• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Director of Energy Systems Laboratory
David Claridge

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Physics, Stanford University — 1976
  • M.S., Physics, Stanford University — 1966
  • B.S., Engineering Physics, Walla Walla College — 1964

Research Interests

    • Energy efficiency in buildings
    • Membrane dehumidification
    • Existing building commissioning process and measures
    • Measurement and verification of energy savings

Industry Experience

    • 4 years performing energy-related assessments at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
    • 2 years performing energy efficiency and renewable energy assessments at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 ASHRAE Louise & Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award
  • 2021 ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award
  • 2021 College of Engineering - Dean of Engineering Excellence Award
  • 2011 Honorary International Member, Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan
  • 2008 ASHRAE Fellow
  • 2003 Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement in Research Award
  • 2001 & 2002 E. D. Brockett Professor, Texas A&M University College of Engineering
  • 2001 ASME Fellow
  • 1998 E.K. Campbell Award of Merit from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers for outstanding service and achievement in teaching

Selected Publications

  • Claridge, D.E., Culp, C., Pate, M., Haberl, J., Bynum, J., Tanskyi, O. and Schaff, F., “A Performance Analysis of the Claridge-Culp-Liu Dehumidification Process: a Novel Approach for Drying Moist Air Based on Membrane Separation, Vacuum Compression and Sub-atmospheric Condensation,” International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol 122, pp. 192-200, February 2021.
  • Claridge, D.E., Culp, C., Liu, W., Pate, M., Haberl, J., Bynum, J., Tanskyi, O. and Schaff, F., “A new approach for drying moist air: The ideal Claridge-Culp-Liu dehumidification process with membrane separation, vacuum compression and sub-atmospheric condensation,” International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 101, pp. 211-217, May 2019
  • Weijermars, R., Burnett, D., Claridge, D., Noynaert, S., Pate, M., Westphal, D., Yu, W., and Zuo, L., “Redeveloping depleted hydrocarbon wells in an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) for a university campus: Progress report of a real-asset-based feasibility study,” Energy Strategy Reviews Vol. 21, pp. 191–203, 2018
  • Chen, W.J., Claridge, D.E., and Liao, J., “Chain Recooling System,” Building and Environment, Vol. 129, pp. 85-95, 2018
  • Paulus, M.T., Claridge, D.E. and Culp, C. “Algorithm for Automating the Selection of a Temperature Dependent Change Point Model,” Energy and Buildings, Vol. 87, pp. 95-104, 2015