William Begell Medal

The William Begell Medal, For Excellence in Thermal Science and Engineering was established in 2010 by The Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences, AIHTC, International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, ICHMT and Begell House Inc. to award an individual, from among those selected to deliver Keynote lectures at the IHTC Conferences, who is held in high regard by the heat transfer community for his/her contributions and excellence in thermal science and technology and whose IHTC Keynote paper is judged to make a profound contribution to the thermal science and engineering literature. In 2023, the Award Steering Committee amended the The William Begell Medal to be bestowed upon an internationally recognized, highly-accomplished researcher and leader in fundamentals or applications of thermal sciences and engineering based on the lifetime achievements.

Award

The Awardee will receive a silver cast Medal, a certificate, and a cash check of \$5000 (USD) plus \$5000 (lump sum) against travel costs, including airfare, hotel accommodation, conference registration, visa fee, health and any other insurance as The William Begell Medal Award consists of a silver cast medal, a certificate, and a cash check of \$5000 (USD) plus \$5000 reimbursable against travel costs to attend the conference.

One Medal will be awarded every four years, which will tentatively coincide with the IHTC. The Medal will not be awarded in the years if the Begell House management board so decides.

2010
Nobuhide Kasagi

The 2010 recipient of the William Begell Medal was Nobuhide Kasagi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
His Keynote lecture was titled CONTROL OF TURBULENT TRANSPORT: LESS FRICTION AND MORE HEAT TRANSFER.

2014
Professor Liu, Jing

The 2014 recipient of the William Begell Medal was Professor Liu, Jing, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
His Keynote lecture was titled WAYS TOWARD TARGETED FREEZING OR HEATING ABLATION OF MALIGNANT TUMOR: PRECISELY MANAGING THE HEAT DELIVERY INSIDE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.

2018
Dr. Leonid A. Dombrovsky, Dr. Alexander A. Fedorets

The 2018 recipients of the William Begell Medal were Dr. Leonid A. Dombrovsky, Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia and Dr. Alexander A. Fedorets, Laboratory of Micro-Hydrodynamic Technologies at the University of Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia.
Their Keynote lecture was titled SELF-ASSEMBLED STABLE CLUSTERS OF DROPLETS OVER THE LOCALLY HEATED WATER SURFACE: MILESTONES OF THE LABORATORY STUDY.

2023
Professor Chang-Ying Zhao

The 2023 recipient of the William Begell Medal is Professor Chang-Ying Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, for his lifetime achievements in and contributions to the field of thermal sciences and engineering.

Selection

The nominations and selection for the The William Begell Medal organizations:

AIHTC: Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences

ICHMT: International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT)

ASTFE: American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers

AUTSE: Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering

EUROTHERM: EUROTHERM Committee

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