Posts By: Jeffrey Siegel
ASHRAE recently accepted our final report for project RP1649, a large investigation of residential filtration. We found that high-efficiency filters may not actually reduce particle concentrations in homes because of issues like run time (how often the heating/cooling system operates),…
Congrats to Dr. Masih Alavy who received his PhD. Best wishes in your future career and we look forward to more collaborations.
Masih submitted his dissertation on September 9, 2019. Congratulations to Dr. Alavy. Stay tuned for graduation pictures.
ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid awards recognize excellence of graduate students who work in HVAC and related areas. Amy’s award is based on her research on residential filtration and HVAC systems.
My group has been creating 1 page summaries of papers. You can see the summaries here and my publication lists has links to the PDFs.
Background During my undergraduate life here at the University of Toronto, I learnt that our quality of life (e.g. health and productivity) is closely related to the quality of the indoor environment. This is why I joined our group to…
Background I have completed my Bachelor’s in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran and my Master’s at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Prior to joining Prof. Siegel’s group at the University of…
Background I have a compelling interest in measuring toxic persistent chemicals in our environment as well as developing predictive models to determine a process level understanding of their fate and behaviour. I am also interested in human exposure to toxic…
Background I received my BASc from the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto. I am interested in building science and indoor air quality because people spend more than 90% of their time indoors. I hope…
Background I spent 7 years studying building science, HVAC, and Indoor Air in Tongji University, China before I came to UofT Research Interests My research interests mainly lie in assessing the impacts of indoor environmental quality on occupant health and…
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