Steve Eckles Professor Director, Institute for Environmental Research

Professional Affiliations and Service American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) • Handbook Committee Chair • Research Committee Chair • Vice Chair • Environmental Health Committee K-State University • Faculty Senate • FSOT Committee • Graduate Council • Coffman Distinguished Teaching Scholar Selection Committee Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, K-State University • Graduate program coordinator • Assessment Committee • Undergraduate Committee • IAB committee • Honors and Awards Committee • MNE Awards and Honors committee

Awards • 2005 K-State Student Advisory Council Outstanding Leadership by a Faculty Member • 2004 K-State Presidents Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching • 2002 K-State College of Engineering Hollis Teaching Award • 1995 ASHRAE New Investigator Award

Publications

• ECKELS, S, KOPER, O, ERICKSON, L, AND VERA, L. 2010. Nanoscale Catalysts and In Room Devices to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Sustainability. Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry: Environmental Applications. American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 • Ziaofan Yang, Z. Zhang, Z. Winecki, S. Eckels. 2010. Simulation of Mass Transport through a Nano- Material Gas Filter. (Submitted to Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer) • Gorgy, E., S. J. Eckels, 2010. Pool Boiling of R-134a and R-123 on Smooth and Enhanced Tubes, Average Heat Transfer Coefficient Analysis International Journal of HVAC&R. • Wei Z., Z. Zheng, X. Sun, S. Eckels. 2010. Flow and Heat Transfer of a Stationary and Oscillating Cylinder. FEDSM-2010-30889, ASME Proceedings of the 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting. • Jokar, A., M. Hosni, S. Eckels, 2010. Single Phase Flow in Mesochannel Compact Heat Exchangers for Air Conditioning Applications. Heat Transfer Engineering v 31, n1, p 3-16. Zhang, N., Zheng, Z.C., Eckels, S., Nadella, V.B. and Sun, X., 2009. Transient Response of Particle Distribution in a chamber to Transient Particle Injection. Particle & Particle System Characteristics 26, 199-209. • McCullough, Elizabeth A., Eckels, Steve, and Harms, Craig. 2009. Determining Temperature Ratings for Children’s Cold weather Clothing, Applied Ergonomics, v 40, n5, p 870-877. • Cochran, M., Goodnight, J. Babin, B.; Eckels, S. 2009. Condensing dryers with enhanced dehumidification using surface tension elements. Applied Thermal Engineering, v 29, n 4, March, 2009, p 723-731. Zhang, N., Zheng, Z.C. and Eckels S., 2008. Study of Heat Transfer on the Surface of a Circular Cylinder in Flow Using an Immersed-Boundary Method. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow V 29, n 6, December: 1558-1566 • McCullough, Elizabeth A. and Eckels, Steve. 2008. Evaluation of Personal Cooling Systems for Soldiers Using Human Subjects. International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Proceedings, Vol. 65, 2008 (ITAAonline.org). • McCullough, Elizabeth A. 2008. Eckels, Steve, and Schlabach, Meredith. “Evaluation of Personal Cooling Systems for Soldiers Using a Sweating Manikin,” International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Proceedings. Vol. 65, 2008 (ITAAonline.org). (Winner: Best Paper Award). • Hubbard, J.H., C. Sorensen, S. Eckels. 2008. Q-Space Analysis Applied to Polydisperse, Dense Random Aggregates. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization Vol. 25, 68-73. Jokar, A., Hosni, M. H., and Eckels, S. J., 2006. Dimensional Analysis for the Evaporation and Condensation of Refrigerant R-134a in Minichannel Plate Heat Exchangers, Applied Thermal Engineering.26 (17-18): 2455-2494. • Jokar, A., Hosni, M. H., and Eckels, S. J., 2005 New Generation Integrated Automotive Thermal System. SAE Future Transportation Technology Conference Chicago Ill, September 6th-9th. Randal, D, and S.J. Eckels. 2005. Effect of Inundation Upon the Condensation Heat Transfer Performance of R-134a: Part 2-Results (984-RP) International Journal of HVAC&R 11(4): 543-562. • Randal, D, and S.J. Eckels. 2005. Effect of Inundation Upon the Condensation Heat Transfer Performance of R-134a: Part 1-Facility overview and data analysis (984-RP) International Journal of HVAC&R 11(4): 527-542. • Jokar, A., M.H. Hosni, and S.J. Eckels. 2005. Thermal-Fluid Characteristics of an Automotive Radiator Used as the External Heat Exchanger in an Auto Air Conditioning System. ASME Proceedings of HT2005- 72061. July 22-25, San Francisco, CA. • Jokar, A., M.H. Hosni and S.J. Eckels. 2005. Correlations for Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop for Glycol- Water and Air Flows in Minichannel Heat Exchangers. ASHRAE Transactions (Technical Paper). 111(2):.