2026 Advisory Committee

ADHOC Committee Members

  • Dr. Stefan Bertsch, Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs
  • Mr. Sergio Bobbo, Instituo per le Tecnologie della Construzione, Sezione di Padova
  • Dr. Craig R. Bradshaw, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Dr. Roy Crawford, Bosch HC Group
  • Dr. Ashvin Dhunput, ADC (UK), a member of Daikin group 
  • Jon Douglas, Johnson Controls
  • Dr. Mitsuhiro Fukuta, Shizuoka University
  • Dr. Andrea Gasparella, Libera Universita di Bolzano
  • Armin Hafner, NTNU – Norway
  • Dr. Christian Hermes, Federal University of Santa Catarina
  • Phillip Johnson, Daikin Applied
  • Mr. Joseph Karnaz, Shrieve Chemical Products, Inc.
  • Taeyang Kim, LG
  • Dr. Christopher Laughman, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL)
  • Dr. Vincent Lemort, University of Liege, B49 Thermodynamics Laboratory
  • Jason Leroy, Trane Technologies
  • Dr. Stephen R. Memory, A.O. Smith Corporate Technology Center
  • Mr. Kevin Mercer, Rheem Manufacturing Company
  • Dr. William E. Murphy, University of Kentucky
  • Mr. Brendon Owens
  • Dr. Andy Pearson, Star Refrigeration Ltd.
  • Dr. Michael Perevozchikov, Copeland
  • Mr. Gordon Powell, Ingersoll Rand – Trane
  • Dr. Joaquim Rigola, Technical University of Catalonia
  • Joe Sanchez, Bitzer US
  • Dr. Chris Seeton, Koura Global
  • Dr. Zachary Siefker, Cleaver-Brooks
  • Dr. Ruzhu Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University
  • Mr. John Withouse, Sporlan Division of Parker Hannifin
  • Mr. Jia Xu, Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
  • Mr. Jin Yan, Danfoss Turbocor Compressor Inc.

CO-OP Committee Members

  • Dr. Yosr Allouche, IIR (International Institute of Refrigeration)
  • Dr. Andreas Athienitis, NSERC Solar Buildings Research Network (SBRN-SNEBRN)
  • Dr. Lorenzo Cremaschi, USNC/IIR
  • Dr. Brian Fricke, IEA Heat Pump Center
  • Dr. Ji-Hwan Jeong, SAREK
  • Mr. Jeff Littleton, ASHRAE
  • Dr. Akio Miyara, JSRAE (Japan Society of Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers)
  • Dr. Christiane Thomas, DKV (Deutscher Kalte-und Klimatechnischer Verein e. V.)
  • Mr. Xudong Wang, AHRI
  • Dr. Claudio Zillo, AICARR