Fourier Lectures

The following papers of the Fourier Lectures can be found in the IHTC Digital Library or in the links below. The Power Point slides of the lectures delivered by Ro and Bar-Cohen are available in the "History" link above.

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IHTC-7 (1982, München):

"A Pioneering Era in Convective Heat Transfer Research"

by Prof. Ernst R. G. Eckert
University of Minnesota

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IHTC-8 (1986, San Francisco):

"The Early History of International Heat Transfer Conferences"

by Prof. Ernst R. G. Eckert
University of Minnesota

"Fahrenheit a Pioneer of Exact Thermometry"

by Prof. Ulrich Grigull
Technische Universität München

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IHTC-9 (1990, Jerusalem):

"Count Rumford on the Art and Science of Heat Transfer"

by Prof. Richard J. Goldstein
University of Minnesota

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IHTC-11 (1998, Kyongju):

"Name, Number and Unit"

by Prof. Geoffrey F. Hewitt
Imperial College London

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IHTC-15 (2014, Kyoto):

"Thermal Science and Engineering - From Macro to Nano in 200 Years"

by Prof. Avram Bar-Cohen
University of Maryland

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IHTC-16 (2018, Beijing):

"Historical Development in the Thought of Thermal Science – Heat and Entropy"

Full paper
Presentation material

by Prof. Hideo Yoshida
Kyoto University

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IHTC-17 (2023, Cape Town):

"Nanoscale Thermal Measurements -- New Challenges and New Opportunities"

Full paper
Presentation material

by Prof. Xing Zhang
Tsinghua University