Edwin Lee
Lead Systems Modeling Engineer at Trane Technologies
Cashion, Oklahoma, United States
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Top SchoolEdwin Lee is a Lead Systems Modeling Engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in advanced building and energy simulation. He has led core development on EnergyPlus—one of the field’s flagship open-source whole-building simulation engines—modernizing legacy C++ data structures and improving code quality across simulation components. His background blends deep mechanical engineering expertise (BS/MS/PhD work at Oklahoma State) with hands-on software development and systems integration, from component models to multi-domain program-level simulations. Edwin’s work spans national labs and industry, including a long tenure at NREL and consulting for Oak Ridge, where he validated experimental phase-change material studies and ran large parametric campaigns. Colleagues rely on him to bridge modeling theory and practical simulation tooling, and he thrives on converting complex physical systems into maintainable, high-performance code. Based in Cashion, Oklahoma, he brings a pragmatic, research-driven approach to building energy modeling that often surfaces elegant solutions to integration challenges.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering, Doctoral, Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University
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NREL/EnergyPlus
Mar 2014 - Jan 2023
EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption and water use in buildings.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:299 releases, 1612 reviews, 6120 commits in 9 years
Contributions summary:Edwin's commits primarily focused on converting code within the `EnergyPlus` repository. Their changes involve converting `Array1D` data structures to `std::array` objects. This suggests a focus on modernizing the codebase and improving performance within the EnergyPlus whole building energy simulation program, specifically in the `WindowManager.cc` and other relevant files, where they are also applying Clang format, indicating an effort to maintain code quality.
renewable-energypower-systemsenergy-consumptionenergy-simulationsimulation
NREL/EnergyPlusRelease
Sep 2014 - Jul 2019
Contributions:7 releases, 18 commits, 3 pushes in 4 years 10 months
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