Course Coordinators

Mike Lin (Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
I serve as the course and research advisor to CEE124/224A: Sustainable Development Studio. I am interested in the intersection of design, education and the environment. My research focuses on developing "Green 2.0" solutions that bring environmentally and socially considered design into the mainstream. I hope to do this through designing accessible, intuitive and engaging resource metering and monitoring systems as well as beautiful and thought provoking products and architecture.

Paul Kreiner (Coterm in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems)
Paul has been involved with the Green Dorm project since his sophomore year and currently serves as the Financial Coordinator for the Lotus Living Laboratory project. Last year, Paul conducted research on shower heat recovery and investigated the feasibility of a facility integrated vehicle. Over the summer he worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, where he developed a rotor design optimization program for offshore wind turbines. After graduating this spring, Paul hopes to continue work in the field of renewable energy.

Jennifer Tobias (Civil and Environmental Engineering, '08)
The Green Dorm allows me to combine my interests in structural engineering and architectural design on an actual project. My current research uses Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to calculate the environmental impacts of building materials. I am using process modeling to document how well existing software capabilities align with user requirements. I see my research contributing to the refinement of a process that is complementary to AEC industry practices to encourage quantitative sustainable design.

Chi Nguyen (Environmetnal Engineering, 09)
The goal of researching the energy efficient kitchen is to reduce carbon emissions in the kitchen to save on the cost of photovoltaics needed to offset those carbon emissions. The inspiration for this project comes from the realization that carbon emissions in the kitchen are substantial and important to consider. This project includes the integration and design of a solar cooker and cob cooler into the kitchen.

Engin Ayaz (Civil and Environmental Engineering, '07)
My research projects have focused on daylighting and how to visualize the decision making process for the Green Dorm Project most effectively. The essential motivation for this research was to bring all the stakeholders to the same page with intuitive charts. The ultimate goal in this field of research is to come up with a formal methodology, which will allow us to effectively manage all the design decisions regarding the Green Dorm Project.

Jonas Ketterle (Mechanical Engineering, '08)
Jonas is particularly interested in renewable energy generation and policy. His work with the Green Dorm is as a researcher, as the student representative at Project Team meetings, and as a TA for the class Sustainable Development Studio. He is also codirector of the Roosevelt Institution Center on the Environment and Energy. This summer he was abroad in Germany as an intern at the Fraunhofer Institute, designing a robot that inspects wind turbine blades.

Green Dorm Alumni

Dan Malik (Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Dan is a master’s student in Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program within CEE. As an undergraduate studying mechanical engineering at Cornell he worked on biodiesel production and use, as well as novel filtration
mechanisms for diesel particle emissions. He traces his interest in energy issues to a desire to reconcile his seemingly competing passions for automobiles and the environment. Dan plans to work on projects relating to vehicle electrification and green building design. He belongs to the school of thought that holistically designed systems can create more value while consuming less energy and natural capital.

Tyler Huebner
The Metering and Monitoring project will aim to incorporate a state of the art measurement system to track both building and human performance and help provide the most comfortable living space for the occupants. In addition, we will investigate unique ways for humans to interact with the information. By examining human behavior, we hope to understand how the information can induce more resource efficient living. I am particularly interested in measuring energy production and consumption, and how we can promote the most energy-efficient living quarters and lifestyles without sacrificing comfort.

Lauren Leonard (Product Design, '08)
The Green Dorm project will allow me to pursue my interest in sustainable design while working on an innovative and important project.  I am currently interested in researching ways to reduce plug loads, which account for a significant portion of the dorm’s total energy consumption.

Selwyn-Lloyd McPherson (Biomedical Computation, '08)
Selwyn-Lloyd is interested in strategies to harness energy from biological processes. This may involve integration with current biologic systems or the creation of new, independent systems. In addition to researching effective energy extraction methods, he is also interested in the design and aesthetic experience of the functional unit.

Nick Enge (Civil and Environmental Engineering, ‘09)
I am a sophomore who got interested in energy through Gil Masters’ Green Buildings SoCo.  I really like the simplicity and elegance of energy efficiency as a first step to solving energy problems.  My research will focus documenting and analyzing plug loads and standby power losses due to electronic devices in the typical Stanford student’s room. By looking at all of the rooms in a typical row house, and tracking some average rooms longer term, I hope to discover some figures for how much electricity individual student rooms use, and come up with some ideas on how to reduce them.

Kevin Hsu
Environmental protection is near the top of my “to do” list, and energy and water use are where the individual is involved on a daily basis. With this project, we hope to enhance the individual’s ability to save resources and to create systems that can be realistically implemented. By looking into metering/monitoring, we may eventually be able to influence habits with systems designed to respond to the ambient environment and feedback systems that allow the user to make conscious choices. As part of the project, I am interested in presenting energy and water data in a way that has meaning to the consumer.

Adam Kreek (Geological and Environmental Sciences)
Adam will focus on biodiesel and energy issues while working with the Green Dorm Project. He grew up in Ontario, Canada, but has spent most recent time on the west coast in Victoria, BC. There he began his degree at the University of Victoria, then trained and competed full-time with the Canadian Olympic Rowing Team. Before his time in Victoria, Adam also spent a year in Northern Alberta as a roughneck on an oil rig.

Greg Katz (Mechanical Engineering, '09)
As an officer of the Stanford Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World, Greg has served as the Director of Public Relations and currently works as the Director of Events. His past projects include a Slow Sand Water Filter design and research on how to achieve sustainability when attempting to apply engineering solutions to the problems of accessing clean water in under served communities. Greg is currently researching the effect of dust on photo voltaic cell productivity and ways to keep PV's clean of dust.

Luke Taylor ('10)
Luke has worked for San Francisco based non-profit organization The Pachamama Alliance for two years, committed to preserving the world's tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural custodians. His research interests in the Green Dorm/Lotus Living Laboratory project lie in the sociological and cultural implications of a community living in a sustainably rooted paradigm. He will look at the cooperative structures needed to support individuals in living a fulfilling and comfortable lifestyle while having a significantly smaller eco-footprint.

Annie Lee (Civil and Environmental Engineering, '09)
The innovative nature of the Greendorm project will give me the opportunity to learn about maximizing energy efficiency while still providing a comfortable living space. I think the design of living spaces is the key to solving the energy problem, because by understanding the impacts of tasks in our daily lives, we can create strategies to lessen those impacts and make a big difference. I'm especially interested in doing research on strategies for reusing rainwater and greywater in the dorm.

Sara Marks (Masters Environmental Engineering and Science)
Sara's studies focus on water systems in buildings and the environment, and her research interests include water recycling, appliance efficiency and energy recovery during wastewater treatment.

Aaron Meisner (Undeclared, '10)
I am a freshman interested in majoring in physics or engineering.  My current research project involves monitoring levels of activity in public dorm spaces based on sound intensity measurements.  The data I collect should help to approximate the amount of lighting needed during low-traffic periods and thus contribute to an accurate overall energy budget estimate.

Edwin Lim (Structural Engineering, ’07)
Everybody loves a sunshiny day. Everyone likes people with sunny dispositions. It’s a wonder that with so much fondness for the sun, we aren’t very good (yet) at bringing the sun into our lives. Rising up with the sun shining into my room has always put me in the right mood for the day. I hope to wake up people’s latent attraction to the sun by bringing natural daylight into their homes.

Jordan Shackelford (Masters in Atmosphere and Energy)
My interests in energy and the environment stem from an undergraduate
photochemical smog modeling project in Thailand that drew my attention to the connections between human energy use and environmental consequences. On a recent return trip to Thailand I was able to pursue a growing interest in biofuels by assisting in the design and installation of a demonstration biodiesel system in the rural South. My research this year will focus on wind monitoring and data collection for a campus wind energy feasibility study being undertaken by the Atmosphere/Energy class of 2007. I also plan on working with campus biodiesel projects, in keeping with my vision that a green future requires a diversified renewable energy portfolio.

Karthik Jayachanran (Masters Construction Engineering and Management)
I'm an architect from India, and I'm part of the MS-Construction Engineering and Management program. I want to help develop a decision making process that would enable the stakeholders to appreciate the big picture- in terms of perceived value and costs of various design alternatives. My research is also aimed at recognizing and quantifying the 'value' of the various qualitative elements in the buildings we use.

Megan Johnson (Masters Civil and Environmental Engineering)
I am a student in the Atmosphere/Energy Program.  I am interested in learning more about the process of designing and constructing green buildings and am particularly interested in energy conservation and efficiency projects.