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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sustainable Building and Societies Laboratory</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (SBS Lab) at the
University of Colorado Boulder currently has six fully-funded Ph.D. positions in multi-scale modeling and optimization for the design and operation of smart, sustainable and resilient cities starting in the Spring/Summer/Fall 2021.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The research topics include 1) Explore multi-scale modeling technique for
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/nsf-bigdata-scc"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">future smart and connected cities</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> using the equation-based
Modelica language and building upon our open source </span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/scc-library"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Smart and Connected Community (SCC) Modelica library</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
and apply it to the communities in Colorado; 2) Develop and perform field test of advanced control strategies for
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/nsf-crisp-resiliencecity"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">grid-interactive resilient communities</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
expanding upon our open source </span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/nzec-library"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Net Zero Energy Community (NZEC) Modelica library</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">based on a real-world net zero energy community in Florida; 3) Create open source Modelica models for the
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/grid-interactive-efficient-district-energy-system"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">optimal design of grid-interactive efficient district energy system</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">;
4) Investigate holistic building system modeling and control methods based on our open source
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/data-center-package"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">end-to-end data center cooling system modeling and optimization package</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">;
5) Invent smart sensor networks and machine learning methods to </span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/smart-garden-alleys"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">modernize cities via smart garden alleys with application
in Indonesia</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The attachment is the job description. More information is available at our website
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/openings"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/openings</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please help distribute the message. Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wangda Zuo, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate Professor</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,
<i>Lewis-Worcester Faculty Fellow</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sustainable Buildings and Societies<i>
</i>Laboratory</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University of Colorado Boulder</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">303-492-4333;
</span><a href="mailto:Wangda.Zuo@Colorado.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wangda.Zuo@Colorado.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Website:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
</span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">https://www.colorado.edu/lab/sbs/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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