Room Air Distribution
ASHRAE Technical Committee 5.3

Upcoming TC Meetings

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2026 Winter Conference - Las Vegas, NV

Saturday, 01/31/2026 

Handbook - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST
(In-person)

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Caesars Palace, Capri (Promenade Level)

  
Sunday, 02/01/2026 

Research/Programs - 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST

(In-person)

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Caesars Palace, Octavius 22 (Promenade South Level)

  
Tuesday, 02/03/2026 

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

(In-person)

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Caesars Palace, Octavius 22 (Promenade South Level)

  

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 2026 Winter Conference
January 31 - February 4, 2026
Las Vegas, NV

https://www.ashrae.org/conferences/2026-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.