Special Session: "Is One-on-One Communication an Art or a Science?" by Distinguished Lecturer Victor Goldschmidt

Speaker: Distinguished Lecturer Victor Goldschmidt

Title: "Is One-on One Communication an Art or A Science?"

Speaker Bio:   Victor Goldschmidt is an Emeritus Purdue Professor of Mechanical Engineering with more than 45 years of lecturing experience, Fellow and Past Director-at-Large of ASHRAE and currently serving in ASHRAE's Technical Activities Committee. He is, an honorary member of the IIR (International Institute of Refrigeration), ACAIRE (Colombia Association of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, AAF (Argentine Association of Cold), and ASURVAC (Uruguay Association of Refrigeration, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Heating). His industrial experience includes having been an Application Engineer, and a Development Engineer with Honeywell, as well as serving as team leader with numerous research contracts with the HVAC&R industry. He also led research teams through grants with the DOD, NSF, and other governmental bodies and professional/trade Associationss.   With more than 200 publications, he served as mentor to both graduate and undergraduate students.  . Victor  is a facilitator to leadership training, problem solving and strategic planning sessions, a County Planning Commissioner and formerly a Trustee in the Leelanau Township Board in the Lower Northwest Michigan.