Ruchi Choudhary teaches Building Technology at the College of Architecture. She received her PhD in Architecture from the University of Michigan in 2004, from where she also received her Masters in 1998. Her dissertation, 'A Hierarchical Optimization Framework for Simulation-based Architectural Design' focused on applying formal methodologies towards healthcare design, and was awarded the ARCC King Medal for excellence in environmental design research. Ruchi's areas of specialization are building simulation, design optimization, and environmental design. Her work focuses on tools and methodologies that enable energy efficient and high performance buildings - particularly in design programs that are large and complex. Her current projects include the Solar Decathlon Competition funded by the Department of Energy, Creating a Working Resource Guide for Clinic Design funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Integration of Design Analysis during Conceptual Design Phased funded by SOM, New York.

In addition to the required sequence of undergraduate and graduate courses on Environmental Technology, Dr. Choudhary offers elective seminars on building simulation, computational fluid dynamics, and energy analysis. Since joining Georgia Tech, she has also established the Building Simulation Laboratory at the College of Architecture. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).