Bio
Dr. Jason W. DeGraw is an ASHRAE Fellow and member of the research and development staff of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Prior to joining ORNL, he was a mechanical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. He holds mechanical engineering degrees from the University of Houston and the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. DeGraw’s research work has focused on the numerical simulation of thermo-fluid flow phenomena at a variety of scales and in several different application areas. His recent work in building performance simulation has applications in indoor air quality and building security and resilience. He has also done consulting in scientific computing and geographical information systems and collaborated on several BIM-related projects. Dr. DeGraw is currently a member of the development team of EnergyPlus, the U.S. DOE’s flagship building energy simulation engine. He is an active member of ASHRAE, was the first chair of ASHRAE TC 2.10 Resilience and Security, was a member of the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force, and is a voting member of ASHRAE Standard 241 (Control of Infectious Aerosols).