Dr. Steve Kavanaugh is professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. He is a past chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee 6.8, Geothermal Heat Pump and Energy Recovery Applications, and past chair of Applied Heat Pumps and Heat Recovery. He is also a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Kavanaugh is the author of several ASHRAE publications, including “Geothermal Heating and Cooling: Design of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems” (2014), “HVAC Simplified” (2006), and “Ground-Source Heat Pumps: Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial and Institutional Buildings” (1997). He also received the ASHRAE Technical Achievement Award in 2001.