Interests
Atila Novoselac received his Ph.D. from Penn State University in Architectural Engineering before joining the UT Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering faculty in 2005. His area of research includes studies related to improvement of indoor environment and development of energy efficient building environmental systems. By combining experimental studies and computational modeling, he is developing fundamental research in the area of heat transfer and fluid and particle dynamics in indoor environment. His recent projects include analysis of gaseous and particulate pollutant distribution with different ventilation systems, human exposure studies, impact of natural ventilation on energy consumption and air quality, and development of indoor environment heat transfer models. As an engineering faculty leader, he was involved in the planning, design and delivery of Zero Energy house for the 2007 Solar Decathlon competition at the National Mall in Washington DC where the UT engineering design won the second position.

Education
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Architectural Engineering,  2004
M.S.,  University of Belgrade, Serbia, Mechanical Engineering,   2000
B.S.,   University of Belgrade, Serbia, Mechanical Engineering,   1994

Novoselac, A., Burley B.J., and Srebric J. 2005. “Development of New and Validation of Existing Convection Correlations for Rooms with Displacement Ventilation Systems”, to appear in Energy and Buildings.

Novoselac, A. and Srebric, J. 2003. "Comparison of Air Exchange Efficiency and Contaminant Removal Effectiveness as IAQ Indices", ASHRAE Transactions, 109 (2): 339-349.

Novoselac, A. and Srebric, J. 2002. "A Critical Review on the Performance and Design of Combined Cooled Ceiling and Displacement Ventilation Systems," Energy and Buildings, 34 (5): 497-509.

Srebric, J. and Novoselac, A. 2002. “Design of Low-Energy Cooling System by Using Coupled Energy Simulation and Computational Fluid Dynamics”, Proceedings of Roomvent 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Novoselac, A. and Srebric, J. 2002. “Influence of Different Pollutant Sources on Selection of Ventilation System in Offices with Cooled Ceiling”, Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Monterey, California, USA.