Education

Diploma, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 1953
Sc.D., Electrical Engineering, MIT, 1958

Research Interests

Nuclear Plant Dynamics; Plasma Physics; Surface Physics; Direct Energy Conversion; Thermodynamics and Quantum Thermodynamics; Energy Policy and Technology.

Honors and Awards

• Award for Excellence in Teaching, TV Shares Management Corporation, 1957
• Outstanding Professor of Nuclear Engineering, MIT, 1972
• Outstanding Professor of Nuclear Engineering, MIT, 1992
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996
• Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1966
• Corresponding Member, Academy of Athens, 1970
• Member, National Academy of Engineering, 1981
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1986
• Honorary Doctorate, Technical University of Athens, 1992
• The Ruth and Joel Spira Award of the School of Engineering for Teaching Excellence, MIT, 1994
• James Harry Potter Gold Medal of ASME, 1995
• Commander of Order of Honor awarded by the President of the Republic of Greece, 1996
• Personal Achievements Award, Hellenic Spirit Foundation, St. Louis,
  Missouri, 1997
• Doctor of Engineering, honoris causa, Dalhousie University Polytechnic, Halifax, Canada, 1997
• Academic Achievement Award, American Hellenic Institute, Washington,
  D.C., 2000.
• Honorary Doctorate, University of Patras, 2001
• Edward F. Obert Award of ASME, 2001
• Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award of ASME, 2002
• Honorary Member, Parnassus Philological Society of Greece, 2004
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004

Professional Activities

• Professor Emeritus, September 1996
• Ford Professor of Engineering, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering, MIT, July 1976
• Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, November 1970
• Acting Department Head, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, 1968-1969
• Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, July 1965
• Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, July 1961
• Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, July 1960
• Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, MIT, July 1958
• Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering, MIT, February 1955
• Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, MIT, September 1953

Committees

• President, International Center for Applied Thermodynamics, 1998-
• Associate Editor, Energy—The International Journal, 1998-
• Honorary Editor, International Journal of Thermodynamics, 1998-
• Chairman, Committee on Nominations, MIT, 1990-1993
• Chairman, Interschool Working Group on Context Subjects, MIT, 1986-1988
• Working Group on Engineering and Humanities Education, MIT, 1985
• Chairman, Committee on Discipline, MIT, 1983-1986
• Faculty Chairman, Sustaining Fellows, MIT, 1979-
• Member, Energy Task Force, Commission on Socio-Technical Systems, National Academy of Science, 1975-1977
• Member, Committee on Nominations, MIT, 1975-1978
• Chairman of the Faculty, MIT, 1973-1975
• Member (1973-1975) and Chairman (1975-1976), Honors and Awards Committee, American Nuclear Society
• President, Faculty Club, MIT, 1971-1973
• Chairman, Committee on Discipline, MIT, 1971-1972
• Member, Committee on Discipline, MIT, 1969-1971
• Member, Commission on Education, National Academy of Engineering, 1971-1974
• Member, Committee on Student Environment, MIT, 1963-1966
• Member, Committee on Educational Policy, MIT, 1963-1966
• President, "Helicon" Association, Boston, 1965-1966
• Vice President, American Society for Hellenic Culture, Inc., Boston, 1964-1967
• Member, Committee on Objective Criteria in Nuclear Engineering Education, ASEE and American Nuclear Society, 1962-1964
• Editor, Thermionic Specialist Conference IEEE, 1965-1966
• Vice President, American Hellenic Educational and Welfare Fund, Inc., New York, 1961-1965
• Member, Board of Directors, American Nuclear Society, 1966-1969
• Vice Chairman (1968-1969) and Chairman (1969-1970), ANS Aerospace Division
• Member, Executive Committee, Aerospace Division, American Nuclear Society, 1965-1968
• Member, Nominating Committee, American Nuclear Society, 1963, 1965
• Member, Standards Committee, American Nuclear Society, 1964-1990
• Member, Education Committee, American Nuclear Society, 1964-1965
• Chairman, Program Committee, American Nuclear Society, 1962-1964
• Member, Program Committee, American Nuclear Society, 1960-1962

Other Professional Activities

• Director, Board of Boron Neutron Cancer Foundation, 1998-
• Director, Thermo Bioanalysis Corporation, 1995-2000
• Director, Thermo Lyte Corporation, 1995-1999
• Director, Thermo Lase Corporation, 1994-2001
• Director, Thermo Cardiosystems Corporation, 1994-2001
• Director, Thermo Voltek Corporation, 1994-1999
• Director, Thermo Remediation Corporation, 1994-2000
• Director, Thermo Spectra Corporation, 1994-2000
• Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Anatolia College, 1987-2000
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mercantile Bank, 1987-1990
• Director, Thermo Instrument Systems Corporation, 1986-1996
• Director, International Institute of Energy Conservation, 1985-1995
• Director, New England Nuclear Corporation, 1980-1982
• Advisor, National Energy Council of Greece, 1978-1981
• Director, Thermo Electron Corporation, 1976-2001
• Trustee, American Farm School, Greece, 1976-1985
• Chairman, National Energy Council of Greece, 1975-1978
• Trustee, Hellenic College, Brookline, MA 1972-1980, 1996-1997, 2000
• Trustee, Anatolia College, Greece, 1971-1987
• U.S. Delegate, 2nd International Conference on Thermionic
• Electrical Power Generation, Stresa, Italy, May 1968
• U.S. Delegate, 3rd International Conference on the Peaceful
• Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, September 1964
• Technical Program Chairman, ANS Annual Meeting, Boston, June 1962
• Scientific Advisor, Greek Government, 1961-1963

Publications (Books)

1. Hatsopoulos, G.N., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Thermionic Energy onversion, Vol. I,
   Processes and Devices," MIT Press, 1973.
2. Gyftopoulos, E.P., L.J. Lazaridis, and T.F. Widmer, "Potential Fuel Effectiveness
   in Industry," Ballinger Publishing Co., 1974.
3. Hatsopoulos, G.N., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Thermionic Energy Conversion, Vol.
   II, Theory, Technology, and Application," MIT Press, 1979.
4. E.P. Gyftopoulos, editor-in-chief, "Industrial Energy Conservation Manuals," Volumes 1-17, MIT Press, 1982.
5. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and G.P. Beretta, "Thermodynamics: Foundations and
   Applications," Macmillan Publishing Co. 1991.

Selected Publications

1. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and L.G. DeSobrino, "Variational Calculation of Control Rod Reactivity," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 6, 2, 135-139, 1959.
2. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and J. Devooght, "Boundedness and Stability in Nonlinear Reactor Dynamics," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 7, 6, 533-540, 1960.
3. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and J. Devooght, "Effect of Delayed Neutrons on Nonlinear Reactor Stability," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 8, 3, 244-250, 1960.
4. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and P.M. Coble, "A Digital Nuclear Reactor Control System," Trans. AIEE, No. 51, 305-313, 1960.
5. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and J. Devooght, "On the Range of Validity of Nonlinear Reactor Dynamics," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 10, 4, 272-376, 1961.
6. Balcomb, J.D., H.B. Demuth and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "A Cross-Correlational Method for Measuring the Impulse Response of Reactor Systems," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 11, 159-166, 1961.
7. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and J.D. Levine, "Work Function Variation of Metals Coated by Metallic Films," Jour. of Appl. Phys., 33, 1, 67-73, 1962.
8. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and G.N. Hatsopoulos, "Thermionic Nuclear Reactors," Elec. Eng., 82, 2, 108-116, 1963.
9. Levine, J.D., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Adsorption Physics of Metals Partially Coated by Metallic Particles. Part I: Atom and Ion Desorption Energies," Surface Science, I, 2, 171-193, 1964.
10. Levine, J.D., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Adsorption Physics of Metals Partially Coated by Metallic Particles. Part II: Desorption, Vaporization and Sublimation Rates," Surface Science, I, 3, 225-241, 1964.
11. Levine, J.D., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Adsorption Physics of Metals Partially Coated by Metallic Particles. Part III: Equations of State and Electron Emission S-curves," Surface Science, I, 4, 349-360, 1964.
12. Witting, H.L., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Ionization Processes in a Low Energy Cesium Plasma," J. Appl. Phys., 36, 4, 1328-1337, 1965.
13. Wilkins, D.R., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Thermionic Converters Operating in the Ignited Mode. Part I: Theoretical Output Current Characteristics," J. Appl. Phys., 37, 2888-2891, 1966.
14. Wilkins, D.R., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Thermionic Converters Operating in the Ignited Mode. Part II: A Quasi-Equilibrium Model for the Interelectrode Plasma," J. Appl. Phys., 37, 2892-2899, 1966.
15. Kyong, Sang H., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "A Direct Method for a Class of Optimal Control Problems," IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, AC-13, 240-245, 1968.
16. Wilkins, D.R., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Transport Phenomena in Low Energy Plasmas," J. Appl. Phys., 37, 3533-3540, 1966.
17. Wilkins, D.R., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Theory of Thermionic Converter Extinguished Mode Operation with Applications to Converter Diagnostics," J. Appl. Phys., 38, 12-18, 1967.
18. Foulke, L.R., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Application of the Natural Mode Approximation to Space Time Reactor Problems," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 30, 419-435, 1967.
19. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and G.N. Hatsopoulos, "Quantum-Thermodynamic Definition of Electronegativity," Proc. National Academy of Sciences, 60, 786-793, July 1968.
20. Keenan, J.H., E.P. Gyftopoulos, and G.N. Hatsopoulos, "The Fuel Shortage and Thermodynamics: The Entropy Crisis," pp. 455-466 in "Energy," edited by M. Macrakis, MIT Press, 1973.
21. Tzanos, C.P., E.P. Gyftopoulos, and M.J. Driscoll, "Optimization of Material Distributions in Fast Reactor Cores," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 52, 84-94, 1973.
22. Keenan, J.H., G.N. Hatsopoulos, and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Thermodynamics," Encyclopedia Britannica, pp. 290-315, 1974.
23. Hatsopoulos, G.N., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "A Unified Quantum Theory of Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Part I: Postulates," Found. of Phys., 6, 1, 15-31, 1976.
24. Hatsopoulos, G.N. and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "A Unified Quantum Theory of Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Part IIa: Available Energy," Found. of Phys., 6, 2, 127-141, 1976.
25. Hatsopoulos, G.N. and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "A Unified Quantum Theory of Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Part IIb: Stable Equilibrium States," Found. of Phys., 6, 4, 439-455, 1976.
26. Hatsopoulos, G.N. and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "A Unified Quantum Theory of Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Part III: Irreducible Quantal Dispersions," Found. of Phys., 6, 5, 561-570, 1976.
27. Papazoglou, I., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Markov Processes for Reliability Analyses of Large Systems," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, R-26, 3, 232-237, August 1977.
28. Hatsopoulos, G.N., E.P. Gyftopoulos, R. Sant, and T.F. Widmer, "Capital Investment to Save Energy," Harvard Business Review, March 1978.
29. Papazoglou, I.A., and E.P. Gyftopoulos, "Markovian Reliability Analysis Under Uncertainty with an Application on the Shutdown System of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor," Nuclear Sci. & Eng., 73, pp. 1-18, 1980.
30. Beretta, G.P., E.P. Gyftopoulos, J.L. Park, and G.H. Hatsopoulos, "Quantum Thermodynamics: A New Equation of Motion for a Single Constituent of Matter," Il Nuovo Cimento, 82 B, 2, 169-191, 1984.
31. Beretta, G.P., E.P. Gyftopoulos, and J.L. Park, "Quantum Thermodynamics: A New Equation of Motion for a General Quantum System," Il Nuovo Cimento, 87 B, 1, 77-97, 1985.
32. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and E. Çubukçu, "Entropy: Thermodynamic Definition and Quantum Expression," Phys. Rev. E 55, 4, pp. 3851-3858, 1997.
33. Gyftopoulos, E.P., "Thermodynamic Definition and Quantum-Theoretic Pictorial Illustration of Entropy," J. of Energy Resources and Technology, 120, pp. 154-160, 1998.
34. Gyftopoulos, E.P., "Infinite Time (Reversible) Versus Finite Time (Irreversible) Thermodynamics: A Misconceived Distinction," Energy, Int. J., 24, pp. 1035-1039, 1999.
35. Gyftopoulos, E.P., "Entropies of Statistical Mechanics and Disorder Versus the Entropy of Thermodynamics and Order," Proceedings International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation, edited by G.G. Hirs, pp. 43-68, 2000; J. Energy Resources and Technology, 123, pp. 110-118, 2001.
36. Gyftopoulos, E.P., "Maxwell's demon. Part I: A thermodynamic exorcism," Physica A, 307, pp. 405-420, 2002.
37. Gyftopoulos, E.P., "Maxwell's demon. Part II: A quantum-theoretic exorcism," Physica A, 307, pp. 421-436, 2002.
38. Gyftopoulos, E.P., and M.R. von Spakovsky, "Quantum-Theoretic Shapes of Constituents of Systems in Various States,"J. Energy Resources and Technology, 1, pp. 1-8, 2003.