denver, CO.

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