ASHRAE Presents Awards and Honors at 2019 Winter Conference

ASHRAE recognized the outstanding achievements and contributions of members to furthering energy efficiency in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry during the 2019 Winter Conference. A list of the awards and their recipients are below.

Fellow ASHRAE is a membership grade that recognizes members who have attained distinction and made substantial contributions in HVAC&R such as education, research, engineering design and consultation, publications and mentoring. The Society elevated 17 members to the grade of Fellow

• Fred S. Bauman, P.E., Life Member, project scientist, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
• Alexander S. Butkus, P.E., Life Member, retired president and senior principal, Grumman/Butkus Associates, Evanston, Ill.
• Charles Eley, P.E., BEMP, architect/engineer, Eley Consulting, San Francisco, Calif.
• Kenneth M. Elovitz, P.E., engineer, Energy Economics, Foxboro, Mass., and, adjunct teaching professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
• Paul W. Francisco, senior research engineer, Indoor Climate Research & Training Group, Applied Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Ill.
• Hwataik Han, Ph.D., P.E., professor, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
• Yunho Hwang, research professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
• Arthur A. Irwin, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• James Kamm, Ph.D., P.E., Life Member ASHRAE, professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
• Kathleen Owen, owner and air pollution control engineer, Owen Air Filtration Consulting LLC, Cary, N.C.
• Gary Phetteplace, Ph.D., P.E., Life Member, president, GWA Research LLC, Lyme, N.H.
• Elbert (Bert) Phillips, P.Eng., Life Member, president, UNIES Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• Michael A. Pouchak, P.E., systems architect, Honeywell, Golden Valley, Minn.
• Dharam V. Punwani, president, Avalon Consulting, Inc., Naperville, Ill.
• M. Ginger Scoggins, P.E., president, Engineered Designs, Inc., Cary, N.C.
• James R. Tauby, P.E., chief executive engineer, Mason Industries Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y.
• Philip C.H. YU, Ph.D., C.Eng., environmental and applications engineering director, Trane Pacific, Hong Kong.