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College of Design 
Building Energy Technology Laboratory (BETlab)

Majd Hijazi

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Bio

Education

 

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

PhD Student in College of Design

Research Assistant, BETlab

 

 

The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

M.S. in Sustainable Design, May 2016.

Thesis: Methodology to Evaluate Energy and IEQ Performance of Net- Zero Energy Buildings

 

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

B.S. in Architecture and Building Science, May 2012. GPA: 4.6 out of 5, Graduated with honors.

 

Experience

 

Graduate Research Assistant, The Catholic University of America

(January 2015-present) School of Architecture and Planning

 

Teaching Assistant, King Saud University

(January 2014-present), College of Architecture and Planning

 

Site Architect, Youssef Marroun Contracting Company

(January 2013-January 2014) Aviation Technology College Project

 

Conferences and Publications

 

  • Solar 2015 Conference , University Park, PA. July 28-30.
    • Made a presentation entitled “Re-thinking daylighting spot ”

 

  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 2016 Winter Conference, Orlando, January 34-27, 2016.

 

  • Hijazi, M., M. Sheehan, Fosbenner, H. Kim Ph.D. “Re-thinking daylighting spot measurements”, Proceedings of the Solar 2015 Conference, University Park, PA. (forthcoming).

 

Honors and Awards

 

  • The Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) Solar 2015 travel scholarship to present a paper at the 2015 American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Solar conference, $600, July
  • Graduation Project Award of Excellence, May
  • Distinguished “Modern Saudi House” Project, September
  • Excellent Grade Scholarship, King Saud University, $3,500, Spring and Fall Semesters 2008-2011.

 

Affiliations

 

 

  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Student Member, 2015-present.
  • Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), Student 2015-present.
  • American Solar Energy Society (ASES), Student 2015-present.
  • Saudi Green Building Forum (SGBF), 2015-present.
  • Saudi Council of Engineers, 2012-present.

 

University Services

 

  • ASHRAE Student Branch at The Catholic University of America, Officer: 2014-2015.
  • ASHRAE Student Branch at The Catholic University of America, Vice President: 2015-2016.
  • Sustainability Committee, 2014-2015.