Mehdi Pazhoohesh

Personal profile

Dr. Mehdi Pazhoohesh received his PhD in Energy and Building Engineering from the University of Liverpool in 2017. He is currently working as a Senior lecturer at De Montfront University. Dr Pazhoohesh has a background in the field of building energy performance and human comfort science and his research interests focus on Data-driven modelling and application of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence techniques for big data analytics in Energy Management and Energy-Efficient Buildings. He has also been involved with several UK and international based research projects such as Building as a power plant (EPSRC), Active Building Centre (EPSRC), Buildings Energy Efficiency (Research Institute for Smart and Green Cities, China). Additionally, he is endorsed by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as a global talent in Energy Engineering in 2020.

Research group affiliations

• Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)

Research interests/expertise

• Machine learning
• Data-driven modelling
• Buildings Energy Efficacy
• Data quality and imputation techniques
• Thermal comfort

Areas of teaching

• Power generation
• Machine learning

Qualifications

• BSc Electrical Engineering and power systems
• MSc Energy and sustainability with electrical power systems
• PhD Smart Energy for buildings

Honours and awards

• Endorsed under Global Talent by the UK Research and Innovation, 2020
• RISGC (Research Institute for Smart and Green Cities) funded proposal, 2016
• Dushu Lake Higher Education Town (HET) grant, 2015
• Full Scholarship for 4 years for PhD career 2012

Professional licences and certificates

• Energy audit Certificate
• Solar Energy Certificate

Projects

• The impact of the UK Government’s lock down on energy networks, (EPSRC),2020
• Active Building Centre, (EPSRC) , 2019-present
• Building as a Power Plant (EPSRC), 2018-2019
• Occupancy-driven intelligent control of HVAC system for saving energy and enhancing thermal comfort (RISGC), 2017
• Dushu Lake Higher Education Town (HET) Grant, 2015-2016