Mechanical and Electrical Construction, HVAC System Design and Simulation, Building Digital Twin, Green/LEED Buildings, Geothermal Heat Pump, Solar Thermal Collection, Indoor Environmental Quality, Computational Airflow Modeling, Zonal Modeling Approach, Building/Underground Thermal Energy Storage.
Needs assessment study of low-income North Dakota individuals and families. 2025~2026. Community Action Partnership of North Dakota. P.I.
Building Energy Modeling for 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction. 2025~Present. Martin Mechanical Design Inc. P.I.
Energy saving analysis for the Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant Program. 2025~Present. North Dakota Department of Commerce. P.I.
Implementation of Energy Efficiency Measures in Minard Hall at North Dakota State University. 2025~2026. State Energy Program. North Dakota Department of Commerce. P.I.
Building Automation Systems for Efficient Twin-computation With Interfaces and Networked-tools (BASE-TWIN). 2025~2027. DoD STTR Phase II. P.I.
Work Scope Development and Cost Estimation for SENDCAA’s Home Rehabilitation Program. 2025. Southeastern ND Community Action Agency. P.I.
Feasibility of LED Solar Street Lighting. 2025~2027. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Co-P.I.
Building Automation Systems for Efficient Twin-computation With Interfaces and Networked-tools (BASE-TWIN). 2024~2025. DoD STTR Phase I. P.I.
Cost Benefit Analysis for Sustainable Energy Building Upgrades at Safety Rest Areas and Travel Information Centers. 2024~2026. Minnesota Department of Transportation. P.I.
Multi-source/Thermal-storage Heat-pump Design and Universal Controller - EnergyPlus Model Development. 2024. Academics For The Future of Science. P.I.
Building energy audit and analysis of Academic Buildings at North Dakota State University. 2023~2024. State Energy Program. North Dakota Department of Commerce. P.I.
Needs assessment study of low-income North Dakota individuals and families. 2023. Community Action Partnership of North Dakota. P.I.
Harnessing Solar Energy through Solar Snow Fence: Implementation. 2022~2024. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Co-P.I.
Green Building Registration for the STEM Building. 2021~2022. NDSU EPSCoR STEM Research and Education – Instructional Equipment Award. P.I.
Impact of Indoor Environment Quality on School Children: Monitoring and Assessment. 2021~2022. ND EPSCoR Community-Based STEM Research Award. P.I.
Building energy efficiency improvement of A. Glenn Hill Center at North Dakota State University. 2021~2022. State Energy Program. North Dakota Department of Commerce. P.I.
Development of a thermochemical, nanocellulose-based material for thermal energy storage. 2022~2024. US DOE - Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT). Co-P.I.
Building energy analysis and audit of A. Glenn Hill Center at North Dakota State University. 2020~2021. State Energy Program. North Dakota Department of Commerce. P.I.
A high-efficiency and low-cost heat pump system design for maximizing the use of renewable energy. 2020~2021. RTA Seed Innovation Grant, Yale University - Center for Business and the Environment. P.I.
Needs assessment study of low-income North Dakota individuals and families. 2019~2020. Subcontractor of Community Action Partnership of North Dakota. Community Innovation Grants Program. The Consensus Council, Inc. P.I.
Assessing the performance of anisotropic heat conduction boards for fire protection of buildings. 2019~2020. NDSU EPSCoR Internal Funding – Seed Award. Co-P.I.
Development of a novel panelized ground-source radiant heating and cooling system for buildings. 2019~2020. NDSU EPSCoR Internal Funding – Seed Award. P.I.
Energy Simulation for Dean Residence. 2019. Meadowlark. P.I.
Harnessing Solar Energy through Noise Barriers and Structural Snow Fencing. 2019~2021. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Co-P.I.
Development of an algorithm for EnergyPlus to optimize thermostat parameters in building load calculation and energy simulation. 2018~2019. NDSU EPSCoR Internal Funding – Seed Award. P.I.
Energy Simulation for SJA Home. 2018. Meadowlark. P.I.
A Novel Dual Purpose Solar Collector Design. 2017~2018. 14th Annual P3 Awards - Phase I. U.S. EPA. P.I.
NDSU EXPLORE Undergraduate Research Award, 2018. NDSU RCA Small Grant Program. P.I.
An Innovative Flat Plate Collector Design for Heat and Cold Collection. 2016~2017. NDSU RCA Seed Funding. P.I.
Investigation and Evaluation of Operating Experiences with Existing Geothermal Heat Pump Systems in North Dakota. 2016~2017. State Energy Program. North Dakota Department of Commerce. P.I.