Ruiji Sun

Job title: 
Data Science Fellow 2024
Department: 
Architecture
Bio/CV: 

Ruiji Sun is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Building Science at UC Berkeley. He is also a GSR at the Center for the Built Environment (CBE). His dissertation focuses on causal inference in the built environment. Other areas of his research include indoor environmental quality, personalized environmental control systems, and building energy modeling.

He obtained his M.S. degree from Carnegie Mellon University and double-majored in Mechanical Engineering (HVAC) and Architecture at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China. Ruiji also served as a board member of IBPSA-USA and as the president of ASHRAE at UC Berkeley.

Research interests: 

Causal inference; Indoor Environmental Quality; Building Energy Modeling; Autonomous Vehicle;