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Research Interests
- Healthy buildings and indoor air quality (IAQ)
- City-scale indoor air quality (IAQ) and health analysis
- Advanced technologies for indoor air cleaning and ventilation
- Building energy and environmental performance simulation and optimization
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2023
- M.S., Architectural Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2018
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 2015
Research Experience
2022-2023: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advisor: Stuart Dols
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | Building Energy & Environment Division
- Ventilation and indoor air quality in low-energy buildings
- Multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis tool development (e.g., CONTAM, ANT)
- City-scale indoor air quality and health assessment
- Health and risk assessment
- Health-driven building design and retrofits
- Smart controls of ventilation systems
2018-2022: Research Assistant, Advisor: Jianshun Zhang
Syracuse University | Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Energy efficiency retrofit solution for residences in cold/very cold climates (sponsored by DOE)
- Airborne transmission of COVID-19 and mitigation strategies (sponsored by Carrier)
- Air cleaning technology development and testing (sponsored by Honeywell & Carrier)
- Low-cost air quality sensor performance assessment (sponsored by Carrier)
- Building energy and environmental performance modeling and optimization
- Indoor air quality measurement, modeling, and control
2015-2018: Research Assistant, Advisor: Zhi Gao
Nanjing University | School of Architecture
- Urban environment and urban microclimate (sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))
- Residential building ventilation and indoor air quality strategies (sponsored by NSFC)
- Air pollutant exposure in transportation environments
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
Syracuse University
- ECS104 - Engineering Computational Tools, 2020
- MEE416 - Mechanical Engineering Lab, 2021 / 2019
Guest Lecturer
University of Maryland, College Park
- ENME 422 - Indoor Environment and Mechanical Systems (a lecture on CONTAM and ANT), 2023
Syracuse University
- MAE 658 - Building Environmental Modeling and Simulations (a lecture of CFD modeling for indoor air), 2022
Architecture Design Juror
Washington State University
Grants & Fellowships
- 2018 - 2022: Graduate Fellowship
Awards & Honors
- 2022: Best Paper Award, ROOMVENT 2022 Conference
- 2019: Excellent Dissertation Honor, Ministry of Education of Jiangsu Province, China
- 2018: Graduation with Honor, Nanjing University
- 2017: National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China
- 2017: ISIAQ Student Conference Support Award, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)
Publications
Google Scholar (updated 04/2024): h-index 12, i10-index 15, Citations 680
Shen, J., Gao, Z., Ding, W., Yu, Y., 2017. An investigation on the effect of street morphology to ambient air quality using six real-world cases. Atmospheric Environment 164, 85–101.
You, W., Shen, J., Ding, W., 2017. Improving Wind Environment of Residential Neighborhoods by Understanding the Relationship between Building Layouts and Ventilation Efficiency. Energy Procedia 105, 4531–4536.
Shen, J., Chen, J., Zhang, X., Zou, S., Gao, Z., 2021. Outdoor and Indoor Ozone Concentration Estimation Based on Artificial Neural Network and Single Zone Mass Balance Model. Procedia Engineering 205, 1835–1842.
You, W., Shen, J., Ding, W., 2018. Improving wind environment design based on assessing spatial distribution of ventilation efficiency in regional space. Energy Procedia 142, 2923–2929.
Shen, J., Gao, Z., 2018. Ozone removal on building material surface: A literature review. Building and Environment 134, 205–217.
Rui, L., Buccolieri, R., Gao, Z., Ding, W., Shen, J., 2018. The Impact of Green Space Layouts on Microclimate and Air Quality in Residential Districts of Nanjing, China. Forests 9, 224.
You, W., Shen, J., Ding, W., 2018. Improving residential building arrangement design by assessing outdoor ventilation efficiency in different regional spaces. Architectural Science Review.
Yang, Z., Shen, J., Gao, Z., 2018. Ventilation and Air Quality in Student Dormitories in China: A Case Study during Summer in Nanjing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(7), 1328.
Huang, Y., Rui, L., Gao, Z., Shen, J., 2019. Research progress on reaction between ozone and human occupants. Journal of Environment and Health 36(02), 182-187. (in Chinese language)
Shen, J., Gao, Z., 2019. Commuter Exposure to Particulate Matters in Four Common Transportation Modes in Nanjing. Building and Environment 156, 156-170.
Guo, C., Gao, Z., Shen, J., 2019. Emission rates of indoor ozone emission devices: A literature review. Building and Environment 158, 302-318.
Shen, J., Zhang, J., 2019. An approach to develop a green building technology database for residential buildings. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 609, 042063.
Shen, J., Krietemeyer, B., Bartosh, A., Gao, Z., Zhang, J., 2021. Green Design Studio: A modular-based approach for high-performance building design. Building Simulation 14, 241-268.
Kong, M., Shen, J., Dong, B., Zhang, J., 2020. Effectiveness of Building Systems Strategies for Mitigation of Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 18.
Peng, Y., Gao, Z., Buccolieri, R., Shen, J., Ding, W., 2021. Urban ventilation of typical residential streets and impact of building form variation. Sustainable Cities and Society 67, 102735.
Shen, J., Kong, M., Dong, B., Birnkrant, M.J., Zhang, J., 2021. A systematic approach to estimating the effectiveness of multi-scale IAQ strategies for reducing the risk of airborne infection of SARS-CoV-2. Building and Environment 200, 107926.
Guo, X., Gao, Z., Buccolieri, R., Zhang, M., Shen, J., 2021. Effect of greening on pollutant dispersion and ventilation at urban street intersections. Building and Environment 203, 108075.
Guo, X., Buccolieri, R., Gao, Z., Zhang, M., Lyu, T., Rui, L., Shen, J., 2021. On the effects of urban-like intersections on ventilation and pollutant dispersion. Building Simulation.
Shen, J., Kong, M., Dong, B., Birnkrant, M.J., Zhang, J., 2021. Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments: A comprehensive review. Science and Technology for the Built Environment 27 (10), 1331-1367.
Zhang, J., Shen, J., Gao, Z., 2022. Managing IAQ at Multiple Scales: From Urban to Personal Microenvironments. Handbook of Indoor Air Quality 2022:1–42.
Talks
July 03, 2017
Conference poster at Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe, Lublin, Poland
July 04, 2017
Conference poster at Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe, Lublin, Poland
October 20, 2017
Conference presentation at 10th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC) 2017, Jinan, China
October 21, 2017
Conference presentation at 10th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC) 2017, Jinan, China
April 17, 2019
Conference poster at NYS Green Building Conference 2019, Syracuse NY, USA
April 18, 2019
Conference presentation at NYS Green Building Conference 2019, Syracuse NY, USA
September 05, 2019
Conference presentation at IAQVEC 2019, Bari, Italy
June 28, 2021
Seminar presentation at ASHRAE Virtual Annual Conference 2021, Virtual
August 25, 2021
Conference presentation at 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC) 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark
January 18, 2022
Conference presentation at Healthy Buildings 2021 America, Honolulu HI, USA
June 14, 2022
Conference presentation at Indoor Air 2022, Kuopio, Finland
August 25, 2022
TV Show at Cycle of Health - Season 14 Episode 8, Syracuse NY, USA
September 17, 2022
Conference presentation at 16th ROOMVENT Conference 2022, Xi'an, China
Professional Affiliations
- 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
- Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Member
Professional Services
- Manuscript/Report Reviewer
- Journals
- Building and Environment
- Building Simulation
- 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, etc.
- Conferences
- ASHRAE conferences (2023, 2024)
- IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2024, etc.
- ASHRAE Syracuse University Student Branch, Member & Vice president, 2019 - 2022