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Lawrence L. Ambs
Professor
Director, Center for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy
Education
- B.S., University of
Minnesota, 1960
- M.S., University of
Minnesota, 1963
- Ph.D., University of
Minnesota, 1968
Research Interests:
Major research interests of Professor Ambs
are in the area of applied thermodynamics and energy conversion
with particular emphasis on building systems, thermal power generation
and industrial thermal processes. Recent projects have involved
identifying operational strategies to minimize energy use of industrial
equipment such as fluid chillers, cooling tower systems and injection
molding machines. Additional research interests include gas turbine
combustion and mixing problems, gas turbine steam cycle analysis
and cogeneration process and economics.
Professor Ambs is the director of the
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE) in the
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department. Within CEERE,
the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC), supported by the US Department
of Energy, provides New England industry with technical assistance
in identifying and reducing energy use, operational waste and
productivity barriers in their manufacturing operations. Other
activities in CEERE include, Massachusetts Division of Energy
Resources funding to support energy related technical assessment
for the Massachusetts Strategic Envirotechnology Partnership (STEP)
and support for the US DOE Industries of the Future program in
Massachusetts.
United Technologies Corporation Outstanding
Teaching Award, 1990
Research Labs:
Selected Publications:
- The Development of an Energy Evaluation
Tool for Chilled Water Systems·; Twenty third National Industrial
Energy Technology Conference Proceedings; Houston, TX; Energy
Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University; May 2001, pp209-219
(w/ Dragoljub Kosanovic and Michael Stocki)
- Quantifying Relative Energy, Economic and
Environmental Impacts on Northeast Regional Industry·; 2001
ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry; July 2001;July
2001, pp 507-520, (w/ Sharon Tracey, James Booker, and Hwei-ling
Greeney)
- Process parameters and energy use of gas
and electric ovens in industrial applications·; 22nd Industrial
Energy Technology Conference Proceedings; Houston, TX; Energy
Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M ·University; pp307-310; April
2000; (w/ Dragoljub Kosanovic)
- Metal Casting Extended Assessments·;1999
Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry; Saratoga, NY;
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1999, pp43-53;
(w/ Dragoljub Kosanovic, Michael Muller and Donald Kasten)
- The use of variable speed drives to retrofit
hydraulic injection molding machines; Energy Engineering,; Vol
95 #1, 1998, p55-76·, (w/ Michael Frerker)
Contact Information:
- Office:
- Gunness Lab 11b
- Mail:
- Lawrence Ambs
- MIE
Department
- 220 ELAB
- University
of Massachusetts
- Amherst, MA 01003-2210
- Phone:
- (413) 545-2539
- Fax:
- (413) 545-1027
- E-mail:
- ambs@ecs.umass.edu
- Web
- www.ceere.org
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