Jaafar Younes
EPFL Laboratoire d'ingénierie du confort intégré
EPFL ANTENNE FRIBOURG
Passage du Cardinal 13b
1700 Fribourg
Web site: Web site: https://ice.epfl.ch/
Fields of expertise
Human Thermo-Physiological Modeling
Thermal Sensation and Thermal Comfort
Urban Challenges and Mitigation Measures
Sustainability and Resilience of Built Environments
Thermal Sensation and Thermal Comfort
Urban Challenges and Mitigation Measures
Sustainability and Resilience of Built Environments
Education
PhD
Mechanical Engineering
American University of Beirut
2024
MS
Energy Studies
American University of Beirut
2021
BE
Mechanical Engineering
Phoenicia University
2019
Awards
Best Student/Postdoc Presentation Award
HTD K-8 Session (Heat Transfer Division-Theory & Fundamentals) at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, California, USA
2024
Publications
Selected publications
| J Younes, K Ghali, N Ghaddar |
Diurnal selective radiative cooling impact in mitigating urban heat island effect |
| J Younes, M Chen, K Ghali, R Kosonen, AK Melikov, N Ghaddar |
A thermal sensation model for elderly under steady and transient uniform conditions |
| J Younes, M Chen, K Ghali, R Kosonen, AK Melikov, AV Farahani, S Kilpeläinen, N Ghaddar |
Enhancing sustainability and resilience of elderly dwellings: Optimized refurbishing parameters and air conditioning operation |
| J Younes, M Chen, K Ghali, R Kosonen, AK Melikov, AV Farahani, S Kilpeläinen, N Ghaddar |
A novel personal comfort system for older adults in hot conditions: Design, modelling, and performance |