Dr. Howard is the Director of the Columbia University Building Energy Research Laboratory. Her research interests are in using artificial intelligence and optimization tools to make decisions for the planning, design, and operation of decarbonized building energy systems. She has over 10 years of experience in the management and delivery of research outcomes.
She received her Masters and PhD from Department of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University after which she spent 7 years in the United Kingdom. First, she was as a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Urban Systems Laboratory. Second, she was an excellence 100 lecturer (assistant professor) at Loughborough University in the Department of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering a part of the 12 faculty members in the Building Energy Research Group.
She's originally from Nebraska where she received her first degree, a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
