Geothermal Heat Pump and Energy Recovery Applications
ASHRAE Technical Committee 6.8

Awards

 

 

Kirk T. Mescher Innovation Award

 

 The Award this year is $3,000

 

Background

The Kirk T. Mescher Award was established in 2015 after the tragic loss of one of the brightest and most innovative professional engineers, Kirk Mescher of CM Engineering. Kirk had the courage to implement his innovative ideas and was fearless in the pursuit of making his designs work better, simpler, and more efficiently.   He was always pushing the envelope.   Kirk was very active with ASHRAE, serving as a Director-at-Large on the ASHRAE Board of Directors just prior to his passing. It is for these reasons that the ASHRAE St. Louis Chapter gives an award of $3000 in Kirk’s name each year.  The deadline for 2024 applications is Monday, November 18, 2024.

 

It was Kirk’s passion to find new and creative ways to make projects as energy-efficient and simple as possible. His goal was to create elegant cost-effective designs that satisfied owners and occupants. To recognize ‘like-minded’ engineers, engineers-in-training, designers, and teachers, this award will be given out to those who share their passion for design projects that go beyond traditional and mediocre approaches.  

Applicants should have an idea or share projects in GSHP, HVAC, and/or energy-efficiency that exemplify Kirk’s ideals.  

This award is administered through the ASHRAE St. Louis Chapter and is currently available to all ASHRAE Members. 

Applicants shall be:

 

  • ASHRAE Members
  • Professional Engineers, Designers, or Teaching Faculty
  • Involved in ASHRAE or other Community Activities
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Application Form PDF download

 

 

Kirk T Mescher Innovation Award 2022

The 2022 recipient of the Kirk T Mescher Innovation Award is Masik Alavy, a postdoc fellow at Ontario Tech University. Dr Alavy earned his PhD at the University of Toronto in 2019.  The award was presented to Dr Alavy on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 by the Toronto ASHRAE Chapter. Dr Alavy is a member of TC6.8, a main contributor to ASHRAE RP1649, and the lead inventor of the " Thermal Caisson."  He shared that he is planning to use his award to purchase a license for Ansys Fluent to develop a numerical model for this work.  

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS

Please make the check out to "Pershing LLC" and note ASHRAE/KTM Award on the memo line.

Then mail directly to:
Renaissance Financial
5700 Oakland Ave #400
Attn: John Bayer
St. Louis, Mo 63110