My 2025 painted in pixels by ChatGPT*
Hi! I'm Bohan, a PhD researcher working at the intersection of occupant behavior, immersive technologies, and building performance.
Interests
- Occupant Behavior
- Human-Building Interaction
- Building Performance Simulation
- Multisensory Virtual Reality
- Surrogate Modeling
News
- 🎓 Bohan has successfully completed his PhD confirmation! 🎉
- 🏆 Bohan has been nominated as one of the 2026 Young CAADRIA Award winners. 🎉
- 📢 New paper alert! Our latest research, From Optimisation to Nudging: An Occupant-Centric Simulation Framework for Identifying Energy-Aware Shading Behaviour, has been accepted to CAADRIA 2026. The work will be presented at the conference from 29 April to 1 May 2026. See you in Hsinchu! ✨
- ✈️ Bohan will attend the Design++ XR in AEC Summer School at ETH Zurich during 1 to 5 September 2025.
Portfolio
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About Me
Academic Journey
PhD Student in Human Interface Technology
Human Interface Technology Lab New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ)
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ
March 2025 - Ongoing
Master of Science in Built Environment: Environmental Design and Engineering
Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources
University College London
London, UK
September 2021 - September 2022
Bachelor of Engineering in Building Environment and Energy
College of Urban Construction
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
September 2016 - June 2020
Industrial Journey
Graduate Engineer
Sustainability & Building Physics
Buro Happold
Hong Kong SAR, China
December 2022 - August 2023
Student Placement
Sustainability & Building Physics
Buro Happold
London/Leeds, UK
June 2022 - November 2022
Intern
Building Engineering
AECOM
Shanghai, China
October 2020 - July 2021
Skills
Geometry
- Revit ▰▰▰▱▱ 3/5
- Rhino ▰▰▰▰▱ 4/5
- AutoCAD ▰▰▰▰▰ 5/5
- SketchUp ▰▰▰▰▰ 5/5
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Contact Me
📧 Email | 👨💼 LinkedIn | 🏢 HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury | 📍 Christchurch, New Zealand