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Profile:
Dr. Guoqiang Zhang is a full professor in Fluid Dynamics & Building Ventilation, Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, with major research interests in ventilation and indoor climate & air quality, including modeling, measurements and control of air distribution in rooms, optimizing indoor air quality and reduction of emission.

Research areas:

• Indoor Environmental Engineering
• Experimental Fluid Dynamics
• Air Distribution in rooms, especially in heavily occupied large room space and precision ventilation
• Boundary layer, Heat & Mass transfer
• Indoor Climatic and Air Quality Control in Industrial Buildings - Modelling and Simulation, Multivariable Control
• Built Environments, Energy and Ventilation

Teaching

Principle Lecturer for M.Sc and Ph.D. program in Indoor Climate Engineering:

M.Sc. Courses:

• Air Physics and Building Ventilation (5ECTS)
• CFD in Architectural Engineering (5ECTS)

Ph.D. Courses

• Fundamentals of Ventilation, Indoor Air Quality, Air Motion and Emissions (10 ECTS)
• Advanced CFD Modelling & Application in Building Ventilation (5ECTS)

Supervisions (mentor):

On-going:

Ph.D. projects:

• Urban wind environment and its effects on naturally ventilated building, 2017-2021;
• Effective indoor climate and air quality control via optimal air distribution of hybrid ventilation, 2017-2021;
• Modelling of heat transfer process from sows to ambient and mitigation techniques avoding heat stress, 2019-2022;
• Innovative ventilation design with better thermal environment and air quality for dairy cattle barn in cold climate. 2019-2022

Postdoc project:

• “Smart Ventilation for future livestock buildings―focus on environment, energy consumption and indoor air quality”, 2019-2021