Expert Details
HVAC Systems, Indoor Air Quality, Air Distribribution in Buildings, Thermal Comfort
ID: 729067
United Kingdom
Qualifications BSc (Mech. Eng.), MSc (Heat Transfer), PhD (Aerodynamics), CEng, FIMechE, MCIBSE, MASHRAE
He is a consultant to many businesses in ventilation system design.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1974 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Aerodynamics | Institution: Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| Year: 1969 | Degree: MSc | Subject: Heat Transfer | Institution: University of Manchester, UK |
| Year: 1967 | Degree: BSc | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: University of Manchester, UK |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1990 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Lecturer then Professor of Building Environmental Science | Department: Construction Management and Engineering |
Responsibilities:Professor of Building Environmental Science and Director of the Technologies for SustainableBuilt Environments Centre. Responsibility for a Centre and teaching and research in buildings physics, HVAC and energy performance of buildings and systems. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1990 | Employer: Napier University, Edinburgh | Title: | Department: Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Software Engineering |
Responsibilities:Responsibility for teaching Thermofluids and Environmental Engineering on the B.Eng. course in Energy Engineering in addition to course administration. Supervised PhD projects on air jets, ventilation and air flow simulation in buildings. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1983 | Employer: Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, UK | Title: | Department: Air Distribution Section |
Responsibilities:Responsibility for the work within the Section which involved design, consultancy and contract research in ventilation and air movement. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Acted as expert witness in a number of disputes involving complaints of HVAC system performance and indoor environmental quality. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| MASHRAE, USA FIMechE, London CIBSE, London |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK Member of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK Member of American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioing Engineers |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| PUBLICATIONS Books: 10 Papers: 170 The research in room air movement has led to the development of novel and energy efficient room air distribution systems, such as the impinging jet ventilation system (IJVS), developed with Air Innovation AB (Sweden), and the confluent jets ventilation system (CJVS) developed with Fresh AB (Sweden). HVAC plants that are based on the IJVS have been installed in more than 30 buildings in Sweden, among them the Swedish Tax Office Buildings in Stockholm. The CJVS has been installed in more than 70 buildings in Sweden and Finland including office buildings, schools, health care buildings, public buildings, leisure centres, etc. Author of the computational fluid dynamics code which has been developed specifically for simulating the airflow and heat transfer in and around buildings. Expert's publications are widely quoted covering room air flow analysis and modelling, air distribution systems, and heat transfer from room surfaces. The results and equations deduced from the latter publications have been included in the Design Guide of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and have been incorporated in widely used building energy modelling computer codes in the UK and Europe. |