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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsHoward Brenner
Dates
March 16, 1929 – February 17, 2014
Authorized Form of Name
Brenner, Howard
Additional Forms of Names
Brenner, Howard, 1929-
Biography
Abstract
Howard Brenner was a Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His other institutional affiliations included University of Rochester, Carnegie Mellon University, and New York University. He researched the transport properties of flowing suspensions and multiphase systems.
Important Dates
March 16, 1929Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1950Obtained BChE, Pratt Institute, New York (N.Y.).
1954Obtained MChE, New York University, New York (N.Y.).
1955 – 1966Instructor to Professor of Chemical Engineering, New York University, New York (N.Y.).
1957Obtained DEngSc, New York University, New York (N.Y.).
1963 – 1964Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Minnesota.
1966 – 1977Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1974Senior Visiting Fellow, Scientific Research Council, United Kingdom (now called Science and Engineering Research Council).
1975 – 1976Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology.
1976Awarded Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
1977 – 1981Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1977 – 1981Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester (N.Y.).
1980Awarded Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1981 – 2014William Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering to Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1985Awarded William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
1988 – 1989Chevron Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology.
1989Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Technion.
1991Gulf Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1992Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, University of Calgary.
1995Visiting Professor, Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California, San Diego.
1996Visiting Professor, Institute for Polymer Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (ETH Zürich).
1996Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Technion.
1996Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1999Awarded Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
2000Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2001Awarded Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society.
February 17, 2014Death.
Occupation
Rheologist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Gould, Renee Brenner
Sister.
Advisors & Collaborators
Happel, John
Ph.D. advisor at New York University, "A Theoretical Study of Slow, Viscous Flow through Assemblages of Spherical Particles."
Colleagues
Both employed at New York University.
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Both employed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar and Chevron Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering.
Carnegie-Mellon University. Department of Chemical Engineering
Professor.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Visiting Professor, Institute for Polymer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
William Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering.
New York University. Department of Chemical Engineering
Obtained MChE in 1954 and DEngSc in 1957. Instructor to Professor of Chemical Engineering.
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Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Lady Davis Visiting Professor.
University of Calgary
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemical Engineering
Visiting Professor.
University of California, San Diego. Institute for Mechanics and Materials
Visiting Professor.
University of Minnesota. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering.
University of Rochester. Department of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Received 1976 Alpha Chi Sigma Award, 1985 William H. Walker Award, and 1999 Warren K. Lewis.
Received 2001 Fluid Dynamics Prize.
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Pratt Institute
Obtained BChE in 1950.
Science and Engineering Research Council (Great Britain)
Senior Visiting Fellow.
Received 1980 Bingham Medal.