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Craig Bradshaw

Craug Bradshaw


Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, 2012

 

B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, 2007


Research Interests

  • Building and Energy Thermal Systems
  • Positive-Displacement Compressor Modeling
  • Waste-Heat Recovery and Utilization
  • Positive-Displacement Expanders
  • Novel Positive-Displacement Mechanisms
  • Vapor Compression for Electronics Cooling Applications
  • Novel Power Generation and Heat Pumping Cycles

Awards and Recognition

  • Golden Torch Award presented by Oklahoma State Mortar Board Chapter, Fall 2018
  • Best Student Paper, 2012 International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, July 2012
  • Ward A. Lambert Teaching Fellowship, July 2011
  • Best Student Paper, 2010 International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, July 2010
  • ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid Award Winner, 2009
  • Best Poster, Cooling Technologies Research Center Bi-annual Meeting, May 2008

Professional Memberships

  • MAE Department Head Search Committee, Oklahoma State University
  • Scientific Committee, International Conference on Compressors and their Systems
  • Chair, Building and Environmental Thermal Systems Research Group Industrial Advisory Committee,Oklahoma State University
  • Graduate Activities Committee member, Oklahoma State University
  • ASHRAE student branch advisor, Oklahoma State University
  • ASHRAE full member
  • Voting member, Vice Chair, Research Chair, ASHRAE TC 8.1 (Positive Displacement Compressors)
  • Voting member, Webmaster, ASHRAE TC 1.2 (Measurement Equipment)
  • Corresponding member ASHRAE TC 8.11 (Unitary Equipment)
  • Corresponding member ASHRAE TC 2.5 (Climate Change)
  • Manuscript reviewer,Int. J. Ref., App. Therm. Eng., Energy, App. 

Courses Taught

  • MAE 5803 Advanced Thermodynamics
  • MAE 5010 Int. Ref. and Comp.
  • MAE 4344 Mech. Eng. Projects
  • MAE 3524 Thermal Fluids Design
  • MAE 4010 (4723) Refrigeration Systems Design
  • MAE 5633 Adv. Thermal Energy Systems Analysis
  • MAE 3223 Thermodynamics II
  • MAE 5010 (5633) Adv. Therm. Egy. Sys. Analysis
  • ME 200 Thermodynamics I

Recent Publications

  • Islam, M., Tubbs, C., Bengs, C, Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. Development of a Reconfigurable PrototypePeristaltic Compressor.In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Compressors and theirSystems, City University, London, UK. (abstract submitted).
  • Gabel, K., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. A Semi-Empirical Reduced-Order Compressor Model to CaptureModulation and Enable Extrapolation.In: Proceedings of the International Conference onCompressors and their Systems, City University, London, UK. (abstract submitted).
  • Tanveer, M., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. Performance Evaluation of low-GWP Refrigerants in 1-100Ton Scroll Compressors.In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Compressors and theirSystems, City University, London, UK. (abstract submitted).
  • Lee, A., Bach, C., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. Differential Mass Evacuation Sampling Technique forMeasuring Refrigerant Charge and Oil Retention of Round Tube Plate Fin Heat Exchangers(ASHRAE RP-1785).In: Proceedings of the International Refrigeration Engineering Conference,Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. (submitted).
  • Saleem, S., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. The Thermodynamic Behavior Of Low-GWP ZeotropicMixtures On Water-Source Heat Pump Equipment.In: Proceedings of the InternationalRefrigeration Engineering Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. (submitted).
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