Civil and Construction Engineering Faculty and Staff

William Travis Horton

Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering with Courtesy Appointment in Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Email: wthorton@purdue.edu
Office: HAMP HAMP G219 (Teaching) / HLAB 2030 (Research)
Campus Phone: +1 765 49-46098
Fax: +1 765 49-40395
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CIVIL
Specialty Research Areas
Architectural Engineering
Affiliations
Bowen Laboratory
Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
Degrees Earned
Utah State University, Logan, UT
August 1989 - August 1995
B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Utah State University, Logan, UT
August 1995 - March 1997
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: A Lightweight, Semi-flexible, Composite Thermal Link
Thesis Advisor: J. Clair Batty

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
August 1996 - May 2002
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: Modeling of Secondary Loop Refrigeration Systems in Supermarket Applications
Thesis Advisor: Eckhard A. Groll
Research Interests
Advanced thermal energy conversion systems, energy utilization in buildings, and the interactions between a building and its environment. Specifically include the development of advanced, highly integrated, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems; the role of renewable distributed power generation and combined heat and power (CHP) systems in residential and commercial buildings; and the integration of these technologies into high performance buildings
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