people
Lab Director
Hassan Azad, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, INCE-USA
Hassan Azad is an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Florida. His expertise encompasses architectural acoustics, environmental noise, and environmental design of buildings. He teaches courses both in undergraduate and graduate levels concerning the topics of his specialties. His research interests are as follow:
– Environmental Acoustics, Architectural Acoustics (Building & Room Acoustics)
– Environmental and Building Technology, Architectural Sciences, Technology Integration with Architectural Design
– Computer Programming for Architectural & Acoustical Applications, Computer Modeling & Simulation, Cloud & GPU Computing
PhD Students
Cory Nickchen
Cory Nickchen is a PhD student from the School of Architecture at the University of Florida. Cory’s work is concerned with environmental noise mapping systems.
Master's Students
Ran Dou
Ran Dou is a Master’s student from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. Ran’s research interests are: Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Computer Programming, and Algorithms.
Ran is working on the diffusion and scattering properties of 3D geometries. In this research project which will be his Master’s thesis project as well, Ran is interested in wave-based modeling and prediction of sound diffraction phenomena in enclosed spaces. He will be using cloud computing engines to compensate the computational expenses of his research.
Christopher Kania
Christopher Kania is a designer pursuing a Master’s Degree in Architecture at the University of Florida’s School of Architecture. He grew up with the influence of music from an early age and that interest in the creation, manipulation and control of sound has made its way into his design studies and professional life.
At EAAR LAB, Chris is completing his Graduate thesis on the methods (design guides) of mitigating noise and improving speech intelligibility in open design studio environments.
Sachit Verma
Sachit Verma is a Master’s student from the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He has worked as an Associate System Engineer for 2 years in Tata Consultancy Services. Sachit is also an active member of the UF’s Data Science Research Lab directed by Dr. Daisy Zhe Wang. His areas of interest include Data Science, Distributed Systems and Software Development.
He is working with EAAR LAB on developing plugins for Rhino and Grasshopper in the area of Architectural Acoustics.