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Vahid Zamani

Vahid Zamani

Vahid Zamani completed a Master of Science in Civil (Cross-disciplinary) Engineering at the University of Alberta in 2023, co-supervised by Dr. Yuxiang Chen and Dr. Yong Li. His thesis developed a practical method for estimating the parameters and unmeasured inputs of resistor-capacitor (RC) thermal models of buildings, combining an unscented Kalman filter with nonlinear least square estimation.

He extended the same method to estimate the heating and cooling supply needed to control zone temperatures, testing it on both simulated data and measured data from a single detached house.

Education

  • MSc in Civil (Cross-disciplinary) Engineering, University of Alberta (2023)

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Zamani, V., Abtahi, S., Chen, Y., and Li, Y. (2025). Parameter-Input Estimation of RC Thermal Models of Buildings Using Unscented Kalman Filter and Nonlinear Least Square Method. Indoor and Built Environment, 34(1), 41-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326X241270775
  • Zamani, V., Abtahi, S., Li, Y., and Chen, Y. (2024). Heating and Cooling Supply Estimation to Control Buildings Temperature Using Resistor-Capacitor Thermal Model, Unscented Kalman Filter, and Nonlinear Least Square Method. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 45(2), 135-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/01436244231221254

Conference Papers

  • Rezvanpour, M., Zamani, V., Cruz-Noguez, C., and Chen, Y. (2023). Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Using Tap Water for Space Cooling. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022), Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer, 177-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_20

Thesis

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