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

