Max Jakob Memorial Award

The Max Jakob Memorial Award is given for academic achievement and leadership in the field of heat transfer. It is awarded annually by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and considerate as the highest honor in the field of heat transfer [1].

The award was established in 1961 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering Heat Transfer Division in honor of Max Jakob, a pioneer in the science of heat transfer, commemorating his influential contributions as a research worker, educator, and author. In 1962, the AIChE joined the ASME in presenting the award [2]. The Max Jakob Memorial Award Committee is composed of three members from each of the two organizations and the Past Chair of the committee.

The award is presented annually and consists of a bronze plaque, an engraved certificate, an honorarium, and travel expenses to accept the award.

Recipients:

2019	Sir David McMurtry, United States
2018	John W. Rose, United Kingdom
2016	Je-Chin Han, United States
2014	P. S. Ayyaswamy, United States
2010	Amir Faghri, United States
2009	Ivan Catton, United States
2008	Suhas Patankar, United States
2007	Wen-Jei Yang, United States
2006	Kwang-Tzu Yang, United States
2005	Ping Cheng, China
2004	Vijay K. Dhir, United States
2003	Kenneth J. Bell, United States
2002	Yogesh Jaluria, United States
2001	John C. Chen, United States
2000	Vedat Arpaci, United States
1999	Adrian Bejan, United States
1998	Alexander I. Leontiev, Russia
1997	John R. Howell, United States
1996	Robert Siegel, United States
1995	Arthur E. Bergles, United States
1994	Geoffrey F. Hewitt, United Kingdom
1993	Benjamin Gebhart, United States
1992	William M. Kays, United States
1991	Franz X. Mayinger, Germany
1990	Richard J. Goldstein, United States
1989	James P. Hartnett, United States
1988	Yasuo Mori, Japan
1987	S. George Bankoff, United States
1986	Raymond Viskanta, United States
1985	Frank Kreith, United States
1984	Alexander Louis London, United States
1983	Bei Tse Chao, United States
1982	Simon Ostrach, United States
1981	Chang-Lin Tien, United States
1980	Ralph A. Seban, United States
1979	Stuart W. Churchill, United States
1978	Niichi Nishiwaki, Japan
1977	D. Brian Spalding, United Kingdom
1976	Ephraim M. Sparrow, United States
1975	Robert G. Deissler, United States
1974	Peter Grassmann, Switzerland
1973	Ulrich Grigull, Germany
1972	Karl A. Gardner, United States
1971	James W. Westwater, United States
1970	Warren M. Rohsenow, United States
1969	Samson Kutateladze, U.S.S.R.
1968	Shiro Nukiyama, Japan
1967	Thomas B. Drew, United States
1966	Sir Owen Saunders, United Kingdom
1965	Hoyt C. Hottel, United States
1964	Ernst Schmidt, Germany
1963	William H. McAdams, United States
1962	Llewellyn M.K. Boelter, United States
1961	Ernst R. G. Eckert, United States