Frank Kreith
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Frank Kreith (15 December 1922 – 8 January 2018)[1] was an American mechanical engineer.
Born in
National Conference of State Legislators, advising lawmakers on energy and environmental issues.[1][2] Kreith published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored or edited 15 books (among them the seminal textbook Principles of Heat Transfer),[2] and was the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering's editor-in-chief from 1980 to 1987.[1]
Honors and awards
- 1981 Worcester Reed Warner Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- 1985 Max Jakob Memorial Award, ASME and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- 1988 Charles Greeley Abbot Award, American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
- 1992 Ralph Coats Roe Medal, ASME
- 1997 Washington Award, Western Society of Engineers
- 1998 ASME Medal
- 2001 Edwin F. Church Medal, ASME
- since 2006 Namesake of the Frank Kreith Energy Award, ASME
- 2017 John Fritz Medal, American Association of Engineering Societies
References
- ^ a b c d Obituaries, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
- ^ a b c In Memorium: Professor Frank Kreith, University of Colorado Boulder.
- ^ Frank Kreith, Boulder engineer, fled Holocaust to live out accomplished, celebrated life, Daily Camera.
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly, 29 May 1949, pp.5–6.