People
Administration
Stefan Elbel
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Email elbel@nospam5e8a83315d9dd.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Pega Hrnjak
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Email pega@nospam5e8a83315e5d3.illinois.edu
Title Stoecker Faculty Fellow, Distinguished Research Professor
Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Nenad Miljkovic
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Email nmiljkov@nospam5e8a83315f1ce.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Ljubica Milutinovic
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Email ljubicam@nospam5e8a83315fe03.illinois.edu
Title Coordinator
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Research Principal Investigators
Andrew G. Alleyne
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Email alleyne@nospam5e8a833162b3c.illinois.edu
Title Ralph & Catherine Fisher Professor, Director Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems
M. Quinn Brewster
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Email brewster@nospam5e8a8331637a0.illinois.edu
Title Hermia G. Soo Professor
Clark Bullard
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Email bullard@nospam5e8a833164430.illinois.edu
Title Research Professor, Professor Emeritus
Founding Director
Founding Director
Stefan Elbel
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Email elbel@nospam5e8a833165f79.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Pega Hrnjak
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Email pega@nospam5e8a83316714b.illinois.edu
Title Stoecker Faculty Fellow, Distinguished Research Professor
Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Tony Jacobi
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Email a-jacobi@nospam5e8a833167d8b.illinois.edu
Title Department Head, Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor
William King
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Email wpk@nospam5e8a83316a636.illinois.edu
Title Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair, Co-Director Illinois Advanced Manufacturing Institute
Nenad Miljkovic
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Email nmiljkov@nospam5e8a83316b4c4.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Surya Pratap Vanka
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Email spvanka@nospam5e8a83316fd9b.illinois.edu
Title Research Professor, Professor Emeritus
Sophie Wang
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Email wangxf@nospam5e8a833170983.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Hui Zhao
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Email huizhao@nospam5e8a83317156a.illinois.edu
Title Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Graduate Students
Alexander Pagano
Email apagano2@nospam5e8a83318704a.illinois.edu
Undergraduate Students
Tianrui Cai
Email tchai2@nospam5e8a8331912e4.illinois.edu
Kate Malmsbury
Email malmsbu2@nospam5e8a83319391a.illinois.edu
Visiting Scholars
Past Visiting Scholars
Klaus Lambers
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Title Professor, Doctor - Specialisation: Thermal System Engineering for Renewable Energy
Department Cologne University of Applied Sciences Germany, Faculty of Process Engineering, Energy and Mechanical Systems
Staff
Stefan Elbel
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Email elbel@nospam5e8a8331a2481.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Pega Hrnjak
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Email pega@nospam5e8a8331a2774.illinois.edu
Title Stoecker Faculty Fellow, Distinguished Research Professor
Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Nenad Miljkovic
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Email nmiljkov@nospam5e8a8331a2a3a.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Associate Director
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Ljubica Milutinovic
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Email ljubicam@nospam5e8a8331a2d1d.illinois.edu
Title Coordinator
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Students
Saif Khan Alen
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Title Product Development Engineer
Department Brazeway, Adrian, Michigan, USA
Patrick Y. Birbarah
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Title Thermal Systems Engineer
Department Trane - Ingersoll Rand, Lacrosse, Wisconsin, USA
Brandon Field
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Title Associate Professor - Teaching
Department University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, USA
William Allen III Davies
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Title Senior Associate
Department Exponent, Thermal Sciences Team, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Stefan Elbel
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Title Research Assistant Professor & Associate Director at ACRC, and Chief Engineer at CTS
Department Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, and Creative Thermal Solutions, Inc., Urbana, Illinois, USA
Emerson Escobar Nunez
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Title Head Department of Energy and Mechanics
Department Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cali-Valle, Colombia
Lili Feng
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Title Mechanical Engineer
Department Tesla, Fremont and Palo Alto, California, USA
Matthew Heun
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Title Professor of Engineering
Department Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Hyun Jin Kim
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Title Postdoctoral Scholar
Department Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Neal Lawrence
Title Research Engineer
Department Creative Thermal Solutions, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Alen Milosevic
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Title Senior Technical Specialist, HVAC Systems
Department Navistar Inc., Lisle, Illinois, USA
Steffen Peuker
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Title The James L. Bartlett, Junior Assistant Professor - HVAC&R Director - Cal Poly HVAC&R Industrial Advisory Board Liaison
Department Mechanical Engineering Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Mark Smith
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Title Lecturer of Finance
Department University of Illinois, Gies College of Business
Shannon Stott
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Title Assistant Professor
Department Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Center for Engineering in Medicine
Eduardo Torrealba
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Title Hardware Entrepreneur, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Department Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cheng-Min Yang
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Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
David Yashar
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Title Deputy Chief, Energy and Environment Division
Department Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jingwei Zhu
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Title Thermo/Aero Engineering Intern
Department Tesla