Built Environment & Energy Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chun Chen (陳淳)
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Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2015
M. Eng., Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2012
B. Eng., Building Science, Tsinghua University, 2009
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Email: chunchen@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
News
Oct 03, 2025: Our paper "Pan, Y., Liu, H., Deng, C., Li, Z., Chen, C.* (2025). A sound-driven digital twin for reducing passengers’ exposure to exhaled bioaerosols in an aircraft cabin." has been accepted by Building and Environment. Congratulations to Yue!
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Sep 26, 2025: Prof. Chun Chen, Dr. Wenjie Huang, Dr. Kangqi Guo, Xudong Wang, and Ronaldo Chan attended the 1st MTR Research Funding Scheme Workshop. We gave a presentation about our project and held an on-site demo.
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Sep 02, 2025: Our paper "Yu, X., Chen, C.* (2025). Mechanisms of enhanced cooling performance of broken hollow microsphere-based radiative cooling coatings." has been accepted by Journal of Building Engineering, Congratulations to Xinxian!
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Sep 02, 2025: Prof. Chun Chen and Prof. Jeffrey Siegel from University of Toronto co-organized a workshop about "Challenges in air filtration for the control of infectious diseases" at CUHK. This workshop is supported by U of T-CUHK Research Fund.
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Aug 27, 2025: Prof. Chun Chen attended Building Simulation 2025 Conference in Brisbane, Australia, from Aug 24 to 29 and gave a presentation.​
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