2024/2025 ASHRAE January Newsletter:
Join Us at Rodizio Grill Hamilton Place
For our Next Meeting (1/8/25)
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PLEASE NOTE: the presentation will start promptly at 12 pm. Servers will start cutting meat at 11:45. You are welcome to arrive as early as 11:30. The salad bar and hot side bar will be available from then on. Meat carving will stop no later than 12:15 pm.
Our presentation this month will be, “Dust Collection: 101 & ASHRAE Standard 199.” This presentation will be an introduction to the vast industry of dust collection. Topics covered include: Cyclones, Cartridge Collectors, Baghouses, System Design, Fans, Accessories, and Combustible Dust. Also, an introduction to the ASHRAE Standard 199: Method of Testing the Performance of Industrial Pulse Cleaned Dust Collectors.
Our presenter for this topic is Brian Mathews. Brian Mathews is the Engineering Manager at Scientific Dust Collectors (SDC) located in Alsip, Illinois. Brian received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Dordt University in 2006. In 2008, Brian joined SDC as a project engineer and was promoted to his current position in 2011. Throughout his 16 years’ experience, he’s designed and commissioned many dust collection systems, conducted extensive R&D testing on baghouses and written several white papers. In 2023, Brian was elected Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee (TC) 5.4; the committee responsible for ASHRAE Standard 199. Brian enjoys spending time with his family, bowling, golfing, scuba diving and rooting for the Chicago Bears and White Sox
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​Upcoming Events:
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ASHRAE President Knight Meets with Governor of Tennessee
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ASHRAE President Dennis Knight met with Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee to discuss issues facing the HVAC-R and engineering industries, with a strong focus on workforce. Governor Lee, a mechanical engineer who served as President and CEO of his family’s engineering and facilities company from 1992 to 2016, has made workforce development a central issue to his governorship. Among other topics, President Knight and Governor Lee discussed new and existing mechanisms for funding HVAC training, policy recommendations to stimulate the HVAC workforce, and active ASHRAE student branches at community colleges in Tennessee.
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