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Dr. Harmohindar Singh, Director

Harmohindar Singh , Ph.D. , P.E.-NC; C.E.M. Professor; B.S.M.E., Punjab University; M.S.M.E., Punjab University; M.S.M.E., Wayne State University; Ph.D- Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University; HVAC.

Dr. Singh is the director for the Center for Research and Technology He is a mechanical engineer and has 37 years of teaching, research and development experience in the area of building energy efficiency related to Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and indoor air quality (IAQ). Dr. Singh's research has included the effect of cold air distribution on the thermal comfort, reduction of particular matter (PM) in the indoor environment.

Dr. Peter Rojeski, Professor

Peter Rojeski, Jr. , P.E.-NC; ARCH. ENG. Director - Professor; B.S.C.E., Clarkson College of Technology; M.S.M.E., Cornell University; PhD., Cornell University. Facilities and HVAC.

Dr. Rojeski had over 20 years of building mechanical systems design and energy efficiency analysis experience including: audits, energy retrofits, energy management and controls systems, building commissioning, performance contracting, and measurement and verification. A complementary area of analysis has been indoor air quality which, experience shows, is often negatively impacted by poorly designed energy conservation programs.

Dr. Shamsuddin Ilias , Professor

Dr. Shamsuddin Ilias, Professor, B.S. (Ch.E.), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka; M.S., University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran; Ph.D., Queens University, Canada; Professional Engineer Professor.

Dr. Ilias is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Lucent Technology Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellow at
North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Ilias is also a member of the editorial board of ''Development in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing – The Australian Research Journal'' and serves as an Associated Editor of the DCEMP Journal. Prof. Ilias is the recipient of Chancellor's 2002 Outstanding Senior Investigator Research Award. Dr. Ilias' current research includes: separation and recovery of fuel cell grade hydrogen using novel membrane-reactor; development of metal-ceramic composite membranes for high temperature gas separations; development of CO-tolerant electrocatlysts for PEM fuel cell electrode, and recovery of supercritical CO 2 from processing fluid without phase change using membrane-based separations. Dr. Ilias' research interests include: Membrane Separations and Membrane Reactors; Metal-Ceramic Composite Membrane and Materials; Diffusion in Porous Media and Transport Modeling; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Environmental Engineering. Dr. Ilias developed a well-funded research program in the area of membrane separations and membrane reactors and holds two US patents.

Robert Powell

Robert Powel, Assistant Professor; B.S.A.E., Stanford University; M.S. Arch., MIT, R.A., Architecture.

Mr. Powell is a registered architect with over 20 years experience in building design, project management, and energy use analysis, including design and project management experience of commercial buildings in the 1 to 5 million-dollar range for a midsize AE firm, directing a nonprofit affordable housing development corporation, construction and construction management and several years as an renewable energy and energy efficiency consultant. At the university, Mr. Powell teaches courses in basic engineering principles, building design, and construction documents. His research includes analysis of energy use in manufactured housing, development and distribution of effective energy efficiency strategies for communities, and utilization of participatory design techniques.

Staff Members

Matthew O'Brien, AIA, LEED^AP, M.Ed. - Research Associate

Matthew O'Brien, AIA, M.Ed., brings twenty years of architectural design build experience in the private and public sectors to A&T. An AIA and NCARB Member, Matt has provided commercial and residential projects with all phases of the project delivery method as well as plan review services for general contractors. He has also conducted architectural forensics work and has served as an expert witness for construction litigation cases. Matt is a 1982 graduate from the Architecture School of the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and earned a M.Ed. in Business & Industry Education from the University of Minnesota in 2007. His research has focused on how the energy code relates to sustainable buildings design, building envelope & mechanical systems synthesis and passive solar design cost analysis. Matt is devoted to working with the architects of tomorrow and has taught at Forsyth Technical Community College.

Dr. Francis Nkrumah - Research Associate

Venetia Fisher, M.A. - Administrative Assistant

Chatonda "CC" Covington, M.B.A. - Administrative Assistant