People
Meet the team behind CHEER Lab.
Principal Investigator
Dayi Lai 赖达祎
Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dr. Lai obtained his Ph.D. from Purdue University, with research experiences across engineering and design. His is an editor for Building and Environment, and was enlisted as world's top 2% scientist since 2022.
Co-Principal Investigator
Fujie RAO 饶富杰
Co-Principal Investigator, Lecturer at Adelaide University
Dr. Rao obtained his Ph.D. from The University of Melbourne, with research focuses on resilient and sustainable urban transitions amid rapid digitalisation and the climate crisis. Email: [email protected]
Current Students
Zhitong Yu 俞之桐
Ph.D. student
Heat risk assessment and mitigation for delivery riders, plant factory
Wenqi Qian 钱文琪
Ph.D. student
Longitudinal heat exposure study of elderly in urban community
Zijie Zhou 周子芥
Ph.D. student
Urban Space-Thermal Environment-Human integration
Sisi Hu 胡思斯
Ph.D. student, Lecturer at Ningxia University
Thermal environment and walkability
Weijie Xia 夏伟杰
Perspective Ph.D. student
Likely to conduct research on human thermal physiology
Mengze Xu 徐梦泽
Master student
Outdoor heat exposure assessment using GPS and simulation
Xinyi Zhu 朱芯懿
Master student, co-supervised with Prof. TAO Cong
Delivery-rider friendly community
Zan Peng 彭赞
Master student, co-supervised with Prof. YU Bingqin
Performance driven generative design of greenery with LLM
Yue Fan 范越
Master student
Measurement and simulation of urban thermal environment
Nicolas Gonzalez Fernandez
Master student, co-supervised with Prof. HUANG Yinwu
Passive design of residential house for Bogota, Columbia
Runjie Huang 黄润杰
Master student, co-supervised with Prof. ZHANG Jian
PV integrated building design
Guanjun Hua 华冠钧
Undergraduate student
AI assisted performance driven generative design
Alumni
Xiao Hu 胡啸
Former master student
Ph.D. student at Hong Kong University
AI assisted performance driven generative design
Chenfeng Li 李晨丰
Former master student
SF express
Outdoor thermal comfort in Shanghai
Peiru Xiao 肖佩如
Former master student, co-supervised with Prof. RAO Fujie
SF express
Heat mitigation policy for 15-min living community
Qiaomei Guan 官巧梅
Former master student, co-supervised with Prof. BAO Hua
BYD company
Energy and environment in modern argriculture
Rui Sun 孙睿
Former master student, co-supervised with Prof. LIU Wei
Ph.D. student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fast simulation of outdoor thermal environment
Yingtian Zou 邹婴恬
Former master student, co-supervised with Prof. HUANG Yinwu
CCID Industrial and Informatization Institute (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Passive design of traditional rural houses in dry cold climate (Ningxia)
Tianheng Wang 王天恒
Former master student, co-supervised with Prof. HUANG Yinwu
Ellumus Architecture LLC
Balancing carbon, thermal environment, and cost of Shanghai rural houses
Shikang Wen 温世康
Former undergraduate student
Ph.D. student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Daylighting prediction and optimization
Yige Fan 范轶阁
Former master student, co-supervised with Prof. XUE Jiao
Ph.D. student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shading design and control with AIGC