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The Heat Transfer Division’s objective
is to enhance the theory and application of heat transfer
in equipment and thermodynamic processes in all fields of
mechanical engineering and related technologies.As such, the
HTD’s scope is of interest to other ASME divisions, as well
as other national and international societies.
HISTORY
Beginning in the early part of the twentieth century the number
of ASME members having a technical interest in the field of
heat transfer began to steadily increase. This lead to the
formation of a Heat Transfer Professional Group within the
Process Industries Division of ASME in 1938. This Group became
the Heat Transfer Division in 1941. J.H. Sengstaken
was the first Chair of the Professional Group and E.D. Grimson
was the first Division Chair.
The Division now enrolls approximately 4500 primary members
and 4500 secondary members. The early technical focus
of the Division was on those issues related to power - thermophysical
properties, insulation, boilers, condensers, heat exchangers
and the related heat transfer phenomena. Papers on heat transfer
were published as a part of the Transactions of ASME and in
some cases, later, in the Journal
of Applied Mechanics which was the first ASME journal
separate from the transactions. The Division's primary publication,
the Journal
of Heat Transfer was first published in 1959 under
the editorship of J. Jacklitsch. S.P. Kezios served as the
Consulting Editor and took over as the first Senior Technical
Editor when the position was established in 1963.
The Division initiated Heat Transfer - Recent Contents in
1992 and is a partner with the Electronic & Photonic Packaging
Division in the Journal of Electronic Packaging which was
first published in 1989. The Division participated in its
first major specialists' conference in 1951 at the International
Heat Transfer Conference in London. The summer National Heat
Transfer Conference became a regular event in 1962. Currently
the Division joins with AIChE to sponsor the National Heat
Transfer Conference every August and sponsors a technical
program at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress
and Exposition in November. On every fourth year, the year
of the International Heat Transfer Conference, the Division
joins with AIAA in the Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference
in June in place of the National Heat Transfer Conference.
The Division is instrumental in two awards given to individuals
who have distinguished themselves in the field of heat transfer.
The Heat
Transfer Memorial Award was established by the Division
in 1959 and was first awarded to N. Zuber in 1961. This award
was elevated to a Society level award in 1974. The Division
joins with AIChE to award the Max
Jakob Award which was established in 1961. The first
four recipients of this prestigious award were E.R.G. Eckert,
L.M.K Boelter, W.H. McAdams, and E. Schmidt. The Division
currently has 13
Technical Committees plus a number of supporting committees.
Anyone who is interested in becoming active in the Division
should contact the appropriate Committee Chair or a member
of the Executive Committee.
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