Center for Building Energy Research

Contact CBER

Center for Building Energy Research

Ulrike Passe, Director
515-294-7142
cber@iastate.edu

Tami Wicks
Administrative Assistant
515-294-3045
tswicks@iastate.edu

CBER is a member of the Institute for Physical Research and Technology, a network of scientific research centers at Iowa State University.

Research Expertise

Air quality engineering and livestock odor

Jacek Koziel
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
http://www.abe.iastate.edu/odor


Building energy and ventilation issues for animal housing facilities

Steven Hoff
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
http://www.abe.iastate.edu/who-we-are/directory/steven-hoff.html


Composite floor deck and diaphragm systems for buildings

Max Porter
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu


Fluid dynamics of air flow in free flow open spaces

Ulrike Passe
Department of Architecture
http://www.design.iastate.edu/FACULTY/upasse.php


Heterogeneity and spatial structure in determining material properties

Toby Ewing
Department of Agronomy
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/soilphysics/ewing.html


Information technology for precision conservation

Amy L. Kaleita
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kaleita/


Insulated sandwich wall systems

Max Porter
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/


Manufacturing systems improvements

Frank Peters
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
http://www.imse.iastate.edu/who-we-are/people-and-offices/peters.html


Numerical modeling of regional climate change

Dr. Eugene S. Takle
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science
Department of Agronomy
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/faculty/takle/


Numerical simulation of turbulent flow through porous barriers

Dr. Eugene S. Takle
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science
Department of Agronomy
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/faculty/takle/


Structural masonry building systems

Max Porter
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/