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`In Celebration
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`Professor Amir Faghri on his 60th birthday
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`This article is in commemoration of the 60th birthday of Profes
`sor Amir Faghri. his outstanding scholarly contributions to the heat
`transfer community, and his distinguished leadership in engineer
`ing education as a teacher. mentor. researcher and administrator.
`He is a scholar of the first rank and among the top in his field of
`heat transfer. Professor Faghri has made significant fundamental
`contributions in the field of transport phenomena in multiphase
`and energy systems. with applications in heat exchangers. heat
`pipes. energy storage, electronics cooling and fuel cells. Professor
`Faghri is arguably the world's leading expert in the area of heat
`pipes and a significant contributor to thermal fluids engineering
`in energy systems. In this commemorative note, it is our great
`pleasure and privilege to present to the global engineering col
`leagues some of the highlights of his career so that all can appreci
`ate the true importance of his contributions.
`Professor Amir Faghri was born in Isfahan. Iran on April 16,
`1951. He was raised by his father who was a veterinarian since
`his mother died when he was five years old. His father played a
`major role in developing Professor Faghri's analytical and mathe
`matical interests with a penchant for curiosity from an early age,
`and in encouraging him to pursue his higher education in the
`United States. Professor Faghri started undergraduate education
`with a full scholarship in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State
`University in 1970, and received the B.S degree with highest
`honors in 1973. While being an undergraduate student. he was
`mentored and introduced to the field of heat and mass transfer
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`by Professor James Welty. a recognized leader in heat transfer
`and then Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department Upon
`graduation from Oregon State University. Professor Faghri went
`to the University of Califomia at Berkeley with a full graduate
`fellowship to work with the late Professor Ralph Seban. a re
`nowned scientist in the field of heat transfer who established
`Berkeley as a world class center of excellence in the field by
`recmiting distinguished heat transfer faculty members including
`the late Professor Chang Lin 1'ren. Professor Faghri received his
`M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the
`University of California at Berkeley in 1974 and 1976. respectively.
`He clearly showed his creativity, hard work and innovation from
`the start by completing all his higher education degrees. BS, M.S.
`and Ph.D., with distinction in six years.
`Professor Faghri
`returned to Iran in 1976 and taught at
`Aryamehr University (now Sharif University of Technology). He
`was one of the founding faculty members and administrators
`who established Isfahan University of Technology in 1977. He
`served on the faculty until 1980 (shortly after the revolution) as
`the founding director of its Energy Division (now separated into
`Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Departments). In 1981, the
`late Chancellor of the University of Califomia. Professor Chang
`Lin Tren. personally invited Professor Faghri to join the University
`of California at Berkeley as a visiting professor to teach thermody
`namics and energy courses. Following Berkeley. Professor Faghri
`joined the faculty of Wright State University (WSU) in 1982 and
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`was promoted to Brage Golding Distinguished Professor in 1989.
`He developed a nationally recognized heat transfer group and lab
`oratory at WSU, interacting extensively with the National Aeronau
`tics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US Air Force.
`Professor Faghri joined the University of Connecticut (UConn) in
`1994 and served as Head of
`the Mechanical Engineering
`Department from 1994 1998, United Technologies Corporation
`Chair Professor in Thermal Fluids Engineering from 2004 2010,
`and Dean of the School of Engineering from 1998 2006. During
`his tenure as Dean, Professor Faghri developed initiatives that
`elevated UConn’s School of Engineering to unprecedented levels
`of faculty productivity, and standing in the field of engineering.
`He successfully attracted corporate and alumni support to estab
`lish 17 endowed professorships, including 11 chair professorships.
`He increased total enrollment by 106%, significantly raised the
`number of valedictorians and salutatorians admitted per year to
`the School of Engineering,
`increased the number of merit
`scholarships by approximately 200%, and added three new
`buildings/facilities. He also doubled the number of undergraduate
`degree programs from 6 to 12. Professor Faghri was the founder
`(along with Professor Ted Bergman) of the Connecticut Global Fuel
`Cell Center (recently renamed as the Center for Clean Energy
`Engineering) at the University of Connecticut, with significant
`external support secured from private, state, and federal agencies.
`Professor Faghri is the sole or leading author of four major
`books and has published more than 300 archival
`technical
`publications including 200 journal papers. He has eight US patents
`related to heat pipes, energy storage devices and fuel cells. Profes
`sor Faghri is presently serving on the editorial boards of eight sci
`entific journals, including roles as executive editor, editor in chief,
`founding editor, and honorary editorial board member, including
`the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and the Interna
`tional Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. He has received
`many national and international honors and awards, including
`the American Institute of Aeronautics Astronautics (AIAA) Ther
`mophysics Award in 1988, the American Society of Mechanical
`Engineering (ASME) Heat Transfer Memorial Award in 1988, the
`ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal in 2005, and the ASME/AIChE
`Max Jakob Memorial Award in 2010, which is the highest honor in
`the field of heat transfer given annually, without regard to society
`affiliation or nationality, to an eminent scholar for distinguished
`scholarly achievements and leadership in the field of heat transfer.
`Professor Faghri has been a longtime fellow of the ASME and an
`elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engi
`neering; he, in turn, has nominated and supported many col
`leagues for these and other fellowships and honors. He was also
`inducted to the Oregon State University Council of Distinguished
`Engineers in 1999.
`Professor Faghri has served as a consultant to several major re
`search centers and corporations, including Los Alamos and Oak
`Ridge National Laboratories, Exxon Mobil, Fujikura LTD, and Intel
`Corporation. He currently serves on the board of directors of RBC
`Bearings Inc., and on the School of Engineering external advisory
`board at the University of California, Riverside. Professor Faghri
`has received numerous external research contracts and grants
`from the National Science Foundation, US Departments of Energy,
`Defense, and Education, NASA, and industry including General
`Electric, United Technologies, Exxon Mobil, and Boeing.
`Professor Faghri’s most profound scholarly contributions relate
`to his development of the fundamental theories that have enabled
`today’s widespread deployment of macro and micro two phase
`energy systems including heat pipes, heat exchangers and fuel
`cells. His research showed, for the first time, the promise of heat
`pipes as integral cooling devices for microelectronic equipment.
`In the 1990s, he developed high heat flux miniature heat
`pipes for commercial cooling of laptop computer chips, which
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`have been a principal contributor to the ubiquitous presence of
`heat pipes for cooling microprocessors in present day laptop
`computers.
`technical
`fundamental
`Professor Faghri’s other significant
`contributions are in the areas of heat and mass transfer of thin film
`liquids, solidification and melting, evaporation and condensation,
`microgravity convection, and liquid jet impingement. His early
`work in the 1970s characterized the role of interfacial waves on
`thin film evaporation and condensation, and is now routinely cited
`in literature on the topic. In the 1980s, he unraveled complex prob
`lems, including convection in the presence of phase change mate
`rials for thermal energy storage in outer space. This breakthrough
`led to rational design of these cooling systems for NASA and the US
`Air Force. Over the last decade, Professor Faghri has focused his
`efforts on fundamental and applied research related to advanced
`micro and macro energy systems including fuel cells, heat pipes
`and energy storage systems.
`Also notable is his distinguished record of professional service
`and leadership to the heat transfer and engineering communities.
`In May 2007, Professor Faghri organized and chaired (with
`Professors Raymond Viskanta and Ted Bergman as co chairs) the
`National Science Foundation sponsored workshop entitled ‘‘NSF
`Workshop for Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research and
`Education: Energy Systems, Biological Systems, Security, Informa
`tion Technology Nanotechnology,’’ which was attended by over
`300 invited active members of
`the world’s heat
`transfer
`community, to chart a roadmap for emerging research and educa
`tion opportunities in transport phenomena. Most recently, he acted
`as the founding editor in chief of Frontiers in Heat and Mass
`Transfer and Thermal FluidsPedia through the thermal fluids central
`website (https://www.thermalfluidscentral.org). Frontiers in Heat
`and Mass Transfer is a premiere open access and peer reviewed
`e journal available at no cost to authors or users, serving the needs
`of the thermal fluids community. Thermal FluidsPedia is a free
`electronic comprehensive encyclopedia for professionals and
`students requiring information about thermal fluids science and
`engineering. It is authored and continuously updated by qualified
`contributors and editors.
`Professor Faghri has authored four major books: his signature
`sole author work, Heat Pipe Science and Technology (Taylor and
`Francis, 1995), is acclaimed for its depth and breadth of cover
`age, and ranks as the most widely cited book on the subject of
`heat pipes by Google scholar. His textbook (co authored with
`Professor Yuwen Zhang), Transport Phenomena in Multiphase
`Systems (Elsevier, 2006), presented, for the first time, a unified
`fundamental treatise on all three forms of phase change boiling
`and evaporation, melting and solidification, and sublimation and
`vapor deposition. Most recently, he coauthored (with Professors
`Yuwen Zhang and John R. Howell) Advanced Heat and Mass
`Transfer (Global Digital Press, 2010), which is an excellent
`intermediate and advanced textbook that covers the subject of
`heat and mass transfer with a focus on the significant advances
`in the field during the last decade. The textbook combines treat
`ment of
`fundamental principles with practical and modern
`applications.
`Despite his numerous and lasting commitments as an adminis
`trative leader for over 15 years, Professor Faghri has simulta
`neously made major contributions to both personal research and
`professional service, including his continuous record of research
`funding and scholarship through journal publications, books and
`patents. In recognition of the impact of his work, Elsevier awarded
`him a certificate in 2009 for the most citations of one of his articles
`in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer for the years
`from 2005 to 2008. His technical and administrative contributions
`make him a true role model for future young engineers and faculty
`members.
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`Many of the graduate students and post doctoral fellows who
`worked under Professor Faghri’s guidance hold key positions as
`professors, presidents of companies, and chief scientists and tech
`nical mangers in leading companies and government laboratories.
`Most who have been mentored by him or worked with him, admire
`his exceptional intellect, integrity, generosity, civility, fairness, car
`ing attitude and high expectations.
`On behalf of his former students, colleagues and friends
`throughout the world including the editors of this journal, we are
`all very grateful for his exemplary technical contributions and tre
`mendous professional service, visionary leadership, encouraging
`support, collegiality, and generosity to the heat transfer commu
`nity and engineering profession. We enthusiastically wish him
`continued professional success, happiness and good health for
`many years to come.
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`C. Thomas Avedisian
`Cornell University
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`Adrian Bejan
`Duke University
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`Yiding Cao
`Florida International University
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`Vijay Dhir
`University of California at Los Angeles
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`John R. Howell
`University of Texas at Austin
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`Frank. P. Incropera
`University of Notre Dame
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`W.J. Minkowycz
`Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (M/C 251),
`University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Room 2049 ERF,
`Chicago, IL 60607 7022, United States Tel.: +312 996 3467;
`fax: +312 413 0447
`E mail address: wjm@uic.edu
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`G.P. ‘‘Bud’’ Peterson
`Georgia Institute of Technology
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`Raymond Viskanta
`Purdue University
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`Yuwen Zhang
`University of Missouri
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