Arctic Directory Dec 2022: Nathan Zeigler of Coffman Engineers receives award

Petroleum News

Coffman Engineers Inc. said July 1 that it congratulates mechanical engineer, Nathan Zeigler, for receiving the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Achievement Award for research promotion. The award was presented to Zeigler during an honors and awards program at the 2022 annual conference in Toronto.

The full award name is the ASHRAE William J. Collins Jr. Research Promotion Award, in honor of presidential member Collins, who was instrumental in organizing ASHRAE's fundraising program and beginning the research promotion campaign. It recognizes the chapter research promotion chair who excels in all activities supporting ASHRAE’s fundraising campaign, including promoting research at the chapter level, raising money for scholarships and all of the society’s activities. This honor is awarded annually to one RP chair out of the 190 ASHRAE chapters worldwide.

Zeigler is a senior project engineer with Coffman Engineers and has more than 21 years of engineering experience, particularly in Arctic and Antarctic environments. His background is in project management, detailed engineering and commissioning for industrial and commercial projects. His deep understanding of the HVAC discipline provides invaluable support to Coffman’s mechanical-industrial team on key projects in the oil and gas, and energy sectors.

While serving as RP chair for the Alaska ASHRAE chapter, Zeigler’s accomplishments include exceeding the chapter’s fundraising goals by more than 50% as well as creating a RP endowment fund to build long-term funding stability for future research promotion efforts.

In reflecting about his time with ASHRAE, Nathan said, “ASHRAE has had and continues to have a very positive impact on my career, through education, networking and career development opportunities. I continue to learn from others as I also seek opportunities to engage and share my professional knowledge, this is the strength of ASHRAE which I have come to appreciate and value.”

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