Michael Wetter

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Staff Scientist Simulation Research Group One Cyclotron Road MS: 90-3147 Berkeley, CA 94720 (510) 486-6990 (510) 486-4089 fax MWetter@lbl.gov

Education

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 2004.
  University of California at Berkeley.
  Focus: Heat and mass transfer, differential equations, nonlinear control, mathematical analysis, building simulation and optimization.
  Dissertation: Simulation-Based Building Energy Optimization.
• BS in Energy and Building Technologies, 1995.
  University of Applied Sciences at Luzern, Switzerland.

Awards

• 2013 IBPSA-World Fellow.
• 2005 IBPSA-World Outstanding Young Contributor Award.

Projects

• Modelica "Buildings" Library for Building HVAC and Controls Systems R&D
• Spawn of EnergyPlus
• OpenBuildingControl - Performance Evaluation, Specification and Verification of Building Control Sequences
• MPCPy - Open source platform for model predictive control in buildings
• IBPSA Project 1 "BIM/GIS and Modelica Framework for building and community energy system design and operation"
• IEA EBC Annex 60 "New generation computational tools for building and community energy systems based on the Modelica and Functional Mockup Interface standards"
• Building Controls Virtual Test Bed
• GenOpt

List of publications

Research Interests Thermal building simulation Computer simulation methodologies Low-energy buildings Optimization Building controls Scientific computation Numerical methods

Personal Interests Biking Hiking Photography

Positions

Other Professional Activities

• North America Modelica Users' Group. Member of Board of Directors.
• Journal of Building Performance Simulation, the official journal of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). Member of Editorial Board.
• Building Simulation 2017: Scientific Committee Co-Chair.
• SimBuild 2008: Scientific Committee Co-Chair.
• Modelica Association: Member.
• ASHRAE: Member.