Yunho Hwang, PhD

Research Professor, Co-Director of CEEE

University of Maryland

Dr. Yunho Hwang is a research professor and co-director of the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE). He is a world-renowned expert for “Energy Efficiency and New Innovative Energy Systems Research” in the field of refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC). In 1997, he started the Energy Efficiency and Heat Pumps Consortium as a director and successfully developed multiple innovative energy-efficient and sustainable RAC technologies. He also has initiated new innovative research on “Not-in-kind” Refrigeration Systems beyond sorption technologies such as elastocaloric cooling systems and electrochemical compression for natural refrigerants. He is an ASME Fellow, an ASHRAE Fellow, and a member of ASME, ASHRAE, SAE, and IIR. He published 385 publications with an h-index of 49.

Recent Advances in Absorption Chillers for Low-Grade Waste Heat Recovery