Jeffrey Spitler

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990

M.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984

B.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983

Research Interests

• Convective and radiative heat transfer in buildings
• Building simulation
• Load calculations and energy analysis
• Building performance monitoring
• Design of building environmental systems
• Ground source heat pump systems
• Thermal systems analysis, simulation and design

Awards and Recognition

• 2023 Peter Ritter von Rittenger Award, International Energy Agency.

• 2021 -2020 Best Research Paper, Building Simulation Journal, for: Evaluation of thermal imbalance of ground source heat pump systems in residential buildings in China.
• 2019 ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award
• 2017, Inducted into the ASHRAE Central Oklahoma Chapter Hall of Fame
• 2015 Appointed Honorary Professor, North China University of Technology, Beijing.
• 2014 Appointed 2014-2015 Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Alternative Energy Technology at Chalmers Technical University, Sweden.
• 2014 Appointed OG&E Energy Technology Chair
• 2014 E.K. Campbell Award (ASHRAE)
• 2013 IBPSA Fellow
• 2012 IBPSA-USA Award for Achievement in Building Simulation
• 2010 Crosby Field Award (ASHRAE)
• 2010 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for Refinements and Improvements to the Radiant Time Series Method
• 2008 Appointed Regents Professor
• 2008 Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• 2007 Oklahoma State University Regents Distinguished Research Award
• 2006 Appointed Adjunct Professor, Hunan University, Changsha, China
• 2006 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for Development of the Residential Load Factor Method for Heating and Cooling Load Calculations
• 2006 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for The Residential Heat Balance Method for Heating and Cooling Load Calculations
• 2004 ASHRAE Fellow
• 2002 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for An Analytical Verification Test Suite for Building Fabric Models in Whole Building Energy Simulation Programs
• 2001 C.M. Leonard Professorship
• 2000 CIBSE Napier Shaw Bronze Medal, for Comparison of Peak Load Predictions and Treatments of Solar Gains in the Admittance and Heat Balance Load Procedures.
• 2000 Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers.
• 1999 Halliburton Outstanding Faculty Award, OSU College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.
• 1993 Halliburton Outstanding Young Teacher Award, OSU College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.
• 1991-1992 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
• 1991 Outstanding New Contributor Award, International Building Performance Simulation Association.

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
• International Building Performance Simulation Association
• International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Professional Registrations

• Licensed Professional Engineer, Oklahoma

Recent Publications

• Bordignon, S., J.D. Spitler, and A. Zarrella. 2024. Simplified water-source heat pump models for predicting heat extraction and rejection. Renewable Energy 220: 119701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119701

• Alghamdi, K., C.K. Bach and J.D. Spitler. 2023. Modeling, Simulating, and Validating a Novel Three-Fluid Heat Exchanger (TriCoil™) for a Residential Heating and Air-Conditioning System Integrating Water-Based Thermal Energy Storage. Energy and Buildings. 298:223545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113545

• Javed, S. and J.D. Spitler. 2022. Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger Pressure Loss – Experimental Comparisons and Calculation Procedures. Geothermics 105: 102546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102546

• Liu, X., J. D. Spitler, M. Qu and L. Shi. 2021. Recent Developments in the Design of Vertical Borehole Ground Heat Exchangers for Cost Reduction and Thermal Energy Storage. Journal of Energy Resources Technology 143(10).https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050418

• Mitchell, M. S. and J. D. Spitler. 2020. An Enhanced Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger Model for Whole-Building Energy Simulation. Energies 13(16): 4058. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13164058

• Spitler, J. D. and S. Gehlin. 2019. Measured Performance of a Mixed-Use Commercial-Building Ground Source Heat Pump System in Sweden. Energies 12(10): 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12102020