ATLANTA — ASHRAE recognized achievements and contributions of members to the Society and the built environment industry during an honors and awards program at its 2022 Annual Conference in Toronto.

“ASHRAE’s honors and awards recipients exemplify excellence in our industry,” said 2021-22 ASHRAE President Mick Schwedler, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP. “We appreciate your contributions to the global built environment and your commitment to our Society’s mission to serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of HVACR.”

A list of the awards and recipients are below:


Lincoln Bouillon Award

Josh Bourbonniere, P.Eng., of the Ottawa Valley Chapter, received the Lincoln Bouillon Award, which recognizes a member who performs the most outstanding work in increasing membership. The award commemorates Presidential Member Bouillon’s efforts in recruiting new members.

 

Dan Mills Chapter Programs Award

Mitchell Rohrer, P.Eng., of the Hamilton Chapter, received the Dan Mills Chapter Programs Award, which recognizes excellence in chapter program endeavors.

 

William J. Collins, Jr. RP Award

Nathan P. Zeigler, P.E., of the Alaska Chapter, received the William J. Collins Jr., RP Award. The award, named in honor of Presidential Member Collins, recognizes a chapter RP chair who excels in raising funds for ASHRAE’s RP campaign.

 

Government Affairs Award

Sonya M. Pouncy, of the Detroit Chapter, received the Government Affairs Award. The award recognizes individuals for outstanding effort and achievement in state, provincial, and local government activities in connection with technical issues related to the Society.

 

Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award

Yuguo Li, Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Chapter, received the Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award, which recognizes excellence in volunteer service focused on environmental health issues.


Homer Addams Award

Yunyang Ye, Ph.D., of the Oregon Chapter, received the Homer Addams Award, which recognizes a graduate student who has been engaged in an ASHRAE research project at a university that has graduate programs in the areas of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and has achieved a high standard of performance in this work.

 

Standards Achievement Award

Drury B. Crawley, Ph.D., Fellow Life Member, and Roger Hedrick, Life Member, received the Standards Achievement Award, which recognizes exceptional service in the area of standards leadership and technical contribution.

 

Ralph G. Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award

Thomas Parkinson, Ph.D., of the Golden Gate Chapter, received the Ralph G. Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award, which is given to a researcher under the age of 40 for significant accomplishments in the study of bioenvironmental engineering and its effect on human comfort and health.

 

Student Activities Achievement Award

Muhammad Uzair, Ph.D., of the Pakistan Chapter, received the Student Activities Achievement Award, which recognizes a chapter student activities chair for growth of student activities.

 

ASHRAE Journal Paper Award

Rajavel Balaguru, Ph.D., Thomas Bise, and Paul F. Bauch, received the Journal Paper Award for the article, “Key Factors of Fan System Wire-to-Air Efficiency," judged to be the best article published in ASHRAE Journal. The article was published in December 2021.

 

Science and Technology for the Built Environment Best Paper Award

David A. Rothamer, Ph.D., Scott Sanders, Douglas T. Reindl, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Member, and Timothy Bertram, were recipients of the Science and Technology for the Built Environment Best Paper Award for “Strategies to minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classroom settings: combined impacts of ventilation and mask effective filtration efficiency." The article was published in October 2021. The award is for the best paper published in the volume year of the Science and Technology for the Built Environment, the ASHRAE research journal.

 

Crosby Field Award

Zhitao Han, Li Ding, and Gang Wang, P.E., Ph.D., were the recipients of the Crosby Field Award for “Experimental Investigation of Induction Motor Power Factor and Efficiency Impacted by Pulse Width Modulation Power and Voltage Controls of Variable Frequency Drives," which was judged to be the best paper presented before the Society. The Crosby Field Award is named for a former Presidential Member. 

 

Willis H. Carrier Award

Li Ding received the Willis H. Carrier Award given to a member 32 years of age or younger for presenting an outstanding paper at a Society conference. The award is presented for “Experimental Investigation of Induction Motor Power Factor and Efficiency Impacted by Pulse Width Modulation Power and Voltage Controls of Variable Frequency Drives."

 

ASHRAE Technical Paper Award
The following papers received a Technical Paper Award, which recognizes the authors of the best papers presented at Society conferences:

  • Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Life Member, Jessica Cramer, and Peng Yin, Ph.D., received an award for “Part-Load Airflow and Power Model of Multi- Speed Fan-Coil Units with Electronically Commutated Motors."
  • Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Life Member, Jessica Cramer, and Peng Yin, Ph.D., received an award for “A Simple Airflow and Power Analysis of Fan- Coil Units with Electronically Commutated Motors."
  • Chaitanya Sai Kodali and Stephen Idem, Ph.D., received an award for “Sizing Ducts Based on a Prescribed Friction Rate."
  • James W. Smallcombe, Magdalena Młynarczyk, Ph.D., P.E., Jakob Eggeling, Simon Hodder, Ph.D., Amitava Halder, Ph.D., Kalev Kuklane, Ph.D., Dennis Loveday, Ph.D., CEng, CPhys, and George Havenith, Ph.D., received an award for “Updated Database of Clothing Thermal Insulation and Vapor Permeability Values of Western Ensembles for Use in ASHRAE Standard 55, ISO 7730 and ISO 9920; Results of ASHRAE RP.”

 

Distinguished Service Award
 The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade who have served the Society faithfully and with distinction and who have given freely of their time and talent in chapter, regional, and Society activities. The following members were recognized:

  • Tiffany Bates Abruzzo, senior application engineer, ClimaCool Corp, Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • Marites D. Calad, vice president/branch manager, Norman S. Wright Mechanical Equipment Corporation, Waipahu, Hawaii. 
  • Jason W. DeGraw, senior R&D staff member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
  • Pankaj Dharkar, Fellow Member, president, Pankaj Dharkar & Associates, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. 
  • Joseph Firrantello, Ph.D., P.E., project engineer, McKinstry, Seattle, Wash.
  • Jason Glazer, P.E., BEMP, principal engineer, GARD Analytics Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
  • Paula Andrea Hernandez, P.Eng., vice president, Estudio MPH&H - Ingenieros Consultores, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
  • John M. House, Ph.D., Fellow Member, principal, John House Consulting Services, Saint Leonard, Quebec, Canada. 
  • Rupesh Iyengar, Ph.D., director, Services Consultants, Bangalore, India. 
  • Cameron Labunski, P.E., HBDP, HFDP, principal engineer, Tom Green & Company Engineers Inc., Austin, Texas.
  • Maggie Moninski, P.E., senior mechanical engineer, SINGH + Associates, Chicago, Ill.
  • Aakash Patel, CEO, Volpak Systems, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. 
  • Christopher Phelan, co-president, Thermco, Clifton, N.J.
  • Jin Wen, Ph.D., professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Christopher Wade Williams, senior engineer, Trane Technologies, Clarksville, Tenn.


Exceptional Service Award
The Exceptional Service Award recognizes Distinguished Service Award recipients who have continued to serve faithfully and with exemplary effort. The following members were recognized:

  • Devin A. Abellon, P.E., business development manager - Engineering Services, Uponor North America, Apple Valley, Minn.
  • Michael Brambley, Ph.D., Fellow Life Member, mechanical engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.
  • Srinivas Katipamula, Ph.D., Fellow Member, staff scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.
  • Dunstan L. Macauley, III, HBDP, director, Setty & Associates, Washington, DC. 
  • Kashif Nawaz, Ph.D., group leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
  • Frank H. Schambach, Life Member, principal consultant, Total Building Concepts LLC, New Orleans, La.
  • Randy Schrecengost, P.E., BEAP, Life Member, mechanical department manager, senior project manager 1, Stanley Consultants Inc., Austin, Texas.


Distinguished 50-Year Member Award
 The Distinguished 50-Year Member Award is given to individuals who have been a member for a minimum of 50 years, and are either a past Society president, Fellow ASHRAE or Distinguished Service Award recipient, or who have performed outstanding service to ASHRAE or its predecessor societies — the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHVE), the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers (ASRE), and the American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHAE). The following members received this award:

  • Andrew C. Äsk, P.E., Fellow Life Member, consulting engineer, Andrew C. Äsk, P.E., Ft. Myers, Fla.
  • James J. Bushnell, Fellow Life Member, owner, HVAC Consulting Services, Solana Beach, Calif.
  • Samuel D. Cummings, Jr., P.E., Fellow Life Member, retired president, Pettit & Pettit Consulting Engineers, Little Rock, Ark.
  • Nicholas H. Des Champs, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow Life Member, CEO, Des Champs Technologies LLC, Natural Bridge Station, Va.
  • William S. Fleming, Fellow Life Member, owner, Jacwill Services, Madeira Beach, Fla.
  • Bernardo Hubard, Fellow Life Member, retired, Mexico City, Mexico. 
  • Ronald J. Kessner, P.E., Life Member, retired, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
  • Tony McGuire, P.E., Fellow Life Member, founder, McGuire Engineers, Inc., Chicago, Ill.
  • John Sosoka, Fellow Life Member, retired, Eagle, Idaho. 
  • Robert Suggs, P.E., Fellow Life Member, owner, RM3 Engineering Inc., Tucker, Ga.
  • George E. Wells, III, P.E., Life Member, president, Agape' Energy Solutions, Hockessin, Del.
  • Lynn F. Werman, P.E., Life Member, retired, Omaha, Neb.

 

Distinguished 75-Year Member Award

The Distinguished 75-Year Member Award is given to individuals who have been a member for a minimum of 75 years, and are either a past Society president, Fellow ASHRAE or Distinguished Service Award recipient, or who have performed outstanding service to ASHRAE or its predecessor societies.

  • Thomas Barrow, Jr., Life Member, retired, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Eric H. Schwenker, P.E., Fellow Life Member, retired, Evansville, Ind.

 

Andrew T. Boggs Service Award

Jim Fields, Life Member, received the Andrew T. Boggs Service Award. The award, named after ASHRAE’s executive vice president emeritus, recognizes an Exceptional Service Award recipient for continuing unselfish, dedicated, and distinguished service.

 

Louise & Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award

David E. Claridge, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Life Member, received the Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award. This annual award is given to an ASHRAE Fellow for continuous preeminence in engineering or research work. The honor was initiated in 1979 by Presidential Member Bill Holladay.