Morton M. Denn

Biography

Abstract

Morton M. Denn was awarded the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1986. He has held positions at the City College of New York, University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Delaware. He has also held many editorial positions and visiting professorships.

Important Dates

July 7, 1939Birth, Paterson (N.J.).

1961Obtained B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).

1964Obtained Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Minn.).

1964 – 1981Post-doctoral Fellow (1964-1965); Assistant Professor to Professor of Chemical Engineering (1965-1977); and Allan P. Colburn Professor (1977-1981), University of Delaware, Newark (Del.).

1977Awarded the Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

1978 – 1985Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Mass.).

1979 – 1980Harry Pierce Visiting Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

1981 – 1999Professor of chemical engineering (1981-1999); Chairman of Department of Chemical Engineering (1991-1994), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1983 – 1999Program Leader at Center for Advanced Materials (1983-1999); Head of Material Chemistry (1995-1998), Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley (Calif.).

1984Awarded the William H. Walker Award, American Insitute of Chemical Engineers.

1985Visiting Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia.

1986Member, National Academy of Engineering.

1986Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.

1993Awarded the Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award, American Society for Engineering Education.

1995Editor, Journal of Rheology, Society of Rheology.

1998Awarded the Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

1999 – presentDistinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering (1999-2014); Director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics (2000-2015); Albert Einstein Professor Science and Engineering (2001-2014); Professor of physics (2001-2014); Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering Emeritus (2014-present), City College of CUNY, New York (N.Y.).

2005Awarded the Distinguished Service Award, Society of Rheology.

Occupation

Chemical engineer.

Places

Birth

Paterson (N.J.)

Undergraduate Education

Princeton (N.J.)

Graduate Education

Minneapolis (Minn.)

Employment

New York (N.Y.)

Berkeley (Calif.)

Newark (Del.)

Subjects

Engineering physics.

Rheology.

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Aris, Rutherford

Ph. D Advisor, University of Minnesota.

Freeman, B. D. (Benny D.)

Advised by Denn, University of California, Berkeley.

Jain, Rakesh K.

Advised by Denn, University of Delaware.

Institutions

Major Positions

City University of New York. City College

Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering; Director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics; Albert Einstein Professor Science and Engineering; Professor of Physics; Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering Emeritus.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Program Leader at Center for Advanced Materials; and Head of Material Chemistry.

University of California, Berkeley

Professor of chemical engineering; and Chairman of Department of Chemical Engineering.

University of Delaware

Post-doctoral Fellow; Assistant Professor to Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Allan P. Colburn Professor.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Awarded the Professional Progress Award (1977), the William H. Walker Award (1984), and the Warren K. Lewis Award (1998).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering

Visiting Lecturer.

National Academy of Engineering

Member.

Princeton University

B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering (1961).

Society of Rheology (U.S.)

Awarded the Bingham Medal (1986) and the Distinguished Service Award (2005); and Editor, Journal of Rheology.

Tekhniyon, Makhon tekhnologi le-Yisra'el

Harry Pierce Visiting Professor.

University of Melbourne

Visiting Professor.

University of Minnesota

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (1964).

Resources

Archival Resources

Author

Society of Rheology addition to records, 1975-2010.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

Published Resources

Subject

Academic Tree: Morton M. Denn professional relations list.

City College of New York Morton Denn faculty profile.

Society of Rheology miscellaneous publications. Box 6, Folder 47, Rheology Bulletin, Vol 55, No. 2, July 1986.

The Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics Morton Denn faculty curriculum vita.