Professor W.J. Minkowycz is appointed the first James P. Hartnett Professor of Mechanical Engineering Energy Systems

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The James P. Hartnett professorship was made possible by the generous
donation of Professor James P. Hartnett.  Professor James P. Hartnett
is well-known nationally and internationally in the fields of energy
resources and in heat and mass transfer research. He was the author
of over 170 published papers in the field and the founding editor of
a number of leading books and journals in heat transfer including the
Handbook of Heat Transfer, Advances in Heat Transfer, the
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, the International
Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, as well as several others.

Professor Hartnett was the first head of the newly-formed Department
of Energy Engineering at the UIC in 1964 and later the founding
Director of the Energy Resources Center, a position he held from 1974
until his retirement in 1999. He was a member of the State of
Illinois Energy Resources Commission and its successor agency, the
Citizens Energy Council, for over two decades.  He also served on
many national and international panels dealing with energy and
environmental issues.

Professor Hartnett was both the architect and the builder of the
international heat transfer community as it exists today.  It was he
who secured the breakthroughs which opened up channels of  
communication between the scientists of the former Soviet Union and
those of western countries.

He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Award,
and his professions three most prestigious awards -- the ASME/AIChE
Max Jakob Memorial Award, the A.V. Luikov Medal of the International
Center of Heat and Mass Transfer, and the ASME Heat Transfer Division
Memorial Award.

In 1998, UIC honored Professor Hartnett as its first Distinguished
Professor from the College of Engineering.  When all the facets of
his work are taken into account, Professor James P. Hartnett emerges
as the most universal energy transfer professional of his generation.

W.J. Minkowycz

The appointment of Professor W.J. Minkowycz as the first James P. 
Hartnett Professor of Mechanical Engineering Energy Systems  was 
announced on Friday, April 28, 2006.  Professor Minkowycz is 
nationally and internationally known for his multifaceted 
professional activities in the science of heat transfer and as the 
key facilitator in the dissemination of technical knowledge in the 
field.  He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the 
University of Minnesota in 1965 and joined the UIC faculty in 1966.  
He is the author of over 125 journal and conference papers and is 
serving on numerous editorial boards.  His work on flow through 
porous media was accorded the ASME 2006 Classic Paper Award.

Professor Minkowycz is a Fellow of the National Society of Mechanical 
Engineers and received the Ralph Coats Roe Award (an ASEE National 
Award) and the Heat Transfer Memorial Award (an ASME National 
Award).  He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of 
Heat and Mass Transfer and the International Communications in Heat 
and Mass Transfer.  He is the founding editor of the Numerical Heat 
Transfer journal and has served as its Editor-in-Chief since its 
inception in 1978.  He is also the senior Editor of the textbook 
series, Computational and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal 
Sciences, of the review monograph series, Advances in Numerical Heat 
Transfer; and of the Handbook of Numerical Heat Transfer, the Second 
Edition of which has just been published in 2006.

Professor Minkowycz has been the recipient of the UIC Silver Circle 
Award for Excellence in Teaching six times, the University 
Distinguished Teacher Award in 1989, the College of Engineering 
Harold A. Simon Award, and the Board of Trustees Recognition for 
Excellence in Teaching in 1987.

For several decades, Professor Minkowycz has been the intellectual 
leader of the worldwide heat transfer community.  In addition to his 
significant and seminal research papers, he is the role model for 
effective classroom teaching.  Lastly, his editorial activities have 
nurtured the growth of heat transfer activities worldwide.  He is the 
point of reference for an entire generation of thermal engineering 
professors.

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