About the Author: Mengtao Han, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China. He has been an architect for several years in China and then obtained his Ph.D. from the Architecture Department at the University of Tokyo in 2019. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan, from 2019 to 2020. He also worked as a young scientists research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2018 to 2020. He is now working on developing and applying airflow simulation methods in the building environment and building energy-saving technologies.
In the last five years, he focused on developing and applying the lattice Boltzmann method to the built environment and made several achievements in this field. He has chaired two projects related to this field, published dozens of high-level research papers, and published a book as a second author.
Prof. Ryozo Ooka received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Faculty of Engineering from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1989 and 1991, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Architecture department from The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1997. After earning his degree, Prof. Ooka served as an associate professor at Fukui University, Fukui, Japan, and then at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Since 2009, Prof. Ooka has been a professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo.
Prof. Ooka focuses on predicting and controlling the urban atmospheric environment. His recent research interests include: optimal design methods for urban energy systems, CFD application in and around Buildings, development of high-energy efficiency buildings, etc. Prof. Ooka has published over 400 peer-reviewed technical papers in international journals and conferences. He is the chair of the Sustainable Building Committee and Urban and Climate Change Committee from the Architectural Institute of Japan. He is also the president of IAQVEC (Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation, Energy Conservation in Buildings) Association and ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air-conditioning Engineers) Japan Chapter. He was a recipient of the prize of Architectural Institute of Japan in 2015, and four best paper awards from the Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineering of Japan in 2009, 2012, 2017 and 2019. He is also SHAESE Fellow and ASHREA Fellow.
