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Warren M. Rohsenow
Warren M. Rohsenow received a BS in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University and an MS in mechanical engineering and a PhD in engineering from Yale University. He has been a professor in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1946 and is director of the Heat Transfer Laboratory. He has authored or coauthored over 100 technical journal papers and 3 books including the Handbook of Heat Transfer. These papers cover many topics in boiling, condensation, contact resistance, and heat exchangers generally applied to steam, nuclear, and gas turbine power plants. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Engineering and recipient of the Max Jakob Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers-American Institute of Chemical Engineers.