Dahai Qi
Professeur, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie civil et de génie du bâtiment
Présentation
Diplômes
- (2012-2016). Ph.D. Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Concordia University. Montreal, QC, Canada.
- (2006-2009). M.S. School of Mechanical Engineering. Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, Chine.
Expériences académiques
- Associate Professor (Department of Civil and Building Engineering). (2023-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
- Assistant Professor (Department of Civil and Building Engineering). (2018-2023). Université de Sherbrooke Faculté de Génie. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Financement
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Subvention.
Evaluation and Exploration of Wildfire-Resilient Building Ventilation Systems.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
45 000 $.
(2023-2024).
Numéro de subvention : 586810-2023. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Investigation of High-rise Building Ventilation for Achieving Safety and Energy Efficiency.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
27 000 $.
(2021-2022).
Numéro de subvention : RGPIN-2019-05824. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) System for Thermal Flow Studies in Buildings.
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(Ottawa, Canada).
95 000 $.
(2020).
Numéro de subvention : 40415. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Investigation of High-rise Building Ventilation for Achieving Safety and Energy Efficiency.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
12 500 $.
(2019-2020).
Numéro de subvention : DGECR-2019-00362. Voir plus
Publications
Articles
- Kexin Zheng, Clément Nevers, Xin Zhang, Yongling Zhao, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Jan Carmeliet, Dominique Derome, Dahai Qi. (2026). A helium-based surrogate method for thermal airflow in an idealized street canyon via CFD simulations. Building and Environment. DOI
- Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Mohamed Hamdy. (2026). Adapting building performance simulation for climate resilience: accounting for urban microclimates and future climates. Journal of Building Performance Simulation. DOI
- Monireh Aram, Xin Zhang, Dahai Qi, Yoon Ko. (2025). Sub-scale helium tests and numerical simulations for studying the effect of location and magnitude of BIPV double skin façade fires on the smoke spread. Journal of Building Physics. DOI
- Ibrahim Reda, Eslam Ali, Justin Berquist, Chang Shu, Xin Zhang, Monireh Aram, Dahai Qi, Liang (Grace) Zhou, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Theodore Stathopoulos, Andreas Athienitis. (2024). Exploring high-rise preventive ventilation: Experimental investigation of inter-zone air pressurization with tracer gas analysis. Building and Environment. DOI
- Xin Zhang, Ibrahim Reda, Monireh Aram, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Hachimi Fellouah. (2024). Wind-driven smoke dispersion in rooftop photovoltaic fires: An experimental investigation with helium smoke. Journal of Building Engineering. DOI
- Ibrahim Reda, Eslam Ali, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Theodore Stathopoulos, Andreas Athienitis. (2023). A modified decay method based on a proposed uniformity index for measuring air change rates in non-uniform air mixed spaces. Building and Environment. DOI
- Hao-han Sha, Xin Zhang, Da-hai Qi. (2022). Impact of mechanical ventilation control strategies based on non-steady-state and steady-state Wells-Riley models on airborne transmission and building energy consumption. Journal of Central South University. DOI
- Haohan Sha, Majd Moujahed, Dahai Qi. (2021). Machine learning-based cooling load prediction and optimal control for mechanical ventilative cooling in high-rise buildings. Energy and Buildings. DOI
- Shady Attia, Ronnen Levinson, Eileen Ndongo, Peter Holzer, Ongun Berk Kazanci, Shabnam Homaei, Chen Zhang, Bjarne W. Olesen, Dahai Qi, Mohamed Hamdy, Per Heiselberg. (2021). Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves and power outages: Key concepts and definition. Energy and Buildings. DOI
- Goubran, S., Qi, D., Saleh, W.F., Wang, L.L., Zmeureanu, R. (2016). Experimental study on the flow characteristics of air curtains at building entrances. Building and Environment. DOI
- Qi, D., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R. (2016). The Effects of Non-uniform Temperature Distribution on Neutral Plane Level in Non-adiabatic High-Rise Shafts During Fires. Fire Technology. DOI
- (2014). An analytical model of heat and mass transfer through non-adiabatic high-rise shafts during fires. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. DOI
- Lian, Z.-W., Qi, D.-H., Liu, W.-W., Song, J.-L. (2010). Influence of indoor partition on air distribution of ceiling-mounted cassette type indoor unit. Zhongnan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology).
- Lian, Z.-W., Qi, D.-H. (2009). Modification for evaluation indexes of air distribution. Chongqing Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Chongqing University.
Articles de conférence
- Qi, D., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R. (2015). Modeling smoke movement in shafts during high-rise fires by a muitizone airflow and energy network program. ASHRAE Transactions.
- Lian, Z., Qi, D., Wang, Y. (2009). Comparisons of air distributions among three widely used indoor units. Proceedings - 6th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning, ISHVAC 2009.
- Wang, Y., Lian, Z., Liu, J., Qi, D. (2009). Energy efficiency analysis of mixing ventilation in a ventilated chamber - Comparison among four types of diffusers. Proceedings - 6th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning, ISHVAC 2009.
Autres contributions
Cours enseignés ou supervisés à l'UdeS
- GBA330 - Introduction à la physique du bâtiment. (2026). (3CR).
- GBA425 - Environnement intérieur du bâtiment. (2024-2026). (3CR).
- GBA705 - Applications de la simulation numérique des fluides dans les bâtiments. (2025-2026). (3CR).
- GBA156 - Modélisation numérique en génie du bâtiment. (2023-2025). (3CR).
- GBA430 - Protection incendie. (2023-2025). (3CR).
