Xu Han, Research Associate

Xu’s primary research areas are building performance simulation and building system optimal control. His research interests include fast simulation of the indoor environment, coupled simulation of building systems and indoor environment, simulation-based optimization, model predictive control and learning-based optimal control. One of his papers was selected for a Best Paper Award by the journal Building and Environment. Xu received his Bachelor and Master of Engineering degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology and Tianjin University in China. He received his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he conducted a dissertation on “Holistic Optimization of Data Center Cooling Systems and Airflow Management.”