Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

amanda.d.smith@utah.edu

Professional Membership

• ENERGY: Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 08/2016
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Associate Member-Student Branch Advisor, ASHRAE, 08/2016
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Member, International Building Performance Simulation Association Utah Chapter, 01/2015

Publications

• ENERGY: Tran T. (2019). Stochastic optimization for integration of renewable energy technologies in district energy systems for cost-effective use. Energies. Vol. 12., 02/07/2019
• ENERGY: Kaden Plewe & Amanda D. Smith (2019). Power Externality Correlation Tool (PECT): A Tool for Computing the Temporal and Spatial Variation of Externalities Related to Power Generation in the United States. SoftwareX. Vol. 9, 61-67., 01/2019
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Zahra Fallahi, Kaden Plewe & Amanda D. Smith (2018). Energy-related emissions from commercial buildings: Comparing methods for quantifying temporal indirect emissions associated with electricity purchases. Sustainable Energy Technologies & Assessments. Vol. 30, 15-163., 12/2018
• ENERGY: Fallahi Z., Plewe K. & Smith A. (2018). Energy-related emissions from commercial buildings: Comparing methods for quantifying temporal indirect emissions associated with electricity purchases. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. Vol. 30, 150-163., 12/01/2018
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Tran T. (2018). Thermoeconomic analysis of residential rooftop photovoltaic systems with integrated energy storage and resulting impacts on electrical distribution networks. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. Vol. 29, 92-105., 10/01/2018
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Aowabin Rahman & Amanda D. Smith (2018). Predicting Heating Demand and Sizing a StratifiedThermal Storage Tank using Machine Learning Algorithms. Applied Energy. Vol. 228, 108-121., 10/2018
• ENERGY: Thomas T.D. Tran & Amanda D. Smith (2018). Incorporating Performance-Based Global Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis into LCOE Calculations for Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies. Applied Energy. Vol. 216, 157-171., 04/2018
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Aowabin Rahman, Vivek Srikumar & Amanda D. Smith (2018). Predicting Electricity Consumption for Commercial and Residential Buildings Using Deep Recurrent Neural Networks. Applied Energy. Vol. 212, 372-385., 02/2018
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: T.T.D. Tran & A.D. Smith (2017). Evaluation of renewable energy technologies and their potential for technical integration and cost-effective use within the U.S. energy sector. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Vol. 80, 1372-1388., 12/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Z. Fallahi & A.D. Smith (2017). Economic and Emission Saving Benefits of Utilizing Demand Response and Distributed Renewables in Microgrids. The Electricity Journal. Vol. 30, 42-49., 11/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: A. Rahman & A.D. Smith (2017). Predicting Fuel Consumption for Commercial Buildings with Machine Learning Algorithms. Energy and Buildings. Vol. 152, 341-358., 10/2017
• ENERGY: A.D. Smith & A.K. Majumdar (2017). Modeling Two-Phase Flow and Vapor Cycles with GFSSP. NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program., 08/2017
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | WATER: T.T.D. Tran, K. Park & A.D. Smith (2017). System scaling approach and thermoeconomic analysis of a pressure retarded osmosis system for power production with hypersaline draw solution: A Great Salt Lake case study. Energy. Vol. 126, 97-111., 05/2017
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: C. Bianchi, D.L. Mendoza, R.C. Didier, T.D. Tran and A.D. Smith, “Energy Demands for Commercial Buildings with Climate Variability Based on Emission Scenarios.” ASHRAE 2017 Winter Conference, January 28–February 1, 2017, Las Vegas, NV., 01/2017
• ENERGY: Z. Fallahi and A.D. Smith, “A Comparison of Commercial Building Retrofits Using EnergyPlus for Energy and Emissions Savings.” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, AZ., 11/2016
• ENERGY: T.D. Tran, K. Park and A.D. Smith, “Performance Analysis for Pressure Retarded Osmosis: Experimentation with High Pressure Difference and Varying Flow Rate, Considering Exposed Membrane Area.” Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, AZ., 11/2016
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: C. Bianchi and A.D. Smith, “Effects of Irradiance and Ambient Temperature on a Decision-Making Tool for Rooftop PV Array Sizing for Commercial Buildings.” Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Power and Energy Conversion Conference, June 26-30, 2016, Charlotte, NC., 06/2016
• ENERGY: A. Rahman, A.D. Smith, and N. Fumo, 2016. “Performance modeling and parametric study of a stratified water thermal storage tank.” Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 100, pp. 668–679., 05/12/2016

Presentations

• ENERGY | NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Displacing Centralized Energy Systems: Connecting People with Buildings, Energy Conversion, and the Broader Environment. Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholars Retreat, University of Utah., 10/03/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Non-refereed conference paper presented by Kaden Plewe: Modeling Temporal Variation in Externalities Related to Electricity Purchases for Buildings. Energy Policy Research Conference, Park City, UT. , 09/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Non-refereed conference paper presented by Carlo Bianchi: Introduction of an innovative tool for manipulation, visualization, customization and conversion of building energy simulations weather data. Energy Policy Research Conference, Park City, UT., 09/2017
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Non-refereed conference paper presented by Thomas Tran: Thermo-economic Analysis of Residential Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems with Integrated Energy Storage and Their Impacts toward Electrical Distribution Networks. Energy Policy Research Conference, Park City, UT., 09/2017
• ENERGY | WATER: Non-refereed conference paper presented by Jaron Peck: Impacts of Increased Penetration of Renewable Power Generation on Water Use in the State of Utah. Energy Policy Research Conference, Park City, UT., 09/2017
• ENERGY | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Non-refereed conference paper presented by Zahra Fallahi: Economic and Emission Saving Benefits of Utilizing Demand Response and Distributed Renewables in Microgrids. Energy Policy Research Conference, Park City, UT., 09/2017
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | WATER: Student Poster Presentation: T.D. Tran and A.D. Smith, “Performance Analysis for Pressure Retarded Osmosis.” Intermountain Sustainability Summit (People’s Choice award winner), Weber State University, Ogden, UT., 03/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Data Science to Decode Building Behavior. School of Computing Data Group Seminar, University of Utah., 02/23/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Student Poster Presentation: Z. Fallahi and A.D. Smith, “Emissions Associated with Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Commercial Buildings.” Global Change and Sustainability Center Research Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT., 02/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Student Poster Presentation: A. Rahman and A.D. Smith, “Deep Recurrent Neural Networks for Building Energy Prediction.” Utah Data Science Day (Honorable Mention award winner), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT., 01/13/2017
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY: "Urban Energy Demands, Air Quality, and Associated Health Impacts Under a Changing Climate,” with Daniel Mendoza. Salt Lake County Climate Variability and Health Symposium, West Jordan, UT., 04/06/2016

External Service

• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: BYU Planet Earth Series: Energy and Environment, Invited Panelist, 03/23/2017
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Provo Girls Summit, Invited Professional, 03/08/2017

Media

• ENERGY: Predicting Energy Use, 04/05/2018