Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler

Regents Professor, OG&E Energy Technology Chair
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
201 General Academic Building
405.744.5900
spitler@okstate.edu

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990

M.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984

B.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983

Research Interests

  • Ground source heat pump systems

  • Thermal systems analysis, simulation and design

  • Convective and radiative heat transfer in buildings

  • Building simulation

  • Load calculations and energy analysis

  • Building performance monitoring

  • Design of building environmental systems

Awards and Recognition

  • 2023 Peter Ritter von Rittenger Award, International Energy Agency

  • 2019 ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award

  • 2017, Inducted into the ASHRAE Central Oklahoma Chapter Hall of Fame

  • 2015 Appointed Honorary Professor, North China University of Technology, Beijing.

  • 2014 Appointed 2014-2015 Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Alternative Energy Technology at Chalmers Technical University, Sweden.

  • 2014 Appointed OG&E Energy Technology Chair

  • 2014 E.K. Campbell Award (ASHRAE)

  • 2013 IBPSA Fellow

  • 2012 IBPSA-USA Award for Achievement in Building Simulation

  • 2010 Crosby Field Award (ASHRAE)

  • 2010 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for Refinements and Improvements to the Radiant Time Series Method

  • 2008 Appointed Regents Professor

  • 2008 Appointed Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

  • 2007 Oklahoma State University Regents Distinguished Research Award

  • 2006 Appointed Adjunct Professor, Hunan University, Changsha, China

  • 2006 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for Development of the Residential Load Factor Method for Heating and Cooling Load Calculations

  • 2006 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for The Residential Heat Balance Method for Heating and Cooling Load Calculations

  • 2004 ASHRAE Fellow

  • 2002 ASHRAE Technical Paper Award, for An Analytical Verification Test Suite for Building Fabric Models in Whole Building Energy Simulation Programs

  • 2001 C.M. Leonard Professorship

  • 2000 CIBSE Napier Shaw Bronze Medal, for Comparison of Peak Load Predictions and Treatments of Solar Gains in the Admittance and Heat Balance Load Procedures.

  • 2000 Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers.

  • 1999 Halliburton Outstanding Faculty Award, OSU College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.

  • 1993 Halliburton Outstanding Young Teacher Award, OSU College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.

  • 1991-1992 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

  • 1991 Outstanding New Contributor Award, International Building Performance Simulation Association.

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

  • International Building Performance Simulation Association

  • International Ground Source Heat Pump Association

Professional Registrations

  • Licensed Professional Engineer, Oklahoma

Recent Publications

  • Spitler, J.D.  and S.E.A. Gehlin. 2023. Field measurements of building heating and cooling system performance. Science and Technology for the Built Environment 29(2): 107-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2023.2171956

  • Cui, P., Yang, W. Yang, W. Zhang, K. Zhu, J. D. Spitler, M. Yu. 2022. Advances in ground heat exchangers for space heating and cooling: review and perspectives, Energy and Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbenv.2022.10.002

  • Javed, S. and J.D. Spitler. 2022. Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger Pressure Loss – Experimental Comparisons and Calculation Procedures. Geothermics 105: 102546.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102546

  • Liu, X., J. D. Spitler, M. Qu and L. Shi. 2021. Recent Developments in the Design of Vertical Borehole Ground Heat Exchangers for Cost Reduction and Thermal Energy Storage. Journal of Energy Resources Technology 143(10). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050418

  • Mitchell, M. S. and J. D. Spitler. 2020. An Enhanced Vertical Ground Heat Exchanger Model for Whole-Building Energy Simulation. Energies 13(16): 4058. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13164058

  • Qian, M., D. Yan, J. An, T. Hong and J. D. Spitler. 2020. Evaluation of thermal imbalance of ground source heat pump systems in residential buildings in China. Building Simulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-020-0606-5

  • Mitchell, M. S. and J. D. Spitler. 2019. Characterization, testing, and optimization of load aggregation methods for ground heat exchanger response-factor models. Science and Technology for the Built Environment 25(8):1036-1051. doi: 10.1080/23744731.2019.1648936

  • Spitler, J. D. and S. Gehlin. 2019. Measured Performance of a Mixed-Use Commercial-Building Ground Source Heat Pump System in Sweden. Energies 12(10): 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12102020

  • Mitchell, M.S., Hansen, G.M. and J.D. Spitler. 2018. Experimental Development of Natural Convection Heat Transfer Correlations for Spiral-Helical Surface Water Heat Exchangers (1385-RP). Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 24(7):714-725. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2017.1365764