International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 54 (2011) 4155–4156

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In Celebration

Prof. Em. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Franz Mayinger on his 80th birthday

Prof. Mayinger is one of the leading names in the ﬁeld of thermal sciences and well respected amongst his professional colleagues all over the world. He was born on 2 September 1931, inAugsburg, Germany. He received his degrees of Dipl.-Ing. (1955),and Dr.-Ing. (1961) from the Lehrstuhl (chair) for Thermodynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich.
Professor Mayinger started his professional life as a researchassistant (1956–1961) at the ‘‘Lehrstuhl’’ (chair) and Institute ofThermodynamics at the Technical University of Munich. To acquire
industrial experience, he worked as a chief engineer and head of
the research department for nuclear and process engineering at
MAN Nürnberg (1962–1969). Then he was selected as full professor and the director of the Institute of Process Engineering at theTechnical University of Hannover (1969–1981). He served as Deanof the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Hannover (1973/1974 and 1979/1980). In 1980, a searchbegan to ﬁnd a director for the prestigious Chair of the Thermodynamics A at the Technical University of Munich. Prof. Mayinger wasselected to lead this well-known chair in 1981, a chair that washeaded by Wilhelm Nusselt, Ernst Schmidt and Ulrich Grigull before him. He was also elected as the Dean of the Department ofMechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich

doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.05.007(1986/1987). He became Professor Emeritus of this chair in 1999.
He was the founding Dean of the faculty for Applied Natural Sciences at the Bayreuth University (1995–1998) and had been theChairman of the Board of this university from 1998 to 2009. Heserved as the member of Reactor Safety Commission at the Federal
Department of Environment (1971–1992) and the Chairman of thisCommissions in 1983/1984 and in 1990, Chairman of the Commission of Accidents and Failures in Chemical Plants at the Federal
Department of Environment (1992–1996), member of the Advisory
Board of Science and Technology of the Government of Bavaria(1993–1999), member of the Senate of the German Research Society (1977–1983), a member of the Advisory Board for Science ofthe Federal Government of Germany (1991–1997). He was the Scientiﬁc Chairman of the Bavarian Elite Academy (1998–2002). He
has been frequently invited as a lecturer and speaker by various
institutions in the US, Europe, Japan, China and other countries.
He published over 350 scientiﬁc papers on Thermodynamics,
Heat and Mass Transfer, Multiphase-Flow, Power Engineering,Optical Measurement Techniques and on Reactor Safety. Prof. Mayinger performed pioneering work in all these ﬁelds and he has beenrecognized as one of the most outstanding scientists in the ﬁeld of
thermal sciences. He has received many international recognition:
Max Jacob Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
and American Institute of Chemical Engineering, which may
especially be mentioned as the most prestigious award in the ﬁeldof heat transfer was bestowed to him in 1991. He received an
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Hannover (1994) andthe University of Bayreuth (2006), Medallion ‘‘Bene Meritus’’ of theBavarian Minister for Science and Art (1995), Bavarian Supreme
Medal of Merits (1995), Bavarian Medal for Environmental Research(1996), Bavarian Medal for Environmental Research (1998), andErnest Solvay Award (2000).
Maxmilians Order, the highest award of Bavaria for scientiﬁcwork (2001), Emeritus of Excellence of the Technical Universityof Munich (2005).
Prof. Mayinger has served in numerous scientiﬁc societies as themember of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, German Academy ofTechnical Sciences, German Supreme Scientiﬁc Board, and thepresident of the Bavarian Leadership Academy.
Everybody who has become aquatinted with Prof. Mayinger or
had the opportunity to work with him has enjoyed his charming
personality and his well-grounded humor. On the occasion of his80th birthday, on behalf of his students, colleagues and friends
all over the world, we wish him a very happy birthday and many
more active years in good health and happiness with his wife Frau
Franziska Mayinger, children and grandchildren.

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In Celebration / International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 54 (2011) 4155–4156

R.M. Cotta
V.K. Dhir
A. LukeD. Mewes
W.J. Minkowycz
S. Kakaç *Department of Mechanical Engineering,
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 312 292 4085/532 568 1666.
E-mail address: sadikkakac@yahoo.com (S. Kakaç)
Available online 31 May 2011