She is interested in the development and application of energy efficient technologies in buildings to improve human well-fare. Her researches focus on solar cooling and heating system, building heat transfer, building energy supply systems, building controls and operations, building and building system modeling & simulation, sustainable building design and analysis, and building system integration dedicated to sustainable and healthy built environments. She won DOE and NSF awards for various projects on building heat transfer study, solar cooling and heating system, liquid desiccant technologie, and others. She published numerous papers in journals and conferences. She is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.