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Ryozo Ooka is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science through research in Environmental Engineering and related subfields. Their publications reflect a focus on building and construction, aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research covers a broad array of topics, including:

  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Ryozo Ooka has published in a number of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Building and Environment
  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ooka include:

  • Multi-scale solar radiation and photovoltaic power forecasting with machine learning algorithms in urban environment: A state-of-the-art review, 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Model predictive control of building energy systems with thermal energy storage in response to occupancy variations and time-variant electricity prices, 2020, Energy and Buildings
  • Smart design and control of thermal energy storage in low-temperature heating and high-temperature cooling systems: A comprehensive review, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Comparison of different deep neural network architectures for isothermal indoor airflow prediction, 2020, Building Simulation
  • Recent research on expiratory particles in respiratory viral infection and control strategies: A review, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society

Frequent collaborators in their research include Hideki Kikumoto, Wonseok Oh, Chao Lin, Mengtao Han, and Bingchao Zhang. These partnerships indicate ongoing work across various domains related to energy systems, environmental dynamics, and computational modeling.

Best Publications

  • Initial results from Phase 2 of the international urban energy balance model comparison

    C.S.B. Grimmond;M. Blackett;M.J. Best;J.J. Baik

  • Development of the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II

    Veronika Földváry Ličina;Toby Cheung;Hui Zhang;Richard de Dear

  • Adaptive model of thermal comfort for offices in hot and humid climates of India

    Madhavi Indraganti;Madhavi Indraganti;Ryozo Ooka;Hom B. Rijal;Gail S. Brager

  • Development of a numerical model to predict heat exchange rates for a ground-source heat pump system

    Yujin Nam;Ryozo Ooka;Suckho Hwang

  • Comparison of various k-ε models and DSM applied to flow around a high-rise building - Report on AIJ cooperative project for CFD prediction of wind environment

    A. Mochida;Y. Tominaga;S. Murakami;R. Yoshie

  • Study on mitigation measures for outdoor thermal environment on present urban blocks in Tokyo using coupled simulation

    Hong Chen;Ryozo Ooka;Hong Huang;Takashi Tsuchiya

  • Thermal comfort in offices in India: Behavioral adaptation and the effect of age and gender

    Madhavi Indraganti;Ryozo Ooka;Hom B. Rijal

  • Predictive Control Strategies based on Weather Forecast in Buildings with Energy Storage System: A Review of the State-of-the Art

    Hélène Thieblemont;Fariborz Haghighat;Ryozo Ooka;Alain Moreau

  • Thermal comfort in offices in summer: Findings from a field study under the ‘setsuden’ conditions in Tokyo, Japan

    Madhavi Indraganti;Ryozo Ooka;Hom B. Rijal

  • CFD analysis of wind climate from human scale to urban scale

    Shuzo Murakami;Ryozo Ooka;Akashi Mochida;Shinji Yoshida

  • Progress in thermal comfort studies in classrooms over last 50 years and way forward

    Manoj Kumar Singh;Manoj Kumar Singh;Ryozo Ooka;Hom B Rijal;Sanjay Kumar

  • Numerical simulation of ground heat and water transfer for groundwater heat pump system based on real-scale experiment

    Yujin Nam;Ryozo Ooka

  • Optimal design method for building energy systems using genetic algorithms

    Ryozo Ooka;Kazuhiko Komamura

  • Urban thermal environment measurements and numerical simulation for an actual complex urban area covering a large district heating and cooling system in summer

    Hong Huang;Ryozo Ooka;Shinsuke Kato

  • Study on outdoor thermal environment of apartment block in Shenzhen, China with coupled simulation of convection, radiation and conduction

    Hong Chen;Ryozo Ooka;Kazuya Harayama;Shinsuke Kato

  • Studies on critical Reynolds number indices for wind-tunnel experiments on flow within urban areas

    Kiyoshi Uehara;Shinji Wakamatsu;Ryozo Ooka

  • Thermal comfort, skin temperature distribution, and sensible heat loss distribution in the sitting posture in various asymmetric radiant fields

    Tomonori Sakoi;Kazuyo Tsuzuki;Shinsuke Kato;Ryozo Ooka

  • CFD analysis of pollutant dispersion around buildings: Effect of cell geometry

    Mohamed M. Hefny;Ryozo Ooka

  • Study on optimum design method for pleasant outdoor thermal environment using genetic algorithms (GA) and coupled simulation of convection, radiation and conduction

    Hong Chen;Ryozo Ooka;Shinsuke Kato

  • Status of thermal comfort in naturally ventilated classrooms during the summer season in the composite climate of India

    Manoj Kumar Singh;Sanjay Kumar;Ryozo Ooka;Hom B. Rijal

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinsuke Kato
Shinsuke Kato University of Tokyo
Akashi Mochida
Akashi Mochida Tohoku University
Hom Bahadur Rijal
Hom Bahadur Rijal Tokyo City University
Bjarne W. Olesen
Bjarne W. Olesen Technical University of Denmark
Yingxin Zhu
Yingxin Zhu Tsinghua University
Yoshihide Tominaga
Yoshihide Tominaga Niigata Institute of Technology
Stefano Schiavon
Stefano Schiavon University of California, Berkeley
Fariborz Haghighat
Fariborz Haghighat Concordia University
Xiaohua Liu
Xiaohua Liu Tsinghua University
Jørn Toftum
Jørn Toftum Technical University of Denmark

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