- Director, Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE)
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PhD ('81), MS ('77), BS ('75) - Physics
Munich Institute of Technology (Muenchen,
Germany)
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Summary
Reinhard Radermacher is professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. He holds an MS and Ph.D. in Physics from the Munich Institute of Technology and was a visiting scientist and NATO scholar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Dr. Radermacher is an internationally recognized expert in heat transfer and working fluids for energy conversion systems, including heat pumps, air-conditioners, and refrigeration systems. He introduced ternary working fluid mixtures for absorption heat pumps and contributed to the use of working fluid mixtures in vapor compression systems developing advanced cycles with new degrees of freedom for special applications. In domestic refrigerators, energy savings of over fifty percent were demonstrated. His research grew to range from environmentally safe refrigerants in residential air-conditioners and heat pumps to combined heating, cooling and power systems for buildings and campuses. His work has resulted in over one hundred publications, as well as numerous invention records and eight patents, and he co-authored three books.
Dr. Radermacher founded the Energy Laboratory in 1983 and is the director and co-founder of the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) at the University of Maryland. The Center is taking the lead in developing energy conversion systems that meet environmental and economic concerns. Research is organized in consortia that are sponsored by industry, government and research institutions. A variety of short courses are offered for industry and research sponsors. CEEE has also introduced four new courses in the area of Energy and Environment and Integrated Cooling, Heating and Power Systems.
His service includes international activities such as US representative of the International Energy Agency Annex 13, past vice president of Commission B1 and President of Commission B2 of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), as well as invited lecture tours to Europe, China, Japan, Korea, and South America. He also serves as the coordinator of the German Exchange Program for the University of Maryland College of Engineering. Nationally, he is an active member of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He serves as the editor of the ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal starting in July 2002.
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