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The Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center aims to:

  • Bridge basic research and to provide industry-relevant technologies for the energy transformation sector
  • Contribute to the development of energy-efficient equipment that helps operation in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way
  • Provide a forum for industry and academia to coordinate research and share results at a pre-competitive stage
  • Educate and prepare undergraduate and graduate students, as well as engineers from industry to become experts in the field of HVAC&R and to enable them to address energy and environment related challenges of the 21st century by participation in the relevant research, adhering to the most rigorous academic standards

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For further information about specific projects or questions, please reach out to:

Craig Bradshaw

Craig Bradshaw
Executive Director, ACRC
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
2125 Mechanical Engineering Lab 
crbrad@illinois.edu

Nenad Miljkovic

Nenad Miljkovic
Director, ACRC
Founder Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
2125 Mechanical Engineering Lab
(617) 981-9247 
nmiljkov@illinois.edu

Melissa Graham

Melissa Graham
Office Support Specialist, ACRC
2123 Mechanical Engineering Lab
217-265-8247
mkg@illinois.edu

The Fall 2024 ACRC Industrial Advisory Board Meeting will take place in October.
Stay tuned for more details!