Dr. Zaiyi Liao is a graduate of Tsinghua University, China and was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in 1988 and M.ASC in 1990. In 2004, he joined the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University after completing his PhD at the Department of..
Dr. Zaiyi Liao is a graduate of Tsinghua University, China and was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in 1988 and M.ASC in 1990. In 2004, he joined the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University after completing his PhD at the Department of Engineering Science, at Oxford University. He is currently teaching in the area of building science. With funding from NSERC (DG and RTI), CFI, OCE (CollaborativeResearch), OPIC, MTO (Ministry of Transportation Ontario), Ryerson Interdisciplinary Research Initiative, and industrial resources (PPIC, TROW), Zaiyi’s current research covers building energy efficiency, intelligent instrumentation and control technology, new-generation of pipeline inspection based on AET (Acoustic Emission Technology), infrastructure-free indoor positioning system and application in fire-fighting operations, computational modeling and simulation of building performance (thermal simulation, ventilation, spread of fire and smoke in buildings). Zaiyi has published 50 journal papers and more than 50 conference papers. Since 2008, Prof Liao has been offering a fourth-year design studio, known as China Studio, through which a total of more than one hundred Ryerson students have travelled to China exploring the architecture and culture in this distant country.
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