Advisory Committee

The 2024 Herrick Conferences Advisory committee consisted of many experts across academia and industry.

Dr. Stefan Bertsch	Professor and Head, Institute for Energy Systems	Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs, Switzerland
Mr. Sergio Bobbo	CNR	Instituo per le Tecnologie della Construzione, Sezione di Padova, Italy
Dr. Roy Crawford		Johnson Controls
Dr. Ashvin Dhunput	Senior Development Engineer	ADC (UK), a member of Daikin group
Dr. Carlos Infante Ferreira	Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering	Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Dr. Mitsuhiro Fukuta	Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Shizuoka University, Japan
Dr. Andrea Gasparella	Faculty of Science & Technology	Libera Universita di Bolzano
Dr. Christian Hermes		Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Mr. Joseph Karnaz	Technical Director, Specialty Products Division	Shrieve Chemical Products, Inc.
Dr. Christopher Laughman	Senior Principal Research Scientist	Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL)
Dr. Vincent Lemort	Team Leader, Thermodynamics	Quartier Polytech 1
Steve Memory	Multiphysical Systems & Devices	A.O. Smith Corporate Technology Center, USA
Dr. Zachary Siefker	B49 Thermodynamics Laboratory	Cleaver-Brooks
Mr. Kevin Mercer		Rheem Manufacturing Company
Dr. William E. Murphy	Lead Heat Pump Design Engineer	University of Kentucky - Paducah, USA
Mr. Brendan Owens	Sr. Principal Engineer, Development Engineering
Dr. Andy Pearson	Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Engineering Extended Campus Programs	Star Refrigeration Ltd., Scotland
Dr. Michael Perevozchikov		Copeland
Mr. Gordon Powell	Managing Director	Ingersoll Rand - Trane, USA
Dr. Joaquim Rigola	Chief Scientist	Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Dr. Chris Seeton	Compressor Center of Excellence	Koura Global
Dr. Ruzhu Wang	Associate Professor, Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center	Shanghai Jiaotong University, P.R. of China
Mr. John Withouse	Applications Director	Sporlan Division of Parker Hannifin
Mr. Jia Xu	Professor and Director, Engineering Research Center for Solar Energy	Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
Mr. Jin Yan	RAC Refrigerants - Sr. Principal Engineer	Danfoss Turbocor Compressor Inc.
Dr. Andreas Athienitis	Professor and Concordia Research Chair Tier I	Scientific Director of NSERC Solar Buildings Research Network (SBRN-SNEBRN), Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Lorenzo Cremaschi	Professor	USNC/IIR
Dr. Brian Fricke	Distinguished Research Staff Member, Building Equipment Research, Energy and Transportation Science Division	IEA Heat Pump Center
Mr. Dennis Knight	ASHRAE President Elect (June President)	IEA-HPC
Jeff Littleton	Exec. Director	ASHRAE
Mr. Mike Vaughn	Mgr of Research and Tech Services
Dr. Christiane Thomas	Professor, TU Dresden
Dr. Ji-Hwan Jeong	Professor, Pusan National University, South Korea	Deutscher Kalte-und Llimatechnischer Verein e. V.
Dr. Akio Miyara	Professor, Saga University	DKV
Mr. Xudong Wang	Vice President, Research	SAREK
Dr. Yosr Allouche	Director	Japan Society of Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers