Carey J. Simonson BE, MSc, PhD, PEng

Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Sciences and Energy

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Education and Experience

Carey Simonson is professor and undergraduate chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and former dean and associate dean in the College of Engineering. He grew up on a family farm near Dunblane, Saskatchewan and graduated from Lucky Lake High School in 1987. He studied mechanical engineering at USask and received a bachelor’s degree in 1991, master’s degree in 1993 and a doctoral degree in 1998, receiving the Governor General’s Gold Medal. He has been a professor at USask since 2001. Carey has spent seven years in Finland as a visiting professor at the University of Oulu and researcher at the Technical Research Centre of Finland. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Oulu and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Teaching Interests

Professor Simonson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in heat transfer, mass transfer and HVAC. His awards for teaching are: E.K. Campbell Award from ASHRAE, and USask Graduate Student Association Teaching Excellence Award.

Research Interests

Professor Simonson's research area is heat and mass transfer in (1) air-to-air energy exchangers, (2) HVAC systems, and (3) hygroscopic building materials. This research is important because people in developed countries spend up to 90% of their time in buildings and buildings account for 30% to 40% of national energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in these countries. Professor Simonson maintains an NSERC funded research program that includes collaboration with national and international researchers and local industry.

His research results are widely published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences (over 300 papers). Professor Simonson is in the top 1% of the most-cited scientists in the world in the field of Building & Construction. He is an Associate Editor of the ASME Open Journal of Engineering and an editorial board member of Energy and Buildings.

He has received several national and international awards for research and graduate student supervision such as: ASHRAE Fellow, 2014 Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Finalist – 2018 Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship from the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, USask Distinguished Graduate Supervisor Award, and four ASHRAE Technical Paper Awards.

He currently serves as a voting member on ASHRAE TC 5.5 "Air-to-Air Energy Recovery" and on the Research Journal Policy Subcommittee for Science and Technology for the Built Environment, which is ASHRAE’s scholarly journal of archival research.