Educating the HVAC&R Engineers of the Future

Dick Hayter

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears and never regrets.” Leonardo da Vinci

“Learning is the future!”

George Jackins

Inaugural Address

U.S. Army Vision

People

Readiness

TransformationGen. Eric Shinseki

U.S. Army Chief of Staff

ASHRAE’s Vision

ASHRAE’s Bridges to the Future:

LearningUnityVisibility

George Jackins

ASHRAE President

ASHRAE’s Educational Vision

(We must) discover how to tap into people’s commitment …to learn - People

Raise the proficiency of …HVAC & R professionals - Readiness

Prepare students for careers in (our) industry – Transformation

George Jackins Inaugural Address

People

Practicing professionals• Designers/Consultants

• Installers & Builders

• Building Owners & Operators

• Equipment Reps

• Manufacturers

• Code Officials/Other Governmental Agencies

• Utility Providers

• Academics

People (Continued)

Future Professionals• Engineering Students• Vocational Technical Students• Elementary and Secondary Students

Educating for HVAC&R

1. ASHRAE’s Educational Programs

2. Working with Academic Institutions

3. What’s ahead for ASHRAE

4. How You can Contribute

ASHRAE’s Evolution in Education

Recent History 1981 - Professional

Development Seminars

1990 - Self Directed Learning Courses

1999 – ASHRAE Learning Institute

2008 ?

ASHRAE’s Educational Programs

Chapter Meetings & Seminars Technical Programs at Society Meetings

Professional Development Seminars Self Directed Learning Courses Short Courses

Professional Development Seminars

One or two day seminars “Advanced beyond fundamental level.”One or more instructors, usually delivered in

traditional lecture format.Workbook or text provided.Earns Professional Development Hours

(PDH’s) for licensure renewal.Registration fees range from $500 to $800

Self Directed Learning Courses

Equivalent in scope to university upper division courses of two credit hours.

Designed to be taken at home or office.Includes all reference material and “skill

development exercises” that can be submitted to ASHRAE for grading.

Self Directed Learning Cont.

Targeted toward recent engineering graduates or practicing engineers who have entered HVAC&R from another field or other design professionals.

Earns 35 PDH’s, Costs $250 Licensing Available (Chapters or

Universities)

Self Directed Learning Courses

Fundamentals of HVAC SystemsFundamentals of Thermodynamics and

Psychrometrics (will be divided in future)Fundamentals of Heating and Cooling

LoadsFundamentals of Air System Design

Self Directed Learning Courses

Fundamentals of Water System Design (Also available in Spanish and SI versions)

Fundamentals of Heating SystemsFundamentals of Electrical Systems and

Building Electrical Energy UseFundamentals of HVAC Control SystemsFundamentals of Refrigeration

Short Courses

Typically 3 to 4 hours in length. Usually held in conjunction with another

event such as Society Meeting. May or may not be repeated at future

events. Registration fee approximately $95.

Short Courses @ Annual Meeting in Hawaii

Optimizing the Design and Control of Chilled Water Plants

Humidity Control for Commercial Buildings

Green Buildings and Sustainable Construction

Working with Academic Institutions

ASHRAE Student Support OpportunitiesASHRAE Named Scholarship - $50K

EndowmentASHRAE Memorial Scholarship - $5K

EndowmentUnderwrite cost of travel to Society meeting

for faculty and/or students.

Working with Academic Institutions

Department of Mechanical Engineering

446. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning—Analysis of refrigeration and heating and air conditioning systems.

447. Solar Energy—Applications of solar energy to heating, cooling, and power generation. Solar radiation effects and thermodynamic and heat transfer effects in solar power equipment.

Working with Academic Institutions

At UAB or other Academic Institution Meet with Dean and Department Head

(Frequently). Come bearing gifts! Endowment Opportunities at UAB

• Student Award - $10,000 Endowment• Scholarship - $25,000 Endowment• Lectureship - $75,000 Endowment• Research Program - $100,000 Endowment

UAB Contact – Daphne Powell, Development Coordinator: 934-1807

Working with Academic Institutions

Consider equipping laboratory at university or technical college.

Form Cooperative Research Agreements.Provide faculty and/or student summer internships.Provide senior design or capstone course problem.Secure speaker(s) for student branch meetings. (If

not ASHRAE branch, consider ASME or others.)Cosponsor Seminars.Serve as Adjunct Professor.

What’s ahead for ASHRAE’s Educational Programs – Near Term

New Professional Development Seminars Under Development“Humidity Control”“Advanced Water System Design”“Panel Heating and Cooling”

What’s ahead for ASHRAE’s Educational Programs – Mid Term

Asynchronous DeliveryWeb based Self Directed Learning

using dial-up modems• PDS and/or Short Course (Topics to be

decided)• SDL (Controls)

What’s ahead for ASHRAE’s Educational Programs – Long Term

SDL Sub Units as PDS or Web based ?Web Video (Broadband) ?Consortiums with such organizations

as NTU, other universities (North America, International) ?

Internet 2 ?

How You can Contribute

How You can Contribute Cont.

Through Your Technical Committees (TC’s)• Suggest Topics

• Review Material

• Become an author/speaker

Through your Chapter Program Committee Chair offer any or all of the above.

Through license with ASHRAE, chapter can teach SDL’s and receive all materials.

How You can Contribute Cont.

Support your employees!

“There is one thing worse than training employees and losing them to your competition, it’s not training them and keeping them.”

Zig Zigler

What’s Your Vision for Education?

ASHRAE Succeeds because of you!

“Vision without action is merely a dream and action without vision just passes the time, but vision with action can change the world.”

Joel Barker

Thanks for listening!