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Student Alumni - Graduate
Trey Austin
Amit Bhansali
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Project:
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EnergyPlus Core Development |
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Thesis:
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Development and Analysis
of Model Based
Economizer Strategies |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2009 |
Manish Bhargava
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C.C. Report: |
Enhancements to the Ground Loop Heat Exchanger Design Program |
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1998. |
Richard Castelino
Chanvit Chantrasrisalai
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Email |
ch_chanvit@hotmail.com |
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Thesis: |
Optical and Thermal Fenestration
Models for Building Cooling Load Calculations.
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Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2007. |
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Papers: |
Chantrasrisalai, C.,
and D.E. Fisher,
2006. An In Situ Experimental Method for the Development and Validation of
Slat-Type Blind Models in Cooling Load Calculations. ASME Transactions,
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 128:189-198.
Chantrasrisalai, C., and D.E. Fisher. 2004.
Comparative Analysis of
One-Dimensional Slat-Type Blind Models. Proceedings of the SimBuild 2004
Conference, August 4-6, Boulder, Colorado. BPSA-USA.
Chantrasrisalai, C., V. Ghatti, D.E. Fisher, and D.G. Scheatzle.
2003.
Experimental Validation of the EnergyPlus Low-Temperature Radiant Simulation. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):614-623.
Iu, I.S., D.E. Fisher, C. Chantrasrisalai, and D. Eldridge. 2003.
Experimental Validation of
Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Radiant Time Series Method. ASHRAE Transactions
109(2):139-150.
Eldridge, D., D.E. Fisher, I.S. Iu, and C. Chantrasrisalai. 2003.
Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: Facility Design.
ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):151-159.
Chantrasrisalai, C., D.E. Fisher, I.S. Iu, and D. Eldridge. 2003.
Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Heat
Balance Method. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):160-173.
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Xin Chen
Andrew Chiasson
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Email: |
chaissoa@oit.edu |
| Current Position: |
Research Associate,
Oregon Institute of Technology
http://geoheat.oit.edu |
| Thesis:
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Advances in Modeling of
Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems |
| Degree/Year:
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1999. |
| Papers:
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Orio, C.D., C.N. Johnson, S.J. Rees, A. Chiasson, Z. Deng,
and J.D. Spitler.
2005.
A Survey of Standing Column Well Installations in North America.
ASHRAE Transactions
111(2):109-121.
Chiasson, A., and J.D.
Spitler. 2001. Modeling Approach to Design of a Ground-Source
Heat Pump Bridge Deck Heating System. Transportation Research
Record 17(41):207-215.
Ramamoorthy, M. H. Jin, A. Chiasson, and J.D.
Spitler. 2001.
Optimal
Sizing of Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems that use a Cooling Pond
as a Supplemental Heat Rejecter – A System Simulation Approach. ASHRAE
Transactions 107(1):26-38.
Chiasson, A.D., J.D. Spitler, S.J. Rees, and M.D. Smith. 2000.
A Model For Simulating The Performance Of A Shallow Pond As A
Supplemental Heat Rejecter With Closed-Loop Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems.
ASHRAE Transactions 106(2):107-121.
Chiasson A.D., J.D. Spitler, S.J. Rees, and M.D. Smith. 2000. A
Model for Simulating the Performance of a Pavement Heating System as a
Supplemental Heat Rejecter With Closed-Loop Ground-Source Heat Pump
Systems. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 122:183-191.
Chiasson, A., S.J. Rees, and J.D Spitler. 2000.
A Preliminary
Assessment of the effects of Ground-water Flow on Closed-Loop Ground-Source
Heat Pump Systems. ASHRAE Transactions 106(1):380-393.
Chiasson, A., and J.D. Spitler.
2000. A Modeling Approach To Design Of A Ground-Source Heat Pump Bridge Deck
Heating System. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Snow
Removal and Ice Control Technology,
September
5-8, Roanoke, VA.
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Sani Daher
Vivek Dalvi
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C.C. Report:
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Development of Hvac Load Explorer V1.0 and User’s Guide |
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1999. |
Zheng Deng
| Email:
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zhdeng09@hotmail.com
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| Current Position: |
United
Technologies Research Center |
| Thesis: |
Modeling of Standing Column
Wells in Ground Source Heat Pump Systems |
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Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2004. |
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Papers: |
O’Neill, Z. D.,
and J. D. Spitler. 2006. Performance Analysis of Single U-tube and Standing
Column Well Ground Heat Exchangers. ASHRAE Transactions 112(2): 633-643.
O’Neill, Z. D., and J. D. Spitler. Modeling of
Standing Column Wells in Ground Source Heat Pump Systems. The 10th International
Conference on Thermal Energy Storage, May 31-June 2. Richard Stockton College,
New Jersey.
Deng, Z., S. J. Rees, and J. D. Spitler. 2005.
A
Model for Annual
Simulation of Standing Column Well Ground Heat Exchangers.
HVAC&R Research
11(4):637-655.
Orio, C.D., C.N. Johnson, S.J. Rees, A.
Chiasson, Z. Deng, and J.D. Spitler. 2005.
A Survey of Standing Column Well
Installations in North America. ASHRAE Transactions 111(2):109-121.
Rees, S.J., J.D. Spitler,
Z. Deng, C.D. Orio, and C.N. Johnson. 2004. A Study Of
Geothermal Heat Pump And Standing Column Well Performance. ASHRAE Transactions 110(1):3-13.
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David Eldridge
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Current Position: |
Grumman Butkus,
www.grummanbutkus.com |
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Thesis:
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Design of an Experimental Facility for the Validation of Cooling Load
Calculation Procedures |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2007. |
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Papers:
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Iu, I.S., D.E. Fisher, C. Chantrasrisalai, and D. Eldridge. 2003. Experimental
Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Radiant Time Series Method.
ASHRAE
Transactions 109(2):139-150.
Eldridge, D., D.E. Fisher, I.S. Iu, and C. Chantrasrisalai. 2003. Experimental
Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: Facility Design. ASHRAE
Transactions 109(2):151-159.
Chantrasrisalai, C., D.E. Fisher, I.S. Iu, and D. Eldridge. 2003. Experimental
Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Heat Balance Method.
ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):160-173.
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Mohammad A. Elyyan
Diego Espin
Xuefei Feng
Jeff Ferguson
Jason Gentry
| Email: |
utm_engineering@yahoo.com |
| Current Position: |
Mid-State Construction |
| Thesis: |
Simulation
and Validation of Hybrid Ground Source and Water-Loop Heat Pump Systems |
| Degree/Year:
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2007. |
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Papers:
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Gentry, J.E., J.D. Spitler, D.E. Fisher, and X. Xu. 2006.
Simulation of
Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump Systems and Experimental Validation.
Proceedings of The7th International Conference on System Simulation in
Buildings, December 11-13. Liège, Belgium.
Gentry, J.E., R.A. LeMaster, and J.D. Sterrett. 2005.
Thermal and cost-benefit analysis of a geothermal pilot project at a Northwest
Tennessee correctional facility. 8th International Energy Agency Heat Pump
Conference, May 30-June 2. Las Vegas.
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Rajesh Hegde
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C.C. Report:
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Development of Surrogate Bridge Freezing Capacitor Sensors and
Control Circuit |
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Year:
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2000. |
Shawn Hern
Sam Hobson
.JPG)
Sean Hockersmith
Calvin (Ip-Seng) Iu
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calviniu@yahoo.com |
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Current Position: |
Johnson Controls Inc.
www.jci.com |
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Thesis:
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Development of air-to-air heat pump simulation
program with advanced heat exchanger circuitry algorithm (Ph.D Thesis).
Experimental Validation
of the Radiant Time Series Method for Cooling Load Calculations (M.S. Thesis). |
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Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2007.
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2002. |
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Papers:
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Iu, I., N.A. Weber, P.K. Bansal,
D.E. Fisher. 2007.
Applying the effectiveness-NTU method to the elemental heat exchanger models.
ASHRAE transactions 113(1):504-513.
Iu, I., and D. Fisher.
2004. Application of Conduction Transfer Functions and Periodic Response
Factors in Cooing Load Calculation Procedures. ASHRAE Transactions
110(2):829-841.
Iu, I., P.K. Bansal, S.J. Rees, D.E. Fisher, N.A. Weber, and
J.D. Spitler. 2003. Energy efficiency analysis of a unitary heat pump system.
Proc. of International Conference on Building Systems and Facilities Management
- Integrating Innovations and Technologies for a Built Environment, Singapore.
Iu, I.S., D.E. Fisher, C.
Chantrasrisalai, and D. Eldridge. 2003. Experimental Validation of
Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Radiant Time Series Method. ASHRAE Transactions
109(2):139-150.
Eldridge, D., D.E. Fisher, I.S. Iu, and C. Chantrasrisalai. 2003.
Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: Facility Design. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):151-159.
Chantrasrisalai, C., D.E. Fisher, I.S. Iu, and D. Eldridge. 2003. Experimental Validation of Design Cooling Load Procedures: The Heat
Balance Method. ASHRAE Transactions 109(2):160-173. |
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Anand Iyer
Nagendra Jain
Srdjan Jankovic
Hui Jin
Bharath Krishna Karambakkam
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Project: |
Transient Conduction Heat Transfer in Two-Dimensional
and Heavy One-Dimensional Walls |
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C.C. Report:
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Transient Conduction Heat Transfer in Two-Dimensional
and Heavy One-Dimensional Walls |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2004
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Papers:
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Karambakkam, B.K., B. Nigusse, and J. D.
Spitler. 2005. A One-dimensional Approximation for Transient
Multi-dimensional Conduction Heat Transfer in Building Envelopes. Nordic
Building Physics Conference, June 13-15. Reykjavik.
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Muhammad Haider Khan
| Email: |
muhammadhaiderkhan@hotmail.com |
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Current Position: |
Associate,
ICF International,
Fairfax, VA. |
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Thesis: |
Modeling, Simulation
and Optimization of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering,
2004 |
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Papers: |
Khan, M.H., and J.D. Spitler. 2004.
Performance Analysis of a
Residential Ground Source Heat Pump System with Antifreeze Solution. Proceedings of SimBuild
2004,
August 4-6. Boulder, Colorado.
Khan, M.H., A. Varanasi, J.D. Spitler, D.E. Fisher, and R.D. Delahoussaye.
2003.
Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump System Simulation Using Visual Modeling Tool For
Hvacsim+. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2003, August 11-14,
Eindhoven, Netherlands, pp. 641-648.
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Taecheol Kim
Weixiu Kong
Michael Largent
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Project: |
Modelling of
Solar Collectors in HVACSim+ |
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C.C. Report: |
Modeling Flat Plate Solar
Collectors in HVACSIM+ and the Development of an Integrated Weather File
Reader |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2007 |
Spencer Lifferth
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Project:
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ATRC building psychrometric chamber data
acquisition system design and Labview coding. |
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Thesis:
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Design and Construction
of a New Psychrometric
Chamber. |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2009. |
K. Lindsey
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C.C. Report:
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Revision of the CLTD/CLF Cooling Load Calculation Method. |
| Degree/
Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1991. |
Xiaobing Liu
| Email: |
xiaobing_liu@hotmail.com |
| Current Position: |
ClimateMaster |
| Thesis: |
Development and
Experimental Validation of Simulation of Hydronic Snow Melting Systems For
Bridges |
| Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2005. |
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Papers:
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Spitler, J.D., X. Liu, S.J. Rees, and C. Yavuzturk. 2005. Simulation
and Optimization of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems. 8th International
Energy Agency Heat Pump Conference,
May 30-June 2.
Las Vegas.
Liu, X., and J.D. Spitler. 2004. A Simulation Tool for the Design of
the Hydronic Bridge Snow Melting System. Proceedings of the12th
International Road Weather Conference, June 16-18, Bingen (on Rhine),
Germany.
Liu, X., and J.D.
Spitler. 2004.
Simulation Based Investigation on the Design of Hydronic Snow Melting
System. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 83rd
Annual Meeting,
January 11-15, Washington, D.C.
Liu, X., S.J. Rees, and J.D. Spitler. 2003. Simulation of a
Geothermal Bridge Deck Anti-icing System and Experimental Validation.
Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting,
January 12-16,
Washington, D.C.
Spitler, J.D., X. Liu, S.J. Rees, and C. Yavuzturk. 2003. Simulation
and Design of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems. Journal of Shandong
University of Architecture and Engineering 18(1):1-10.
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Arunachalar Manicham
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C.C. Report:
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Enhancements to a Windows Based Program for Design
of Ground Loop Heat Exchangers |
| Degree/
Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1996. |
Swanand Mokashi
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C.C. Report: |
Implementation of Loads Direct to the Ground Loop
Heat Exchanger in GLHEPRO Version 3.0 |
| Degree/
Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1999. |
Arun Murugappan
Dam Nguyen
Bereket Nigusse
Emre Ozdemir
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Project:
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Frost Development in Micro-channel Heat Exchangers |
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Thesis:
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Thermal Performance
Comparison between
Micro-channel and Round
Tube Heat Exchangers |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2009 |
Sunilsen Peramanu
Mahadevan Ramamoorthy
Michael Ramey
Scott Sanders
Sandeep Sethi
| Email: |
imndnking@yahoo.com |
| Current Position: |
Director-Service, Asia Pacific, Johnson Controls, Inc.
www.jci.com |
| Project:
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A Study of Validation Techniques of Energy Analysis Simulation
Software. |
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C.C. Report:
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A Study of Validation Techniques of
Energy Analysis Simulation Software. |
| Degree/Year:
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1994. |
Chandan Sharma
| Thesis: |
Development of dry and evaporative fluid cooler models for EnergyPlus |
| Degree/
Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2009. |
Arun Shenoy
Kenneth (Chih-Chien) Tang
Aditya Varanasi
Sethupathy Vasudevan
| Thesis:
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Implementation of Generic Database Environment for GLHEPRO |
| Degree/
Year:
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1998. |
Ojas Wadivkar
A. Waheed
Chris (Nan) Wang
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Email: |
chriswangwwj@gmail.com |
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Project: |
IEA Annex Barracks and Office ECMs
validation and implementation |
| C.C. Report:
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Simulation Assessment of
Evaporative Cooler Control Strategies. |
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Degree/Year:
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2008. |
Fan Wang
Jim Weathers
Nathan Weber
| Email: |
Nathan_A_Weber@yahoo.com |
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Current Position: |
York International |
| Thesis: |
Performance
Effects of Air Velocity Profiles in a Residential Heat Pump |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2003 |
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Paper: |
Iu, I., P.K. Bansal, S.J. Rees, D.E. Fisher, N.A. Weber, and
J.D. Spitler. 2003. Energy efficiency analysis of a unitary heat pump system.
Proc. of International Conference on Building Systems and Facilities Management
- Integrating Innovations and Technologies for a Built Environment, Singapore. |
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Barry A. Wilson
Tracy Xia
Dongyi Xiao
| Email:
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xiaodongyi@hotmail.com |
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Thesis:
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Inter-Model,
Analytical, and Experimental Validation of A Heat Balance Based Residential
Cooling Load Calculation Procedure |
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Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2006. |
Papers: |
Xiao, D., S.J. Rees, J.D. Spitler,
and
R.L. Dougherty. 2005. Transient Conduction Analytical Solutions for
Testing of Building Energy Simulation Programs Building Services
Engineering.
Research and Technology
26(3):229-247.
Barnaby, C.S., J.D. Spitler, and D. Xiao. 2005.
The
Residential Heat Balance Method for Heating and Cooling Load Calculations.
ASHRAE Transactions 111(1):308-319.
Xiao, D., J.D. Spitler, and S.J. Rees. 2002.
An Analytical Verification Test Suite for
Multizone Building Fabric and Control Models in Whole Building Energy
Simulation Programs. Proceedings of the eSim 2002 Conference,
September 11-13,
Montreal, Canada. pp. 260-267.
Rees, S.J., D. Xiao, and J.D. Spitler. 2002.
An Analytical
Verification Test Suite for Building Fabric Models in Whole Building
Energy Simulation Programs. ASHRAE Transactions 108(1):30-41. Awarded
the ASHRAE Willis Carrier Award and Technical Paper Award.
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Awards:
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2005 Homer
Addams Award
2002 Willis H. Carrier Award (ASHRAE)
2002 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award
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Xiaowei Xu
| Email: |
xiaoweixxw@hotmail.com |
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Project: |
Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump Systems |
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Thesis:
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Simulation and Optimal Control of Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump
Systems. |
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Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2007 |
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Papers: |
Gentry, J.E., J.D.
Spitler, D.E. Fisher, and X. Xu. 2006.
Simulation of Hybrid Ground Source
Heat Pump Systems and Experimental Validation. Proceedings of the 7th
International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, December 11-13,
Liège,
Belgium.
Xu, X., and J. D. Spitler. 2006.
Modeling of Vertical Ground Loop Heat Exchangers with Variable Convective
Resistance and Thermal Mass of the Fluid. Proceedings of the 10th
International Conference on Thermal Energy Storage – Ecostock 2006,
Pomona, NJ. |
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Jianpeng Yang
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Email: |
jianpengyang@hotmail.com |
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Project: |
Transport delay Model in EnergyPlus |
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C.C. Report:
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Implementation of a pipe flow transport
delay model in EnergyPlus |
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Degree/Year: |
M.S. Mechanical
Engineering, 2008. |
Cenk Yavuzturk
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Email: |
cenky@uwyo.edu
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| Home page: |
www.eng.uwyo.edu/civil/faculty/cy.html |
| Current
Position: |
Associate Professor - University
of Wyoming |
| Thesis:
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Modeling of Vertical
Ground Loop Heat Exchangers for Ground Source Heat Pump Systems |
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Degree/Year: |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 1999. |
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Papers: |
Spitler, J.D., X. Liu, S.J. Rees,
and C. Yavuzturk. 2005.
Simulation and Optimization of Ground Source Heat Pump
Systems. 8th International Energy Agency Heat Pump Conference, May
30-June 2. Las Vegas.
Yavuzturk, C., and J.D. Spitler. 2001.
Field Validation of a Short Time-Step
Model for Vertical Ground Loop Heat Exchangers. ASHRAE Transactions
107(1):617-625.
Spitler
J.D., S.J. Rees, and C. Yavuzturk. 2000.
Recent Developments in Ground
Source Heat Pump System Design, Modelling and Applications. Proc. of CIBSE/ASHRAE
joint conference "20 20 Vision",
September, Dublin, Session 9a, Paper
A28, p.34.
Spitler J.D., C.
Yavuzturk, and S.J Rees. 2000.
In-Situ Measurement of Ground Thermal
Properties. Proc. of TERRASTOCK 2000,
August 2000, Stuttgart, 1:165-170.
Yavuzturk, C., and J.D. Spitler. 2000.
Comparative Study to Investigate Operating
and Control Strategies for Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump Systems Using a Short
Time-step Simulation Model. ASHRAE Transactions 106(2):192-209.
Austin, W., C. Yavuzturk, and J.D. Spitler. 2000.
Development Of An In-Situ
System For Measuring Ground Thermal Properties. ASHRAE Transactions
106(1):365-379.
Yavuzturk, C., and J.D. Spitler. 1999.
A Short Time Step Response Factor
Model for Vertical Ground Loop Heat Exchangers. ASHRAE Transactions
105(2):475-485.
Yavuzturk, C., and S.J. Rees and J.D. Spitler. 1999.
A
Transient Two-dimensional Finite Volume Model of a Ground Loop Heat Exchanger,
ASHRAE Transactions 105(2):465-474.
Spitler, J.D., S.J. Rees, and C. Yavuzturk. 1999.
More Comments on In-situ
Borehole Thermal Conductivity Testing. The Source 12(2):4-6. |
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