About us

Why FORGE?

Future, Occupant, Risk, and Generative Environments

People often disappear inside building and energy models. FORGE puts occupants, uncertainty, and climate futures back into the center of design decisions.

Collaborators

Current team

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xinting Gao

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FORGE, HKU

Focuses on building energy systems under climate change.

PhD Student

Yu Chang

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HKU, 2024-present

Studies cross-cultural thermal comfort and indoor CO₂, with interests in data harmonization, spatial distribution, and occupancy-related dynamics.

PhD Student

Kanxuan He

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HKU, 2025-present

Focuses on climate resilience and thermal dynamics through interpretable modeling.

Research Assistant

Yizhi Liang

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Master's student in Mechanical Engineering, FORGE, 2025-present

Contributes to the ASHRAE 1959-TRP project on updating real human load assumptions, supporting data, analysis, and modeling work at FORGE.

Research Assistant

Di Zhang

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FORGE, 2026-present

Works on ordinal thermal comfort, supporting risk-aware comfort modeling and related analysis at FORGE.

PhD Student / Research Assistant

Shunuke Sani

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DUPAD, HKU and FORGE, 2026-present

Focuses on architectural education AI and urban pedestrian mobility and trajectory research.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Akshay Thanipet Padmanabhan

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FORGE, 2026-present

Works on the technical implementation and scaling up of Socratic Oracle through the TDLEG grant.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Samanyu Gaur

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FORGE, 2026-present

Works on the technical implementation and scaling up of Socratic Oracle through the TDLEG grant.