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ARTHUR E. BERGLES
Pages 46-51

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... and tirelessly advocate conservation along with research in and application of advanced enhancement techniques in all heat and mass transfer systems. Art was born in New York City on August 9, 1935, to Edward and Victoria Bergles, who had immigrated from Austria.
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... Art started his academic career at MIT, first as research staff at the National Magnet Laboratory and in 1963 as the Ford Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, before moving to the Georgia Institute of Technology as professor in 1969. In 1972 he became chair of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU)
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... This ASME society–level annual award has been given to 10 outstanding young professors to date. Moreover, in 1997 Art and Penny endowed the Bergles Professorship in Thermal Sciences in the ISU Department of Mechanical Engineering to attract or retain an outstanding senior faculty member.
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... liaison for the Mechanical Engineering Section of the NAE, and was a member of the NRC panel to select Ford Doctoral Fellows, the Visiting Committee in Mechanical Engineering at Maryland,
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... In an insightful reflection of the past and contemporary times, Art had constantly held "the future to be bright for heat transfer," and especially for enhancement of heat transfer, as the essential role of the associated advanced research and engineering is unquestionable in the renewed global urgency of addressing energy and energy-water nexus issues. Art Bergles is survived by Penny, sons Eric and Dwight, and five grandchildren.
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