
Meseret T. Kahsay (PhD)
Post Doctoral Researcher
Meseret Kahsay is a Mechanical engineer, obtained his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Western University, Canada, and his M.Tech specialization in Thermo-Fluids engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB). He is currently a Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow at Western University. Research focuses on computational modeling and simulation for the optimal design of high-performance buildings in terms of energy use and indoor environmental quality. He has research and teaching experience in the field of Thermo-Fluid engineering, with an in-depth understanding of building physics, wind engineering, and optimization. His specialty areas include computational heat and mass transfer, building energy simulation, convective heat transfer, wind-driven rain & snow, airborne dispersion,
Peer-reviewed journal papers
[1]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2020). Effect of window configuration on its convective heat transfer rate. Building and Environment. (in publication).
[2]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019). CFD simulation of external CHTC on a high-rise building with and without façade appurtenances. Building and Environment, 165, 106350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106350
[3]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019). Effect of localized exterior convective heat transfer on high-rise building energy consumption. Building Simulation (pp. 1-13). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-019-0568-7
[4]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019). Numerical analysis of convective heat transfer coefficient for building facades. Journal of Building Physics 42.6 (2019): 727-749. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744259118791207
[5]. Birhane, T. H., Bitsuamlak, G. T., Kahsay, M. T., & Awol, A. D. (2020). Air-Permeability Factor for Wind Loads on Loose-Laid Pavers on Flat Roofs. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(8), 04020151. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943- 541X.0002707
[6]. Tesfamariam, D. A., Bayray, M., Tesfay, M., & Hagos, F. Y. (2015). Modeling and experiment of solar crop dryer for rural application. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN, 974, 2115.
[7]. Kahsay, M. B., Paintin, J., Mustefa, A., Haileselassie, A., Tesfay, M., & Gebray, B. (2014). Theoretical and Experimental Comparison of Box Solar Cookers with and without Internal Reflector. Energy Procedia, 57, 1613-1622.
[8]. Tesfay, M. (2014). CFD Analysis of Sensible Thermal Energy Storage System Using Solid Medium in Solar Thermal Power Plant. International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology, 6(6), 2766.
[9]. Tesfay, M., & Venkatesan, M. (2013). Simulation of thermocline thermal energy storage system using C. International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 3(2), 354-364.
Conference papers
[1]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2019). The impacts of exterior surface convective heat transfer coefficients on high-rise building energy consumptions. Proceedings of The Joint Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering and CFD Society of Canada International Congress. June 2-5, 2019, London, On, Canada.
[2]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2018). Influence of external shading on convective heat transfer of high-rise buildings. Building Performance Analysis Conference and Sim-Build co-organized by ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA Chicago, IL September 26-28, 2018.
[3]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2018). Effect of building geometry on convective heat transfer rate. The 7th International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering 2018. June 18-22, 2018 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
[4]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F., (2017). Numerical study of the effect of window configuration on the convective heat transfer rate of a window. 15th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology.
[5]. Kahsay, M.T., Bitsuamlak, G.T., & Tariku, F. (2017). Numerical Simulation of Forced Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients on the Facade of Low-and High-Rise Buildings. In AEI, 2017 (pp. 266-278).
[6]. Younis M., Kahsay M.T, Bitsuamlak, G.T, (2020). BIM-CFD integrated sustainable and resilient building design for northern architecture. Building Performance Modeling Conference and Sim-Build co-organized by ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA. Chicago, IL. September 29 – October 1, 2020.
Awards
2020 – 2022: Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow. Total project fund $110,000.
2014-2019: Ontario Center of Excellence through Early Career Award and SOCIP grants
2016, Outstanding contribution in reviewing: Journal of sustainable cities and society