Researchers in mechanical engineering (MECH) at Rice University have won the Outstanding Paper Award at the 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), held July 10-12 in Washington, D.C.
Shima Soleimani, postdoctoral associate, is the lead author of “ES2023-107445, An Optimization Study of CO2 Heat Pump Water Heaters Using NSGA-II.”
The paper was presented at the conference by Kashif Liaqat, a second-year doctoral student in MECH. Co-authors are Laura Schaefer, the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Chair in Engineering and professor of MECH; Aaron Cole, a senior in MECH; and two engineers with Flowserve Corp., a manufacturer of equipment for the oil and gas industry: Heiner Kösters, director of technology development, and Jörg Temming, manager of research and development test field. Flowserve helped fund the research.