First Job After Graduation

Scientist at the DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Ph.D. Dissertation

• S. Huang 2016. “Model Based Technologies for Enhancing Building Operation.” Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Miami.

Book Chapters

• S. Huang, T. Sevilla, W. Zuo 2019, Chapter 19 “Modeling in Building-to-Grid Integration” in Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation (Edition 2), Edited by J.L.M. Hensen and R. Lamberts, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.  ISBN 9781138392199.

Major Awards

• IBPSA-USA travel scholarship, 2016.
• NSF Travel Award for attending the Symposium on Building Energy Uncertainty and Risk Analysis at the Georgia Tech, 2014.
• ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA student travel scholarship, 2014.

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.
• 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.
• 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. Wang, S. Huang, W. Zuo, D. Vrabie 2021. “Occupant Preference-Aware Load Scheduling for Resilient Communities.” Energy and Buildings, 252, pp. 111399.
• S. Huang, J. Wang, Y. Fu, W. Zuo, K. Hinkelman, R. M. Kaiser, D. He, D. Vrabie 2021. “An Open-source Virtual Testbed for a Real Net-Zero Energy Community”. Sustainable Cities and Society, 75, pp. 103255.
• 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.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo, D. Vrabie, R. Xu 2021. “Modelica-based System Modeling for Control-related Faults in Chiller Plants and Boiler Plants Serving Large Office Buildings.” Journal of Building Engineering, 44, pp 102654.
• S, Huang, Y, Ye, Di. Wu, W. Zuo 2021. “An Assessment of Power Flexibility from Commercial Building Cooling Systems in the United States.” Energy. 221, pp 119571.
• J. Wang, K. Garifi, K. Baker, W. Zuo, Y. Zhang, S. Huang, D. Vrabie 2020. “Optimal Renewable Resource Allocation and Load Scheduling of Resilient Communities.” Energies, 13, pp 5683.
• S. Huang, W. Wang, M. Brambley, S. Goyal, W. Zuo 2018. “An Agent-based Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Framework for Building Controls.” Energy and Buildings, 181, pp. 26-37.
• S. Huang, A. Malara, W. Zuo, M. Sohn 2018. “A Bayesian Network Model for the Optimization of a Chiller Plant’s Condenser Water Set Point.”Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 11(1), pp. 36-47.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo, M. Sohn 2018. “A Bayesian Network Model for Predicting Cooling Load of Commercial Buildings.” Building Simulation, 11(1), pp. 87-101.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo, M. Sohn 2017. “Improved Cooling Tower Control of Legacy Chiller Plants by Optimizing the Condenser Water Set Point.” Building and Environment, 111, pp. 33-46.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo, M. Sohn 2016. “Amelioration of the Cooling Load Based Chiller Sequencing Control.” Applied Energy, 168, pp. 204-215.

Conference Papers

• K. Hinkelman, W. Zuo, J. Wang, S. Huang, M. Wetter 2022. “Ecosystem-Level Biomimicry for the Built Environment: Adopting Systems Ecology Principles for the Control of Heterogeneous Energy Systems.” The 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). July 25-29, Montreal, Canada.
• J. Wang, W. Zuo, S. Huang, D. Vrabie 2020. “Data-driven Prediction of Occupant Presence and Lighting Power: A Case Study for Small Commercial Buildings.” American Modelica Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, September 22-24.
• K. Hinkelman, S. Huang, J. Wang, J. Lian, W. Zuo 2019. “Enhancing the Implementation of a First-order Equivalent Thermal Parameter Model to Enable Accurate and Robust Building Thermal Response Prediction.” Proceeding of the 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019), September 2-4, Rome, Italy.
• Y. Fu, S. Huang, Y. Liu, T. McDermott, D. Vrabie, W. Zuo 2019. “A Multidisciplinary Model to Couple Power System Dynamics and Building Dynamics to Enable Building-to-Grid Integration.” Proceeding of the 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019), September 2-4, Rome, Italy.
• Y. Fu, S. Huang, D. Vrabie, W. Zuo 2019. “Coupling Power System Dynamics and Building Dynamics to Enabling Building-to-Grid Integration.” Proceedings of the 13th International Modelica Conference, pp. 561-566, March 4-6, Regensburg, Germany.
• D. He, S. Huang, W. Zuo, R. Kaiser 2016. “Demo Abstract: a Virtual Testbed for Net Zero Energy Communities.” Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys 2016), pp. 211-212, November 16-17, Palo Alto, CA.
• D. He, S. Huang, W. Zuo, R. Kaiser 2016. “Towards to the Development of Virtual Testbed for Net Zero Energy Communities.” Proceedings of the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference, pp. 125-132, August 8-12, Salt Lake City, UT.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo, M. D. Sohn 2016. “A Bayesian Network Model for Predicting the Cooling Load of Educational Facilities.” Proceedings of the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference, pp. 1-8, August 8-12, Salt Lake City, UT.
• S. Huang, M.V. Cavey, R. Sterling, W. Zuo, L. Helsen, A. Giretti, M. Bonvini, Z. O’Neill, M. Wetter, A. Costa, G. Boehme, R. Klein, B. Dong, M. M. Keane 2016. “IEA Annex 60 Activity 2.3: Model Use During Operation, Approach and Case Studies.” Proceedings of the 12th REHVA World Congress (CLIMA2016), May 22-25, Aalborg, Denmark.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo, M. D. Sohn 2015. “A New Method for the Optimal Chiller Sequencing Control.” Proceedings of the 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2015), pp. 316-323, December 7-9, Hyderabad, India.
• A. C. L. Malara, S. Huang, W. Zuo, M. D. Sohn, N. Celik 2015. “Optimal Control of Chiller Plants Using Bayesian Network.” Proceedings of the 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2015), pp. 449-455, December 7-9, Hyderabad, India.
• R. J. Miranda, S. Huang, G. A. Barrios, D. Li, W. Zuo 2015. “Energy Efficient Design for Hotels in the Tropical Climate Using Modelica.” Proceedings of the 11th International Modelica Conference, pp. 71-78, September 21-23, Versailles, France.
• T. Li, G. Shao, W. Zuo, S. Huang 2015. “Genetic Algorithm for Building Optimization – State-Of-The-Art Survey.” Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC) and the 3rd International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE), pp. 205-210, July 12-15, Tianjin, China.
• S. Huang, W. Zuo 2014. “Optimization of the Water-Cooled Chiller Plant System Operation.” Proceedings of the 2014 ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, pp. 300-307, September 10-12, Atlanta, GA.

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