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REUEL SHINNAR
REUEL SHINNAR
Pages 269-274
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He was Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering Emeritus at the City College of New York (CCNY) at the time of his death.
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In 1962–1964 he was invited to Princeton University's Guggenheim Laboratories as a visiting research fellow to work at the Jet Fuels Institute. From there he joined the CCNY Department of Chemical Engineering as a professor in 1964 to help establish the new PhD program, and he was named a Distinguished Professor in 1979.
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Reaction engineering was also the primary focus of his consulting practice, and he held 16 patents on hydrocarbon processing, separation processes, power generation, and thermal storage, many of which are still practiced; for example, 30 fluidized catalytic cracking units based on his novel design are in use around the world. The hallmark of his work was the integration of his experience as a designer into his fundamental research, enabling him to utilize the tools of engineering science in practical applications, and his novel insights have had a strong impact on the practice of chemical engineering.
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. Reuel made a point of addressing the broader technical community, and published many papers on process technology, economics, and energy issues in periodicals such as the American Chemical Society's ChemTech and the AIChE's Chemical Engineering Progress.
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Younger engineers in industry faced with a Shinnar cross-examination during a consulting visit approached him with trepidation, but they ultimately viewed him as an indispensable asset because of his broad knowledge and analytical skills as well as his honesty and integrity. A 2003 letter in Chemical & Engineering News illustrates the classic Shinnar approach: It starts with an indisputable array of evidence, demands a logical but unpopular conclusion, and ends with this observation: "How the promoters of fuel cells could convince government agencies to subsidize with large sums of money a technology that wastes money and poisons the environment with greenhouse gases is a subject that I will leave to sociologists to explain." Reuel instilled a love of science and academia not only in his many students but also in his children.
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