ASHRAE Insights

Fellow ASHRAE is a membership grade that recognizes distinction in the arts and sciences of environmental technology. The honor is earned through achievement as a researcher, designer, educator or engineering executive.

The Society elevated 21 members to the grade of Fellow ASHRAE during the 2008 Winter Meeting:

• Donald L. Beaty, P.E., president, DLB Associates, Tinton Falls, N.J.

• Alberto Cavallini, P.E., a professor at Padova University, Padova, Italy.

• David Claridge, Ph.D., P.E., the Leland Jordan professor of mechanical engineering and director, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

• Lindell A. Davidson, P.E., Life Member ASHRAE, Norfolk, Va.

• Piotr A. Domanski, Ph.D., leader, HVAC&R Equipment Performance Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.

• Ashley F. Emery, Ph.D., P.E., a professor of mechanical engineering and adjunct professor of industrial engineering and architecture, University of Washington, Seattle.

• Patricia T. Graef, P.E., research and development manager, Munters Corp., HumiCool Division, Fort Myers, Fla.

• Maureen Grasso, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School and a professor of textile sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

• Walter T. Grondzik, P.E., professor, Department of Architecture, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.

• Fariborz Haghighat, Ph.D., P.Eng., professor, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal.

• Hugo S.L.C. Hens, Ph.D., a member of the faculty of engineering, Department of Civic Engineering, Unit of Building Physics, and head of the Laboratory of Building Physics, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

• Jan L.M. Hensen, Ph.D., professor of building performance simulation, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

• Daniel Int-Hout III, chief engineer, Krueger, Richardson, Texas.

• Shinsuke Kato, Ph.D., professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo.

• Howard J. McKew, P.E., director of building solutions, RDK Engineers, Andover, Mass.

• James H. Norman, Life Member ASHRAE, retired as ASHRAE’s manager of technical services. He lives in Atlanta.

• D. Nirmal Ram, principal consultant, Cerebration Consultants, Bangalore, India.

• T. Agami Reddy, Ph.D., P.E., professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia.

• Sitaraman Chandra Sekhar, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

• Dennis A. Stanke, staff applications engineer, Trane Co., La Crosse, Wis.

• T. David Underwood, P.Eng., Life Member ASHRAE, president, Isotherm Engineering, Mississauga, ON, Canada.