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BSME, 1941, Northwestern UniversityMS, D.Eng., 1943, 1944, Yale University
MIT faculty member, starting 1946
Director, MIT Heat Transfer Lab, 1956-1984
Supervised 150+ graduate theses, including 40 PhDs
Wrote 100+ journal papers, and several hundredconference papers, book chapters, and reports
Developed significant models correlations for nucleate
and forced convective boiling; major contributions tophase change heat transfer
Co-author, Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transfer; Senioreditor, Handbook of Heat Transfer, 1973, 1986, 1998.
Chair, ASME Heat Transfer Division, 1961-1962
Co-founder, Dynatech Corporation
Accomplished jazz musician on piano, drums, xylophoneAwards☆ Honorary Member of ASME (1988); ASME Medal (2001)☆ US National Academy of Engineering (1975)☆ AIChE and ASME Max Jakob Award (1970)☆ ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award (1967)☆ American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1956)☆ ASME Junior Award (1952)☆ Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal (1951)

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Born, Fukuoka, Japan 1931
BE, ME -1956, Dr. Eng. 1960, Kyushu Univ.
CRIEPI, 1956
Associate Prof., RIIS, Kyushu Univ. , 1961
Professor, RIIS, Kyushu Univ., 1967
Dieter, RIIS, Kyushu Univ., 1985-1987
Professor, IAMS, Kyushu Univ., 1987
Deputy Director, IAMS, Kyushu Univ., 1987
President, HTSJ, 1989
President, JSTP, 1989
Councilor, Kyushu Univ., 1987-1992
Director, IAMS, 1991-1992
Chair of Kyushu Branch, JSME, 1993
Professor, Univ. of East Asia, 1994-2002
Published more than 350 papers and 15 books
Supervised 46 Dr. Eng. and graduated 110 ME & BE
students

Awards☆JSME Outstanding Paper, 1971 & 1973
☆JAR(JSRAE) Outstanding Paper, 1978
☆JSME TED, Outstanding Academic/Technical Contribution, 1993
☆JSME PESD, Outstanding Contribution, 2003
☆Government of Japan, The Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2011
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BE, 1945, Tokyo Imperial University
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 1947-1953
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1953
DE, 1956, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1961
Editor, Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 1973-1986
President, The Heat Transfer Society of Japan, 1978
Vice President, JSME, 1978
Professor, the Univ. of Electro-Communications, 1983-1988
Springer Dist. Professor, the Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1984.
President of ICHMT, 1990-1994

Awards☆JSME best paper award four times (1963, 1973, 1980, 1984)☆The Award for Person of Distinguished Services to the Promotion of Science andTechnology (Tokyo municipal office, 1982)☆ The Award for Significant Contributions to the Development of Large-Scale Technology(MITI Japan, 1986)☆ JSME Thermal Engineering Division Award (1989)☆ The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (1999)☆ ASME The Heat Transfer Memorial Award (1982)☆ ASME/AIChE Max Jakob Memorial Award (1988)☆ ICHMT A.V. Luikov Medal in 1988
☆ Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 1986

M.Sc. in Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology,the Netherlands.
Carreer at Royal Dutch Shell till 1970.
Professor in Heat Transfer of Applied Physics, Delft
University of Technology, the Netherlands, 1970-1995.
Co-founder of Eurotherm
President of Eurotherm, 1990-1993
Chairmen of the executive committee of the ICHMTFounder of the J.M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Mechanics
and its first president
Received a Royal Dutch Extinction in 1994
Guided 34 PhD students and more than 200 Masterstudents.
Main research interests:
Turbulent combustion
Natural convection
Thermal insulation materials
BS Engineering, 1951, UCLA
MS, PhD, 1954, 1959, UCLA
Thompson Ramo Woolridge (1958-1960)
General Electric, Schenectady (1960-1967)
Professor, New York University (1967-1969)
Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (1969-1974)
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1974-1991)
Pioneering and lasting contributions to the engineeringof two-phase flow and boiling heat transfer:Boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux
Drift flux model and two fluid modelDensity wave instabilities
Scaling methodology applied to the thermal-hydraulics ofnuclear reactors…

Awards☆ Lifetime Achievement Award, UCLA (2008)☆ Classical Heat Transfer Award , ASME (2008)☆ Medal of the French Nuclear Energy Society (2005)☆ Life Member, ASME (2002)☆ Fellow, American Nuclear Society (2002)☆ Technical Achievements Award, ANS, THD (1990)☆ Memorial Award, ASME, HTD (1961)

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BE, 1945, Tokyo Imperial University
Railway Technical Research Institute, 1948-1950
Transportation Technical Research Institute,1950-1963
DE, 1960, The University of Tokyo
Ship Research Institute, 1963-1968
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 19661983
Vice President, The Heat Transfer Society ofJapan, 1970
President, JSME, 1982
Professor, Nihon University, 1984-1998
Published more than 100 papers and 20 books,and 30 patentsAwards☆The Society of Naval Architects of Japan Award (1956)☆JSME best paper award (1961)☆Ministry of Transportation Award (1961)☆Tanigawa Thermal Engineering Award (1981)☆JSME Heat Transfer Division Contribution Award (1990)

Academic and public service
Head, Technion Transportation Research InstituteHead, Internal combustion engines lab
Director, Israel National Museum of Science
Chairman, Solar World Congress 1999
(Jerusalem)
Secretary, Assembly of IHTC 9, Jerusalem, Israel
1990
ICHMT Scientific Council
Interest areas and contributions
Combustion, fuel efficiency, alternative fuels, emissions
Transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, environmental impacts
Radiative heat transfer, conjugate heat transfer
Solar collectors, Natural convection in thermosyphons
Born, Oita, Japan 1943
BS, 1966, Dr. Eng. 1976, Kyushu Univ.
Research Assistant , RIIS, Kyushu Univ., 1966
Technical Officer, RIIS, Kyushu Univ. , 1967
Assistant Prof., RIIS, Kyushu Univ., 1968
Lecturer, RIIS, Kyushu Univ., 1975
Associate Prof., RIIS, Kyushu Univ., 1980
Associate Prof., IAMS, Kyushu Univ., 1987
Professor, IAMS, Kyushu Univ., 1988
Professor, IMChE, Kyushu Univ., 2003
Leader, HYDROGENIUS, AIST, 2006-2008
Invited Researcher, HYDROGENIUS, AIST, 2008-2012
President, JSTP, 2005
Published more than 250 papers and 5 books
Supervised 15 Dr. Eng. and graduated 120 ME & BEstudentsAwards☆JSME Outstanding Paper, 1971
☆JSTP Outstanding Paper, 2001 & 2010☆HTSJ Outstanding Paper, 2007
☆JSTP Outstanding Contribution, 2010
☆Government of Japan, The Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2013

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Born, Ankara, Turkey, 1946
BS & MSc degree at Middle East Tech. U.
PhD at North Carolina State Univ., 1976
Visiting Prof. at Univ. of Delaware, 1980
Assoc. Prof. at Northeastern Univ. 1982
Chair, ME Dept. NU, 1989-1992
Assoc. Dean, NU, 1992-2010
Assoc. Dean of Fac. Affairs, NU, 2010
Fellow of ASME
Published extensively in journals
Published 2 popular grad. level text books
Graduated many PhD and MSc students
Chaired the American Society for Engineering
Education and Engineering Research Council
Survived by wife Demet and daughterZeynep

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B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 1977, Instituto
Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon, Portugal.
Ph.D. In Mechanical Engineering, 1984,
University of Cambridge, U.K.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
Instituto Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon,from 1984.
Arch T Colwell Merit Award (1986) awarded by
the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Main research interests:
Internal combustion engines

Forest fires

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Born, Fukuoka, 1921
BE 1943, Dr. Eng. 1956, Kyushu Univ.
Lieutenant, Japan Navy, 1943-1945
Lecturer, Mech. Eng., Kyushu Univ. 1946
Associate Professor, Mech. Eng., Kyushu
Univ., 1947
Professor, Mech. Eng., Kyushu Univ., 1962
President, HTSJ, 1976
Dean, School of Eng, Kyushu Univ., 19781980
Member, Science Council of Japan, 1981
President, Kurume College of Technology,
1984-1989
Professor, Kurume Institute of Technology,
1989-1991
Published more than 310 papers

Awards☆JSME Outstanding Paper, 1962, 1969 & 1973
☆Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award, 1967
☆Medal with Purple Ribbon, 1985
☆JSME Thermal Engineering Division Award, 1988
☆Government of Japan, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star , 1991

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Born, Okayama, 1924
BS 1947, MS Eng. 1949, Dr. Eng. 1954,
The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
Lecturer, Mech. Eng., UTokyo 1949
Professor, Mech. Eng., UTokyo 1960
Visiting Professor, UC Davis & MIT, 1966
President, HTSJ, 1983
Professor Mech. Eng., Kogakuin
University,1984
Board, JSMF, 1987
Published over 100 papers and 5 books.

Awards☆JSME Outstanding Paper, 1973
☆Tokyo Metropolitan Science & Technology, 1983
☆ JSME TED, Outstanding Contribution, 1993
☆ JSME PESD, Outstanding Contribution, 1994 ☆ JSMF, Outstanding Achievements, 1995
☆ MHLW Outstanding Contribution, 1996

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Born, NYC 1935
SB, SM -1958, PhD 1962, MIT
Married Priscilla, “Penny,” Maule 1960
Ford Asst Prof, Mech Eng, MIT 1963
Professor, Mech Eng, Ga Tech, 1969
Chair, Mech Eng, Iowa State, 1972
Professor, Mech Eng, RPI, 1986
Dean, College of Eng, RPI, 1989-1992
President, ASME, 1990-1991
NAE member, 1992
Published 400 papers, 26 books
Graduated 82 PhD and MS students
Survived by wife Penny, sons Eric andDwight, and 5 grandchildren
AEB: “Two are better than one…”
Ecclesiastes, 4:9

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B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 1959, Instituto
Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon, Portugal.
Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College, 1978-80.
Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
Instituto Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon,from 1965 to 2005.
Founder and first director of the Computing Centreof Tech. University Lisbon.
Founder of Applied Thermodynamics Section atMech. Eng. Dep., Instituto Superior Técnico, Tech.
Univ. Lisbon.
Founder and first General Secretary of Portuguese
Research Centre for Applied Thermodynamics andFluid Mechanics.

 Founder Member of the International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer.
 Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Center of Heat andMass Transfer.
 Member of the Honorary Advisory Board of the Int. J.of Heat and MassTransfer since 1968.

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Born, Sendai, Japan 1936
BS, MS -1960, PhD 1963, The University ofTokyo (UTokyo)
Asst Prof, The Institute of Industrial Science(IIS), UTokyo, 1963
Professor, IIS, UTokyo, 1976
Professor, Mech Eng, Tokyo University ofAgriculture and Technology, 1996
Professor, Mech Eng, Nihon University, 1999
President, HTSJ, 1993-1994
President, JSTP, 1992-1993
President, JSME, 2000-2001
Thermal Engineering Committee, Science
Council of Japan, 1980-1989
Published over100 papers, 17books, 60reviews☆ ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Outstanding International
Contribution, 1987
☆JSME Outstanding Paper, 1989 & 2001
☆Distinguished Research Award, JSME Bioengineering Division, 1998.
☆JSME TED, Outstanding International Contribution, 1995

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Born, Cape Town
BScEng, 1962, Stellenbosch University
SM -1965, PhD 1967, MIT
MIT Supervisor, Prof Warren Rohsenow
Professor, Stellenbosch University, 1971
Extraordinary Professor, University
Pretoria, 2003
Rated by the NRF as a world leader in
his research field
Two honorary doctorates (UJ and US)
A friend of China for 10 000 years
In his honour: 12th Int Association ofHydraulics Research Symposium,
Sydney, 2001
Published 200 papers, 2 books
Graduated 75 PhD and MS students
Survived by wife Regine, and childrenAnja, Alfred and Gregor and 5grandchildren

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 1986, Instituto
Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon, Portugal.
Ph.D. In Mechanical Engineering, 1994, Instituto
Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon, Portugal.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
Instituto Superior Técnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon,
from 1994.
Main research interests:
Coal combustion

Numerical simulation of furnaces andboilers

Heat transfer in fuel cells