The Grainger College of Engineering

Craig Bradshaw

Craig Bradshaw
Craig Bradshaw
  • Associate Professor; Executive Director, ACRC
(217) 300-0909
2117 Mechanical Engineering Lab

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Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2012
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2007

Academic Positions

  • Executive Director, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024-present
  • Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024-present
  • Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2022-2024
  • Founding Director, Center for Integrated Building Systems, Oklahoma State University, 2020-2024
  • Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2016-2022
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University, 2012

Other Professional Employment

  • Manager of Research and Development, Torad Engineering, 2012-2016

Professional Registrations

  • ASHRAE, Member, 2010-present

Research Interests

  • Compressors
  • Heat pumps and air-conditioners
  • Model development
  • Thermophysical properties of fluids
  • Decarbonization and energy utilization
  • Waste-heat recovery

Research Areas

  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Manufacturing
  • Thermo and Heat Transfer
  • Transportation

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Khan, A., Bradshaw, C.R., 2024. A Novel Characterization Methodology for Vapor-Injection Compressors: A Comparative Analysis with Existing Black Box Models. International Journal of Refrigeration. 169 (2024) pp.254-266.
  • Yousaf, S., Bradshaw, C.R. Kamalapurkar, R., San, O., 2024. A Gray-Box Model for Unitary Air Conditioners Developed with Symbolic Regression. International Journal of Refrigeration. 168 (2024) pp.696-707.
  • Lee, A., Bach, C.K., Bradshaw, C.R., 2024. An Experimental Data-Driven Charge Model for Round-Tube-Plate-Fine Heat Exchanges using Low-GWP Refrigerants. International Journal of Refrigeration. 158 (2024) pp.405-421.
  • Tanveer, M., Bradshaw, C.R., Orosz, J., Kemp, G., 2024. Pseudo-Optimum Geometries for 1-100 Ton Spool Compressors with Low-GWP Refrigerants. International Journal of Refrigeration. 157 (Jan. 2024) pp.12-22.
  • Yousaf, S., Bradshaw, C.R., Kamalapurkar, R., San, O., 2023. Investigating Critical Features for Development of a Semi-Empirical Reduced Order Model for Unitary Air Conditioning Equipment. Energy and Buildings. 284 (April 2023) 112823.
  • Islam, M., Nicholas, J., Bradshaw, C.R., 2023. Development and Experimental Validation of a Mechanistic Chamber Model of a Novel Peristaltic Compressor. International Journal of Refrigeration. 146 (Feb. 2023) pp.430-441.
  • Gabel, K., Bradshaw, C.R., 2023. Evaluation and Quantification of Semi-Empirical Compressor Model Predictive Capabilities under Modulation and Extrapolation Scenarios. International Journal of Refrigeration. 149 (May 2023) pp.1-10.
  • Tanveer, M., Bradshaw, C.R. 2021. "Performance Evaluation of Low-GWP Refrigerants in 1-100 ton scroll compressors." International Journal of Refrigeration. 129 (2021), pp.317-331.
  • Yarborough, S., Bradshaw, C.R., Orosz, J., Kemp, G. 2021. "Empirical Indicated Loss Analysis of a Semi-hermetic Light-Commercial Spool Compressor." International Journal of Refrigeration. 131 (2021) pp.1029-1037.
  • Sarfraz, O., Bach, C.K., Bradshaw, C.R. 2019. Reduced order modeling for multi-circuit fin-and-tube heat exchangers with multiple identical circuit types. International Journal of Refrigeration. 106 (2019), pp. 236-247.

Honors

  • Distinguished Service Award, ASHRAE, 2024
  • Excellent Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, Oklahoma State University, 2022
  • Carl M. Leonard Faculty Fellowship, 2022
  • Golden Torch Award for Best Faculty, Mortar Board Chapter at Oklahoma State University, 2018

Recent Courses Taught

  • ME 200 AL2 - Thermodynamics

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