Ph.D. Student Profiles

Meet the exemplary students that make up the Ph.D. Program 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.
	Mingzhe Li ml45@njit.edu Education: M.Arch., Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology (2024) M.S., Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (2022) Research Interest: Energy efficiency and zero energy buildings, building life cycle and carbon emissions, smart buildings and sustainable technologies Anticipated Graduation: TBD Title of Dissertation: TBD
	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