October 2025 Newletter

Dear ASHRAE Members and Friends,

I hope everyone is enjoying the transition into fall! As we gear up for a new season of chapter events, I’m thrilled to share what’s coming up in October.

First, mark your calendars for our Chapter Meeting on October 14th. We’re excited to welcome members back for an engaging lunch full of learning, networking, and collaboration. Whether you're a long-time member or new to the chapter, this is a great opportunity to reconnect and stay current with the latest in our industry.

Also, don’t miss our YEA (Young Engineers in ASHRAE) Topgolf event on October 2nd! This is always a fun and relaxed way to meet fellow engineers, share ideas, and enjoy some friendly competition. If you haven’t been to a YEA event before, this is the perfect one to start with.

Let’s keep the momentum going and make this fall one to remember. I look forward to seeing many of you at both events!

October Meeting  

October 14th – 11:30 – Basics of Air Change Rate with Dr. Kishor Khankari (Joint meeting AIA and TSHE

Registration is open for this event.  Including a discount for registering for all meetings.  See link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ashraetsheaia-cincinnati-october-2025-lunch-technical-session-tickets-1579087716869?aff=oddtdtcreator

Basics of Air Change Rates (ACH): Facts versus Fiction (AIA and GBCI approved)Air Changes per Hour (ACH) is often specified in ASHRAE standards, codes, design guidelines, and handbooks for required ventilation rate. Examples of such spaces are patient rooms, operating room, bathrooms, cleanroom, and laboratories. This presentation will systematically demonstrate the validity of popular notions regarding the ACH. The role of space volume in controlling and distributing the contaminant in the space will be discussed. This presentation will further demonstrate whether ACH can’t be a sole criterion for effective ventilation of critical spaces using the examples for patient room, hospital operating room, laboratory spaces, and cleanroom. A new concept for analyzing ventilation effectiveness for these spaces will be introduced to design and optimize the HVAC layout for healthcare, laboratory, and cleanroom facilities. In addition, a role of demand control ventilation in minimizing the ACH will be discussed. This lecture will provide valuable insights to architects, design engineers, and facilities managers into the design and operation of critical facilities.

Dr. Kishor Khankari, Ph.D. is President at AnSight LLC in Ann Arbor, MI. He provides engineering solutions and insights through Physics based simulations and CFD analysis. Kishor has several years of experience in providing optimized HVAC solutions to a wide variety of applications involving external wind engineering, plume dispersion, smoke exhaust, displacement ventilation, natural ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and indoor air quality and thermal comfort optimization for office spaces, patient rooms, operating rooms, cleanrooms, justice facilities, data centers, and warehouses. Dr. Khankari has developed a patented technology of a wind band design of exhaust fan assembly systems. He has developed several easy-to-use analytical software tools which are regularly used by design engineers in a variety companies including those in HVAC industry, critical facilities, and automotive industries. A noted expert in his field, he has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and has been regularly published in several technical journals and trade magazines. Dr. Khankari has delivered more than 150 DL presentations worldwide on topics related to design and optimization of HVAC systems and made several presentation at various technical conferences and professional meetings. Dr. Kishor Khankari is a Fellow member of ASHRAE. He served on ASHRAE Board as a Director-at Large. He is a recipient of Louise & Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award, ASHRAE Exceptional and Distinguished Service Awards. He is the past President of Detroit ASHRAE Chapter, past Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC9.11 Clean Spaces, and past Chair of Research Administration Committee (RAC). He is a voting member of Technical Committee TC9.10 Laboratory Systems and TC5.3 Air Distribution. He is a voting member of Standards committees SPC241: Control of Infectious Aerosols and SPC129: Air Change Effectiveness. He is also leading a Multi Task Group (MTG) on Air Change Rates.

Cincinnati Chapter Scholarship

Exciting news! The Cincinnati chapter has established a scholarship endowment that will be award annually once completely funded! As we near the final 1/3 of funding, you can now direct your RP donation toward this scholarship – benefitting both the RP campaign goal AND helping us complete this critical funding. No amount is too small and will help support our industry well into the future!

Simply select ASHRAE Chapter Scholarships, Apply to Existing Scholarship, Cincinnati Chapter Scholarship at the link below! Thank you for your support!

Make a gift to ASHRAE

YEA & Student Activities Updates

YEA Top Golf Event

Please mark your calendar for the upcoming YEA event at Top Golf October 2nd from 5-7.  This is a joint event with the Dayton Chapter YEA Members.  Please see included flyer below.  Hope to see you there. 

Membership

In July, the Board & I attended the Region V Chapters  Regional Conference in Columbus.

I was very honored to accept the Blue Ribbon Award for Membership Promotion. We had a great a year and increased our total membership by 5%! This couldn’t have happened without the support of our active members.

We start the 25/26 year with 270 members. (does not include students) Our chapter goal is to finish the year with 275 members or more.

Let me know if you would like to get involved with the MP Committee.

Help me to welcome our newest members that joined over the summer.

Reps. Tonko and Fitzpatrick Reintroduce Bill to Improve Indoor Air Quality

On September 3, Congressmen Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced their “Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act.” This bipartisan legislation, which is supported by ASHRAE, would provide the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority and resources to better protect public health from poor indoor air quality. The legislation would also establish a regularly updated national assessment of indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and childcare facilities and provide technical assistance and guidelines to improve the IAQ conditions of these facilities. A press release concerning the legislation is available here, and the legislation can be viewed here.

ASHRAE Society Job Board

Reminder that members and member companies have this ASHRAE site as a resource to post open roles, etc.: jobs.ASHRAE.org