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D-Index
33
Citations
4934
World Ranking
9390
National Ranking
2644

Kirk H. Drees publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kirk H. Drees sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 102 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Kirk H. Drees D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kirk H. Drees sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kirk H. Drees is affiliated with Johnson Controls in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Medicine, with a concentration on Building and Construction, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Control and Systems Engineering. This interdisciplinary focus underpins work that combines building system optimization and health-related aspects of indoor environments.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Energy Efficiency and Management

Their recent published papers illustrate a focus on the intersection of HVAC systems, energy consumption, and airborne disease transmission risk:

  • Building HVAC control with reinforcement learning for reduction of energy cost and demand charge (2021, Energy and Buildings)
  • Modeling and multiobjective optimization of indoor airborne disease transmission risk and associated energy consumption for building HVAC systems (2021, Energy and Buildings)
  • Quantifying the tradeoff between energy consumption and the risk of airborne disease transmission for building HVAC systems (2021, Science and Technology for the Built Environment)
  • Quantifying the Tradeoff Between Energy Consumption and the Risk of Airborne Disease Transmission for Building HVAC Systems (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • Assessment of Airborne Disease Transmission Risk and Energy Impact of HVAC Mitigation Strategies (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Kirk H. Drees frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Science and Technology for the Built Environment
  • Journal of Process Control
  • Computers & Chemical Engineering

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Michael J. Risbeck
  • Zhanhong Jiang
  • Young Moo Lee
  • Martin Z. Bazant
  • Jonathan D. Douglas

Best Publications

  • Smart building manager

    Clay G. Nesler;Kirk H. Drees;James P. Kummer;Derek Supple

  • Automated fault detection and diagnostics in a building management system

    Kirk H. Drees;James P. Kummer

  • Systems and methods for detecting changes in energy usage in a building

    Kirk H. Drees;Michael J. Wenzel

  • Building management system with fault analysis

    Kirk H. Drees

  • Systems and methods for statistical control and fault detection in a building management system

    Kirk H. Drees;James P. Kummer

  • Systems and methods for using rule-based fault detection in a building management system

    Kirk H. Drees;Andrew J. Boettcher;James P. Kummer

  • Real time price setting controller of energy accumulation medium

    Kirk H Drees;エイチ. ドリース カーク

  • Asynchronous distributed-object building automation system with support for synchronous object execution

    Kirk H. Drees;Jeffrey J. Gloudeman;Donald A. Gottschalk;David E. Rasmussen

  • Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy savings in buildings

    Kirk H. Drees;Michael J. Wenzel

  • Building HVAC control with reinforcement learning for reduction of energy cost and demand charge

    Zhanhong Jiang;Michael J. Risbeck;Vish Ramamurti;Sugumar Murugesan

  • State machine controller for operating variable air volume terminal units of an environmental control system

    Alex Bernaden;Gaylon M. Decious;John E. Seem;Kirk H. Drees

  • High level central plant optimization

    Michael J. Wenzel;Robert D. Turney;Kirk H. Drees;Matthew J. Asmus

  • Systems and methods for measuring and verifying energy usage in a building

    Kirk H. Drees;James P. Kummer;Michael J. Wenzel

  • Frequency response optimization based on a change in battery state-of-charge during a frequency response period

    Michael J. Wenzel;Kirk H. Drees;Mohammad N. ElBsat

  • Method of programming and executing object-oriented state machine logic in a controller

    Alex Bernaden;Gaylon M. Decious;John E. Seem;Kirk H. Drees

  • Devices for receiving and using energy from a building environment

    Scott T. Holland;Thomas J. Menden;Matthew J. Asmus;Kirk H. Drees

  • Development and Evaluation of a Rule-Based Control Strategy for Ice Storage Systems

    Kirk H. Drees;James E. Braun

  • UNITA' DI CONTROLLO A RETROAZIONE DI TIPO PERFEZIONATO

    Drees Kirk H;Ben-Aissa Nebil;Seem John E

  • Building management system with electrical energy storage optimization based on benefits and costs of participating in PBDR and IBDR programs

    Kirk H. Drees;Michael J. Wenzel;Robert D. Turney

  • Building management system with electrical energy storage optimization based on statistical estimates of ibdr event probabilities

    Kirk H. Drees;Michael J. Wenzel;Robert D. Turney

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor M. Zavala
Victor M. Zavala University of Wisconsin–Madison
John E. Seem
John E. Seem Johnson Controls (United States)
James E. Braun
James E. Braun Purdue University West Lafayette

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