Walter Grondzik
<b>Department: </b>Architecture<br><b>Research Area: </b>Building performance--comfort, energy, green, sustainability, decarbonization
Department: Architecture
Research Focus: Building performance--comfort, energy, green, sustainability, decarbonization.
Potential Student Project(s):
Investigate the role of buildings in:
- providing occupant comfort
- reducing demands upon energy resources
- contributing to green outcomes
- contributing to sustainable outcomes
- reducing carbon emissions/mitigating climate change
- providing for resilience
Attributes/skills/background sought in undergraduate:
A general interest in how buildings can contribute to human well-being while minimizing their negative impacts on our interior and exterior environments.
Inherent curiosity.
An interest in writing/reporting/sharing.
Mentoring Plan:
The student researcher will work 5 hours per week on the project including 1-on-1 interaction with me for at least 1 hour per week. This effort will be used to: - understand specific student interest(s) within the general areas of mentor interest - develop clear objectives and intended outcomes for the semester's work - establish a list of deliverables that will be the indicators of engagement (and ideally of success) - work collaboratively to develop these deliverables - discuss research tools and methods - explore presentation tools and methods - debrief each other on success in meeting the objectives My intention in this application is to be available to work one-on-one with an interested student. Initial contacts will be established using email. All meetings will be conducted on a regular basis using Zoom. If there are multiple students interested in similar topics, I would consider working with a small group.
Contact: 850-322-8343, (AB) 402