Come join us for the May monthly meeting of the ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter 

  Where to Park

 Meeting Agenda 

Registration - 5:30 

Technical Presentation - 6:00

UH Manoa Student Project Presentation 

Dinner - 7:00 

Main Program - 7:30

Distinguished Lecturer - Victor Goldschmidt PhD, Purdue University

Adjournment - 9:00

Technical Presentation

Topic: UH Manoa Student Presentation on ME 417 Course  

Student Presenters:  Ryan Chun, Ket Harada and Po`okela Stillman Reyes on the 2017 ASHRAE Student Design Competition on a newly constructed Chile Meteorological Station on Islas Diego Ramirez, Chile.  The process of analyzing the requirements, designing a system and selecting equipment was instrumental in the student’s level of understanding of HVAC&R systems. The systems selections were compared using life cycle cost analysis, which included initial costs as well as operation and maintenance costs.

Main Program

Distinguished Lecturer - Victor Goldschmidt PhD, Purdue University

Topic: Releasing Individuals' Own Creativity

Growth requires change; change is aided by new ideas; and new ideas require creativity. The potential to be creative is within all of us. The lecture is intended as a means for individuals to attempt to realize their own potential to be creative. Theories of creativity, blocks to creativity, and exercises to develop creativity are presented. Examples of engineering students awakening their creativity will be presented. These will be from a decade of facilitating a course on engineering creativity. To the extent possible, the lecture will include some audience participation. 

Presenter:

Distinguished Lecturer - Victor Goldschmidt PhD, Purdue University

Victor W. Goldschmidt, Emeritus Mechanical Engineering Professor, served at Purdue University from 1964 through 2000. He is currently serving as a Leelanau County Planning Commissioner as well as a facilitator and engineering consultant. During his 36 years at Purdue University, Mr. Goldschmidt was responsible for educating mechanical engineering students, including the direction of graduate research in the HVAC area.

Most of his service with graduate students was with the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories with heavy support from the HVAC industries. During early stages of his career, he served as Director of the Engineering Purdue Fellows in Latin America; during later stages he served as department head for Freshman Engineering. Prior to his academic involvement, he worked in Applications Engineering and Development Engineering with Honeywell. Mr. Goldschmidt has taught almost every course in thermal sciences offered at Purdue, as well as a special upper level technical course on the “Creative Process in Engineering.” He is trained as a Synectics (special brainstorming) facilitator and is currently engaged in the development of strategic plans and problem solving sessions. A past ASHRAE Director-at-Large, he also has served as a member of Publishing and Technology Councils. He is an ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award recipient and Fellow, as well as Honorary Member of IIR, ACAIRE, ASURVAC and AAF. He resides in North Michigan, above Traverse City.