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Ernst R. G. Eckert
Ernst R. G. Eckert
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There he assumed the positions of docent (associate professor) at the Institute of Technology and section chief at the newly established Aeronautical Research Institute.
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A man of vision and imagination, Eckert inspired his colleagues and students, both graduate and undergraduate, to participate in an environment distinguished for its breadth, versatility, and excellence in heat-transfer research. During his time in Minnesota, he led outstanding research on a wide variety of topics, from the recovery-factor method of determining gas thermal conductivity coefficients to convective heat transfer in circular and noncircular passages, mass-transfer cooling, thermal radiation, film cooling, interferometric studies of free convection, mass transfer in flowing suspensions, transport-property measurements, mass transfer in bioengineering, heat and mass transfer in fires, and the heat-transfer aspects of solar energy
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In 1970, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) , and in 1995 he received the NAE Founders Award with the following citation: "The recognized international leader in the field of heat and mass transfer for over 50 years, he has led several generations of researchers and practitioners to advanced knowledge of fundamental physical processes and important applications through his teaching, his books, and his archival journal publications." In 1965, in recognition of his outstanding teaching, he received the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Distinguished Teaching Award and the Western Electric Fund Award for Excellence in Instruction of Engineering Students.
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Nixon to the National Fire Prevention and Control Commission in 1970, and he was technical director of the University of Minnesota/ Honeywell Solar Power Study for the National Science Foundation. He was the author of more than 500 scientific papers and two textbooks that have been translated into Russian, Iranian, and Chinese.
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