2026

Mohamed A. Belyamani, Fan Zhang, Thomas Parkinson, Shichao Liu. (2026). Distractive or supportive? The effect of simulated non-isothermal natural wind on attention and creativity. Building and Environment, 299, 114658.

Rachel Hurley, Oren Mangoubi, Shichao Liu. (2026). Indoor wildfire smoke perceptions “nudge” mitigation behaviors. Indoor Environments, 3(1), 100150.

Xingtong Guo, Angela C. Incollingo Rodriguez, Chao Wang, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Shichao Liu. (2026). DEPRESS: Dataset on Emotions, Performance, Responses, Environment, and Satisfaction during COVID-19. Scientific Data, 13(1), 331.

Han Jiang, Yao Xiao, Rachel Hurley, Shichao Liu. (2026). The Impact of Generative AI on Architectural Conceptual Design: Performance, Creative Self-Efficacy and Cognitive Load. arXiv preprint.

Pegah Emdad, Xingtong Guo, Rosaline Guo, Oren Mangoubi, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Kaitlyn Schneider, Shichao Liu. (2026). Facial Expression-Based Mental Health Prediction in Remote Learning. 2026 International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), 111-118.

2025

Chao Wang, Yuanyuan Gao, Xiaojun Cheng, Xiaosu Hu, Erin T. Solovey, Yingzi Lin, Shichao Liu. (2025). The influence of in-car air quality on drivers’ brain states with hybrid fNIRS and EEG. Building and Environment, 286, 113678.

Rachel F. Hurley, Mohamed A. Belyamani, Soussan Djamasbi, Gbetonmasse B. Somasse, Sarah Strauss, Hui Zhang, Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang, Shichao Liu. (2025). High CO2 exposure due to facemask wear is unlikely to impair cognition even in a warm environment after a long-term adaptation. Energy and Built Environment, 6(6), 1107-1117.

Rachel Hurley, Oren Mangoubi, Kai Zhang, Shichao Liu. (2025). Impact of mask-wearing-related CO2 exposure on performance – A global survey. Building and Environment, 285, 113537.

Chao Wang, Xiaojun Cheng, Shichao Liu. (2025). A MATLAB-based tool for converting fNIRS time-series data to Homer3-compatible formats. Neuroscience Informatics, 5(2), 100205.

Chao Wang, John Elson, Yingzi Lin, Shichao Liu. (2025). The influence of temperature and interior ambient lighting color on nighttime driving performance. Building and Environment, 275, 112815.

Xingtong Guo, Wei Luo, Oren Mangoubi, Shichao Liu. (2025). Cross-modal interaction between temperature and light color temperature on reading comprehension. Building and Environment, 274, 112751.

2024

Mohamed A. Belyamani, Rachel F. Hurley, Soussan Djamasbi, Gbetonmasse B. Somasse, Sarah Strauss, Hui Zhang, Matthew J. Smith, Steven Van Dessel, Shichao Liu. (2024). Local wearable cooling may improve thermal comfort, emotion, and cognition. Building and Environment, 254, 111367.

Chao Wang, Yingzi Lin, Yevgeniy Ptukhin, Shichao Liu. (2024). Air quality in the car: How CO2 and body odor affect drivers' cognition and driving performance?. Science of The Total Environment, 911, 168785.

2023

Fan Zhang, Karthick Seshadri, Vara Prasad Devi Pattupogula, Chandana Badrinath, Shichao Liu. (2023). Visitors’ satisfaction towards indoor environmental quality in Australian hotels and serviced apartments. Building and Environment, 244, 110819.

Xingtong Guo, Shujie Yan, Chao Wang, Shichao Liu, Liangzhu Leon Wang. (2023). The Impact of Window-Opening Behaviors on Indoor Air Quality and Human Exposure During a Wildfire. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 2299-2302.

Mohamed A. Belyamani, Rachel F. Hurley, Hui Zhang, Soussan Djamasbi, Gbetonmasse B. Somasse, Sarah Strauss, Matthew J. Smith, Shichao Liu. (2023). Low-Energy Wearable Cooling Strategy for Thermal Comfort at a Warm Environment. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 981-988.

Chao Wang. (2023). Interactive Effects of Interior Ambient Light and Temperature on Thermal Comfort and Driving Performance. ASHRAE Transactions, 129, 117–123.

Chao Wang, Yirui Liang, Wenwen Yao, John Bergendahl, Shichao Liu. (2023). Indoor Fabric as an Adsorptive Reservoir for Volatile Organic Compounds in Wildfire Smoke: A Preliminary Study. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 2315-2321.

Rachel F. Hurley, Mohamed A. Belyamani, Soussan Djamasbi, Gbetonmasse B. Somasse, Sarah Strauss, Shichao Liu. (2023). Do We Overestimate the Impact of Carbon Dioxide on Cognition and Decision-Making? Preliminary Evidence. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 2243-2249.

2022

Yichen Li, Soroush Farzin, Shichao Liu. (2022). Promoting collaborative learning in architectural engineering design through multi-user augmented reality. 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.

Xingtong Guo, Angela Incollingo Rodriguez, Soroush Farzina, Jacob Whitehill, Steven Van Dessel, Shichao Liu. (2022). How indoor environment quality affected college students’ mental health and learning performance during COVID-19: a long-term study. The Healthy Buildings 2021-America Conference.

Chao Wang, Yingzi Lin, Shichao Liu. (2022). Effects of CO2 and bio-effluents on driving performance. Healthy Build. Conf.

2021

Xingtong Guo, Kyumin Lee, Zhe Wang, Shichao Liu. (2021). Occupants’ satisfaction with LEED-and non-LEED-certified apartments using social media data. Building and Environment, 206, 108288.

Chao Wang, Fan Zhang, Julian Wang, James K. Doyle, Peter A. Hancock, Cheuk Ming Mak, Shichao Liu. (2021). How indoor environmental quality affects occupants’ cognitive functions: A systematic review. Building and environment, 193, 107647.

2020

Shichao Liu. (2020). RAPID: Measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on STEM Student Engagement and Learning in Online Learning Environments. NSF Award Number 2028224. Directorate for STEM Education, 20(2028224), 28224.

David John, Shichao Liu. (2020). Air Diffusion Performance Index Method Update.. ASHRAE Journal, 62(1).

2019

Han Jiang, Matthew Iandoli, Steven Van Dessel, Shichao Liu, Jacob Whitehill. (2019). Measuring Students' Thermal Comfort and Its Impact on Learning.. International Educational Data Mining Society.

2018

Zhe Wang, Maohui Luo, Hui Zhang, Yingdong He, Ling Jin, Edward Arens, Shichao Liu. (2018). The effect of a low-energy wearable thermal device on human comfort.

Wenhua Chen, Shichao Liu, Yunfei Gao, Hui Zhang, Edward Arens, Lei Zhao, Junjie Liu. (2018). Experimental and numerical investigations of indoor air movement distribution with an office ceiling fan. Building and Environment, 130, 14–26.

Ming Jin, Shichao Liu, Stefano Schiavon, Costas Spanos. (2018). Automated mobile sensing: Towards high-granularity agile indoor environmental quality monitoring. Building and Environment, 127, 268–276.

2017 & Earlier

2017

Hideyuki Amai, Shichao Liu, Atila Novoselac. (2017). Experimental study on air change effectiveness: Improving air distribution with all-air heating systems. Building and Environment, 125, 515–527.

Yunfei Gao, Hui Zhang, Edward Arens, Elaina Present, Baisong Ning, Yongchao Zhai, Jovan Pantelic, Maohui Luo, Lei Zhao, Paul Raftery. (2017). Ceiling fan air speeds around desks and office partitions. Building and Environment, 124, 412–440.

Shichao Liu, Jordan Clark, Atila Novoselac. (2017). Air diffusion performance index (ADPI) of overhead-air-distribution at low cooling loads. Energy and Buildings, 134, 271–284.

S. Liu, S. Schiavon, A. Kabanshi, W. W. Nazaroff. (2017). Predicted percentage dissatisfied with ankle draft. Indoor Air, 27(4), 852-862.

2015

Shichao Liu, Atila Novoselac. (2015). Air Diffusion Performance Index (ADPI) of diffusers for heating mode. Building and Environment, 87, 215–223.

2014

Shichao Liu, Atila Novoselac. (2014). Transport of Airborne Particles from an Unobstructed Cough Jet. Aerosol Science and Technology, 48(11), 1183-1194.

Shichao Liu, Atila Novoselac. (2014). Lagrangian particle modeling in the indoor environment: A comparison of RANS and LES turbulence methods (RP-1512). HVAC&R Research, 20(4), 480-495.

2011

Shichao Liu, Cheuk Ming Mak, JianLei Niu. (2011). Numerical evaluation of louver configuration and ventilation strategies for the windcatcher system. Building and environment, 46(8), 1600–1616.