Yi Zhang
Founder And Director at Bartlett School of Environment Energy and Resources, University College London
South Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolYi Zhang is the founder and director of Energy Simulation Solutions Ltd with 12 years of experience applying computing, simulation and optimization to the built environment. He combines academic teaching and research—as an Associate Professor at UCL’s Bartlett School—with entrepreneurship, shipping tools like jEPlus/JESS and the JESS online simulation service used by building simulation practitioners. His background spans hands-on software engineering, high-performance simulation platforms and thermal comfort modelling from a PhD in Building Services Engineering. Based in South Cambridgeshire, he brings a rare blend of research-led innovation and product delivery, having translated EPSRC-funded research into commercial and educational tools.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Building Services Engineering, PhD, Building Services Engineering at Loughborough UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Health Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Health Engineering at Chinese Centre for Disease Control and PreventionBachelor of Engineering (BEng), 2nd, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), 2nd, Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
maven-plugin8
maven8
netbeans8
java7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jeplus/jEPlus
Jan 2016 - Sep 2020
jEPlus source code, maven and NetBeans projects
Contributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 years 8 months
maven-pluginjavamavennetbeans
jeplus/JESS-Web-API
Oct 2017 - Sep 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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