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ASHRAE Insights  June 2018

Distinguished 50-Year Members
The Distinguished 50-Year Member
Award is given to individuals who have
been a member for a minimum of 50 years,
and who have performed outstanding service. The following 28 members received
the award:
Naim Z. Azer, Ph.D., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Manhattan,
Kansas.
Thomas A. Bathgate, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, is CEO, PWI Engineering, Jenkintown, Pa.
H.E. (Barney) Burroughs, Presidential/
Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, is president, Building Wellness Consultancy, Inc.,
Johns Creek, Ga.
Kenneth M. Clark, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Olathe, Kan.
Byron W. Engen, Life Member
ASHRAE, resides in Mount Dora, Fla.
M. David Gardner, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Renton,
Wash.
Vijay K. Gupta, Fellow/Life Member
ASHRAE, resides in Springfield, Va.
Bill Harrison, Presidential/Life Member
ASHRAE, is CEO, Harrison Energy Partners, Little Rock, Ark.
Richard B. Hayter, Ph.D., P.E., Presidential/Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, is
professor emeritus, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
Richard O. Hunton, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, is chairman and CEO,
Hunton Group, Houston, Texas.
Ronald N. Jensen, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Hampton, Va.
John E. Kampmeyer, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Springfield,
Pa.
Winfield L. Kelley, Fellow/Life Member
ASHRAE, resides in Hialeah, Fla.
Richard M. Kelso, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow/
Life Member ASHRAE, is professor emeritus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tenn.
William R. Kimball, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Centennial,
Colo.

Burroughs

Clark

Engen

Gardner

Gupta

Harrison

Hayter

Hunton

Jensen

Kampmeyer

Kelso

Morse

Nagengast

Pasch

Phillips

Pons

Punsalan

Reid

Schulze

Scott

Stambaugh

Williams

Charles Morse, III, Life Member
ASHRAE, resides in Concord Township,
Ohio.
Bernard A. Nagengast, Life Member
ASHRAE, is president, E&T Kointainer
Company, Sidney, Ohio.
William S. Ostrander, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Roger M. Pasch, P.E., Life Member
ASHRAE, is an independent consultant,
Pasch Enterprises, LLC., Eden Prairie,
Minn.
Herbert Phillips, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Philadelphia.
Ramon Pons, Ph.D., P.Eng., Life Member ASHRAE, is partner, CMTR, S.A.
-International Services, Barcelona, Spain.

Laurentino Punsalan, P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, is managing partner,
L.R. Punsalan and Associates, Makati City,
Philippines.
David Reid, Life Member ASHRAE,
resides in Berwyn, Pa.
James L. Schulze Sr., P.E., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, resides in Granbury,
Texas.

Norman R. Scott, Ph.D., Fellow/Life
Member ASHRAE, is professor emeritus,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Leo P. Stambaugh, Life Member
ASHRAE, resides in Dallas.
Thomas H. Williams, Life Member
ASHRAE, resides in Decatur, Ga.
George S.Yamamoto, Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, resides in Cortland, N.Y.

Technical Paper Award

T h e f o l l ow i n g p a p e r s r e c e ive
a Technical Paper Award, which
recognizes the authors of the best papers
presented at Society conferences.
Omar Abdelaziz, Ph.D., and Som S.
Shrestha, Ph.D., receive an award for
"Evaluation of Alternative Refrigerants for
Mini-Split Air Conditioners." Abdelaziz is
managing director, Clean Energy Air and
Water Technologies, FZE, Dubai, UAE.
Shrestha is research and development staff
member, Building Technologies Research
and Integration Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Mohammad Rafati Nasr, Ph.D., and
Carey J. Simonson, Ph.D., P.Eng., receive
an award for "Experimental Measurement
of Frosting Limits in Cross-Flow Airto-Air Energy Exchangers." Nasr is test
engineer, CORE Energy Recovery Solutions, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Simonson
is professor, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Alejandro Rivas Prieto; Li Song,
Ph.D., P.E.; Wesley M. Thomas and Gang
Wang, Ph.D., receive an award for their
paper, "In-Situ Fan Curve Calibration
for Virtual Airflow Sensor Implementation in VAV Systems." Rivas Prieto is
mechanical designer, Ross & Baruzzini,
Miami, Fla. Song is associate professor,
the University of Oklahoma, Norman,
Okla. Thomas resides in Harrah, Okla.
Wang is assistant professor, University
of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.

Making Tracks:

How Technical Sessions Are Chosen
By Mary Kate McGowan,
Associate Editor, News
Abdelaziz

Shrestha

Nasr

Simonson

Prieto

Song

Thomas

Rasmussen

C. Wang

Bryan P. Rasmussen, Ph.D., P.E.; Chao
Wang, Ph.D.; and Kyaw Wynn,
receive an award for their paper, "Experimental Comparison of Energy-Optimal Coordinated Control Strategies for
Heat Pump Systems." Rasmussen is associate professor, MeWynn
chanical Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas. Wang
is senior engineer, Johnson Controls, Norman,
Okla. Wynn is senior lead systems engineer,
Systems Research, Emerson Commercial and
Residential Solutions, Sidney, Ohio.

There is a constant at every ASHRAE
conference: an in-depth technical program
that touches a variety of industry topics.
The 2018 ASHRAE Annual Conference
is no different with a technical program that
will address resiliency, district energy and
cogeneration plants, controls, analytics,
among other topics.
It takes a lot of time to create the
program, said Cindy Moreno, Member
ASHRAE, chair of the 2018 ASHRAE
Annual Conference.
The timeline for creating an ASHRAE
conference technical program begins about
a year-and-a-half before a conference when
a conference chair is chosen, she said. From
there, months of work are devoted to selecting, editing and preparing the technical
program, which is released a few months
ahead of the conference.
While sticking to that schedule is important, finding the best presentations and
information is just as important, she said.
"Through the technical program, we're
giving our members a voice. We're giving
them a platform to be able to share the research, the information they have to pose
questions to us as a Society," Moreno said.

"I think that's one of the most important
aspects of having this technical conference. It's the information exchange."

Track Favorites
To ensure a technical program addresses the needs and interests of ASHRAE
membership, Moreno said ASHRAE's
Conferences and Expositions Committee keeps a running log of the technical
program tracks from previous ASHRAE
conferences.
While the conference chair and CEC
can choose some tracks that are offered,
some tracks are regularly featured, she
said. At every ASHRAE conference,
there will be "HVAC&R Systems and
Equipment" and "Fundamentals and Applications" tracks, according to Moreno.
Typically, there is a refrigeration track at
winter conferences, and a research track
at annual conferences.
The upcoming conference marks the
third annual conference that will include a
professional skills development track, she
said. CEC has found that track is well-attended and offers diversity to conference
attendees who wish to learn more about
soft skills, she said.
Making Tracks, continued on Page 4

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