Room Air Distribution
ASHRAE Technical Committee 5.3

Upcoming TC Meetings

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2026 Annual Conference - Austin, TX

Saturday, 06/27/2026 

Handbook - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
(Virtual)

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/288908993174634?p=u53mh5QF1nCBItM9Rk

Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 288 908 993 174 634 

Passcode: h4H7aa35

Microsoft Teams Meeting

  
Sunday, 06/28/2026 

Research/Programs - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

(Virtual)

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/293919486880641?p=K9Upi0leMIWxv3bozx

Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 293 919 486 880 641

Passcode: Fs35Xb2K

Microsoft Teams Meeting

  
Tuesday, 06/30/2026 

Main Committee - 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

Hybrid (In-person/Virtual)

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/26864962837225?p=s7j9aDrzzFZyg5ri3X

Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 268 649 628 372 25 

Passcode: PA6Gw3Q4

 

Austin Marriott Downtown, AMD - 603 -L6

 

Awards presented in Las Vegas (February 2026)

  • ASHRAE HALL OF FAME – honors members who have passed away and made milestone contributions to the growth of ASHRAE-related technology or the development of ASHRAE as a society. Plenary session Jan 31, 2026.
    • Kenneth Loudermilk, Life Member ASHRAE, 1954-2023
 

Awards presented in Indianapolis (June 2024)

The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade who have served the Society faithfully and with distinction and who have given freely of their time and talent in chapter, regional and Society activities.

  • Robert (Bob) Persechini, Life Member, Vice President, NV5, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Krishnan Viswanath, Partner, Dynacraft Air Controls, Mumbai, India.
 
Awards presented from RP-1741 in Toronto (June 2022)
  •  Technical Paper Award - Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Life Member, Jessica Cramer, and Peng Yin, Ph.D., received an award for “Part-Load Airflow and Power Model of Multi- Speed Fan-Coil Units with Electronically Commutated Motors”. O’Neal is the Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Cramer is an Aeronautical Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas. Yin is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, La.
     
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  •  Technical Paper Award - Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Life Member, Jessica Cramer, and Peng Yin, Ph.D., received an award for “A Simple Airflow and Power Analysis of Fan- Coil Units with Electronically Commutated Motors”. 
 
 Awards presented from RP-1741 in Las Vegas (Jan 2022) 
 Crosby Field Award for the Paper - Using Normalized Airflows and Powers to Model the Performance of Multi-Speed Fan Coil Units with Permanent Split Capacitor Fan Motors (RP-1741)  by D. O’Neal and P. Yin. 
 Technical Paper Award - A Simple Airflow and Power Model of Fan Coil Units with Permanent Split Capacitor Motors  by D. O’Neal and P. Yin. 
 Technical Paper Award - Laboratory Performance Measurement of Blowers with Electronically Commutated Motors in Horizontal Low-Profile Fan Coil Units (RP-1741) by A. McBride, B Derouen, P. Yin, and D. O’Neal. 
  

Committee Chair

Mr David A Johnson
TC0503@ashrae.net

Committee Scope

TC 5.3 is concerned with the distribution, diffusion and conditioning of air within rooms and similarly treated spaces.

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Upcoming Society Conferences

ASHRAE 2027 Winter Conference
January 23-January 27, 2027
Chicago, IL

https://www.ashrae.org/conferences/2027-winter-conference

Additional Information

 11/9/2020:  A new document 'Airflow Patterns and Distribution of Airborne Contaminants in Indoor Spaces' has been posted in the 'Documents' section of this site.  This document was developed by the TC 5.3 ad hoc committee Room Air Distribution Effects on Airborne Contaminants, and it does not present official positions of the Society.