
MEET THE TEAM

Neda Ghaeili

Suman Paneru
Research Assistant
Ph.D. Student
sbp5863@psu.edu

Xu Liu
Research Assistant
Ph.D. Student
xvl5558@psu.edu

Huijin Zhang
Visiting Scholar
hmz5335@psu.edu


Xinyue Xu
Research Assistant
Ph.D. Student
xkx5055@psu.edu

Mohammad Almesbah
Master Student
mja5933@psu.edu
Former Advised Students and Scholars

Niloufar Kioumarsi
Ph.D. student 2018-2019
DAAP, University of Cincinnati

Pejman Ebrahimi
Ph.D. student 2018-2019
Civil Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Shengnan Niu
Visiting Scholar, 2018-2019
Shandong Jianzhu University

Yuhui Song
Visiting Scholar, 2018-2019
China State Construction Engineering, Co.

Samuel Scherer
Undergraduate researcher, 2018-2019

Ryan Berger
Undergraduate researcher, 2018

Maggie Mcleod
Undergraduate researcher, 2016

Neno O Agnello
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019
Join Us
Please e-mail me or other lab members if you are interested in joining us as a student or postdoctoral researcher.
Graduate students
Although our research project topics are quite interdisciplinary, the core skills and knowledge we are looking for are within the intersectional area between architectural illumination and mechanical engineering. So, if you are interested in both areas, highly motivated, and academically strong, you may be a good fit in our lab. Most of our research works are heavily relying on photometry, thermodynamics, spectral power distribution analysis, infinite element analysis, customized building performance simulation, data sensing, processing, and analytics, subjective experiments, and design platform integration via programming. Students with these experiences are preferred. We also welcome students who are from the other disciplines (e.g., material science, optical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering) but with a strong desire to gain new knowledge in architectural engineering and pursue interdisciplinary research within the building environment context. In all cases, our lab encourages students to explore, design, and execute their research on their own, with me as a collaborator.
Undergraduate students
We welcome undergraduate students to participate in our lab research projects throughout the year. Student researchers will mainly work on hands-on experiments, data sensing/processing, subjective testing, etc. We could offer funded opportunities.
Post-doctoral scholars
We welcome inquires regarding post-doc possibilities in our lab. The current position is about solar film design and thermal/optical analysis for greenhouses.

Ph.D., 2022
Currently working as an Assistant Professor in New Jersey Institute of Technology

Visiting Scholar, 2024
Currently working as an Associate Professor in Chongqing University, China

Sandra Ling
Undergraduate Researcher, 2022-2023
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Yuxin Li
BAE, 2023
Currently working as a Research Volunteer in NIH projects

Jiaxin Yu
Master 2023
Currently working as a Lighting Designer/Engineer in Luma Lighting.

Yuan Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020
Currently working as a Research Scientist in Advanced NanoTherapies, Inc

Andrew Sammond
Undergraduate Researcher
2021 Summer

Abdullah Alkenaidari
Ph.D., 2019
Currently working as an Assistant Professor in Architecture at Al Baha University, SA

Chanakya Dwivedula
Master, 2017
Currently working as a Project Consultant at the Rhodes Group in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sai Santosh Yakkali
Master, 2019
Currently working as a Managing Partner in Shree Manjunatha Constructions, Hyderabad, India; Previously Worked as Project Manager at Stueve Construction LLC, Iowa

Vijayavignesh Ramamurthy
Master, 2019
Currently working as a Project Engineer - Stonehenge Building Group in Cincinnati, OH.
Beyond the Lab
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We also engage in team activities outside of the lab and research work!





















