| Title: | BLG Endowed Prof & Prof |
| Dept: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Office: | FH 243 |
| Phone: | 216-687-4662 |
| Fax: | 216-687-5375 |
| Email: | y.tao19@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. FH 243, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1989
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, 1981 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, 1978 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Dr. Yong Tao is the Betty L. Gordon Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor, and past department chair of Mechanical Engineering. He directs Center for Integrated Modeling in Energy, Resilience and Sustainability (IERS Center) at CSU. Dr. Tao's research interests include (i) fundamentals of thermal/fluids sciences, (ii) renewable energy and energy efficiency in buildings, including solar, wind, and geothermal heat pump systems, and (iii) sustainability science. His research has attracted more than $20M funding from the US federal agencies and industries, including multidisciplinary research network projects, such as Predictive Modeling Network for Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems, where researchers from engineering, computer science and social science work together to advance the discoveries and solutions for better world.
Dr. Tao is a fellow of ASME, fellow of ASTFE, past chair of ASME Heat Transfer Division, founding board director and past president of American Society of Thermal & Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), past editor-in-chief of Heat Transfer Research journal, and a licensed Professional Engineer. Dr. Tao comes to CSU from the College of Engineering and Computing at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Florida, where he was the founding dean of this College (later changed to College of Computing and Engineering). Prior to joining NSU he served in the department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton as chair, endowed PACCAR professor of engineering, distinguished research professor, and director of PACCAR Technology Institute, hosting the unique zero energy research lab. He was responsible for tremendous growth of new B.S. and new Ph.D. programs, and research profile. Dr. Tao has also served as associate dean at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, while on faculty as professor of mechanical and materials engineering and director of the Building, Energy, Environment and Conservation Systems Laboratory before joining UNT. In 2005, he was the faculty leader of the award-winning Solar Decathlon entry. During 2008 International Olympics, he served as Project Director of the American House, as playing a vital role in building better international collaboration "in the area of energy-efficient buildings" (quote from the U.S. Secretaries of Commence and Energy.) Dr. Tao enjoys playing tennis and piano and woodworking. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Fellow, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE)
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Betty L. Gordon Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor, Cleveland State University (CSU) Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas (UNT) Paccar endowed professor, University of North Texas (UNT) | ||
| Creative and Activities: | ||
| - Predictive Modeling Network for Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystem (SHBE), an NSF RCN project. https://www.shbe.org/
- DIBBS award: VIFI:Virtual Information-Fabric Infrastructure (VIFI) for Data-Driven Decisions from Distributed Data. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1640818&HistoricalAwards=false | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| - Fundamentals of thermal/fluids sciences
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency in buildings, including solar, wind, and geothermal heat pump systems, and - Sustainability science. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| - Heat and mass transfer
- Heating, ventilating, refrigeration and air-conditioning - Fluid dynamics - Sustainable Energy - Multiphase heat transfer in porous media - Statics and dynamics | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE) (2014-present)
-Founding board director. -President (2020-2023). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (1999-2015) -Chair, Heat Transfer Division (2014-2015) -Vice-Chair, Heat Transfer Division (2013-2014) -Executive Committee member, Heat Transfer Division (2011-2015) -Executive member of Basic Engineering Group (2015) -Media Editor, Heat Transfer Division (2009-2011) -Regional Operating Board Member, Region XI, ASME International (2001-2003) -Chair of ASME Nashville Chapter (1998-1999) American Society of Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE -Corresponding Member, TC1.3 Committee on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, ASHRAE, (2003-present). -Corresponding Member, TC8.4 Committee on Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment, ASHRAE, (2002-present). | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| 1) PI: US-UK Workshop for Biosensing-Enabled, Wellbeing-Centric Sustainable Built Environment Ecosystems, NSF ($50,000, 2019-2021)
2) Co-PI: Virtual Information-Fabric Infrastructure (VIFI) for Data-Driven Decisions from Distributed Data, NSF ($4M, 2016-2021) 3) PI: RCN-SEES: Predictive Modeling Network for Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems (SHBE), NSF ($652,846, 2013-2021) 4) Co-PI: Advanced District Energy Controls for Improved Efficiency and Resilience, Department of Energy ($1.4M, 2020-2023) 5) PI: Developing Modeling and Simulation-Based Multidisciplinary Learning Environment for Urban Universities, Department of Education ($1,009,852, 2023-2026) | ||