Associate Professor James O'Donnell joined University College Dublin (UCD) in June 2013. Before this appointment, he was a senior Scientific Engineering Associate in the Building Technology and Urban Systems Department of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
He focuses on developing and deploying interoperable and BIM-based solutions to support multi-scale energy modelling, from individual buildings to national building stocks. He contributes to the building’s Building Energy Modelling IDM Expert Panel in this capacity. In addition to technical research and consulting, James teaches modules focusing on building physics and building energy modelling.
Previously, he taught courses at Stanford University, the National University of Ireland Galway, and University College Cork on building performance analysis, building physics, and HVAC analysis, respectively. He also worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). James has a civil and environmental engineering degree and a Ph.D. in holistic building performance analysis from University College Cork (UCC). He is an Associate Editor for the Elsevier Journal of Building Engineering and an Editorial Board Member for the Elsevier Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics.
Current Projects: ALIVE, BuildDigital, CBIM, NexSYS, PROBONO, ENABLE, US-Ireland R&D Partnership
Email: (opens in a new window)james.odonnell@ucd.ie
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