Jun Han

Role
Assistant Professor
Section
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
Email
Jun Han

About

Dr. Jun Han is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University. Before joining Heriot-Watt, Dr.Han worked as Research Scientist / Engineer at The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia. He worked in the CSIRO Building Energy Modeling team in extensions to the functionality of the AccuRate Sustainability software and CSIRO building stock models, under the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) – a joint Federal, State and Territory Government initiative. 

He holds a Ph.D. degree in Building Services Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) and a master’s degree in Thermal Science and Energy Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

Dr. Han’s primary research interests are renewable and sustainable energy technologies such as photovoltaic systems and phase change materials, and CFD urban built environment modeling. He is an external reviewer for SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 3 Grant Applications, Department of Energy (DOE), USA. Dr. Han has been listed in Worldwide Who’s Who, Australian Professionals in 2013. He served as Assistant to the Subject Editor of Applied Energy, an international journal. 

Research

Key Research Words/Phrases

  • Mixed convective and radiative heat transfer
  • Building Performance Simulation
  • Solar Architecture design and modelling

Development and characterization of thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCM) in building fabric for passive cooling. (Project duration Sept 2021 until March 2023, Total amount of Funding: AU$14,000)(Principle Investigator)

Sustainable solutions improving quality of life in urban Southeast-Asia. (Reference NO.: 729046/ Round N.2 SFC-GCRF 2019-2020, £13,489, Principle Investigator)

Study on the coupled convection and radiation heat-transfer characteristics of a double skin thin-film photovoltaic (PV) façade and its effect on indoor thermal environment. (Reference No.:51528804, CN¥ 205,999 Grant Period: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017) (Principle Investigator)

ITSP- Guangdong – Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (Research Platform): Investigation and development of large-scale (MW) grid connected thin film photovoltaic power stations integrated with buildings. (Reference No.: ZP5N (GHP/040/08GD), HK$1,371,950) (Co-Investigator)

PhD Studentship “Solar energy applications in buildings” HK$468,000 2006-2009

Publications

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=n0QYZ3IAAAAJ&hl=en