Outstanding Achievements recognized at ASHRAE meeting.
Press Release Summary:
At 2008 Annual Meeting, ASHRAE recognized 86 members for contributions to ASHRAE and HVAC/R industry. Presidential Member James E. Hill, Ph.D. received Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award, which honors ASHRAE Fellow for continuous preeminence in engineering or research work. Presidential Member Donald G. Rich received Andrew T. Boggs Service Award, which recognizes past Distinguished Service Award recipient for continuing, unselfish, dedicated, and distinguished service.
Original Press Release:
Outstanding Achievements Recognized at ASHRAE's Annual Meeting
SALT LAKE CITY - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recognized 86 members for contributions to ASHRAE and the HVAC&R industry at the Society's 2008 Annual Meeting being held here June 21-25.
The Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award honors an ASHRAE Fellow for continuous preeminence in engineering or research work. The recipient is Presidential Member James E. Hill, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, Moneta, Va.
The Andrew T. Boggs Service Award recognizes a past Distinguished Service Award recipient for continuing, unselfish, dedicated and distinguished service. The recipient is Presidential Member Presidential Donald G. Rich, Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, retired from Carrier-UTC, Fayetteville, N.Y.
The Exceptional Service Award recognizes Distinguished Award recipients who have continued to serve the Society faithfully and with exemplary effort. 10 recipients were recognized:
o William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, a professor of architectural engineering and director of the Indoor Environment Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
o Michael F. Beda, P.E., president, Process Equipment Co., Tulsa, Okla.
o Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng., assistant vice president (Facility Management and Planning), Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
o Presidential Member H.E. "Barney" Burroughs, Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, CEO and president, Building Wellness Consultancy, Alpharetta, Ga.
o Kenneth W. Cooper, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, director, special projects, PoolPak International, York, Pa.
o Presidential Member Harley W. "Bill" Goodman Jr., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, president, Goodman Engineers, Little Rock, Ark.
o Maureen Grasso, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, dean, the Graduate School, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
o Birol I. Kilkis, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, Scientific Committee member, European Union HEGEL Poly-Generation Project, Ankara, Turkey, and Torino, Italy.
o Stanley L. Leitsch, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, Audubon, Pa.
o Michael Woodford assistant vice president, Standards, Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, Arlington, Va.
The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade for giving freely of their time and talent to the Society. The following 31 members were selected:
o Gaylen V. Atkinson, president, Atkinson Electronics, Salt Lake City, Utah.
o Michael R. Brambley, Ph.D., a staff scientist, Energy and Efficiency Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.
o Arden V. Davis, retired, Idaho Power Co., Boise, Idaho.
o Douglas W. Dunford, Gresham, Oreg.
o Mark W. Fly, P.E., director of engineering, AAON, Tulsa, Okla.
o Kenneth L. Fulk, P.E., principal and chief mechanical engineer, Reed, Wells, Benson and Co., Dallas, Texas.
o Arthur L. Giesler, director of sales, PermAlert, a subsidiary of Perma-Pipe, Hurst, Texas.
o Leon R. Glicksman, Ph.D., professor of building technology and mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
o Charles E. Gulledge III, P.E., design engineer, AC Corp., Greensboro, N.C.
o John L. Harrod, P.E., senior mechanical engineer, The Benham Companies, Oklahoma City, Okla.
o Adam W. Hinge, P.E., managing director, Sustainable Energy Partnerships, Tarrytown, N.Y.
o Pamela M. Immekus, president, Sunbelt Engineering Group, Kennesaw, Ga.
o L. Lane Jackins, owner and president, Applied Mechanical Equipment, Jacksonville, Fla.
o Gerald J. Kettler, P.E., president/owner, Air Engineering and Testing, Dallas, Texas.
o Birol I. Kilkis, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, Scientific Committee member, European Union HEGEL Poly-Generation Project, Ankara, Turkey, and Torino, Italy.
o Ben A. Leppard Jr., P.E., principal, Leppard, Johnson and Associates, Tucker, Ga.
o Dennis A. Littwin, P.E., vice president of engineering, Fujikoki America, Dallas, Texas.
o William M. Malphus, branch manager, G.L. Spies Co., Cape Coral, Fla.
o Florentino J. Mendez, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, director, energy engineering, The Benham Companies, Oklahoma City, Okla.
o Ramon Pons, Ph.D., P.E., partner and business consultant, CMTR, S.A.-International Services, Barcelona, Spain.
o T. Agami Reddy, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
o Michael CA Schwedler, P.E., manager, applications engineering, Trane, La Crosse, Wis.
o Frank Spevak, marketing and sales manager, Energy Conservatory, Minneapolis, Minn.
o William E. "Ed" Tinsley, P.E., managing principal, TME, Little Rock, Ark.
o Samir R. Traboulsi, Ph.D., P.Eng., general manager, Thermotrade Sal-Heating and Air Conditioning, and senior lecturer, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
o Iain S. Walker, Ph.D., scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.
o William F. Walter, manager, Industry Relations, Carrier Corp., Syracuse, N.Y.
o James K. Willson, P.E., solution development leader, Honeywell International, Indianapolis, Ind.
o Gary L. Wingfield, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, group lead mechanical engineer, Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
o Xudong Yang, Ph.D., Chang-Jiang professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
o Jianshun S. Zhang, Ph.D., a professor and director of Energy and Indoor Environmental Systems, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, New York.
The Distinguished 50-Year Member Award is given to persons who have been a member of the Society for 50 years and have performed outstanding service to the Society. The following 15 members are receiving this award:
o Peter J. Basso, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, chairman, Peter Basso Associates, Troy, Mich.
o Richard E. Batherman, Life Member, president, Vico, New York, N.Y.
o Warren E. Blazier Jr., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, a consultant on building acoustics, structural dynamics, mechanical noise and vibration control, San Francisco, Calif.
o Robert H. Braun, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, principal, Robert H. Braun and Associates, San Mateo, Calif.
o Francis A. Govan, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, Cary, N.C.
o Hem C. Gupta, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, Chicago, Ill.
o Guy W. Gupton Jr., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, Livingston, Mont.
o Donald C. Hardin, Life Member, retired from Enviromatic Systems, Grand Prairie, Texas.
o Eoin Kenny, Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, Dublin, Ireland.
o Milton Meckler, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, president/CEO, Design Build Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla.
o Frank J. Powell, Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, Jacksonville, Fla.
o Walter R. Ratai, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, a consulting engineer in Sarasota, Fla.
o Ernest W. Schumacher, Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, retired vice president, Fujikoki American, Yantis, Texas.
o Michael F. Sisti, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, formerly of East Brunswick, N.J., is being honored posthumously.
o Harold B. Swygert Jr., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member,West Columbia, S.C.
The Journal Paper Award honors the best paper or article published in ASHRAE Journal. Frederick H. Rohles Jr., Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, is the recipient for his article, Temperature & Temperament: A Psychologist Looks at Comfort. He resides in Manhattan, Kan.
The Crosby Field Award honors the best paper presented at an ASHRAE meeting. Francis Farrell, Thomas Fitch and Michael Morgan receive the award for Development and Performance of a Retrofittable, High-Efficiency Grease Filter System for Kitchen Hoods, which also receives an ASHRAE Poster Presentation Award. Farrell is with Phillips Plastics Corp., Prescott, Wis. Fitch is a research engineer, Phillips Plastics Corp., Prescott, Wis. Morgan is sales development manager, Captive Aire Systems, Allentown, Pa.
The following papers were selected to receive ASHRAE Transactions Paper Awards, which recognize the authors of the best papers presented at Society meetings.
o James Braun, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, for Impact of Control on Operating Costs for Cool Storage Systems with Dynamic Electric Rates. He is a professor, Purdue University, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, West Lafayette, Tenn.
o Vladimir Vukovic and Jelena Srebric, Ph.D., for Application of Neural Networks Trained with Multizone Models for Fast Detection of Contaminant Source Position in Buildings. Vukovic is a doctoral candidate and Srebric is an associate professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
o William Tschudi, P.E., and Stephen Fok, P.E. for Best Practices for Energy-Efficient Data Centers Identified through Case Studies and Demonstration Projects. Tschudi is program manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.; Fok is senior program engineer, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Francisco, Calif.
The ASHRAE Poster Presentation Award is given to peer-reviewed technical papers with the best visual and technical information presented at Society meetings. The recipients are Sherwood Talbert, P.E., Stephen Ricci, Ph.D., Matthew Goshe, Laura Aume and Rodney Osborne, Ph.D., P.E., for Reentrainment of Building Exhaust Air by Packaged HVAC Economizers. Talbert and Ricci are senior research engineers; Goshe and Aume are research scientists, and Osborne is associate manager of energy systems, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio.
The Willis H. Carrier Award is given to an ASHRAE member 32 years of age or younger for presenting an outstanding paper at a Society meeting. Joseph Firrantello, mechanical engineer, James Posey Associates, Baltimore, Md., is the recipient for Use of Factorial Sensitivity Analysis in Multizone Airflow Model Tuning, which also received an ASHRAE Transactions Paper Award. Co-authors also receiving the Transactions Paper Award are William Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, professor of architectural engineering and director of the Indoor Environment Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.; Amy Musser, Ph.D., P.E., principal, Vandemusser Design, Asheville, N.C.; James Freihaut, Ph.D., associate professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.; and Jae-Weon Jeong, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea.
The Lincoln Bouillon Award recognizes a member who performs the most outstanding work in increasing the membership of the Society during the course of the year. The recipient is Alan Neely, regional manager, Pittsburgh Corning-Foamglass Insulation, The Woodlands, Texas.
The Dan Mills Technical Award recognizes a Chapter Technology Transfer Committee (CTTC) chair who excels in meeting CTTC goals in technical, energy and government activities. The recipient is Thomas Kroeschell, P.E., Northbrook, Ill.
The Chapter Program Star Award recognizes excellence in chapter program endeavors. The recipient is Don Hay, general director, TECSIR Sa De CV, Monterrey, Mexico..
The William J. Collins Jr. Research Promotion Award is given to the chapter research promotion chair who raises the most money for ASHRAE research. The recipient is John K. Sealy, a mechanical engineer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
The Lou Flagg Historical Award recognizes a chapter Gold Ribbon award winner for compiling information on outstanding historical projects or persons related to HVAC&R. The recipient is Oswaldo Bueno, owner, Oswaldo Bueno Engenharia E Represetacoes, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Environmental Health Award recognizes excellence in volunteer service focused on environmental health issues. The recipient is Hal Levin, Fellow ASHRAE, president of and a research architect, Building Ecology Research Group, Santa Cruz, Calif.
The Standards Achievement Award recognizes significant and exceptional service in the area of standards leadership and technical contribution. The recipients are Byron W. Jones, Ph.D., associate dean for research and director of the Engineering Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans.
The Ralph G. Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award is given to a researcher under the age of 40 for significant accomplishment in the study of bioenvironmental engineering and its effect on human comfort and health. The recipient is Henry Willem, Ph.D., post-doctoral research fellow, National University of Singapore.
The ASHRAE Student Activities Achievement Award recognizes a Chapter Student Activities chair for service related to the goals and growth of student activities at all levels. The recipient is Manuel Belino, Ph.D., dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila, Philippines.
The Homer Addams Award is presented to a graduate student involved in outstanding HVAC&R research. The recipient is Bereket Nigusse, Ph.D., a senior associate, ICF International, Fairfax, Va.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 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 (HVAC&R) to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world.
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