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From Microsoft to Walmart, new KU research center on refrigerants is attracting strong interest from businesses
If you could have just one statistic to understand how good it is to be in the air-conditioning industry, it might be this one: About 3 billion people live in the hottest regions of the world, but currently only about 8% of them have air conditioning.
As new middle-class economies emerge in places like China, India, Africa and elsewhere, the industry estimates it will need to produce the equivalent of five air conditioners every second for the next 25 years to keep up with demand.
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Thu, 11/07/2024
From Microsoft to Walmart, new KU research center on refrigerants is attracting strong interest from businesses
If you could have just one statistic to understand how good it is to be in the air-conditioning industry, it might be this one: About 3 billion people live in the hottest regions of the world, but currently only about 8% of them have air conditioning.
As new middle-class economies emerge in places like China, India, Africa and elsewhere, the industry estimates it will need to produce the equivalent of five air conditioners every second for the next 25 years to keep up with demand.
Fri, 10/25/2024
Meet Barnabas Agbodekhe and Hear About His Experience as a Grad Student at FOMMS 2024
Barnabas Agbodekhe's experience in the Maginn Research Group, led by Dr. Edward Maginn, and his work on new refrigerant discovery at the University of Notre Dame were featured in his lightning talk and poster presentations at the 2024 Foundation of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS) conference.
Tue, 10/01/2024
Chancellor Girod visits with Mark Shiflett, Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Chancellor Girod visits with Mark Shiflett, Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, to discuss his work to develop sustainable refrigerant technologies and practices that will improve quality of life and combat climate change.
Tue, 08/27/2024
KU EARTH Center Research Thrust Leader Receives National Award from American Chemical Society
David A. Vicic, Professor of Chemistry at Lehigh University and KU EARTH Center Research Thrust Leader, received the 2025 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry, which is sponsored by the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry. ...
Wed, 08/21/2024
University of Kansas awarded $26 million for new Engineering Research Center from National Science Foundation
KU is the lead institution for a new National Science Foundation Gen-4 Engineering Research Center — Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) — that will focus on developing sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. EARTH is led by Foundation Distinguished Professor Mark Shiflett in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the KU School of Engineering.
Mon, 05/16/2022
University of Kansas testing new environmentally friendly refrigerant in Watson Library
The University of Kansas is testing a new environmentally friendly refrigerant in a Watson Library air-conditioning chiller. Built in 1924, Watson Library is the oldest and largest of KU’s libraries. The library has two York chillers that operate on refrigerant HFC-134a. The American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) act...