Advanced Decision Making for HVAC Engineers

Dr. Javad Khazaii earned his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, his Master of Business Administration with a concentration of Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University, and his PhD in Architecture with a major in building technology and a minor in building construction from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a registered engineer and a LEED accredited professional with more than two decades of professional project management, design and energy modeling. He has been adjunct faculty in Engineering at Kennesaw State University since 2011. Dr. Khazaii has co-authored scientific articles and conference proceedings for the ASME and IBPSA, and he was one of the original contributors to the State of Qatar (Energy) Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS). His team was awarded first place in the International Building Performance Simulation Association's (IBPSA) annual group competition in 2009. His first book “Energy Efficient HVAC Design, An Essential Guide for Sustainable Building” was published by Springer in 2014 and is within Springer’s top 100 best sellers in Energy.

Introduction.- Heat Transfer in a Nutshell.- Load Calculation and Energy Modeling.- Data Centers.- Healthcare Facilities.- Laboratories.- Cleanrooms.- Commercial Kitchens and Dining Facilities.- Introduction.- Analytical Hierarchy Process.- Genetic Algorithm Optimization.- Pareto Base Optimization.- Decision making under uncertainty.- Agent Based Modeling.- Artificial Neural Network.- Fuzzy Logic.- Game Theory.- Buildings of the Future.