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The University of Akron Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Akron

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Dr. B.T.F. Chung



Dr. B.T.F. Chung
 

Dr. B.T.F. Chung
F. Theodore Harrington Professor Emeritus and Research Professor

Phone: 330.972.7739
Fax: 330.972.2011
Office: ASEC 422C
E-mail: bchung@uakron.edu


 Education

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Kansas State University, 1968.
M.S. (Mathematics), University of Wisconsin, 1965.
M.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Kansas State University, 1962.
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), National Cheng-Kung University, Republic of China, 1958.


 Experience

F. Theodore Harrington Emeritus Professor and Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2000-present.
Collateral faculty, Ohio Aerospace Institute, 1990-2000.
Professor, head, and F. Theodore Harrington Professor (since 1993), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1984-1999.
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1970-1984.
Senior engineering analyst, Technical Application, Babcock & Wilcox Company, summers 1977-1978.
Research engineer, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company,1962-1969 (With two years of educational leave).


 Professional and Honorary Societies

Member: ASME, ASEE, Sigma Xi , Sigma Tau, and Tau Beta Pi.


 Honors and Awards

Recipient of Life Fellow, International ASME, 2000.
Outstanding Researcher Award, Alumni Association, The University of Akron, 2000.
Norbert Wiener Award - the best paper of the year in Kybernetes, MCB University Press, London, 1998.
Exemplary Service Award for Outstanding Reviewer of Journal of Heat Transfer ASME, 1998.
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, 1994.
Outstanding Researcher Award, College of Engineering, The University of Akron, 1993.
Louis Hill Jr. Award, College of Engineering, The University of Akron, 1993.
Outstanding Achievement Award, Board of Trustees, The University of Akron, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993.
Elevated to ASME fellow, 1990.
Recipient of NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Space Act Award, 1988.
Plaque awarded by Bendix Corporation for Quality Technical Publication, 1981.
Listed in Who's Who in Technology Today, 1980, 1981.
Recipient of Allis-Chalmers Fellowship for doctoral work, 1964-67.


 Research and Professional Activities

Heat transfer with phase changes, laminar and turbulent connective transport processes, heat transfer in polymers, radiative energy system, optimum designs of fins and fin arrays, and heat transfer and fluid flow from tube bundles.

Reviewer for numerous technical journals, conferences, and government funding agencies.

Consultant to manufacturers, power industry, and tire industry.

Associate Editor, Journal of Heat Transfer Trans. ASME.

Editorial Advisory Board Member for the Heat Transfer Handbook, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.


 
 

The University of Akron
Mechanical Engineering Department
ASEC, Rm. 101.
Akron, Ohio 44325-3903
Department Office: (330) 972-6307
Department Fax: (330) 972-6027
Office Location: ASEC 101
Email: smeier@uakron.edu
Department Chair: Dr. Celal Batur
 

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