Faculty

Photo LC DR. LORENZO CREMASCHI

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Auburn University

2446 Wiggins Hall, Auburn, AL
Phone: (334) 844-3302
Fax: (334) 844-3307
Email: lzc0047@auburn.edu

Education

Postdoctoral training in Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 2006
Research topics investigated: micro-refrigeration systems, electro-hydrodynamic flows, electronic cooling.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Supervisors and Mentors: Dr. Eckhard Groll and Dr. Suresh Garimella

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, July 2004
Research topics investigated: heat transfer and two phase flow of lubricants and refrigerants mixtures, advanced heat pump systems, sensors for lubricant circulation in AC automobile systems
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Ph.D. Thesis title: “Experimental and theoretical investigation of oil retention in vapor compression systems”
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Reinhard Radermacher

M.S. & B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Feb. 2001
Research topics investigated: Computational heat transfer and thermal management of electronics
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
M.S. Thesis title: “Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of natural convection inside enclosure with round heat sources”
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mauro Corticelli

 

 

Professional Experience

Associate Professor        Jan 1, 2016 - present
Auburn University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn, AL, USA

Previous experience

Associate Professor        July 2012 – Dec. 2015
Oklahoma State University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK

Assistant Professor         Aug. 2006 – June 2012
Oklahoma State University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK

Post-Doctorate Research Associate    Sept. 2004 – July 2006
Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, Mechanical Engineering Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Graduate Research Assistant      Jun. 2001- Aug. 2004
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE), University of Maryland, College Park, MD

 

 

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2014 Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology of Oklahoma State University; this award is “in recognition of excellent achievements in research and scholarly activities”.
  • 2013 Innovative Research Grant Award, ASHRAE; this award is for “novel research which does not fit within the current TC research activities, but deemed to have the potential to significantly advance the state-of-the-art in heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigeration engineering”.
  • 2012 Halliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Award from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology of Oklahoma State University; Plaque says "in recognition of outstanding achievement and professionalism in education, research and service to students".
  • 2012 International Journal of Refrigeration Best Paper of the Year Award 2011/2012.
  • 2012 Best Paper (3rd place) Award at the Int. Conference of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning at Purdue.
  • 2012 Best Poster Paper Presentation Award at the ASHRAE Annual and Semi-annual Conferences.
  • 2008 Teaching Award from Pi Tau Sigma in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, presented by Pi Tau Sigma ME Honorary society undergraduate students. This award is for “best course of the year with the highest efforts required and the most useful material learnt by the students”.

 

 

Professional Service to Archival Journals

  • Associate Editor for STBE Journal July 2017 -  present

Science and Technology for the Built Environment Journal (STBE, formerly the HVAC&R Research Journal)

 

Certifications in the Field of Research and Teaching

EPA Certified Technician Universal Type, required by 40 CFR 82 Subpart for purchasing, handling, and disposing of refrigerants and for conducting inspection and service of HVAC&R systems and equipment.                2002 -  present

 

 

Nature of Courses Taught

The undergraduate courses I teach include regular lectures and informal discussion sessions. Some lectures are integrated with computer lab sessions, which I teach during regular lecture hours to expose students to modern design and analysis tools in my field. I teach a senior course in buildings thermal systems. This course has a strong design component and the course revolves around real word projects for the design of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. Graduate courses include regular lectures, discussion sessions, and student presentations. The graduate courses develop by adopting projects in Thermodynamics and Thermal Energy Conversion Systems. These projects are assigned to graduate students and final presentations and written technical reports are major ingredients for the didactic of my graduate courses.

Courses Taught at Auburn University (AU)

Undergraduate courses taught at AU (2)

  1. Thermodynamics I (a second year engineering level course), Auburn University (Sp. 2016)
  2. Thermodynamics II (a third year engineering level course), Auburn University (Sp. 2017)

 Graduate courses taught at AU (2)

  1. Advanced Refrigeration Systems (Fa.2017)
  2. Cryogenic systems and low temperature processes (Sp. 18)

Course Taught at Oklahoma State University (OSU)

Undergraduate courses taught at OSU (4)

  1. Introduction to Engineering (a freshman level course), Oklahoma State University (F 2009, 2010, 2012)
  2. Thermodynamics II (a third year engineering level course), Oklahoma State University (F 2006 – 2010, Sp 2011, Sp. 2012)
  3. Design of Indoor Environmental Systems (a fourth year engineering level course), Oklahoma State University (F 2008-2014)
  4. Modern Technological Innovations of Italy, (for all Engineering college students at all levels, site visit and study abroad are components of this course) (Spring 2013-2015)

Graduate courses taught at OSU (2)

  1. Refrigeration, Oklahoma State University (Sp 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  2. Advanced Thermodynamics I, Oklahoma State University (Sp 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)

 

Graduate Students Advising

Ph.D. students advised/currently advising (7)
M.S. students advised/currently advising (20)
Graduate students supervised during research and scholarly activities (6)

Teaching Service and Mentoring
Undergraduate students advised/currently advising (51)

Mentoring undergraduate students for research and scholarly activities (20).
Cremaschi has engaged freshman research scholars; honors students; special projects course students and mentored two (2) Wentz research scholars (an undergraduate research and scholarship program at Oklahoma State University), one (1) Reuben-Trane scholar (a Nation-wide undergraduate research and scholarship program from the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers – ASHRAE), two (2) OK-LSAMP Scholars (a State-wide undergraduate research and scholarship program for students that belong to Minority Groups), and (3) ME undergraduate research scholars at Auburn University.

At Auburn University, Dr. Cremaschi mentored (3) ME undergraduate students, who were awarded the ME undergraduate research scholarships, (2) ME undergraduate students, who were awarded the 2017 ASHRAE Birmingham (AL) Chapter undergraduate research scholarship, and (1) ME undergraduate student, who was awarded the 2017/18 Samuel Ginn College of Engineering undergraduate research scholarship.

Student Organizations Advised (club name and years advised)

At Auburn University

  1. Faculty Advisor of AU ASHRAE Student Branch Chapter, Nov 2016 – Present

At Oklahoma State University
Within MAE Department

  1. Faculty Advisor of the PI TAU SIGMA ME Honorary Society at OSU, Aug 2009 – Dec. 2015
  2. Faculty Advisor of OSU ASHRAE Student Branch Chapter, Dec 1, 2007 – Dec. 2015

Campus wide

  1. Faculty Advisor of Latin Dance Cultural Club OSU, Jan 1, 2007 – Dec. 2015

 

Research Achievements Summary

  • 3 current projects as PI
  • 12 completed projects as PI
  • 3 completed projects as co-PI
  • ~$3.1M in externally funded research (~$2.6M as PI and ~$0.5M as co-PI) and
  • ~$1.2M in research facilities and laboratory development projects

 

 

Professional Societies Membership and Leadership in Professional Organizations

  • Member of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) / U.S. National Committee (Jan. 2007– present)
  • Commission member of the IIR Commission B2 - Refrigerating Equipment (Jan 2012 – present) and Commission E2 - Heat pumps, energy recovery (Aug. 2007 – present)
  • Member of the International Energy Agency Heat Pump Program/U.S. National Team (Jan. 2007 –present)
  • ASHRAE member (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) (2007 – present)
  • Voting Member of Technical Committees of ASHRAE: TC8.5 Liquid to Refrigerant Heat Transfer (Jul. 2012 – present), TC1.3 Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow (Jul. 2009 – present), TC8.4 Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment (Jul. 2010 – present), and TC8.11 Unitary and Room Air Conditioners and Heat Pump (Jul. 2007 – July 2011); Corresponding Member of TC 8.9 Residential Refrigerators and Food Freezers (Jul. 2007 – present), TC8.5 Liquid to Refrigerant Heat Transfer (Jul. 2008 – July 2012), TC8.4 Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment (Jul. 2008 – July 2010)
  • Member of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE, Feb. 2015 – present).

 

 Synergistic Activities

  • Conference Track Chair for a track entitled “Condensation and Freezing”, at the ASME 2018 International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, June 10-13, 2018, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • Conference Session Chair for a technical papers session entitled “Improvements in Heat Transfer Equipment”, on the Heat Exchange Equipment Track of the ASHRAE 2018 Winter Conference, (Jan 20-24, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA).
  • Conference - Forum Panel Chair on Low GWP Refrigerants within the contest of the Kyoto Protocol, ASHRAE 2018 Winter Conference, (January 20-24, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA).
  • Conference Session Chair for one technical papers session on Energy, Water, and Sustainability and Thermal Cycles, 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference of the ASTFE (April 2-5, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
  • Conference Session Chair for one technical papers session on Energy, Water, and Sustainability and Thermal Cycles, 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference of the ASTFE (April 2-5, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
  • Conference - Forum Panel Chair on LGWP Refrigerant within the contest of the Kyoto Protocol, 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference of the ASTFE (April 2-5, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
  • Program subcommittee chair of TC1.3 Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow (Jul. 2011 – June 2017)
  • Treasurer of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) / U.S. National Committee (Jan. 2016– present)
  • Chair of two technical sessions on “Energy, Water, and Sustainability” program at the 2nd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 2-5, 2017, (Aug 2016 – April 2017)
  • Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC8.4 Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment (2013 – 2016)
  • Member of the ASHRAE Standard Committees to review and update the standards SPC 181P, Methods of Testing for Rating Liquid to Liquid Heat Exchangers (March 2011 – May 2014), and SPC 22, Methods of Testing for Rating Water-Cooled Refrigerant Condensers (March 2011 – May 2014)
  • Session chair of the Technical Session “Refrigeration for the Future, Latest Research on Refrigeration Systems and Components” at the summer ASHRAE annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM, (Jun. 26 – 30, 2010)
  • Vice-chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC8.4 Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment (Jul. 2011 – June 2013)
  • Chairman of the ASHRAE Handbook sub-committee for TC8.11 Unitary and Room Air Conditioners and Heat Pump (Jul 2008 – July 2011)
  • Program Chairman of the 11th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Jan. 2005 – Jul, 2006)
  • Assistant Coordinator of the Carbon Dioxide Interested Group (C-DIG) meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Mar. 12 – 17, 2006)

 

Outreach Activities  

Short Courses and Workshops

  • Oil Management in Compressors. Lecture from L. Cremaschi on the Topic “Impact of oil on heat transfer and pressure drop, and oil retention in heat exchangers”. This short course was organized at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA on July 10 2016.

 

Independent Professional Consulting Activities

  1. Expert Witness in a Nationwide legal litigation about HVAC Systems and Equipment; Retained by Law Firm Hogan Lovells US LLP, in Washington D.C. and Miami, FL, USA (case style: St. Gregory Cathedral School, et al. v. LG Electronics, Inc., et al., Case No. 6:12-cv-739 (MHS), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas). Oct. 2014 to July 2015.
  2. Expert Consultant in a legal litigation about HVAC Systems and Refrigerants; Retained by Law Firm Pignato, Cooper, Kolker, & Roberson, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, USA Jan. 2015 to Dec 2015.

 

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