MIT Room 7-038
Rohsenow Symposium on Future Trends in Heat Transfer
16 May 2003
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Mission
Fundamental and applied research in transport phenomena to support energy
technologies, electronics thermal management, manufacturing processes, and
leading-edge engineering.
Overview
Research in the lab today focuses on microscale and nanoscale processes,
temperature control of electronics, energy efficient buildings, glass fiber
formation, high heat flux engineering, and convective transport.
History
Our laboratory originated in the Physical Laboratory of the Physics department, which was established by Professor Edward C. Pickering in 1870. The Heat Measurements
Laboratory became a separate entity in 1889, under the leadership of Professor Silas W. Holman ('76). Professor Charles L. Norton ('93) took charge of the laboratory in 1897. The original lab, at MIT's Boston Campus, is shown
in some of the photos that MIT submitted to St. Louis World's Fair in 1904
(photo1, photo2). Professor Gordon B. Wilkes ('11) became the director of the lab during the 1920's. In 1934, the
Heat Measurements Laboratory (and Wilkes) joined the Mechanical
Engineering Department, and the lab soon moved into the basement of Building 7. Professor Warren
M. Rohsenow succeeded Wilkes as lab director in 1956, a position he held until 1985.
The lab was named in Rohsenow's honor in 1992.
Complete history of the Rohsenow lab, 1870-present.
History of heat engineering in ME, 1865-1945.
Links to Resources
Free electronic textbook: A
Heat Transfer Textbook
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* Mechanical Engineering
