| PROF. CARLOS INFANTE FERREIRA |
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Carlos Infante Ferreira is associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. He received his MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1977 and from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 1981. In 1985 he gained his PhD degree at the Delft University of Technology by defending his thesis “Vertical Tubular Absorbers for Ammonia-Salt Absorption Refrigeration”. From 1985 to 1992 he has been employed by Apparatenfabriek Helpman, in Groningen, the Netherlands, a medium size (ca. 300 employees) manufacturing company of equipment for the commercial and industrial refrigeration sectors. From 1986 to 1992 he has been leading the R&D department and has been responsible for the introduction of new product lines. From 1990 to 1992 his responsibilities included also the Engineering Department. In 1993 he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Delft University of Technology. He’s research interests focus on thermodynamics and transport phenomena related to refrigeration, heat pump and heat transformer cycles. Since joining the Delft University of Technology, he has been leading a number of projects from various organizations, national and European. PhD studies that he has been guiding recently are related to solar sorption systems, generation of pumpable crystal suspensions and wet compression. MSc ME thesis studies that he has been advising are related to the efficient use of energy in industry by using innovative thermodynamic cycles or equipment, taking entropy minimization as a criterion for optimization. He is extensively involved in the BSc-ME and MSc-ME education of the Mechanical Engineering Department, teaching topics as Thermodynamics, Energy Engineering, Refrigeration and Fluid Machinery. He is vice-president of Commission B1 (Thermodynamics) of the International Institute of Refrigeration and member of the International Advisory Board of the International Journal of Refrigeration. He has authored or co-authored a number of academic journal papers related to, among others, the use of solar energy for refrigeration purposes. |
| PROF. GERSHON GROSSMAN |
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CURRENT POSITION:
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Technion ‑ Israel Institute of Technology
EDUCATION:
B.Sc. ME, Technion, 1964; M.Sc. ME, Technion, 1967; Sc.D. ME, MIT, 1971
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 1997-2001; Head, Energy Engineering Research Center; Head, Solar Energy Laboratory and Rechler Cryogenic Cooling Laboratory.
Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; University of California, Irvine; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN; Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany.
Senior Development Staff Member, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Oak Ridge, TN; Program Engineer, L'Garde Inc., Tustin, Ca.; Research Staff Member, Union Carbide Nuclear Division, Oak Ridge, TN; Staff Scientist at AVCO Systems Division, Wilmington, MA
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Sherman ‑ Gilbert Chair in Energy
Several prizes and awards, including grants from the Fulbright Foundation and the British Royal Society;
Author of over 150 journal and conference papers, 7 patents and numerous technical reports.
Author of chapters in six book
Fellow ASME and ASHRAE, Member ISES, member of the Board of Directors of the International Solar Energy Society, former Chairman ‑ Israeli Section of ISES. |
| PROF. REINHARD RADERMACHER |
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Dr. Radermacher holds a PhD in Physics from the Technical University of Munich, and is professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland. He directs the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) conducting research in energy conversion in general and heat pumping, refrigeration and air-conditioning in particular. The research is funded through industry consortia and provides software for the design of such systems that is verified and validated through extensive experimental work. Dr. Radermacher has over 280 publications, co-authored three books and hold nine patents. He is fellow ASHRAE and the editor of HVAC&R Research. |