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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2003 to present

Research Assistant, Iowa Energy Center Energy Resource Station, Ankeny, Iowa, September 2000 to August 2003

Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 1998 to August 2003

Engineer and Training Officer, Johnson Controls (Beijing) Ltd., Beijing, China, July 1997 to May 1998

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant, Department of Flying Vehicles Design and Applied Mechanics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, 1995 to 1997

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, 2003

M.S., Dept. of Flying Vehicles Design and Applied Mechanics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1997

B.S., Dept. of Flying Vehicles Design and Applied Mechanics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1995

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Building control, operation, and energy efficiency; Building information systems; Indoor environment quality and safety; Alternative energy

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Wen, J. and Smith, T. F., "Absorption of Solar Energy in a Room," Solar Energy, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 283 - 297, 2002.

Wen, J. and Smith, T. F., "Development and Validation of Online Parameter Estimation for HVAC Systems," Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 324 - 330, 2003.

J. Gao, Y. Sun, J. Wen, and T. F. Smith, "An experimental study of energy consumption and thermal comfort for electric and hydronic reheats," Energy and Buildings, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 203 - 214, 2004.

Yu., X., Wen, J., and Smith, T. F., "A Model for the Dynamic Response of a Cooling Coil," V. 37, n 12, pp. 1278 – 1289, Energy and Buildings, 2005.

Chebihi, A., Byun, K., Wen, J., and Smith, T. F., "Radiant Cooling of an Enclosure," V. 47, n 3, pp. 229 – 252, Energy Conversion and Management, 2005.

Wen, J. and T. F. Smith, "Development and Validation of Online Models with Parameter Estimation for Building Zone with VAV System," Energy and Buildings, Vol. 39, Issue 1, pp. 13-22, 2007.

Chen, Y. and Wen, J., "Sensor System Design for Building Indoor Air Protection," Building and Environment, Accepted, 2007.
 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND SERVICES

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, member

American Society of Mechanical Engineering, member

International Solar Energy Society, member

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Wen, J. "Sensor system design for building indoor air protection," Proceedings of SPIE Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing VI, Boston, MA, 2005

Wen, J. and T. F. Smith, "Development and Validation of Online Models with Parameter Estimation for Building Zone with VAV System," Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vol. 2, Paper No. IMECE2004-59896, 2004.