The HUBS news.

A new journal article, titled Large Language Model-Driven Context-Aware Eco-Feedback Generation and Evaluation, is accepted and published by Energy and Buildings!

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Prosper's third, first-authored journal article has been accepted by Building and Environment: Assessing Indoor Heat Strain through Occupant Language: A Framework for Building Thermal Resilience. Congrats!

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Dr. Jung participated in Buildsys26, presented four papers, and won a 3rd Best Paper from Socialsys26!

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The HUBS lab successfully led another Summer Engineering Academy activity to represent Architectural Engineering!

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The HUBS lab visited the SRP headquarter to deliver its final presentation for the 2-year SEP research project!

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Dr. Jung participated in IAQVEC 2026 and successfully delivered five presentations, Yay!

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Prosper has successfully finished his comprehensive exam! He is now a PhD candidate! Big congrats!

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A new journal article, titled Adoption, use, and perception of room and personal comfort systems in U.S. households is accepted and published by Journal of Building Engineering!

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A new journal article, titled Multi-Agent Home Energy Management Assistant (HEMA) is accepted and published by SoftwareX!

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A new journal article, titled Understanding smart thermostat adoption: Housing, HVAC, and socio-economic traits in the U.S. gets accepted and published by Energy Reports!

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Dr. Jung serves as technical committee & best paper committee of Buildsys 2026

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A total of five papers were accepted by IAQVEC 2026!

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Dr. Jung serves as a reviewer for i3ce 2026

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Congrats to Prosper who published his second journal paper, titled: Personalized Building Thermal Resilience Assessment Under Future Climate Scenarios, in Building and Environment

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Dr. Jung visited Yonsei University to give a seminar titled: Towards Human-Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Building Collaborations, invited by Prof. Chungyoon Chun!

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Dr. Jung visited Seoul National University of Science and Technology to give a seminar on "Demand Response Strategies and Research in the U.S. Residential Sector", invited by Dr. Jimin Kim!

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Dr. Jung will serve as a reviewer for the ISARC 2026 conference.

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Dr. Jung will serve on the technical program committee for the ACM Buildsys 2026

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Dr. Jung participated in the 11th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2025) and presented his research: Smart Thermostat Adopters Through the Lens of Diffusion of Innovation Theory.

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Dr. Jung participated in the Fall annual conference, organized by the Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems.

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Dr. Jung visited KonKuk University to give a seminar on "Career Pathways: Building Science Track."

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Dr. Jung visited Ajou University to give a seminar on "Why do we need EnergyPlus and what do we use it for?"

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Dr. Jung visited the Building Information Science & Technology (BIST) Lab, directed by Dr. Sungmin Yoon at Sungkyunkwan University!

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Dr. Jung served as a reviewer for CI & CRC Joint Conference 2026.

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Dr. Jung visited the Human-centered Smart & Sustainable Construction Management (HSSCM) Lab, directed by Dr. Kwangbok Jeong at Sejong University!

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Dr. Jung visited the Incheon National University Graduate School of Logistics to give a seminar "Understanding the State of the Art in Any Field"

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Dr. Jung visited the Hyper-Intelligent Built Environment (HIBE) Lab, directed by Dr. Youngsu (Micheal) Kim at Chung-Ang University!

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Dr. Jung visited the Building Informatics Group at Yonsei University for a brownbag seminar "Surviving as an Assistant Professor in the U.S."

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The HUBS lab won an NSF grant, entitled: "Collaborative Research: Empowering STEM Education by Creating Benchmarking Models for GenAI Learning Assistants!" We appreciate this great collaborative opportunity with Dr. Namgyun Kim and other Co-PIs at TAMU and look forward to making a significant impact!

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The HUBS lab won AZTI SPR-804: Potential Revenue Generation Through the Commercialization of Arizona Rest Areas as a Co-PI! We look forward to collaborating with Dr. Ali Shamshiripour (the PI), other team members, and ADOT officers!

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A new journal article, titled Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS): A systematic review of performance evaluation methods for Thermal Comfort, Air Quality and Energy, gets accepted and published by Building and Environment!

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A new journal article, titled Streamlining occupant-centric HVAC operations through multi-modal infrared array sensing technology, gets accepted and published by Energy and Buildings!

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The HUBS lab will continue the 'Benefits of Smart Electric Panels for SRP Sustainability Goals' project as it has been funded in the second year! We appreciate this continued support from SRP!

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Congrats to Prosper for his first journal article — published in Energy and Buildings — with the HUBS lab! Keep up your good work!

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Our SRP project, titled "Benefits of Smart Electric Panels for SRP Sustainability Goals", was once again awarded! We are excited about this opportunity!

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One conference paper was accepted by the ASHRAE Annual Conference 2025!

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Dr. Jung will serve as a scientific committee member for IAQVEC 2026!

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Three conference proceedings were accepted by CSCE/CRC 2025 conference!

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Congrats to Prosper who won the Carson Scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year!

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Dr. Jung serves as a reviewer for the CRC/CSCE 2025 conference!

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Ms. Shivani Rajesh Bavdhankar joined the HUBS lab! Welcome!

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Three conference proceedings were accepted by i3ce 2025 conference!

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Dr. Jung serves as a reviewer for the ISARC 2025 conference!

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The HUBS lab, again, won the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) STEM-centered undergraduate research experiences! We look forward to working with talented undergraduates this Spring, 2025!

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Dr. Jung participated in the Symposium on Building-Energy Research! Thank you for the invitation!

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The HUBS lab welcomes a new undergraduate research assistant: Efren Hiram Figueroa! He will support Prosper's experiment!

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The HUBS lab welcomes a new undergraduate research assistant: Sascha Nicole Moran! She will support Prosper's experiment and our heat resiliency study!

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The HUBS lab welcomes new undergraduate research assistants: Alyssa La Fountain, Lucas DeFrancesco, Nick Kyle! They will support the new research initiative about smart buildings

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The HUBS lab welcomes a new PhD student, Elham Hasani Alavy! She will work on our building electrification project and continue her IAQ research.

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The HUBS lab won the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) STEM-centered undergraduate research experiences for Fall 2024! We do look forward to working with talented undergraduates this Fall!

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The HUBS lab won the SensorLab 2025 - Seed Grant! We do look forward to collaborating with the SensorLab continuously!

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Details of the two SRP projects that Dr. Jung serves as a PI are updated in the Research tab

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Dr. Jung participated in the Future of Building Industry Workshop (FoBI), organized by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL)! It was such an informative workshop and the HUBS lab looks forward to future collaborations with UNL faculty!

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The HUBS lab wins three projects from Salt River Project (SRP)! The HUBS lab does appreciate this opportunity and look forward to working with SRP! More details will come!

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A new paper, titled "A new database of building-space-specific internal loads and load schedules for performance based code compliance modeling of commercial buildings", has been published by the Building Simulation Journal!

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Our conference paper, titled "Unveiling Personal Heat Stress Diversity in Buildings", has been accepted by ICCCBE 2024! Congrats to Prosper for his first publication with the HUBS lab!

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Dr. Jung serves as a reviewer for the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2024 conference.

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Our poster abstract, titled "Biophilic design and the COVID-19 pandemic: Literature review and novel tools to assess mental health and well-being", has been accepted by EDRA55 Portland!

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Dr. Jung attended the CI-CRC 2024 conference!

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Dr. Jung joins the Mentor Training and Student Mentoring Service organized by the Building Pathway Project funded by the NSF.

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HUBS won an undergraduate research award and get to work with Mr. Diego Fajardo, a senior majoring in civil engineering!

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A new paper, titled "Towards intelligent workstations: Investigating the feasibility of Doppler radar sensors for personal respiratory quantification in thermal comfort", has been accepted by the Building and Environment journal! Yay!

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Dr. Jung has become the Summer Engineering Academy (SEA) coordinator for Architectural Engineering. We look forward to our consistent contribution to such outreach activities!

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A new journal paper, entitled "Towards intelligent workstations: Investigating the feasibility of Doppler radar sensors for personal respiratory quantification in thermal comfort" has been accepted by Building and Environment!

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Dr. Jung has become a Poster/Demo technical program committee of ACM Buildsys 2023!

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A new PhD student, Prosper Babon-Ayeng, has joined the HUBS lab! Welcome and we look forward to your contribution to the world!

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A new paper, titled "Smart thermostat data-driven U.S. residential occupancy schedules and development of a U.S. residential occupancy schedule simulator", has been accepted by the Building and Environment journal! Yay!

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HUBS lab successfully led the Summer Engineering Academy - Architectural Engineering! We look forward to upcoming outreach activities!

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Dr. Erin Driver joins HUBS as an intern! She is highly qualified for the position and we look forward to our collaborative works!

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Dr. Jung has introduced himself at the CAEM Alumni Council Meeting!

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Dr. Jung has become an Annex87 Subtask C co-leader with Prof. Joon-ho Choi at USC! Thanks a lot for the opportunity!

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Dr. Jung has attended the ASCE AEI conference, Denver, CO, to attend the Academic Council meeting and get the sense of the student competition :)

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Dr. Jung has presented his research and the Architectural Engineering program to the ASHRAE Tucson Chapter!

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Sophia Kristine Witt joins HUBS as an undergraduate student! Welcome, Sophia!

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Dr. Altaf Engineer provided his invited talk to the students in the HBI class. We appreciate his insightful talk!

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Dr. Jason Koh at Mapped joined the HBI class and shared his research and works at Mapped! It was an eye-opening talk and we are very thankful for the talk!

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Dr. Jung will serve as a Co-Chair for the Sustainability and Resilience Track at CI & CRC 2024. Thanks for the opportunity!

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Dr. Jung was invited to ARC497B/597B and shared his ways of developing/addressing interesting/impactful research questions!

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Dr. Jung presented his research at a KICEM monthly meeting.

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Dr. Jung shared his research at an IAQVEC technical meeting. Thanks for the opportunity!

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Dr. Jung started his new course in the department: Human Building Interaction :)

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Dr. Jung is affiliated with the UArizona Institute of Place, Wellbeing & Performance and looking forward to our collaborations!

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Dr. Jung presented his research at the G-Net KBTS seminar!

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Yay! HUBS now has access to the ecobee Donate Your Data dataset! Thanks for being a partner ecobee!

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Dr. Jung joins IEA EBC Annex 87 - Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of Personalized Environmental Control Systems! Great to be part of this international research effort!

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Dr. Jung was invited to present his research and career to graduate students at Ajou University. The title was Built Environment Sustainability through Human-Centered Operations.

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Residential Occupancy Schedule Simulator (ROSS) has been uploaded in the HUBS' GitHub page.

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Dr. Jung officially started his position at the University of Arizona as an assistant professor!

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Dr. Jung started advertising two Ph.D. student positions in Social Media!

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Dr. Jung accepted the offer from Civil & Architectural Engineering & Mechanics, The University of Arizona.

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Dr. Jung named his lab as the Human Building Synergy Laboratory (HUBS)!

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