Supervision

Principal Supervisor (at Toronto Metropolitan University) of students graduating in Architectural Science, Building Science, Environmental Science and Management, and Mechanical Engineering

Master (MBs) and Master in Applied Science (MAs)

1. 2014/09 - 2016/07 Ahsan Mohd Ali, MBs, R-value of super insulating material at extreme temperature 

2. 2015/05- 2015/08 Alvin Yonatan Tanoko, BSc, Urban Heat Island Mitigation design. Research Assistant (RA)

3. 2014/09 - 2015/05 Hamid Khademi Anaraki, MAs, Efficient envelope design for lighting control

4. 2014/09 - 2015/09 Melissa Furukawa, MBs, Cooling cities and energy retrofit with new Roof Technologies

5. 2014/09 - 2015/09 Fariz Dhalla, MBs, Aerogel window design - thermal bridges in spacers and frames

6. 2014/09 - 2017/05 Shahrzad Soudian, MAs, Latent Thermal energy storage for energy retrofit

7. 2016/01 - 2017/08 Lindsay Fialkov, MBs, Thermal energy storage in Canadian building

8. 2016/05 - 2017/08 Roya Nosrati, MAs, Prediction of long‐term performance of aerogel‐enhanced superinsulation products

9. 2016/05 - 2017/12 Christopher Marleau, MAs, Outdoor thermal comfort in Toronto

10. 2016/05 - 2017/05 Vadim Novik, MBs, Thermal an optical performance of granular aerogel glazing after accelerated ageing

11. 2016/05 - 2017/08 Tahima Begum, MBs, Effectiveness of Cool Coating on Roof on Cooling Energy Performance in Cold Climate

12. 2017/04 - 2019/05 Chris Raghubar, MAs, Active-passive thermal mass precooling for conditioning load reduction in commercial buildings

13. 2017/08 - 2019/01 Md Rahman, MBs, Application of coatings on window and energy savings potentials for retrofitting

14. 2015/05 - 2018/05 Doug Belanger, MAs, The impact of temperature dependency on the conductivity of aged insulating materials 

15. 2017/10 - 2018/05 Sanam Pouyan, Exploring Acoustical Approach for Pre-screening of Window Assemblies Air Tightness Level in an Existing Building

16. 2018/01 - 2019/08 Greer Stanier, MAs, Modelling sound diffusion in large spaces: the possibilities of new technologies in architectural acoustic

17. 2018/01 - 2019/08 Pouriya Jafarpur, MAs, Future weather patterns and urban thermal energy storage

18. 2018/04 - 2019/01, Jelena Madzarevic, MBs, Polyurethane effective behavior understanding and modelling

19. 2018/04 - 2019/01, Rashmi Sharma, MBs, Aerogel blankets solution for Thermal bridges

20. 2019/03 - 2019/09, Celena Aujla, MBs, Definition of the advantages of high-thermal capacity in low-thermal conductivity materials

21. 2018/04 - 2019/08, Mahsa Nikafkar, MBs, Experimental Verification of Theoretical Ageing and Service Life Prediction model for Vacuum Insulation Panels

22. 2019/03 - 2019/09, Jason Paulos, MBs, Improving the thermal performance of windows frames through aerogel

23. 2019/03 - 2019/09, Jonathan Graham, MBs, Green Infrastructure and RET: A combination for enhancing the outdoor thermal comfort

24. 2021/01- 2021/09, Shane Jones, MBs, The viability of air source heat pumps as a reliable hvac option for residences in future climate scenarios across Canada

25. 2021/01- 2021/12, Pouriya Jafarpur, MBs, In-Service Thermal Performance of Light Weight Insulating Concrete (LWIC) Systems Used in Conventional Low-Slope Roofing Systems

26. 2021/09 - 2024/01, Julianna Colandrea, MASc, 

PhD students (@ Toronto Metropolitan University)

2017/09 - 2022/03, Shahrzad Soudian, Advanced building envelopes with latent thermal energy storage

2017/09 - 2022/03, Andres Gallardo, Thermal storage in innovative radiant cooling systems 

2019/08 - 2022/09, Dagmawi Degefu, Biomass-based insulating materials for carbon capturing

2019/08 - 2023/01, Khaled Khaled, Innovative nano-enhanced glazing systems

2021/01 - 2024/12, Leila Abdolmaleki, Hydrogen exposure in buildings

2021/09 - 2024/09, Sina Rahimi - Integration of renewable energies within zero energy communities 

Visiting Students (students who visited BeTOP at TMU for their researches/thesis)

2015/05 - 2016/04 Matteo Naldi (visiting from University of Bologna, prof. Tronchin), Effective insulating material properties

2016/05 - 2017/04 Matteo Casilesi (visiting from University of Bologna, prof. Garai), Aerogel enhanced concrete

2016/05 - 2016/06 Claudio Berardi, (visiting from University of Genova, prof. Dassori-Morbiducci), Innovative materials for building retrofits 

2016/05 - 2017/05 Mauro Manca (visiting researcher thanks to ISSNAF - CNI), PCM in building energy retrofits

2016/09 - 2017/03 Francesco Lopresti (visiting from University of Genova, prof. Dassori-Morbiducci), Nanotechnologies for building retrofit

2017/03 - 2017/06 Klodian Gradeci, PhD visiting from NTNU (Norway), Probabilistic approach in envelope modelling

2017/10 - 2018/02 Francesca Gadusso (visiting from University of Genova - prof. Dassori-Morbiducci), Aerogel-enhanced blankets

2019/08 - 2019/11 Elisa Tomassoni (visiting researcher thanks to ISSNAF - CNI) - prefabricated smart army camps

2019/09 - 2020/01 Thomas Morselli (visiting graduate student from University of Bologna - prof. Garai), Automatic design of urban communities for solar access

2019/09 - 2020/01 Elia Renzi (visiting graduate student from University of Bologna - prof. Garai), Thermal storage in high performance buildings

Second reader of the following TMU Master of Science and Master Applied Science Thesis: Daniel Prete (Chemical Engineer 2014-2016), Adrian Turcato (Building Science, 2014-2015), Ryan Alexander (Architecture 2014-2015), Ching Chi Suen (Building Science, 2015-2016), Matthew Hudson (Building Science, 2016), William Williamson (Building Science, 2016), Amit Gurung (Building Science, 2017), Magdaleen Bahour (Building Science, 2017), Alanna Sheenan (Building Science, 2017), Rockford Boyer (Building Science, 2017), Kelly Fordice (Building Science, 2017-2018), Kelsey Saunders (Building Science, 2017), Felix Chen (Building Science, 2017), Desislava Stefanova (Environmental Applied Science and Management, 2018), Brandon Wilbur (Mechanical Engineering, 2018), Sanaz Dianat (Building Science, 2016-18), Ali Karevan (Building Science, 2017-19), Ladan Arbabi (Building Science, 2017-19), Khaled Khaled (Building Science, 2017-19), Sena Kaska (Architecture, 2019-20), Randy Ly (Building Science, 2020-21), Michael Gianfelice (Civil Engineering, 2021-22), Milesh Asher (Building Science, 2022) ,Ruba Salah (Building Science, 2023), Krishna Dave (Building Science, 2023), Jesse Osmond (Building Science, 2023)

Second reader and committee member of the following Ph.D. student: Reza Daneshazarian (Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2019-21)

Second reader and committee member of the following Ph.D. student: Javeriya Hasan (Ph.D. in Building Science, 2020-23)

Second reader and committee member of the following Ph.D. student: Haitham Aboshosha (Ph.D. in Civil Engineering), 2023 

Second reader and committee member of the following Ph.D. student: Ben Miller (Ph.D. in Building Science, 2022-24)

• External member of the final committee of MSc thesis of Rosa Shams, BCIT, 2022

External Reviewer/Committee Member for PhD thesis (2015-now)

• PhD thesis of SANTOSH M.B. , "SOUND ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF ARECA HUSK FIBER REINFORCED FLEXIBLE PU FOAM COMPOSITES", NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA, SURATHKAL, 2024

• PhD thesis of Garima Sharma, "AUDIO TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF BIOMEDICAL AUDIO SIGNALS", Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

• PhD thesis of  Tamer Almaaitah "MULTIFUNCTIONAL BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND  LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION" (Civil Engineering), 2022

• PhD thesis of Andrew Zajch "Earth-air heat exchangers in the context of climate change. Professor of Climatology", Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 2021

• PhD thesis "Investigation on building energy performance by the heat gain through envelopes", at National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2020

• PhD thesis "Evaluating Acoustic Performance and Effect on Occupants’ Comfort in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings", at University of Toronto, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, 2019-2022

• PhD thesis "Development of an Improved PCM-to-Air Heat Exchanger for Building Envelopes - Advancement to Free Cooling Applications"at Concordia University, Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2019

• PhD thesis "Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of a PCM wall panel", Ryerson University, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, 2017

• PhD thesis "Analysis of Moisture Storage Properties in Building Materials Using a Dynamic Vapour Sorption Apparatus", Ryerson University, Dep of Civil Engineering, 2017

• PhD thesis at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur (VNIT), India, 2015

• PhD thesis "KUMORIgami: a kinetic shading device modelled by daylight” in Ingegneria dei Sistemi Edilizi, tutor prof. G. Masera, at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2015

PhD Supervisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2012-2014)

PhD co-Advisor of Milad Zagebi (PhD in Civil Engineering), “Technologies for Mitigating Urban Heat Island”, 2012 – 2015

PhD co-Advisor of Tannaz Monfared (PhD enrolled at Polytechnic of Turin), “How Smart Cities can approach Smartness and Sustainability at the same time?”, 2013 – 2016

PhD Advisor of Nakisa Alborzfard (PhD in Civil Engineering), “Post Occupancy Evaluations of Sustainable Dormitories”, 2012 – 2014

Master Supervisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2012-2014)

Graduate supervisor of 17 Bachelor Thesis in Architectural Engineering (10), Mechanical Engineering (2), and Fire Protection Engineering (6), 2012-2014

International Reviewer for 10 MSc thesis at 

• University of Helsinki, Finland

• BCIT School of Construction and the Environment, Vancouver, Canada

• Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy, for ERASMUS+ thesis

• NTNU, Tronsheim, Norway, for ERASMUS+ thesis

• Politecnico di Bari, Italy