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Award Banquets

HEAT TRANSFER DIVISION AWARD BANQUET WITH ICNMM AWARD BANQUET
SPECIAL INVITED LECTURE FROM DR. JOHN H. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
LIENHARD, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
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MONDAY, JULY 11, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Join ICNMM as it celebrates and recognizes the outstand-
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Join the Heat Transfer Division for dinner as it celebrates its achievements.
Outstanding Early Career Award
Dinner Speaker: This award recognizes a researcher early in her/his career
whose emerging work on mini scale, micro scale, or nano
Dr. John H. Lienhard, University of Houston scale thermofluid phenomena and/or systems represents
an exceptional contribution to current and future directions
of research in this field. The award is intended for early
career researchers who have completed their graduate
degree no more than 10 years prior to the year of applica-
REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING HEAT TRANSFER: Is History Useful or Is It an tion, and who are recognized by their peers as emerging
Impediment? leaders in their respective field of research

Abstract: The ASME ICNMM 2016 Outstanding Early Career Award is
Most of us function with a fairly thin knowledge of our past. Our literature searches presented to:
usually connect with only the most recent layer of that past. But before we decide that Chen Li, University of South Carolina
we should act differently, we need to ask why we give our forbears short shrift. Is
there some hidden value in forgetting? What is the real cost-balance between
retaining the past, and leaving it behind? ICNMM Prominent Researcher Award
This award honors a person with significant research
Speaker Bio:
record in the field of thermofluid transport phenomena at
John Lienhard is Prof. Emer. of Mech. Engr., and of History, at the Univ. of Houston. He
the mini-, micro- and nanoscale, and a stellar service to the
is also the founding author and voice of The Engines of Our Ingenuity, a daily program
ICNMM community, whose vision and leadership have
heard nationally on Public Radio for over 28 years. His BS, MS, and PhD are from
been instrumental to the advancement of an area pertinent
Oregon State College, the Univ. of Washington, and the Univ. of California at Berkeley.
to the scope of the conference in the recent past.
A 66-year member of ASME, he holds its Heat Transfer Memorial Award, Engineer
Historian Award, and Honorary membership, among other honors. Lienhard is a The ASME ICNMM 2016 Prominent Researcher Award is
member of the National Academy of Engineering. presented to: Yoav Peles, University of Central Florida

FLUIDS ENGINEERING DIVISION AWARD BANQUET ICNMM Outstanding Leadership Award
AND A SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF THE 90TH This award recognizes a person whose service within the
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLUIDS DIVISION ICNMM is exemplary; the recipient of the award contribut-
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM ed significantly to the lasting success of the conference.
Nominations are limited to professionals who have been
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involved for at least three years with the conference.
Join the Fluids Engineering Division as it celebrates and recognizes the outstanding
services and achievements of the awardees. 2016 marks the 90th Anniversary of the The ASME ICNMM 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award is
Fluids Engineering Division. A special program will commence to celebrate not only presented to: Afshin Ghajar, Oklahoma State University
the rich history of the division, but the many distinguished members, past and present,
who dedicated their time and energy to the outstanding success of the Fluids
Engineering Division.

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