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Professor Eugene Silberstein
Biography
Mr.
Silberstein has been involved in all aspects
of the HVAC/R industry from field technician
and system designer to company owner,
teacher, administrator, consultant and
author.
Mr.
Silberstein is the program chair at Suffolk
County Community College in Brentwood, NY.
Previously, Mr. Silberstein was an
instructor at Apex Technical School in New
York City, where he taught classes on basic,
domestic and commercial refrigeration, basic
electricity and major home appliances,
commercial air conditioning and advanced air
conditioning topics. He later went on
to become the chairman of the refrigeration
department and the educational supervisor of
that institution. In addition to
teaching at the post-secondary level, Mr.
Silberstein has taught air conditioning,
heating and plumbing at the high school
level at Nassau BOCES in Westbury, New York.
Mr.
Silberstein is a member of ASHRAE and RSES,
graduated with dual bachelor's degrees from
CCNY in New York City, New York.
Author: His technical credits include
authoring Heat Pumps, providing technical
reviews and writing educational supplements
for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Technology, 4th and 5th Editions, writing
production scripts for educational videos
accompanying Electricity for Refrigeration,
Heating and Air Conditioning, 6th Edition
and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Technology, 5th Edition, writing
computerized test banks and lecture slides
for Johnson Controls' Building Environments:
HVAC Systems, among others. Mr. Silberstein
is also a consulting engineer and
contributor to the HOTLINE column in the
HVAC industry's Refrigeration News. He also
sat on the committee that drafted the
standards on which this book is based. Mr.
Silberstein is currently writing other
industry related books including Blueprint
Reading for Electricians and is presently
directing and teaching a new A.A.S. degree
program in HVAC/R at Suffolk County
Community College in Brentwood, New York.
National HVACR Educators and Trainers
Conference Sessions:
Pressure Enthalpy Without Tears
This session provides some easy-to-implement
tips that will enable you to introduce
pressure enthalpy in a logical manner that
will enhance learning of the basic
refrigeration cycle. Starting with the basic
“refrigeration cycle square”, we will
slightly modify the diagram and then ease
into the pressure-enthalpy chart and its
components.
Using
Simulation Software to Effectively Teach
HVAC/R
We all know that a real-life situation is
the number one way to train our students to
effectively troubleshoot and evaluate HVAC/R
systems. We also know that creating a
real-life situation is not always possible
and, when possible, is often difficult to
create. In this session we will discuss the
value of using computer-based simulators to
supplement theory-of-operation and
troubleshooting lessons. By exercising and
strengthening the cognitive skills needed to
be an effective service technician, students
concentrate on the troubleshooting methods,
creating a logical path for this
all-important process to take. Using
simulated tools, gauges and test
instruments, students perform
service-related tasks on systems with
computer-inserted faults to determine the
cause for system malfunction. The
session will include a live demonstration of
a portion of the software packages
available.
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