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General Information
| Name | Jialei Shen |
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Department | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Institution | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| shenj@uab.edu |
Education
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2023 PhD
Syracuse University - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2018 Master
Nanjing University - Architectural Engineering
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2015 Bachelor
Xi'an Jiaotong University - Mechanical Engineering
Professional Experience
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2024 - Present Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineerin, School of Engineering.
- Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health.
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2024 - Present Associate Scientist
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Lung Health Center, School of Medicine.
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2022 - 2024 Postdoctoral Research Associate
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Building Energy and Environment Division, Engineering Laboratory.
Teaching Experience
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Spring 2025 Instructor
University of Alabama at Birmingham - CESC 614, Smart Cities Technologies
Grants, Projects & Fellowships
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2024 - 2028 - IEA-EBC Annex 92, Smart Materials for Energy-Efficient Heating, Cooling and IAQ Control in Residential Buildings (Role:Participant).
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2020 - 2025 - IEA-EBC Annex 86, Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management in Residential Buildings (Role:Participant).
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2022 - 2024 - NIST PREP, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Low-Energy Buildings (Role:Postdoc).
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2021 - 2024 - Honeywell, Indoor Air Quality Research (Role:PhD student).
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2021 - 2024 - Carrier, Investigation into Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization (NPBI) Technology for Indoor Air Purification (Role:PhD student).
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2022 - 2023 - Carrier, IAQ Sensor Testing and Evaluation (Role:PhD student).
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2020 - 2023 - Carrier, Effectiveness of Building Systems Strategies for Mitigation of Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Role:PhD student).
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2020 - 2022 - DOE Advanced Building Construction (ABC) Project, Integrated Whole-Building Energy Efficiency Retrofit Solution for Residences in Cold/Very Cold Climates (Role:PhD student).
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2018 - 2022 - National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) Foundation, Making the Case for CMU Residential Design and Construction (Role:PhD student).
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2018, 2020 - Graduate Fellowship, Syracuse University (Role:Recipient).
Awards & Honors
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2024 - Postdoc and Early-Career Association of Researchers (PEAR) Technical Accolade Finalist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
- Distinguished Associate Award, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
- Best Application Paper Award, SimBuild 2024 Conference.
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2022 - Best Paper Award, RoomVent 2022 Conference.
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2019 - Excellent Dissertation Honor, Ministry of Education of Jiangsu Province, China.
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2018 - Graduation with Honor, Nanjing University.
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2017 - National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China.
- ISIAQ Student Conference Support Award, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ).
- Excellent Student Honor, Nanjing University.
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2013 - Excellent Student Honor, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Academic Interests
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Air quality, human health, and sustainability in urban and built environments.
- Indoor air quality.
- Building energy and environment.
- Environmental health.
- Personal exposure assessment and control.
- Airborne infectious diseases.
- Air quality sensing and monitoring.
- Air cleaning technologies.
- Building simulation.
- Urban microclimate.
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
- HVAC systems.
- Smart buildings and cities.
Professional Services
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Journal Editorial Board
- Building Simulation, Youth Editor.
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Committee Member
- Research Strategic Planning Committee, UAB School of Engineering.
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Professional Community Participation
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Member.
- International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Member.
- International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), Member.
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Peer Reviewer
- Building and Environment.
- Building Simulation.
- Indoor Environments.
- Journal of Hazardous Materials.
- Sustainable Cities and Society.
- Science and Technology for the Built Environment.
- Journal of Building Engineering.
- International Journal of Ventilation.
- Indoor and Built Environment.
- Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.
- ASHRAE conferences (2023, 2024, 2025).
- IBPSA conferences (SimBuild 2024).