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Major in fluid modeling: University of Miami; CAD (Computer Aided Design) expert system of HVAC; Two phase flow; Building energy system; Electronic refrigeration, etc.
At present, there are dozens of colleges and universities offering HVAC majors in the United States.
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Its main research directions include: simulation and optimization of environmental systems (including thermal systems); Building simulation and load calculation; Ground source heat pump; Bridge deicing; Mathematical modeling of thermal reaction, etc.
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The major of the University of South Florida is located in the Department of mechanical engineering of the Institute of technology.
The major of UC Berkeley is set up in the Department of architecture.
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The training mode in the United States also has fatal shortcomings: students do not know much about architecture and do not know how HVAC system is coordinated with architecture and structure.
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Its main research directions are: indoor air quality; Research on building energy performance; Building energy system.
Its main research directions are: energy system conversion; HVAC (heating ventilation air conditioning) system; Adsorption refrigeration; Operation and control of building HVAC system.
The basic theory is not deep and focuses on learning applied technology.
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Some famous American universities, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California Berkley, have set up the specialty of building technology, which is basically the same as the specialty of building environment and energy application engineering in China.
The main research directions are: building energy-saving technology; Biomass combustion technology; Building energy utilization technology; Solar energy utilization; Refrigeration and Cryogenics; HVAC system analysis and control, etc.
The major of South Dakota State University is set up in the Department of mechanical engineering.
The major of the University of Minnesota is set up in the Department of mechanical engineering.
Its main research directions are: indoor air quality; HVAC system; Electronic refrigeration; Building dynamic system modeling; Computational mechanics in thermal fluid systems.
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Portland State University specializes in mechanical engineering.
Therefore, the system theory research and technical development of this major in the United States are not as good as those in Europe and Japan.
The major of Texas A & M University is set up in the Department of mechanical engineering.
The University of Wisconsin Madison is specialized in the Department of mechanical engineering.
1、 There is no independent major in the United States.
The main research directions are: combustion and burner; Energy and mass transfer; Heat exchange design; Heat pump system; HVAC system modeling.
Its main research fields include: ventilation control strategy simulation of HVAC system performance; Indoor air quality, building ventilation and building environment model; Pollutant release from building materials and indoor air quality; Displacement ventilation design; Graphic interface of indoor environment design, etc.
The main research directions are: ground source heat pump technology; HVAC system fault detection and diagnosis; Building energy demand and design load assessment.
The contents involved in this major in the United States are mainly the cold and heat source equipment of HVAC, such as the structural principle and manufacturing process of refrigerator and boiler, while the engineering system design of this major is less involved.
2、 More than 40 universities in Japan have set up this major.
Its main research directions are: building equipment and energy system engineering; Building lighting works; Building energy analysis; Building automatic control; Solar energy and other renewable energy; Indoor air quality control.
Oklahoma State University Majors in the Department of mechanical and aeronautical engineering.
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It is required to take mathematics, physics, hydrodynamics, engineering thermodynamics, heat transfer and other courses before learning HVAC courses.
Universities in the United States that implement the credit system have relevant theories of HVAC system in the curriculum system of the Department of machinery.
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In recent years, the United States has been aware of this problem.
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Students can also further study basic theory when they are employed in the HVAC industry after graduation.
The main research directions are: computational fluid dynamics; Heat and mass transfer theory; HVAC system; Building energy saving technology; Compressor technology, etc.
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Stanford University Majors in the Department of civil and environmental engineering.
Its main research directions are: human comfort; Building energy saving technology; Building environment simulation; Building environmental impact assessment.
Some three-year local universities have a major in heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineering.
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The main research directions are: solar energy technology and its utilization in buildings; Air filtration technology; HVAC system; Heat and mass transfer theory and equipment.
The more famous ones are: 1.
Pennsylvania State University is specialized in the Department of architectural engineering.
Carnegie Mellon University specializes in the Department of civil and environmental engineering, and its main research directions are: air quality evaluation; Comprehensive evaluation of climate change under the action of ozone and aerosols; Indoor environmental engineering, etc.
Japan’s major (construction equipment) is located in the Department of architecture of the University as one of the three research directions (architecture, building structure and construction equipment)..
Recommended schools of “building environment and energy application engineering” major studying abroad (Master’s degree or doctoral degree): the United States, Japan, Europe and Russia.
These departments give professional training to graduates before letting them work.
Therefore, students have a strong understanding of mechatronics and new product development after graduation, which is also the reason why the construction equipment manufacturing industry in the United States has been leading in the world.
The major of MIT is set up in the Department of architecture.
This training mode in the United States has the following characteristics: because the undergraduate stage actually only completes professional basic courses and equipment related courses, there are few professional courses and system related courses.
Therefore, graduates have a wide range of employment and can work in refrigeration equipment production enterprises or other departments.
Most of the contents of this major are distributed in the Department of architecture or the Department of machinery.
Georgia Institute of technology is specialized in mechanical engineering.
