Publications and manuscripts.

Tajik, R., Soltanmohammadlou, S., Kianfar, A., Masera, G., & Hoque, S. A case study: Intelligent shading retrofit to existing home-office using multi-objective optimization. Journal of Green Building, 19(1), 123-156.

Contribution: First author; parametric workflow, building simulation, multi-objective optimization, user-preference model, and control concept.

Tajik, R., & Hoque, S. Challenges in mixed methods research: Data collection and assessment of indoor air quality in low-income households, Philadelphia. Proceedings of the 7th Residential Building Design and Construction Conference, Pennsylvania State University.

Contribution: First author; calibration and deployment support, timestamp normalization, data QA, visualization, and mixed-methods assessment.

Hoque, S., & Tajik, R. ChatGPT: Perspectives of an international Ph.D. student and his PI. Current Trends in Civil and Structural Engineering, 11(1).

Contribution: Coauthor; international Ph.D. student perspective on language support, judgment, authorship, learning, and responsible use.

Hoque, S., Schinasi, L., Hesson, M., & Tajik, R. Nature-based solutions to overheating for equitable heat health protection. In Towards a Nature-Positive Built Environment (pp. 247-258). Springer Nature.

Contribution: Coauthor; building-scale, behavioral, and landscape strategies for equitable heat-health protection.

Tajik, R., Hoque, S., Glickman, G. L., & Stefani, O. The Circadian-Supportive Lighting Triad: A conceptual framework and evidence map of applied human research. Submitted to Building and Environment.

Contribution: First author and project lead; framework conception, methodology, evidence curation, analysis, visualization, drafting, and administration.

Tajik, R., et al. Charting the future of occupant-centric enabling technologies for well-being in buildings: Challenges, gaps, and a research and application roadmap. Submitted to Building and Environment; SSRN preprint.

Contribution: Lead author and framework developer; coordinated a 17-author roadmap, expert synthesis, technology layers, gaps, and implementation priorities.

Tajik, R., et al. LuxRest: Field feasibility of a personal circadian-supportive light measure-to-action system.

Contribution: Research lead; requirements, system integration, field deployment, feedback design, participant protocol, and analysis.

Tajik, R., et al. Characterizing indoor air quality in low-income urban households through unsupervised machine-learning clustering.

Contribution: Feature engineering, principal-component analysis, k-means clustering, visualization, and household-context interpretation.

Tajik, R., et al. Adapting vernacular passive-cooling strategies from Guilan to mitigate residential overheating in Philadelphia.

Contribution: Comparative precedent, climate, passive-strategy, and translation framework development.