Lexuan Zhong, PhD, PEng
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- lexuan1@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-8820
- Address
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10-351 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211-116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~lexuan1/ Energy And Environment Renewable Energy Mechanical Systems Control Systems Indoor air quality Advanced HVAC systems Health exposure assessment Building energy Green buildings
About
Dr. Zhong is the director and founder of the Built Environment Technology Lab (BETLab). She has extensive research and industrial experience in the field of the healthy indoor environment, with an in-depth understanding of heat and mass transfer in buildings, physico-chemical purification technologies, catalysis, and nanotechnology. She is a dynamic researcher who is highly proficient in applying experimental, computational, and field approaches to her research. Her speciality areas include building material characterization, air cleaning & odor control, indoor air science, resilience and built environment, design of advanced HVAC systems and green buildings, smart sensors and controls, and health exposure assessment.
Research
Research Areas
- Indoor air quality characterization, filtration, purification, sterilization, and management
- Indoor environmental quality performance approaches
- Design and evaluation of advanced HVAC systems, ventilation systems, and green buildings
- Renewable energy systems in buildings
- Built environment & climate change
- Intelligent building operation
Teaching
MEC E 463 Thermo-fluids system design
MEC E 466 Building system design
MEC E 641 Environmental technologies in buildings
Announcements
Positions are available at both the Masters and Doctoral levels in the HVAC&R. Applicants with research experience in HVAC systems, indoor air quality, green buildings, building energy or other related areas are highly welcomed. Interested and qualified students are encouraged to contact Dr. Zhong for a possible opportunity to join her research team.
Courses
MEC E 463 - Thermo-Fluids Systems Design
Design and optimization of thermo-fluid systems, heating and ventilating equipment and load calculations, system design, piping networks, heat exchanger analysis and design, computer-aided design projects. Prerequisites: MEC E 330 or 331, 340, and 370 or 371.
MEC E 641 - Environmental Technologies in Buildings
Study of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and HVAC systems of buildings. Application of the basic HVAC principles as well as a range of technologies and analysis techniques for designing healthy and comfortable indoor environments. Investigation procedures and methods to identify indoor air quality problems as well as the techniques to prevent or mitigate indoor air problems.