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R .\I.I’II A. SI 111s was born inCalifornia

onI I May lYl7.

ThisAn active and loyal member of the heat transfer

C'ompton.

special issuecommunityisProfessor

Seban received all of his unkrsity

grees, including(he past

activities

de-includingfrom the CJni-fieatTransfer

at Bcrkelcy and has been on its

shuns

self-praise

B.S.. MS.

versity of California

forand Ph.D..

faculty since 1946. In addition to research andin heat transfer and thermodynamics

fourdecades. he has also

served in many tcadcrship capacities in professional

dedicated to him on his 65th birthday.

teaching

standing

the chairmanship

Division.

Despiteand external

contributions

36

profcxsional

years at Rerketcy.

he served for a long period

asawarded the ASM E Heat Transfer

Chairmantie31(19%t965)

Engineering

theandPower

Chairman

Department

long. eminent traditionof(1905thetheIkrheleyAward inDivision

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hlcmber

AIChEin

IY77.

andMax Jakoh Memorial

Mcmoriatin 197Oandreceived theAward in 1980.

In addition. he was elected in 197X 10 the membershipby I.. M. K.

Ieadcrship whichheat transferthat

his out-scrvicc have not gone unnoticed. He wastlonorury

ASMEIYhY). I-‘ollowing thetirst est;&hedt3oettcr. he provided the stature
has emtblcd

Systemsmodsstyrecognition.

10 educarion,

for the pastofof the ASME

hisof the U.S.

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become and remain one of Ihe world’s kading researchstarchcenters in the ticld.

his conrrihutions.
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outstanding

Academy of Engineering.
feature of Professor

Seban’s re-record has been the extraordinary

breadth ofOver the years. he has conductedpioneering research and contributed significant findings in such fields as freezing and ice format~~~n.
turbulent heat transfer analogy. boundary layer heattransfer. heat transfer in separated flows and wall jets.
infrared surface radiation. and film condensatton andevaporation. Many of his papers have become landmarks. opening the way for extensive contributions
by others. He is still actively conducting research at thesame high standards that he established througholit
his career. His recent interest lies in reflooding of a hotchannel. an important problem in reactor safety
thermaI-hydraulics.
As an educator, Professor khan has been extremely
successfut in guiding his research students and developing their jndisidu~l talents and abilities. Manyof his former graduate students have become
leaders of the engineering profession both in industry
and in the academic world. This is partially reflected in
the following long list of former students who completed their doctorates with Professor Seban: W.
Goldsmith. ff. Gordon. R. M. Drake, W. H. Giedt, S.
Levy, J. P. Hartnett. S. Scesa. A. M. Levy. J. R. Kliegcl.

R. C. Eberhart, A. F. Emery. L. H. Back. A. A.
~cKiilop, J. Fox. A. F. !4fiIls, S. 51. Cho. P. Pay~ar, M.
F. E. Diilenius, G. L. Cafdwelf. J. R. Bergquam. K. R.
Chun. L. Slegers, E. Chin. F. S. Felicione. D. Ratiinejad, H. B. Mason. A. K. Abhat. Y. Kim, A. Foghri.
M. Kaviany-Nejad, 1. C. Hsu and A. KharraaLi.
Professor Seban, in addition to having deep insight
into general engineering problems. carries these perceptions over to other intelf~tual matters. He nrxr
ceases to amaze his friends and colleagues with hiswealth of knowledge of far-ranging subjects such BSliterature. history and economics. He is alsu a devoted
family man, and he and his wife Jean raised fivechildren. all of whom have achieved success.
On behalf of his former students. his colleagues andhis friends from all over the world. we wish him ahappy birthday, followed by many years of continued
professional success and family happiness.