Meet The Team

Dr. Ehsan Kamel

Lab Director

My name is Ehsan Kamel, director of the Energy and Green Technologies Laboratory (EnTech Lab) at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). I’m an assistant professor in the Department of Energy Management at the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences (CoECS). I obtained my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2017, and my research is focused on building energy modeling (BEM), the application of building information modeling (BIM) in BEM, energy-smart homes, and building energy retrofit. I also have a background in building science, building enclosure design, and seismic engineering, with an emphasis on the seismic behavior of reinforced lightweight concrete.

Collaborators

Dr. Alain Boldini

Alain Boldini is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at New York Tech, with degrees from Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino, and a doctorate from NYU Tandon. He specializes in complex system mathematical modeling.

Dr. Ali Kazemian

Dr. Kazemian is an Assistant Professor at LSU in Construction Management, specializing in robotic construction and 3D printing. He has extensive experience in both academia and industry, including work at Contour Crafting Corporation.

Dr. Shaya Sheikh

Professor Shaya Sheikh

obtained his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2013. He collaborates with the EnTech Lab on different research projects in the area of data-driven energy models and data mining for buildings energy-related data.

Dr. Aydin Farajidavar

Aydin Farajidavar is the director of Integrated Medical Systems Laboratory and an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYIT. He is collaborating with the EnTech Lab on developing wireless multi-functional sensors for collecting environmental data.

Student

Amirrad

PHD In Engineering with background in Computer Science(M.Sc) . Interested in Deep Learning and Performant Computing. In love with mathematics and algorithmic problem solving. Working on Building Energy Modeling with Computer vision techniques

Ramin Jalilian

Ramin, a PhD student at New York Tech, focuses on automating Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM). His research combines energy modeling, data science, and high-performance computing (HPC) to assess urban buildings' energy behavior across spatial and temporal scales, especially under climate change scenarios.