| DRAGAN CURCIJA |
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Present Occupation:
Degrees:
Teaching Experience:
University of Massachusetts, Instructor, 1989 to
1995. Research Areas of Interest:
Industrial Experience and Consulting: Consultant to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Windows and Daylighting group, Berkeley, CA. 1996 to present Consultant to Building Energy Research Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1995 to 1997 Consultant to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Energy-Related Inventions, Gaithersburg, MD. 1993 to present. Evaluations of energy related inventions. Consultant to the Enermodal Engineering Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1991 to 1993. Finite Element simulation of 2-D and 3-D heat transfer through selected fenestration products. Consultant to the General Electric Co., Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY, 1992. Finite Element modeling of 2-D heat transfer in the next generation of refrigerator units. University of Massachusetts, 1987 to 1989. Energy conservation in industrial buildings and processes. Energy Auditor. Energoproject-Energodata Co., Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1983 to 1987. Computer Aided Engineering Design in Thermal-Fluids area: Building energy analysis, hydronic and air systems analysis, stress analysis in HVAC and industrial piping. Last position held: Senior Design Engineer. Professional and Scientific Organizations: ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Associate Member, 1989 to present. ASHRAE, American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Member, 1985 to present.
Honors and Awards: Distinguished Teaching Award - Honorable Mention, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, 1993. ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1989. ASHRAE Best Paper Award for 1984, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1985. Annual October Award for scientific work in 1984, Parliament of the City of Belgrade, 1985. Research Project Activities: Fenestration System Performance, Carli, Inc. 1995 to present. Principal Investigator. Advanced Computer Modeling Applications, Carli, Inc. April 1996 to present. Principal Investigator. Fenestration System Thermal Performance, U.S. Department of Energy Continuation Grant. 1993 to 1995. Co-Principal Investigator. Fenestration System Thermal Performance, U.S. Department of Energy Grant. February, 1989 to September, 1993. Assistant Investigator. Energy Conservation in Industrial Facilities, U.S. Department of Energy Grant. September, 1987 to January, 1989. Research Assistant. CEG - IBM PC Computer Program for Heating System Design, Preliminary Study, Energoproject-Energodata Co., May 1985 to July 1987. Co-Principal investigator. Changeable External Shadow for Horizontal Fenestration Systems, Algorithm and FORTRAN Computer Program Development, Energoproject-Energodata Co., September 1985 to September 1986. Co-Principal Investigator. Negative Cooling Load Method - Procedure to Calculate Cooling Loads From Externally Shaded Windows, University of Belgrade, November 1981 to December 1986. Co-Principal Investigator. Investigation of the New and Renewable Sources of Energy. University of Belgrade, September 1981 to January 1982. Research Assistant. Papers and Publications: "Solar Radiation Through Glass Surface of Building". Research project New Sources of Energy, RZNO Srbije, Belgrade, 1982 (with B. Todorovic and B. Zivkovic). "Cooling Loads from Solar Radiation Through Partially Shaded Windows Taking Heat Storage into Account". ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 88, Part II, June 1982. (with B. Todorovic) "Calculative Procedure for Estimating Cooling Loads Influenced by Window Shadowing, Using Negative Cooling Load Method". ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 90, Part II, June 1984. (with B. Todorovic). "Calculation of Cooling Loads in Buildings from Solar Radiation Using Negative Cooling Load Method". KGH Journal, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1985. (with B. Todorovic) "Comparison of European and North American Window U-Value Calculation Procedures". ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 95-1, January 1989. (with L.L. Ambs and W.P. Goss) Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model of Overall Night Time Heat Transfer Through Fenestration Systems. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1992. "Two Dimensional Natural Convection Over the Isothermal Indoor Fenestration Surface - Finite Element Numerical Solution." ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 99, Part I, January 1993. (with W.P. Goss) "Exterior Shading" Section of Chapter 27 in ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals, 1993. "Two-Dimensional Finite Element Model of Heat Transfer in Complete Fenestration Systems." ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 100, Part II, June 1994. (with W.P. Goss) "Two-Dimensional Forced Convection Perpendicular to the Outdoor Fenestration Surface - FEM Solution." ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 101, Part I, January 1995. (with W.P. Goss) "Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model of Heat Transfer in Complete Fenestration Systems" Window Innovations Conference ‘95, Toronto, Canada, June 1995 (with W.P. Goss) "Recent Technical Improvements to the WINDOW Computer Program" Window Innovations Conference ‘95, Toronto, Canada, June 1995 (with D. Arasteh, E. Finlayson, M. Rubin, J. Sadlier, and C. Huizenga) "New Correlations for Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient on Indoor Fenestration Surfaces - Compilation of More Recent Work." ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Conference, Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI, 1995 (with W.P. Goss) "Advancements in Thermal and Optical Simulations of Fenestration Systems: The Development of WINDOW 5." ASHRAE/DOE/BTECC Conference, Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI, 1995 (with E. Finlayson, D. Arasteh, R. Sullivan, and C. Huizenga) "Condensation Resistance Validation Project - Detailed Computer Simulations Using Finite Element Methods" ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 102, Pt. 2. June 1996. (with Y. Zhao, and W.P. Goss) "Prediction of the Multicellular Flow Regime of Natural Convection in Fenestration Glazing Cavities." ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 103, Pt. 1. January, 1997. (with Y. Zhao, and W.P. Goss) "THERM 1.0: A PC Program for Analyzing Two-Dimensional Heat Transfer Through Building Products" Windows and Daylighting Group, Lawrence Berkeley national Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. April, 1996. (with E. Finlayson, D. Arasteh, C. Huizenga, M. Beall, and R. Mitchell) "Standard Method for Determining and Expressing the Heat Transfer and Total Optical Properties of Fenestration Products" Proposed American National Standard, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. October 1996. (with group of Authors) "The Design and Calibration of a Research Hot Box." ASTM Conference Proceedings, Ottawa, June 1997. (with S.D. Gatland and W.P. Goss) "Chapter 27: Fenestration." ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta GA. June 1997 (with the list of authors) "A New Set of Correlations for Predicting Convective Heat Transfer in Fenestration Glazing Cavities Based on Computer Simulations Using Finite Element Method." CLIMA 2000 conference in Brussels, Belgium. September 1997 (with Y. Zhao, W.P. Goss, and J.P. Power) "Variable-h" Model For Improved Prediction of Surface Temperatures in Fenestration Systems." Submitted to ASHRAE for January, 1999 meeting. (with W.P. Goss , J.P. Power, and Y. Zhao) "Local Heat Transfer on Outdoor Fenestration Surfaces From Parallel Wind Using Turbulence Into Account" (with T. Branchaud and W.P. Goss) |