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 |
Brian Barrett
Conference Coordinator
Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
177 S. Russell Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2099
barret71@purdue.edu