Students

The top Eric T Andresen scholarship of $7,000 goes to Haripriya Sathyanarayanan, a University of California, Berkeley PhD scholar in her third year.  Her emphasis is building science technology & sustainability with a minor in public health.  Her research adopts an evidence-based design approach to explore the impact of spatial design on patient experience and health.

Christina Ismailos, also a Cal student has won the second highest scholarship of $5,000.  She is a first year masters student studying for a degree in energy, civil infrastructure and climate and a concurrent degree in public policy.  Her goal is to help design sustainable buildings.

There are eight winners of $4,000 ETAMSF scholarships.   Yuming Xu is a first year Cal grad student seeking a master of science in building science, technology and sustainability.   His thesis project involves determining proper minimum VAV air flow set points.

Hyungmook Kang another Cal student is the next winner of a $4,000 scholarship.  He is a fourth year PhD candidate in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on heat transfer and energy storage.  He is studying nano-confined phase-change material (PCM) as a potential thermal energy storage medium.

The next $4,000 scholarship winner is John Van Dixhorn, a California State University Maritime Academy junior year undergraduate student studying mechanical engineering with an interest in control systems.  He is currently involved in a collegiate wind turbine design competition.

Yasaman Yavaribajestani is another $4,000 winner from Cal.  She is a first year building science, technology and sustainability PhD student with an interest in sustainable material utilization in building construction.

Another $4,000 award goes to Warren Tam, a Cal Maritime undergraduate student studying mechanical engineering in his junior year.  He is interested in design of HVAC and energy systems.

Mitchell Paul is a junior year undergraduate student at Cal Maritime who has also won a $4,000 scholarship.  He is studying mechanical engineering in the energy stem program at his university.  He plans to have a career in the HVAC&R industry.

Jing Yuan, a first year Cal, PhD student is the next $4,000 winner.  She is studying building science and sustainability.   She has a special interest in indoor environmental quality.

Rounding out the $4,000 award winners is Ibrahim Alp Cinar, a first year UC Berkeley PhD student of civil and environmental engineering.  He is studying surface temperature variation caused by human activity as well as geothermal systems.

Zhirong Lin, a first year Cal masters student, has won a $3,000 ETAMSF scholarship.  Her field is Building Science and Sustainability.  She has a strong interest in daylighting within buildings.

Tina Piracci rounds out the ETAMSF winners with a $3,000 scholarship.  She is a second year masters student at UC studying architecture, sustainability, technology and building science.  She is studying how to reduce waste in building materials and hopes to eventually get a PhD.

There are three winners of ASHRAE, Golden Gate Chapter awards, each for $1,500.  Christina Adams, a California Polytechnic State University undergrad student in industrial engineering is one awardee.  She has a history of working in the HVAC field and plans to continue after graduation.

Elnaz Tafrihi is the second winner.  She is Cal, PhD, second year student in building science, technology and sustainability and a previous winner of an ETAMSF scholarship.  She has strong interest as well as experience in computer modeling of buildings.

Miles Owens from Sacramento State University is the final $1,500 scholarship winner.  His major is mechanical engineering and he already works in the HVAC