Ph.D. Student Profiles

Meet the exemplary students that make up the Ph.D. Program in Urban Systems.

Ph.D. in Urban Systems

Muxin Jia

mj8@njit.edu

Education:
M.S., Urban Planning, ChongQing University (2019)
B.S., Urban Design, Southwest Jiaotong University (2015)

Research Interests: 
Urban design, spatial analytics, data-driven approaches

Anticipated Graduation: 2025

Title of Dissertation: From Simulation to Analytics: The Potential of Machine Learning in Urban Design and Planning

Jeongseo Lee

jl298@njit.edu

Education:
M.S., Interior Architecture and Built Environment, Yonsei University (2021)
B.S., Interior Architecture and Built Environment, Yonsei University (2018)

Research Interests:
Indoor environmental quality, building energy performance, personal environmental control system

Anticipated Graduation: 2025

Title of Dissertation: Scoring Criteria for Optimal Integration of Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) with Central HVAC Systems.

Minkyeong Park

mp346@njit.edu

Education:
M.S., Department of Architecture, Korea University (2021)
B.S., Architecture Engineering, Hanbat National University (2019)

Research Interests: 
Level of detail (LOD) framework in building energy modeling

Anticipated Graduation: 2025

Title of Dissertation: Assessing a Level of Detail Framework for Residential Building Energy Modeling

Biplav Pokhrel

bp548@njit.edu

Education: 
M.S., Energy Efficient Building, Department of Architecture, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus (2020)
B.E., Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering (2015)                                                  

Research Interests: 
Low cost housing, gamification, energy efficiency and resilience, energy economy and sustainability

Anticipated Graduation: 2027

Title of Dissertation: Passive Survivability of Low Cost Housing

Mansi Pandey Shah

ms2985@njit.edu

Education: 
M.Arch.,(Focus in Urbanism), AAP, Cornell University (2010)
B.Arch., Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University (2008)                                                                                

Research Interests:
Urban morphology, human behavior, public spaces, transportation, New Jersey

Anticipated Graduation: TBD

Title of Dissertation: TBD

Mohammad Saleh Nikoopayan Tak

mn552@njit.edu

Education: 
M.S., Construction Science and Management, Clemson University (2023)
B.S., Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2020)                                                         

Research Interests: 
Human-building interactions and occupant comfort/health, thermal resilience, energy efficiency of buildings, data analytics and machine learning for built environment

Anticipated Graduation: 2027

Title of Dissertation: TBD

Kaiheng Zhang

kz25@njit.edu

Education: 
M.S. Arch., NJIT (2022)
M.I.D., Industrial Design, Pratt Institute (2020)
M.A., Design Theory, Nanjing University of the Arts (2016)
B.A., Industrial Design, Nanjing University of the Arts (2013)

Research Interests: 
Integrated design, high-performance architecture, data-driven approaches

Anticipated Graduation: TBD

Title of Dissertation: TBD