The Max Jakob Memorial Award recognizes an 'eminent scholarly achievement and distinguished leadership' in the field of

heat transfer Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as thermal conduction, ...

. Awarded annually to a scholar by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), it is the highest honor in the field of heat transfer these professional organizations bestow. The award was established in 1961 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering Heat Transfer Division in honor of

Max Jakob Max Jakob (July 20, 1879 – January 4, 1955) was a German physicist known for his work in the field of thermal science. Born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Jakob studied engineering at Technical University Munich, from which he graduated in 1903. Fro ...

, a pioneer in the science of

, commemorating his influential contributions as a research worker, educator, and author. In 1962, the AIChE joined the ASME in presenting the award. It is administered though the Max Jakob Memorial Award Committee, a board composed of three members from each of the two major professional organizations, as well as the Past Chair of the committee. The award is presented annually, without regard to society affiliation or nationality. It consists of a bronze plaque, an engraved certificate, an

honorarium An honorarium is an ''ex gratia'' payment, i.e., a payment made, without the giver recognizing themselves as having any liability or legal obligation, to a person for his or her services in a volunteer capacity or for services for which fees are no ...

, and travel expenses to accept the award. Each year the recipient also presents the Max Jakob Award Lecture as part of the annual America Society of Mechanical Engineering National Heat Transfer Conference.

Recipients

* 2019 Sir David McMurtry, United States * 201
John W. Rose
United Kingdom * 2016 Je-Chin Han, United States * 2014 P. S. Ayyaswamy, United States * 2010

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, United States * 2009 Ivan Catton, United States * 2008

Suhas Patankar Suhas V. Patankar (born 22 February 1941) is an Indian mechanical engineer. He is a pioneer in the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and Finite volume method. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. He is ...

, 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 Adrian Bejan is an American professor who has made contributions to modern thermodynamics and developed his constructal law. He is J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University and author of the books Design i ...

, United States * 1998 Alexander I. Leontiev, Russia * 1997 John R. Howell, United States * 1996

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, 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

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, Japan * 1987 S. George Bankoff, United States * 1986

Raymond Viskanta Professor Raymond Viskanta (16 July 1931 – 27 December 2021) was the W. F. M. Goss Professor of Engineering at Purdue University. His field of study encompassed a range of topics in convection and radiation heat transfer. Dr. Viskanta was born ...

, United States * 1985

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, United States * 1984 Alexander Louis London, United States * 1983 Bei Tse Chao, United States * 1982 Simon Ostrach, United States * 1981

Chang-Lin Tien Chang-lin Tien (; July 24, 1935 – October 29, 2002) was a Chinese-American professor of mechanical engineering and university administrator. He was the seventh chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (1990–1997), and in that ...

, 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 Samson Semenovich Kutateladze (russian: Самсо́н Семёнович Кутатела́дзе; – 20 March 1986) was a Soviet heat physicist and hydrodynamist. Biography Early life Kutateladze's parents divorced when he was four, and h ...

, 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 Ernst Schmidt (12 October 1924 – 16 December 2009) was a German communist activist in West Germany during the Cold War. He was an active member of the Communist Party of Germany, which was banned as unconstitutional in 1956, and was senten ...

, Germany * 1963

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, United States * 1962 Llewellyn M.K. Boelter, United States * 1961 Ernst R. G. Eckert, United States

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"Max Jakob Memorial Award - ASME Heat Transfer Division (HTD)""Max Jakob Memorial Award Charter""American Society of Mechanical Engineers""American Institute of Chemical Engineers"
Awards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Awards of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

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