Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Bridging artificial intelligence and the physics of the built environment.
01 / About
I build intelligent systems — autonomous robots, deep-learning models, and physics-based simulations — that make the invisible flows of air, energy, and data inside our buildings visible, measurable, and controllable.
02 / Research
Optimizing indoor air quality and HVAC systems with AI and robots. Reinforcement-learning policies (PPO) trade off ventilation, comfort, and energy against measured baselines.
Predicting airflow distribution by combining Explainable Boosting Machines and deep learning with CFD-grounded features — fast surrogates for slow simulations.
A custom ROS 2 mobile robot that logs CO₂, temperature, humidity and airflow with time-sync and mapping — enabling repeatable indoor air-quality surveys across zones.
High-fidelity computational fluid dynamics of particle dispersion, ventilation, and thermal comfort — validated against sensor data from real indoor environments.
03 / Publications
Chahardoli, S., Nikoopayan Tak, M. S., Lesan, M., Mousavi, E., & Bhattacharya, A.
Buildings, 16(1), 54
Chahardoli, S., & Lesan, M.
ASHRAE Transactions, 130, 775–783
Chahardoli, S., Khakzand, M., Faizi, M., & Siavashi, M.
Journal of Building Engineering, 53, 104533
Khakzand, M., Chahardoli, S., Niknejad, A., & Khanijazani, T.
Journal of Design and Built Environment
04 / Curriculum Vitae
Hart Howerton
Applying data science, machine learning, and AI to design, planning, and analytics workflows at a leading planning, architecture, and landscape architecture firm.
Dept. of Construction Management, Louisiana State University
Built a ROS-based mobile sensing pipeline; trained Transformer/RNN forecasting and PPO control policies; ran CFD studies validated against sensor data.
Various Universities
Delivered complex technical coursework across 30+ sessions at multiple institutions.
Pahneh Band Consulting Engineers, Tehran
Participated in all phases of design and construction.
Louisiana State University
Optimizing Indoor Air Quality and HVAC Systems using AI and Robots.
Louisiana State University
Thesis: Prediction of Airflow Distribution using EBM and AI.
Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran
Thesis: Modeling particle dispersion around buildings using CFD.
Malayer University
Project: Research & simulation of houses' energy consumption.
05 / Contact