News

November 20, 2025

WiME Symposium
Madison Ward presents at Women in Mechanical Engineering Symposium.
November 20, 2025

Riley Presents at International Institute of Refrigeration Webinar
Riley Barta presented on advanced commercial refrigeration and next-generation refrigerants at the International Institute of Refrigeration webinar.
August 15, 2025

Joshua Cox Successfully Defends his Master’s Thesis
On August 11th, Joshua Cox successfully defended his MSME Thesis, “Measurement of Zeotropic Refrigerant Fractionation with Lubricants” sponsored by the Purdue Center for High Performance Buildings. Congratulations, Joshua!
August 15, 2025

Ayan Sengupta’s year as a SERB fellow focusing on transcritical CO2 pressure exchangers concludes
This week concluded Ph.D. Student Ayan Sengupta's year long stay as a SERB Fellow with our group.
July 31, 2025

SURF Symposium, Summer 2025
Amelia Jaffe presents work on "Characterizing the composition shift of R454C with and without lubricants using gas chromatography" at the SURF Symposium.
July 24, 2025

Darshak Gadagkar Successfully Defends his Master’s Thesis on High-Temperature Heat Pumps
On July 21st, Darshak Gadagkar successfully defended his MSME Thesis, “Modeling and Test Stand Development for a High Temperature Heat Pump to 200 degrees C” sponsored by the Department of Energy. Congratulations, Darshak!
December 18, 2024

2024 Year End Group Dinner
Our 2024 year end group dinner in Downtown Lafayette
December 10, 2024

Undergraduate Research Symposium Fall 2024
Six undergraduate researchers from our group presented their work on fluid and component analyses using low-Global Warming Potential Working Fluids at the OUR Research Symposium. The majority of this work was sponsored by the Center for High Performance Buildings and ASHRAE.
August 19, 2024



SURF Conference, Summer 2024

Alex Spilotro presents our work on sensing composition shift in low-GWP zeotropic mixtures at SURF Conference.

August 19, 2024



UREP-C Conference, Summer 2024

Vivian Lizeth Toca Diaz presents her final work from her 6 month UREP-C internshpi from Columbia.

April 29, 2024

Riley Barta receives ASHRAE New Investigator Award
Riley Barta, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received the New Investigator Award from ASHRAE to investigate the practical challenges of low-Global Warming Potential zeotropic refrigerant mixtures.
April 9, 2024



Spring Undergraduate Research Conference

Darshak Gadagkar presents our work on high-temperature heat pumps for industrial applications at Spring Undergrad Research Conference.

February 29, 2024



ASHRAE Winter Conference in Chicago

Our research group attended the largest ASHRAE and industrial expo in our research area this past January.

November 8, 2023

Women in Mechanical Engineering "WiMe" Symposium
Eiman Alkhadhir presented a poster of her research on low-Global Warming Potential Refrigerant Compressor Debvelopment at the Purdue Mechanical Engineering "Women in Mechanical Engineering Seminar"
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