Yunyang Ye, Ph.D.

Research and Specialization

Dr. Yunyang Ye joined the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama (UA) as an assistant professor in the fall of 2023. Dr. Ye’s current research focuses on sustainable and resilient buildings, communities, and cities, electrification and decarbonization of built environments, building energy policy, and building-to-grid integration. His research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative. He has already published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles. Before joining UA, Dr. Ye was a research scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). As the principal investigator, he led his team studying urban-scale electrification with distributed energy resources. He has plenty of mentoring experience and close connections with national laboratories (e.g., PNNL, ORNL, NREL, and LBNL) and universities (e.g., Penn State and Georgia Tech).

Research Interests

• ​Sustainable Buildings from Micro to Macro Scales
• Resilient Buildings Against Climate Hazards
• Sustainable, Resilient, and Smart Cities
• Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
• Building Policy

Employment

• Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama, 08/2023 – Present
• Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 01/2020 – 08/2023

Education

• ​Ph.D., Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
• M.E., Power Engineering (HVAC), Tongji University, 2016
• B.E., Building Environmental and Facilities Engineering, Tongji University, 2013

Major Professional Activities

• Voting Member for ASHRAE SGPC 10
• Vice Chair for ASHRAE TC7.4 Exergy Analysis for Sustainable Buildings (EXER)
• Youth Editor for Building Simulation: An International Journal
• Guest Editor for the Journal of Building Performance Simulation Special Issue, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation
• Guest Editor for the Building and Environment Special Issue, Net Zero Carbon Built Environment
• Scientific Committee Member for 1st International Conference of Net Zero Carbon Built Environment
• Guest Editor for the Sustainability Special Issue, Sustainable Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Net-Zero Emissions
• Guest Editor for the Buildings Special Issue, Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Urban Infrastructure Development
• Scientific Committee Member for IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2024 Conference
• Guest Editor for a Special Issue of ASHRAE’s Science and Technology of the Built Environment
• Leading Guest Editor for the Building Special Issue, Urban Climate, Comfort and Building Energy Performance
• Topical Advisory Panel Member for Buildings

Major Awards

• ​ASHRAE New Investigator Award ($125,000)
• IBPSA-USA 2024 Emerging Contributor Award
• PNNL Early Career Researcher Award Finalist
• PNNL Outstanding Performance Award
• PNNL EI&BD Mentors of the Month for July
• ASHRAE Homer Addams Award
• Reviewer’s Recognition: 2021 Reviewers of the Year from the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

Publications

• Please see my Google Scholar and ResearchGate

Teaching Experience

• Instructor, ENGR171 – Large-Scale Engineering Graphics, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025