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For Release:
January 19, 2008
Contact: Wendy Angel
Public Relations
678-539-1216
wangel@ashrae.org
 NEW YORK CITY - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recognized 49 people for their contributions to ASHRAE and the HVAC&R industry at the Society’s 2008 Winter Meeting held here Jan. 19-23.
The ASHRAE Hall of Fame honors deceased members of the Society who have made milestone contributions to the growth of HVAC&R technology. The Society inducts Frank Dean, a pioneer in HVAC systems design and installation, and P. Ole Fanger, widely considered the world’s leading expert on the effects of the indoor environment on human comfort, into the ASHRAE Hall of Fame.
Considered “an HVAC systems thinker,” Dean conceptualized and implemented an overall method of designing and installing air-conditioning systems that provided a unique combination of low first cost and low energy cost without sacrificing high quality.
Fanger’s pioneering work on thermal comfort and indoor air quality provided the scientific foundation for standards across the world. His research was almost exclusively directed toward people’s response to the indoor environment. He and his associates identified for the first time a significant impact of indoor air quality on productivity and as a cause of sick building syndrome.
The ASHRAE/ALCO Medal for Distinguished Public Service recognizes distinguished public service by an ASHRAE member. The recipient is Clark Bullard, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, a research professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
Fellow ASHRAE is a membership grade that recognizes distinction in the arts and sciences of environmental technology. The honor is earned through achievement as a researcher, designer, educator or engineering executive. The Society elevated 22 members to the grade of Fellow ASHRAE:
- Donald L. Beaty, P.E., president, DLB Associates, Tinton Falls, N.J.
- Alberto Cavallini, P.E., a professor at Padova University, Padova, Italy.
- David Claridge, Ph.D., P.E., the Leland Jordan professor of mechanical engineering and director, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- Life Member Lindell A. Davidson, P.E., lives in Norfolk, Va.
- Piotr A. Domanski, Ph.D., leader, HVAC&R Equipment Performance Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.
- Ashley F. Emery, Ph.D., P.E., a professor of mechanical engineering and adjunct professor of industrial engineering and architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
- Patricia T. Graef, P.E., research and development manager, Munters Corp., HumiCool Division, Fort Myers, Fla.
- Maureen Grasso, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School and a professor of textile sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
- Walter T. Grondzik, P.E., a professor, Department of Architecture, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.
- Fariborz Haghighat, Ph.D., P.Eng., a professor, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
- Hugo S.L.C. Hens, Ph.D., a member of the faculty of engineering, Department of Civic Engineering, Unit of Building Physics, and head of the Laboratory of Building Physics, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
- Jan L.M. Hensen, Ph.D., a professor of building performance simulation, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- Daniel Int-Hout III, chief engineer, Krueger, Richardson, Texas
- Shinsuke Kato, Ph.D., a professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Howard J. McKew, P.E., director of building solutions, RDK Engineers, Andover, Mass.
- Life Member James H. Norman, retired as ASHRAE’s manager of technical services. He lives in Atlanta, Ga.
- D. Nirmal Ram, principal consultant, Cerebration Consultants, Bangalore, India.
- T. Agami Reddy, Ph.D., P.E., a professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Sitaraman Chandra Sekhar, Ph.D., an associate professor, Department of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- Dennis A. Stanke, staff applications engineer, Trane Co., La Crosse, Wis.
- Life Member T. David Underwood, P.Eng., president, Isotherm Engineering, Mississauga, Ontario.
The ASHRAE Technology Awards recognize outstanding achievements by members who have successfully applied innovative building designs, which incorporate ASHRAE standards for effective energy management and indoor air quality. Five projects received first-place ASHRAE Technology Awards:
- Albert Barfield, marketing principal with Gulf Power Co., Pensacola, Fla., in the new commercial buildings category for his design of Springhill Suites, Pensacola, Fla.
- Craig Watts, principal/vice president of MKK Consulting Engineers, Greenwood Village, Colo., in the new institutional buildings category for his design of Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins, Colo.
- Rick Grove, P.E., senior engineer with Stantec Consulting, Seattle, in the new public assembly category for his design of Firstenburg Community Center, Vancouver, Wash.
- Apichit Lumlertpongpana, managing director, and Wichai Rungruangprug, engineering manager, I.T.C., Bangkok, in the new industrial facilities or processes category for his design of Charoen Pokphan Foods Public Co., Chokchai, Thailand
- Laurier Nichols, P.E., Rejean Blais, Simon Pelletier, P.Eng., Oanh Nguyen, Jean Molina and Marco Freitas, Dessau-Soprin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the existing health care facilities category for their design of the rehabilitation of Honore-Mercier Hospital, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
The ASHRAE Student Design Project Competition challenged teams of undergraduate students to transform a New York City distribution center into a biotech research laboratory. First place in the HVAC system selection category is awarded to Kevin Chow, Brandon Damas, Jeremy Fowler, Brandon Frey, Brendan Gleason and Ben Willey from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Their advisors are Julia Keen, P.E., and Fred Hasler, P.E. First place in the HVAC system design category goes to Gary Schrader, Jeremy Saddison, Ryan Larson and Chad Gydesen of Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich. Their faculty advisor is Douglas Zentz. First place in the architectural design category is awarded to Stuart Johnson and Grant Helmkamp of Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Mich. Their advisor is Daniel Faoro.
The E.K. Campbell Award honors outstanding achievements by engineering educators. The recipient David B. Meredith, P.E. The award honors an individual for outstanding service and achievement in teaching and is presented by the ASHRAE Life Members Club. Meredith is an associate professor of general engineering, Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University Fayette-the Eberly Campus, Uniontown, Pa.
The John F. James International Award is given to an ASHRAE member who has done the most to enhance the Society’s international presence. The recipient is Walid Chakroun, Ph.D., chairman, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 50,000 persons. Its sole objective is to advance through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public.
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