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Prof Chandra Sekhar received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and started his academic career in NUS since 1992. His research interests include thermal comfort, ventilation and IAQ, energy efficient ACMV systems and building energy analysis and he has published about 225 papers in these areas in several international journals and conferences. He is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the Healthy Buildings, Indoor Air, ROOMVENT, CLIMA and IAQVEC series of conferences. He is a co-inventor and holds 3 US and other patents. Prof Sekhar is a Fellow of ASHRAE and a Fellow of ISIAQ. He has been an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer since 2006 and is regularly invited as a speaker around the world. He is a co-recipient of The Enterprise Challenge award of the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore in 2004 and ASEAN Energy Award in 2011. He is active in Standards and Technical committees in ASHRAE and has been recognized with several awards from ASHRAE. He is also actively involved in the development of local IAQ, ventilation and energy standards in Singapore and received the SPRING Singapore Merit Award 2012 in recognition for his contributions towards Quality and Standards in Singapore.
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