ZHANG, Yufeng
Name:ZHANG, Yufeng
Introduction:
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science
Department of Architecture
South China University of Technology
Guangzhou, Wushan, 510640, P. R. China
TEL: (86-20) 39851485; FAX: (86-20) 87110164
Mobile: (86) 13726759597
E-mail: zhangyuf@scut.edu.cn
Personal
Born April, 1979 in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China.
Education
2002-2003 TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK DENMARK
Guest Student in ICIEE (International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy)
Advisor: Prof. David P Wyon, Lei Fang and Arsen K Melikov
Technical Report Title: Optimal Seat Control Algorithm
2000-2006 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY BEIJING, CHINA
PhD in Building Science
Advisor: Prof. Rongyi Zhao
Dissertation Title: Effect of Local Exposure on Human Responses
1996-2000 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY BEIJING, CHINA
Bachelor. in HVAC Engineering
Dissertation Title: Diagnosing and Improving Air Conditioning System
Work Experience
2014.01-06 Visiting Scholar
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2013-Present Professor
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
2008-2013 Associated Professor
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
2007-present Director of Built Environment and Energy Laboratory
STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SUBTROPICAL BUILDING SCIENCE
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
2006-2008 Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Research Interests
Human responses to indoor and outdoor thermal environment
Building energy efficienct technologies
Heat and mass transfer experiment and modeling
Building & Urban simulation
Professional services
Academic reviewer International Journal of Thermal Sciences
Building Simulation
Awards & Honors
2008 The First Prize for Guangdong Province’s Technology Advancement (2008)
2008 Best Paper Award of Journal of Building and Environment (2008)
Publications (selected)
Books
1 Co-authors. Advances in Refrigeration and HVAC, author of the chapters of ‘Comfort study under local cooling/heating’ and ‘Outdoor thermal comfort study’. Science Press, April 2007. (In Chinese)
Journal Articles
1 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Effect of local exposure on human responses. Building and Environment. 2007, 42(7): 2737–2745
2 Yufeng Zhang, David P Wyon, Lei Fang, and Arsen K Melikov. The influence of heated or cooled seats on the acceptable ambient temperature range. Ergonomics. 2007, 50(4): 586-600
3 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Overall thermal sensation, acceptability and comfort. Building and Environment . 2008, 43 (1): 44–50
4 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Relationship between thermal sensation and comfort in non-uniform and dynamic environments. Building and Environment. 2009, 44(7): 1386-1391
5 Yufeng Zhang, Yi Chen, Ji Wu and Qinglin Meng. Study on energy efficient envelope design for telecommunication base station in guangzhou. Energy and Buildings. 2008, 40(10): 1895-1900
6 Yi Chen, Yufeng Zhang, Qinglin Meng, Study of ventilation cooling technology for telecommunication base stations in Guangzhou. Energy and Buildings. 2009, 41(7): 738-744
7 Qinglin Meng, Zhigang Wang, Yufeng Zhang, Lihua Zhao. Rainfall identification and estimation in Guangzhou area used for building energy simulation. Building and Environment. 2007, 42 (8): 3112–3122
8 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Determination of the acceptable room temperature range for local cooling. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series). 2006, 13(sup.): 24-29
9 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Assessment indices for uniform and non-uniform thermal environments. Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China. 2008, 2(2): 129-133
Papers in Conference Proceedings
1 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Physiological and psychological model of local thermal sensation under local cooling. Proceedings of the 10th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference and Exhibition (BS2007), Beijing, China, 2007, 732-736
2 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Comfort model for local cooling. Proceedings of the 10th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference and Exhibition (BS2007), Beijing, China, 2007, 795-800
3 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Comparison of human responses to face, chest and back cooling. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC2007), Beijing, China, 2007, volII, 547-551
4 Yufeng Zhang and Rongyi Zhao. Predictive model of human responses to local cooling. Proceedings of the 6th International Thermal Manikin and Modeling Meeting (613M), Hongkong, China, 2006, volIII, 106-114
5 Yi Chen, Ji Wu, Fei Wang, Yufeng Zhang, Qinglin Meng, Feasibility study of ventilation cooling technology for telecommunication base stations in Guangzhou. Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Telecommunications Energy Conference, San Diego, United States, 2008, 644-650
6 Yufeng Zhang, David P. Wyon, Lei Fang and Arsen K Melikov. Optimal dynamic control of water feed temperature for heated/cooled seats in summer conditions. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
