David Yuill

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David Yuill

Richard L. and Carol S. McNeel Associate Professor Durham School Arch Engr & Const University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
PKI 104E
Omaha, NE 68182-0816
Phone
402.554.4176
Email
dyuill@unl.edu
Website
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Areas of Research and Professional Interest

My research focuses on HVAC, energy efficiency in buildings, energy storage, smart building controls, and thermal science. A lot of my work has focused on faults in heat pumps and air-conditioners; how they affect the behavior and performance of these systems, how common they are, and automated fault detection and diagnosis tool development and testing. 

 

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Purdue, 2014)
  • M.A.E. (UNL, 2003)

Courses Taught

  • AREN 3100 - HVAC Fundamentals
  • AREN 4150 - HVAC Design

Honors and Awards

  • 2025, ASHRAE Fellow
  • 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award, Architectural Engineering Student Leadership and Advisory Committee (AESLAC)
  • 2023-2024 Research Excellence Award, UNL College of Engineering 
  • 2021 Outstanding Faculty Award, Architectural Engineering Student Leadership and Advisory Committee (AESLAC)
  • 2020 Best Paper Award – Science and Technology for the Built Environment
  • 2020 College Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award
  • 2019 ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award 
  • 2018 UNL College of Engineering Faculty Service Award
  • 2017 Outstanding Faculty Award, Architectural Engineering Student Leadership and Advisory Committee (AESLAC)
  • 2017 UNO Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award 
  • 2016 ASHRAE New Investigator Award 
  • 2013 ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
  • 2008 Teaching Award, Architectural Engineering Student Leadership and Advisory Committee (AESLAC) 

Selected Publications

  1. Llopis-Mengual, B.L., Yuill, D.P. and Navarro-Peris, E. 2025. Time series analysis of field data for soft faults detection and degradation assessment in residential air conditioning systems. Applied Thermal Engineering 126104. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.126104
  2. Ebrahimifakhar, A., Poursadegh, M., Hu, Y., Yuill, D.P., Luo, Y. 2024. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Field Studies of Portable Air Cleaners: Performance, User Behavior, and By-product Emissions. Science of the Total Environment 912:(168786). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168786
  3. Hu, Y. and D.P. Yuill. 2021. Effects of multiple simultaneous faults on characteristic fault detection features of a heat pump in cooling mode. Energy and Buildings 111355. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111355
  4. Butler, J.E. and D.P. Yuill. 2021. Experiential Learning for Teaching Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning Engineering. Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Lincoln, NE, October 14, 2021.
  5. Ebrahimifakhar, A. and D.P. Yuill. 2020. Inverse Estimation of Thermophysical Properties and Initial Moisture Content of Cereal Grains During Deep-Bed Grain Drying, Biosystems Engineering 196 (2020): 97-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.05.021
  6. Ebrahimifakhar, A., Kabirikopaei, A. and D.P. Yuill. 2020. Data-driven fault detection and diagnosis for packaged rooftop units using statistical machine learning classification methods. Energy and Buildings 225: 110318. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110318
  7. Hu, Y., D.P. Yuill and A. Ebrahimifakhar. 2020. Performance Effects and Interactions Between Air Side Fouling and Frost Formation on a Microchannel Heat Exchanger, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 151 (2020) 119423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119423
  8. Mehrabi, M. and D.P. Yuill. 2019. Fouling and its Effects on Air-cooled Condensers in Split System Air Conditioners (RP-1705). Science and Technology for the Built Environment 25(6): 784-793