Research Engineer
U of IL - Applied Research Institute - ICRT
Champaign, Illinois
Zachary Merrin is a Research Engineer in the field of building science with the Illinois Applied Research Institute’s Indoor Climate Research and Training program.
Zachary specializes in Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Energy Efficiency within residential applications. His recent research topics include contaminant transport from attached garages, climatic and IAQ implications of biomass combustion for cooking and heating, non-biological methane emissions from residential end users, changes in building performance related to weatherization retrofits, and investigations into home performance best practices. He is an experienced field researcher and project manager having completed multiple research campaigns in challenging locations both domestically and internationally.
Zachary currently serves on the Building Performance Institute’s Single Family Standards Technical Committee. His previous experience includes industrial emissions sampling and industrial/commercial process efficiency evaluation . Zach earned his B.S. in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Wednesday, April 3
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM