Mona Azarbayjani
Mona Azarbayjani
Education: Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Courses Taught: N/A
Biography:
Professor Mona Azarbayjani is the Graduate Program Director at the Davd R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and joined UNC Charlotte in 2010. Her research focuses on energy analytics, high-performance and healthy buildings, and user-centered design with new technologies. Dr. Azarbayjani’s research examines integrated systems between physical, computational, and human physiological parameters and quantifies human and environmental health through funded research. She collaborates with faculty from Electrical and Computer Science Engineering as well as the Health and Human Sciences.
Dr. Azarbayjani has published one book, eight book chapters, and several peer-reviewed journal articles and peer-reviewed conference papers. Dr. Azarbayjani has advised four Ph.D. students, of whom two have already graduated. She was the lead PI of a Department of Energy/NREL grant to design, build, and operate a zero-energy house for the 2013 Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California, in October 2013. As the lead faculty and project manager, she collaborated with hundreds of students, faculty, and industry partners in garnering the People’s Choice Award, eighth place in Architecture, and third place in the Engineering competition.