Xiaoyu Jia

Xiaoyu Jia is a visiting scholar at WPI’s HERB-Lab, working with Prof. Nancy Ma. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in HVAC at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University. Prior to joining WPI, she was a visiting scholar at the Center for Building Performance & Diagnostics (BPD) at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on building energy flexibility and load scheduling under uncertainty. She has also collaborated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to assess building demand flexibility potential. Her expertise includes building performance simulation, data analytics, and optimization.