Craig Bradshaw 

Assistant Professor 
Carol M. Leonard Professorship & Director of CIBS 

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University

201 General Academic Building
Stillwater, Oklahoma
405.744.5916
craig.bradshaw@okstate.edu

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, 2012

B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University, 2007

Research Interests

  • Building and Energy Thermal Systems

  • Positive-Displacement Compressor Modeling

  • Waste-Heat Recovery and Utilization

  • Positive-Displacement Expanders

  • Novel Positive-Displacement Mechanisms

  • Vapor Compression for Electronics Cooling Applications

  • Novel Power Generation and Heat Pumping Cycles

Awards and Recognition

  • Golden Torch Award presented by Oklahoma State Mortar Board Chapter, Fall 2018

  • Best Student Paper, 2012 International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, July 2012

  • Ward A. Lambert Teaching Fellowship, July 2011

  • Best Student Paper, 2010 International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue, July 2010

  • ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid Award Winner, 2009

  • Best Poster, Cooling Technologies Research Center Bi-annual Meeting, May 2008

Professional Memberships

  • MAE Department Head Search Committee, Oklahoma State University

  • Scientific Committee, International Conference on Compressors and their Systems

  • Chair, Building and Environmental Thermal Systems Research Group Industrial Advisory Committee,Oklahoma State University

  • Graduate Activities Committee member, Oklahoma State University

  • ASHRAE student branch advisor, Oklahoma State University

  • ASHRAE full member

  • Voting member, Vice Chair, Research Chair, ASHRAE TC 8.1 (Positive Displacement Compressors)

  • Voting member, Webmaster, ASHRAE TC 1.2 (Measurement Equipment)

  • Corresponding member ASHRAE TC 8.11 (Unitary Equipment)

  • Corresponding member ASHRAE TC 2.5 (Climate Change)

  • Manuscript reviewer,Int. J. Ref., App. Therm. Eng., Energy, App.Campus Involvement

  • Pi Tau Sigma ( International Honor Society for Mechanical Engineers) Faculty Adviser

  • SAE International Faculty Adviser/Co-Adviser for OSU Formula SAE

  • OSU American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) chapter faculty co-adviser

Courses Taught

  • MAE 5803 Advanced Thermodynamics

  • MAE 5010 Int. Ref. and Comp.

  • MAE 4344 Mech. Eng. Projects

  • MAE 3524 Thermal Fluids Design

  • MAE 4010 (4723) Refrigeration Systems Design

  • MAE 5633 Adv. Thermal Energy Systems Analysis

  • MAE 3223 Thermodynamics II

  • MAE 5010 (5633) Adv. Therm. Egy. Sys. Analysis

  • ME 200 Thermodynamics I

Recent Publications

  • Islam, M., Tubbs, C., Bengs, C, Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. Development of a Reconfigurable PrototypePeristaltic Compressor.In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Compressors and theirSystems, City University, London, UK. (abstract submitted).

  • Gabel, K., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. A Semi-Empirical Reduced-Order Compressor Model to CaptureModulation and Enable Extrapolation.In: Proceedings of the International Conference onCompressors and their Systems, City University, London, UK. (abstract submitted).

  • Tanveer, M., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. Performance Evaluation of low-GWP Refrigerants in 1-100Ton Scroll Compressors.In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Compressors and theirSystems, City University, London, UK. (abstract submitted).

  • Lee, A., Bach, C., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. Differential Mass Evacuation Sampling Technique forMeasuring Refrigerant Charge and Oil Retention of Round Tube Plate Fin Heat Exchangers(ASHRAE RP-1785).In: Proceedings of the International Refrigeration Engineering Conference,Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. (submitted).

  • Saleem, S., Bradshaw, C.R.„ 2021. The Thermodynamic Behavior Of Low-GWP ZeotropicMixtures On Water-Source Heat Pump Equipment.In: Proceedings of the InternationalRefrigeration Engineering Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. (submitted).