Dr. Ming Hu is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland. Her research activities center on how to decarbonize the built environment through net zero impact and healthy building design, and to understand how the (smart) technologies might be employed to reduce the impact from built environment to ecosystem.
Dr. Hu has an extensive background in high-performance building design and life cycle assessment and has engaged in applied building technology research for over 14 years. She has published in over seventy research paper and conference proceedings, and has lectured widely in North America, Europe, and Asia.