Hooman Mehdizadeh-Rad is a lecturer in College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Engineering Discipline. His research is multidisciplinary that focuses on solar energy, designing HVAC systems, building energy simulation and heat mitigation in tropical cities. Dr Hooman Mehdizadeh-Rad received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and his PhD in the field of designing thin film solar cells. He has set up the first NT organic solar cell lab in 2018 in Charles Darwin University. He has been teaching different Mechanical Engineering and Project Management units at College of Engineering, IT and Environment of Charles Darwin University.