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Panagiota Karava is a Professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University. She received her PhD and M.A.Sc. from Concordia University, and her B.Sc. from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her research interests include smart buildings, intelligent building operation, system identification, model predictive control, human-building interactions, and energy-efficient mixed-mode buildings. She has led various funded projects focusing on smart connected energy-aware residential communities, optimal indoor environment control for commercial buildings, and the integration of solar technology in building operations. Karava has received several awards for her research excellence, including the Roy E. & Myrna G. Wansik Research Excellence Award and the New Investigator Award from ASHRAE. She has published extensively in top journals and has mentored numerous students who have received accolades for their work.
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