SUMMARY VITA – Prakash R. Damshala, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Years on Faculty: 21 (original
appointment
Degrees:
Georgia
Institute of Technology, Ph.D. (M.E.), September 1978
Other Related Experience:
Professional Registration
Professional
Engineer, State of
Professional
Engineer, State of
Design and second law analysis of air conditioning systems,
cogeneration, CHP, energy recovery systems, heat exchangers, and heat pump
system with ice storage units.
Numerical modeling of slag monitors in utility boilers using ANSYS software for
thermal and stress analysis, and insulation systems in fossil fuel power
plants, design of ASD heat pumps for commercial applications, modeling,
simulation and optimization of thermal systems
Text Books
“ Thermal Science
Laboratory Manual “ by Prakash R. Damshala.
“ Design and Analysis of Thermal Components and Systems” by
Prakash R. Damshala,
“ A Modern Approach to Design of Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Systems” by Prakash R.
Damshala and P.V. Kadaba, Part of the manuscripts is
under completion.
Software Development
“Heat” software developed by Prakash R. Damshala to
accompany the Thermal Science Lab Manual. It is also designed to be used in
other thermal science Courses, 1991.
A Research Tool to Perform Transient Thermal and
Economic Analysis of
Building Energy Costs using hourly weather data, 1998.
A software to assist in selection of insulation for replacement
of Asbestos on Steam Lines of Fossil Fuel Power Plants developed for an EPRI
project, 1988.
A software
to perform Thermoeconomic Analysis of CHP (Combined
Heat and Power) Systems, 1999.
“TERSA,
Transient Energy Recovery Systems Analysis”.
Principal Publications in the Last Five
Years:
“A Multi-Purpose Thermal Design Project that Works” by
Prakash R. Damshala and Robert Bailey, published in The International Journal
of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 30, No 2, April, 2002.
“A Computer Design Project for an Energy Recovery
System” by Prakash R. Damshala, a paper presented at ASEE southeastern
conference held at
“Numerical Analysis of Solar Storage (Trombe) Wall for
Identifying Optimal Energy Recovery Conditions “ by Prakash R. Damshala and
Robert Bailey, a paper presented at ASEE southeastern conference, April 2000 at
Blacksburg, VA.
“Thermoeconomic Analysis of
a CHP System by Iterative Numerical Techniques" by Prakash R. Damshala, Transactions
of ASHRAE February 2000, Vol. 106, Part 1.
“Co-Authored the Chapter “Air-to-Air Energy Recovery”,
ASHRAE Handbook of
Systems and Equipment, 2003.
Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
Member of ASME
Member and Faculty Advisor of ASHRAE Student Chapter
Honors and Awards:
Nominated
for the University Distinguished Professor Award by the Dean of Engineering at
YSU. 2. Received special award for scoring the highest grade in the P. E.
examination for the state of
Institutional and Professional Service in the Last
Five Years:
Serving
as a member of handbook committee of ASHRAE, as a Vice-Chair of ASHRAE T.C 5.5
Committee, served for two years as member of university faculty senate
committee, two years as member of university academic standards committee, as a
member of school’s graduate curriculum committee, as a member of school’s rank
and tenure committee, as a board member of Tennessee Valley Chapter of ASHRAE
for the last five years and offered P.E refresher courses.
Professional Development Activities in the Last Five
Years:
Attended ASHRAE’s winter
annual and annual meetings for the last three years.
Attended
technical workshops on pump selection, HVAC system selection, ACE, CFD software
course, Geothermal Heat Pump design and Analysis workshop.