Golden Gavel ’72-’73 James Beach Jack Thompson Award ’10-’11 Keith Reihl ’12-’13 Alan Neely ’12-’13 Alan Neely

President’s Message

Thank you to all of the sponsors, volunteers, and attendees of our annual golf tournament last month. We had a great turnout at Longwood. We will have a joint meeting this month with the sister organization of ASHRAE, IAQA. The topic is indoor air quality and ventilation. See our membership page for information on

different options for membership. If you are interested in upgrading to Full Member please reach out to us at info@ashraehouston.org for assistance. If you are under 30 years old and are interested in becoming a member for the first time, you can join as an affiliate member. The Region VIII Chapters Regional Conference is in Oklahoma City, OK this year on April 27-29. Please see the Women in ASHRAE and YEA pages for information about their upcoming events. Thank you to all of our volunteers. I look forward to seeing our members this year at the meetings and events. Thank you for all you do. All The Best, Kimberly Thompson, P.E. 2016-2017 ASHRAE Houston President

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Many Thanks To Our Dinner Sponsors For Past Presidents Night January 18th 2017

Board of Governors Meeting

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Place: JCI – Houston, TX

Time: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Attendees: Kimberly Thompson Bill Chalmers Kenneth Shifflett Kurt McCulloch Michael Langton Bruce Flaniken Rachel Haines Alan Neely Chase Bielamowicz

BOG Meeting – March 22, 2017 Start: 3:44 pm

I. Open Meeting/Introductions

II. Business

A. Pres. – Kimberly Thompson Present 1. MBO’s

i. Chapter goal – increase meeting attendance by 20% and increase membership by 10%

2. Items for discussion/announcement at general meeting?? 3. Communicate monthly with your RVC and copy Kimberly –

list is on the Basecamp site 4. Submit or enter PAOE points monthly while typing your email to

your RVC. i. Does anyone need help with this?

B. Pres. Elect/Programs- Bill Chalmers Present

1. Student night 2. Who is on deck for April? A presentation on ASHRAE 62 by Nick 3. Bill to send list of nominees. Members need 10 days to vote 4. Motions for CRC 5. New business?

C. Vice President/RP – Kenneth Shifflett Present 1. Golf tournament count Need more teams

Board of Governors Meeting

i. Let’s send another email out tomorrow afternoon. 2. Motion for checks to be sent to ASHRAE to meet our RP goal of

$70,000. i. Amount to meet $70,000 is currently $42,809 ii. would like to divide up as follows:

1. $500 to YEA endowment A motion made to send RP Check

2. $3176 to Damon Gowan Scholarship Endowment 3. Rest split between RP and Houston chapter Golden

Gavel Endowment – so this would be $19,566.50 to each ($39,133.00)

D. Treasurer – Kevin Gardner - Money/Budget/account balance Absent 1. Regional dues are paid 2. Scholarship checks ready to go; all bills that have been turned in

should be paid as of this Friday. 3. Check will go out this Friday for RP. Ken to follow up with the forms

next week. E. Secretary – Kurt McCulloch Present – Meeting notes

G. Membership – June Johnston Absent/ Jeff Hunter Absent

1. Any word from our dues reimbursement winner from last month? Have they contacted you yet?

2. Let’s put the membership info in the newsletter again next month. 3. New members to announce at meeting this morning 9 New

members H. Student Activities- Stefi O’Neil Absent/Terry Conner Absent

1. Scholarship applications were reviewed and we are awarding four $500 scholarships.

2. TAMU student chapter needs check for $750 to reimburse for the requested funding to Las Vegas. The previous check was lost in the mail and we will have to stop payment on that and reissue them a check tonight.

Board of Governors Meeting

3. A student from TAMU received a $10,000 scholarship from ASHRAE national. I will be awarding it to her tonight

I. Historian- Victoria Herman Absent / Bruce Flaniken Present 1. Planned articles

J. YEA – Rachel Haines Present/Chase Bielamowicz Present 1. Tour with AEE at Entergy plant? After hour meeting place TBD 2. MS150

K. Women in ASHRAE – Lauren Ramos Absent/ Rachel Haines Present 1. Lunch in April – any takers on the speaker request? 2. Wine event in May

K. R In Refrigeration- ?? 1. great articles from Tony Summers

2. Need to find another volunteer for next year L. Sustainability-

1. Start thinking about who can help Bill with this for next year. M. Webmaster - John Walik - Open discussion.

1. Who is table top this month? N. Newsletter Editor- John Walik Absent- Open discussion. 1. Monthly back to basics article for engineers O. Honors and Awards – Alan Neely Present

1. status? 2. Any potential fellow candidates for next year?

P. Product Directory – no more changes this year. Q. Pledge and Prayer – YEA 1. Who? S. Energy Modeling – Kapil Upadhyaya Absent

1. Continuing Energy corner in HAR T. Grass Roots Government Advocacy – Michael Langton Present 1. Interface with COH Meeting went well. Typical political forum.

2. Day on the hill with other Texas chapters. U. Social Media – Mitchell Campbell Absent/Lauren Ramos Absent

1. Facebook page – updated regularly 2. Twitter account – I have added the twitter feed to our home page

and the twitter link. Adjourn: 4:50 pm

This Month’s Meeting

ASHRAE April Meeting Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM HESS Building 5430 Westheimer Road Houston, TX 77056 http://www.hessclub.com/ Topic: Indoor Air Quality Come join us for lunch and hear a Presentation given by Nick Agopian of Renewaire. Costs: Members: $25 Non-members: $35 Consulting Engineers Express Members: Free Regular Express Members: Free YEA Express Members Free Life Members Free

Format: 11:00-11:20 a.m. – Networking and Sign In and Start Lunch Line 11:20-11:30 a.m. – Start Lunch 11:30 a.m. – Start Meeting 11:30 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. – Roll Call, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Message from President, Officers Reports, General Announcements* 12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. – Program/Presentation 12:50- 1:00 p.m. – Q&A 1:00 p.m. – conclude Indoor air quality is one of ASHRAE member's most important responsibilities. The April chapter meeting provides participants an overview of how to design for proper indoor air quality. Please plan to attend. The Chapter Technology Transfer Committee wants to make chapter meetings more accessible by experimenting with transmitting the presentation as a Webinar. If you cannot attend in person, please consider registering as a free Webinar participant. It is anticipated that the speaker's PowerPoint presentation will appear on your computer and the audio will either be transmitted through the computer or via teleconference. There is no assurance the Webinare will work, but your participation in the expericnec would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the agenda: Using Energy Recovery Ventilators to Enhance IAQ, Save Energy and Meet the Energy and Ventilation Codes

• What Is Ventilation? • Effects of Ventilation on IAQ

• Costs of Poor IAQ/Ventilation • Codes and Standards for Ventilation • ASHRAE 62.1 • 2015 International Mechanical Code • Commercial Code Adoption Status • ASHRAE 90.1-2013 / IECC 2015 • Common Air to Air Recovery Technology • Equipment Certification and Performance • ERV Design Considerations

Dr. Jason Dobranic, President of the local IAQA chapter extending an invitation to their membership. Please take advantage of this opportunity to participate in this joint meeting. Speaker Biogrophy:

Nick Agopian is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at RenewAire, a pioneer in enhancing indoor air quality in every type of home and building through high-efficiency, enthalpic-core, static-plate Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs). With over 30 years of HVAC and energy-recovery experience, Agopian sets the company’s strategic vision, leads all sales and marketing efforts and manages a comprehensive team of regional sales directors, technical sales support staff, commissioned manufacturers’ representatives, wholesale distributors and marketers. Agopian is extremely involved in the engineering and HVAC communities. He’s an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) since 1983, where he sits on numerous technical committees.

• TC 2.3 Gaseous Air Contaminants and Gas Contaminant Removal Equipment • SPC 145P Test Methods for Assessing Performance of Gas Phase Air Filtration Equipment • TG2.HVAC Security is concerned with fundamental scientific and engineering design principles of system

integration for vulnerability and resilience of HVAC&R systems • TRG4.IAQP Indoor Air Quality Procedure Development at ASHRAE • ASHRAE Environmental Tobacco Smoke design guide book ghost author • ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee 62.1 (SSPC 62.1) Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air

Quality • ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee 62.2 (SSPC 62.2) Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air

Quality for residential applications • TC 5.5 Air-to-Air Energy Recovery • ANSI Standard, ANSI/ISA S71.04-1985, “Environmental Conditions for Process Measurement and Control

Systems: Airborne Contaminants,” He’s also part of The International Society of Automation (ISA), the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Greenbuild and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Canada. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Innovation Center’s Life Sciences Business Incubator. A committed lifelong learner, Agopian received a B.A. in Mechanical Systems Engineering from Vanier College, Quebec, Canada, McGill University’s Faculty of Management and recently completed a Global M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He has lived and traveled across the world, and is fluent in English, French.

2017 Spring Golf Tourney Well, was that fun or what?! Thank you to all the participants, sponsors, and volunteers that made our 2017 ASHRAE Houston Chapter Golf Tournament on March 27th a huge success! Rachel Haines did an outstanding job coordinating all the volunteers that made this possible: Carlanna Cunningham, Cullen Hairrell, Mac Smith, Erin Schroeder, Chase Bielamowicz, Ovo Ogbodu, Lupe Chavez, Morgan Garner, Cody Eberhart, Linsey Reed, Julie Thomet, Togy Philip, Shannon Yancey, Michael Langton, and Gary Hugenroth. Valeria Roberts was making the rounds taking pictures. Lastly this would not have happened without Kurt McCulloch monitoring all the course games and setting up sponsor signs. Hopefully I have not forgot anyone and if I did my apologies!

After several hours of fun, and a few errant shots along the way, the winners were set: 1st place – Bryan Rumbaugh, Ken Bui, Brian Cudd, Larry Murhphy 2nd place – Ryan Sullivan, Mike Mullins, Patrick Phillips, Chivas Julian 3rd place – Joel Smith, Michael Cortez, Ben Rios, James Baldridge “Somehow” the markers were in the nearby forest, but we also determine the winners for: Longest Putt – Bryan Rumbaugh, Justin Pfeffer, Rob Seinsheimer Straightest Drive – Stephen Helton, Jesse Martin, Dan Travis Closest to Pin – Sam Storenski, Patrick Murphy, Kennan Miles We had a ton of raffle and mulligan prizes, but the big 4 were a Miller drill donated by Bartos, a R15 Taylor made driver donated by DistribAire, a $250 Golf Galaxy gift card donated by DistribAire, and a $400 Amazon gift card donated by our Raffle Sponsors. Thank you again to all the players, especially those that purchased mulligans and raffle tickets.

Thank you to all our event sponsors: Beverage Cart – Carrier Tailgate – Johnson Controls Course Games - Mitsubishi Koozie – Vicon and Nailor Equipment Registration – HD Grant and Big Ass Fans Putting Contest – Bartos Raffle – DistribAire, Carrier, Vicon, Nailor, and Texas Air Systems Cigar – Strauss, McMillan James, Lashley Dinner – HTS, Roessler, Hunton Trane Drink – HD Grant, Naman, Cougar Sales, Tower Tech, Rice Gardner As well as our annual sponsors, TeeBox sponsors, and goody bag and raffle item donors: Bartos, Climatec, Lashley, Cougar Sales, Foamglass, Semco, Ductsox, Ruskin, VTS, Straus Systems, McMillian James Equipment Company, I A Naman + Associates, Hunton Trane, Roessler Equipment Company, HTS, Texas Air Systems, Samsung, Goes Heating Systems, Vicon, Nailor, Cougar Sales, Tower Tech, DistribAire, Titus, Mitsubishi, Carrier, Rice & Gardner, HD Grant, and our Platinum Partner sponsor – Johnson Controls Inc. We could not have done this without all our sponsors! See you at our next RP event, Poker Tournament #2, on May 11th at HTS, see flyer elsewhere in this HAR. Regards, Ken Shifflett ASHRAE Houston Chapter Vice President and Resource Promotion Chair

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Announcement for ASHRAE Training Workshops

Complying with ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 Energy Standard for Buildings The Comptroller's State Energy Conservation Office is offering a one-day training workshops to

support compliance with the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 Energy Standard for Buildings. The

workshops have been specially tailored for design professionals, facility managers, building

code officials, and project managers.

The ASHRAE training workshops will take place in four Texas cities.

Workshop Dates

• April 4, 2017 at State Capitol Complex – Travis Building, Austin, Texas • May 15, 2017 at UT-MD Anderson, Houston, Texas • June 8, 2017 at UT-San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas • July 28, 2017 at UT-Arlington, in Arlington, Texas

Online Registration: http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/tbec/edutrain.php

Background

New building energy performance standards went into effect in 2016 for state funded agencies

and universities. These new rules (Texas Administrative Code 34 §19.32) mandate that state-

funded buildings comply with the ASHRAE 90.1-2013 Energy Standard for Buildings or the 2015

International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The updated version of the standard is projected

to achieve 8.5 percent in additional energy savings as compared to the 2010 standard.

For More Information

To learn more about the training workshops or about the updated state building energy

performance standards, contact Fred Yebra (512-475-0753).

An Interview with ASHRAE Fellow Member Charles H. Culp, Ph.D., LEED AP, HBDP

History: ASHRAE- Houston Chapter

Article by Victoria Herman Know a Fellow we should interview? Let us know!

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If you look up what it means to be an ASHRAE Fellow you would find that part of their mission is to share knowledge, experience and enhance ASHRAE’s technical image. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Charles (Charlie) Culp and learning first-hand what that looks like in real life.

Currently a Professor in the Department of Architecture and the Associate Director of the Energy Systems Laboratory at Texas A&M University, Dr. Culp started with B.S. in Physics from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics with an EE minor from Iowa State University. Like many professionals, at first glance this may not seem like a path that would have led him to HVAC, so I started our interview by asking him about it.

Since you didn’t start out as a Mechanical Engineer by degree, what attracted and lead you to the HVAC industry?

“Oh that’s an easy one”, he responded. Dr. Culp went on to explain his early career. His first professional job was as a chief engineer of a small company with around 30 employees. He said they worked with interactive video graphics before there were personal computers (PCs). He explained that it was “one of those 6 & ½ day a week jobs” where they created lots of

prototypes. The job had nothing to do with energy or the HVAC industry, and eventually he stuck his head up and started looking for the next opportunity.

That opportunity came in the form of a job with Honeywell. He started as a designer primarily on the electronics side in their commercial buildings group. He’d always been mechanically inclined and was also always interested in energy. This made Honeywell a natural fit and he loved it. Dr. Culp became a fellow at Honeywell (which is an equivalent to a professor's tenure). This aided his longevity with the company and

allowed him to work on very interesting projects and be the architect of systems. Eventually, rather than move to Minnesota and into the cold with Honeywell, he made the choice to move to Emerson.

Dr. Culp added as far as the mechanical engineering part goes “If someone is designing controls for mechanical equipment, they really need to understand how it works.”

While speaking with Dr. Culp, he made his career path sound natural. But I discovered looking a little deeper, one of the most humbling experiences you can have as a young engineer is to read the resume

Did you know? Dr. Culp’s Key Honors, Awards

2015 Received the E. K. Campbell Award 2013 Awarded ASHRAE’s Distinguished Service Award. 2012 - 2015 Elected to the ASHRAE Board of Directors

as a Director-at-Large for a 3-year term. 2010 President of ASHRAE’s College of Fellows. 2006 Invited by TEKES (the Finnish equivalent of NSF)

to review over 30 energy efficiency programs in Finland. Traveled to Finland to perform this review.

An Interview with ASHRAE Fellow Member Charles H. Culp, Ph.D., LEED AP, HBDP

History: ASHRAE- Houston Chapter

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of an ASHRAE fellow. Among many publications, patents, honors and awards, ASHRAE is a theme that can be noticed in Dr. Culps throughout. While he currently serves on the Technology Council, in the past he’s served on numerous other committees, was on the board of directors from 2012 to 2015, and has been a member since the 1980s. The rest of our conversation lead into ASHRAE and his current role at Texas A&M.

How did you get involved with ASHRAE, and what drove you to participate at the level that you did?

While working at Honeywell Dr. Culp expressed interest to his employer about being a member of his industry professional society (ASHRAE). At that time, Honeywell was a big supporter and very active with ASHRAE so they agreed to his request to be supported in going to all of the meetings. He said a key to him was getting to attend all of the meetings so that he could actually form connections and have meaningful involvement with the society.

How did he end up at Texas A&M?

Through connections at ASHRAE! Dr. Culp met and worked with Dr. Haberl and Dr. Claridge through ASHRAE. When he considered leaving Emerson to start his own company, they suggested that he come to Texas (from Iowa) and check out the university. Dr. Culp interviewed for a position at the university and became a visiting professor when the pieces clicked into alignment. His life plan was to be a professor as the last career path and he was fortunate to have this path begin about 10 years ahead of his original plan.

With a resume of 41 pages of jaw dropping achievements and contributions to the engineering and HVAC industry, I had to know what stood out to him.

Of all the work you have done, both professionally and with ASHRAE, are there one or more particular accomplishments that you are most proud of?

As Dr. Culp responded to my question over the phone, I could almost see his face light up from the enthusiasm in his voice. He mentioned several things that made him proud.

First, while at Honeywell, he came up with Delta 21. This was a PLC based BMCS for small to medium buildings.

Next he explained that at one point in time, services had been offered to a

Did you know? Dr. Culp’s abbreviated Resume by the numbers:

35+ times recognized for industry contributions 30 publications

10 Authoritative references 70+ Peer Reviewed Conference Proceeding

70+ Conference Presentations / Invited Talks 11 Software programs developed

30+ Patents, Copy Rights & Registered Marks 70+ Contracts and Grants awarded

An Interview with ASHRAE Fellow Member Charles H. Culp, Ph.D., LEED AP, HBDP

History: ASHRAE- Houston Chapter

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military client that Honeywell didn’t currently possess. So he led the effort to create the system and did it on time and within budget.

Another item that Dr. Culp is proud of is the continuous commissioning effort provided by the lab at Texas A&M. He explained that with hands on training for students, they have created the equivalent of a ’teaching hospital’ for building energy systems. When their team leaves a building, they are proud to remove 10 to 20% of building energy use and avoid the need for major retrofits. As a benefit, the graduating students are ready to go to work immediately and need very little on the job training. Dr. Culp sees this as an important trend we’ll need to watch as the focus will likely move away from energy cost savings to more energy based savings.

This led into the last topic of Dr. Culp’s interview and his proudest achievement: creating an air conditioner that doesn’t use any refrigerant. Together with Dr. Claridge and others from the University and ASHRAE, Dr. Culp has had a breakthrough in a process that takes water vapor out of the air and allows for a new innovative way path forward. The team is currently working on prototypes of the equipment that should be ready next year. Dr. Culp envisions that this type of technology could have a market potential to replace 60% to 80% for the current traditional refrigerant based air conditioning.

Along with Dr. Haberl, Dr. Culp serves as a faculty advisor for the ASHRAE Student Branch at A&M. In this role and as a professor working with graduate and PhD students, I imagine he gets quite used to giving advice to young engineers. But for those of us that didn’t have the pleasure of being one of his students, I had to ask that timeless question to wrap up our interview.

What advice would you give to a young engineer entering the HVAC field?

His advice? Depending on what your career goals are, you should really consider getting a PhD. It can be a differentiator in the industry. He also added that if they are considering going into academics, they should get industry experience first. And of course, he added that young people should get involved with their professional societies immediately because you’ll make contacts that will last a lifetime!

After listening to Dr. Culp speak about a field he’s doing pioneering work in and hearing his passion, I can’t help but be eager to follow the progress of his new equipment. Perhaps one day I’ll be designing buildings using equipment created from his breakthrough.

C. H. Culp, Ph.D., P.E., LEED-AP, FASHRAE, HPBDP Professor, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University Associate Director,

Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University

Ph.D., Solid State Physics (Electrical Engineering Minor), Iowa State University, Ames, IA B.S., Physics, w/ Highest Honors, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM Professional Experience/Qualifications:

Over 35 years of experience engineering, research, teaching, and management. Principal investigator, co-principal investigator on numerous projects at the ESL. PI for ASHRAE RP-1333, Flexible Ducts.

Honeywell Fellow who designed the Delta 2500 and the Delta 21. Other key contributions are in the field of diagnostics in buildings and mechanical equipment control algorithms.

Managed research and engineering departments for Emerson Electric, including Deputy Director Advanced Materials Center, Director Emerson’s Advanced Development Center, Director Alco Controls Engineering and Director Fisher Research.

ASHRAE Service - Director at Large and Member ASHRAE’s of Board of Directors, 2012- 2015, President ASHRAE’s College of Fellows, 2010-2011, Chair of Technical Activities Committee (TAC), 2011-2012, Member TC7.6, TC7.9, Previously Chair TC9.5, Program Chair TC9.5, Chair of Journal Insights, Chair TC1.5, Handbook Chair TC9.6, Member TC1.5, TC4.11, TC9.6, TC9.9, GPC14P, TG9.RSBA.

Registrations / Licenses: Licensed professional engineer - Texas #87201. LEED-AP Accredited Professional by US Green Building Council ASHRAE Certification - High-Performance Building Design Professional

Publications Over 100 journal papers, books, book chapters and conference papers, primarily focused on building

energy efficiency, human comfort, existing building commissioning and controls. Credited with 25 US and International patents.

Key Honors, Awards and Special Recognition 2015 Received the E. K. Campbell Award 2013 Awarded ASHRAE’s Distinguished Service Award. 2012 Elected to the ASHRAE Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large for a 3-year term. 2010 President of ASHRAE’s College of Fellows. 2006 Invited by TEKES (the Finnish equivalent of NSF) to review over 30 energy efficiency

programs in Finland. Traveled to Finland to perform this review.

That was so much fun last time, let’s do it again! Bring your friends, family, clients, or co-workers and join us at HTS at 3:30 pm on May 11 for another Texas Hold’ Em Poker Tournament! Tournament will begin promptly at 4:00pm and will be coordinated by iHostPoker. $50 Buy- in with $50 re-buy/add-on opportunities during the first hour. Secondary table tournaments during second and third hour if there is interest. Buy-in includes light snacks and beverage service. Buy-in will be split 50/50 with ASHRAE Houston Chapter and top 3 places.

Log into www.ashraehouston.org to register for the event. All proceeds benefit ASHRAE Research Promotion and Damon Gowan Scholarship Endowment.

Contact Ken Shifflett at kshifflett@distribaire.com or 713 828 2329 if you have any questions.

When: Thursday, May 11, 2017 Arrive: 3:30 pm Tournament Starts: 4:00 pm $50 Buy-in, $50 Re-Buy/Add-on

Where: HTS 3350 Yale Houston, TX 77018

Poker Tournament Round 2

An Old Timer is anyone 50 years and older and involved in the air-conditioning industry

IT’S THE 9th BI-ANNUAL OLD TIMERS PARTY

LOCATION: Armadillo Palace 5015 Kirby Dr HOUSTON, TX 77098

DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCT 11, 2017

TIME: 5 PM TILL 8 PM

Save The Date! More Details To Come.

Committee Members: Orin Anderson, Richard Burr, Tony McCorvey, Danny Grant, Glenn Booker

Announcement : Election Of 2017-2018 Officers

Nomination Of Officers

President Elect Ken Shifflett Vice President Kurt McCulloch Treasurer Greg Tinkler Secretary Josh Vanlandingham

Last Month’s Meeting

Student Night : Started with a Refrigeration Tour at Johnson Controls

and ended with a Happy Hour and Scholarship Awards at the Marriott.

Kimberly Thompson (President 2016-2017) with Students Quinbo Li, Clair Feind, XiZhao, Juajun Liao, Honxiang Fu, Amreen Shajahan, Hala Nemer, Sebastion Eluvathingal. BACK ROW: Ali Nikparto, Dr. Charlie Culp, Mitch Paulus.

Student Activities

Submitted By Terry Connor / Student Activities On Thursday, April 6th, the ASHRAE Houston Chapter and HTS combined forces to participate in Huffman ISD’s College and Career Expo, held at Hargrave High School. The Huffman ISD students had many questions about what ASHRAE is and about potential career opportunities in the HVAC industry. It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to so many intelligent, driven young people – and to promote careers in Engineering. Our future is in good hands with this next generation!

Women In ASHRAE Mission Statement: The focus of the Women in Engineering group within ASHRAE is to facilitate the retention of women working in the built environment by encouraging opportunities for professional development, expanding leadership skills, and creating a network of women supporting women. We strive to unite women from various occupations including engineering, construction, project management, property development & ownership, equipment sales & manufacturing, architecture and more. We hope to foster mentoring relationships among these professionals to create a network of women supporting women in the Greater Houston area. Events: WiA will hold networking happy hours and luncheons throughout the year. The events are casual format with drinks and appetizers provided by our generous sponsors. Guests are encouraged to bring business cards, network with attendees and form relationships in order to foster a sense of community among the women in ASHRAE and the Houston building industry. All women, as well as men, are encouraged to attend WiA events; you do not need to be a member or ASHRAE or the Houston ASHRAE chapter to participate. Best Regards,

Lauren Ramos BSARE, eit Rachel (Downey) Haines lauren.ramos@hei-eng.com rachel.haines@dxseng.com

MembershipThe Membership Committee is please to announce our Fall 2016 Winner of a Free ASHRAE Membership

for a Year.

Please congratulate Emily Belthoff who joined in August.

Remember that any new members that join between January 1st and June 31st will be automatically

entered to win a free one-year membership courtesy of the Houston Chapter.

Which ASHRAE Membership grade is right for you? If you are interested in upgrading your membership

or becoming a new member, please reach out to info@ashraehouston.org for assistance.

Member Grade is open to anyone who has a combination of education, professional licensure and workexperience equivalent to twelve years in the HVAC&R industry. You will be asked to provide informationregarding your education, work, and professional licensure when applying for Member Grade.Dues: Society dues for Member Grade are $204 annually.Qualifications:The equivalent of 12 Society-approved years of experience composed of an approved combination of:

• Completed education beyond high school;• Work experience (including research, teaching, design, contracting, engineering sales, or

engineering management); and• Professional engineering or related registration or license issued by a legally authorized body.

Associate Grade membership is for those who have been in the industry for a few years and are focusedon developing skills, and growing their network. Associate grade membership is open to anyone who hasan interest in matters of design, operation, or maintenance in HVAC&R-related fields.Dues: Society dues for Associate Grade are $202 annually.Qualifications:

• Experience in technical matters or in design, operation, or maintenance in HVAC&R fields• Interest in the advancement of the Society's aims, and sufficient qualifications to cooperate with

HVAC&R engineers in the advancement of the knowledge relating to HVAC&R engineering and itsapplication.

Affiliate grade is a low cost, introductory membership for those who are either: (1) under 30 years of ageOR (2) who have been honorably discharged from the Military within the past 5 years.Dues: Society dues for this 3 year program are:

• $51 (1st Year)• $77 (2nd Year)• $102 (3rd Year)

Qualifications:

• Interest in the advancement of the Society's aims, and sufficient qualifications to cooperate withHVAC&R engineers in the advancement of the knowledge relating to HVAC&R engineering and itsapplication.

• For new members only.• Must be either: (1) under 30 years of age OR (2) honorably discharged from the Military within the

past 5 years• Can only hold this grade for up to 3 cumulative years.

*Note: Affiliate Members do not receive a free annual edition of the ASHRAE Handbook*

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Green Initiative Marina Badoian-Kriticos (832) 393-0969

Green Initiative Steve Stelzer (832) 394-9050

Historian Bruce Flaniken (713) 441-9624

Historian Emeritus Bruce Flaniken (713) 441-9624

Historian Victoria Herman (281) 646-2400

Honors & Awards Alan Neely (281) 432-9864

ASHRAE Houston Chapter Roster

Position Name TelePhoneASHRAE Houston Chapter Roster

Honors & Awards Bryan Bagley (713) 548-8900

Membership Promotion Jeffrey Hunter (832) 418-3833

Membership Promotion June Johnston (832) 444-7258

PAOE Administrator David Schurk (832) 328-1010

Photographer Skip Williams (713) 782-2701

Photographer Valerie Roberts (281) 500-8136

Pledge and Prayer Jordan Farrar (713) 784-8211

Professional Certifications Alex Roessler (713) 782-2701

Programs Bill Chalmers (713) 580-8817

Refrigeration Tony Summers (713) 939-6095

Resource Promotion Kenneth Shifflett (713) 266-1761

Roster & Product Directory Adam Smith (281) 620-1893

Roster & Product Directory Brandon Williams (281) 606-2532

Social Media Mitchell Campbell (713) 782-2701

Social Media Lauren Ramos (713) 783-7707

STEM Champion Terry Conner (832) 328-1010

Student Activities Stefi O'Neil (713) 783-2787

Sustainability Ryan Dupnick (281) 606-2510

Technology Transfer Bill Chalmers (713) 580-8817

Women in ASHRAE Rachel Haines (832) 328-1010

Women in ASHRAE Lauren Ramos (713) 783-7707

Young Engineers In ASHRAE Chase Bielamowicz (832) 684-5934

Young Engineers In ASHRAE Rachel HainesDowney (832) 328-1010

Editor, Hot Air Recorder John Walik (713) 830-4523

Webmaster John Walik (713) 830-4523