Parisa Najafian

Ph.D. Student

parisa.najafian@utsa.edu

Biography

Parisa Najafian is a Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering with a focus on Building Performance at the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She is a researcher in the Climate Sensitive Design Lab (CSDL) and serves as both a Graduate Research Assistant and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P).

Research Interests

Parisa investigates how urban environments function, interact with regional and global climates, and influence building energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and public health. Her research combines innovative modeling tools, observational data, climate analysis methods, and climate model outputs. Parisa Najafian aims to deepen our basic understanding of how urban environments interact with society and the climate system over time from the past to the future and to promote sustainable, resilient urban growth.

Work Experience

SEPID Office 2021-2024

  • Integration of all building related disciplines (BIM)

  • Energy and lightning Analysis

  • Assistant of Edge expert

Education

  • PhD student in Civil Engineering (Building performance track), University of Texas at San Antonio.

  • MS in Architectural and Energy, Tehran University of Art (2024).

  • BA in Architecture, Shariati Technical and vocational university (2021).

Awards and Honors

  • Graduated as 1st rank among students of 2017 entrance in Bachelor’s degree.

  • Graduated as 1st rank among students’ of 2021 entrance in master’s degree.

Teaching

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P).

  • Teaching Assistant at Art university of Tehran (Designbuilder software and Carbon footprint assessment).

  • Teaching Assistant at Dr. Shariati University (Integrated-design approach in Revit, Revit MEP, Sustainable Architecture- Mechanical systems).