John Henry Lienhard V (born 1961) is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water and Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on desalination, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. He has also written several engineering textbooks.
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Born | John Henry Lienhard V 1961 (age 62–63) Pullman, Washington, U.S. |
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Known for | Desalination, liquid-jet impingement, high-heat-flux engineering, textbooks |
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Fields | Desalination, heat transfer, thermodynamics |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | The decay of turbulence in thermally stratified flow (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Charles W. Van Atta |
Website | lienhard |
Childhood and education
editLienhard was born in 1961 in Pullman, Washington, where his father, John H. Lienhard IV, was a professor at Washington State University. His mother, Carol Ann Bratton, a violinist, was a member of the Washington State University String Quartet. The family moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1967 when his father took a position at the University of Kentucky. Lienhard attended primary school and high school in Lexington.[1]
Lienhard enrolled at the University of Kentucky when he was 16. He completed his bachelor's degree in engineering, summa cum laude, at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1982, and he took his master's degree in heat and mass transfer at UCLA in 1984 for research on Rayleigh–Bénard instability.[2] He then transferred to the University of California, San Diego, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on wind tunnel measurements of strongly stratified turbulent flow, finishing in 1988.[3] Lienhard's doctoral experiments encompassed Brunt–Väisälä frequencies up to 2.4 s−1 and required the development of hot-wire anemometry usable in the presence of large temperature fluctuations.
Career
editLienhard joined the mechanical engineering faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988, immediately after graduating from UCSD. He has spent his entire professional career at MIT.
Lienhard's initial research at MIT focused on cooling by liquid jet impingement. This work included fundamental convection problems, droplet splattering, free-surface turbulence interactions, and pattern-formation in the hydraulic jump.[4][5][6] The thin boundary layer at a jet's stagnation point also provided an attractive avenue to high-heat-flux engineering. In 1993, Lienhard's group reported the highest steady-state fluxes to that date removed from a macroscopic area, achieved using a high-speed water jet (≈40 kW/cm2).[7] They later extended this approach to arrays of jets, allowing larger areas to be cooled at high flux. In 1998, they used an array of water jets at 46 m/s to remove 1.7 kW/cm2 by convection alone over areas of several cm2.[8]
In the 2000s, Lienhard refocused his research on the problem of clean water supply and scarcity, particularly around desalination technologies. He approached this area through his background in thermal engineering and transport phenomena, making energy efficiency a central aim.[9][10] His group's desalination research has spanned a broad range of topics including humidification-dehumidification,[11] forward and reverse osmosis,[12] membrane distillation,[13] produced water,[14] electrodialysis, nanofiltration, solar desalination,[15] and thermophysical properties.[16] [17] The seawater thermophysical property database developed by his group has been widely used by other researchers.
Lienhard has written hundreds of peer-reviewed research publications and has been issued more than 35 US patents. The patents have facilitated several start-up companies formed by his former students.
Lienhard has been responsible for launching a number of major research programs at MIT. He was the founding director of the Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy (2008–2017), a multi-million dollar research collaboration with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) involving dozens of faculty members at KFUPM and MIT.[18] He was the founding director of the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship program for Saudi Arabian Women,[19] which has brought dozens of PhD-level women to MIT for research collaborations. He is also the founding director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT.[20] J-WAFS funds diverse research on water and food, across all of MIT's schools, to address the needs of a rapidly growing population on a changing planet.
Lienhard is a committed educator, recognized with awards for teaching and mentoring.[21] He has written textbooks on measurement and instrumentation, on heat transfer, and on thermal modeling. He has long collaborated with his father on A Heat Transfer Textbook. In 2001, they made the decision to distribute the work primarily as an ebook, one of the first textbooks to adopt this format.[22] The ebook, which is free of charge, has since been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times across the world.
Selected awards and honors
editLienhard has received a number of honors and awards, including the following:
- Donald Q. Kern Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2022[23]
- Fellow of the American Society of Thermal and Fluid Engineers, elected in 2021[24]
- Edward F. Obert Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), November 2019[25]
- Chief Guest (commencement speaker) of the Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, December 2018
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), elected in 2018[26]
- John R. Freeman Lecturer, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 2016[27]
- Heat Transfer Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), November 2015[28]
- Technical Communities Globalization Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), November 2012[29]
- J. P. Den Hartog Distinguished Educator Award of MIT, 2003
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), elected in 2000[30]
- Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1992
- Presidential Young Investigator Award, US National Science Foundation, 1988
In addition, Lienhard's research group has received many best paper, poster, and presentation awards for their work in desalination and heat transfer.[31]
Textbooks
edit- Thomas G. Beckwith, Roy D. Marangoni, and John H. Lienhard Mechanical Measurements, 5th edition, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1993.[32]
- John H. Lienhard, IV and John H. Lienhard, V A heat transfer textbook, 3rd edition, Phlogiston Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001.[33]
- Thomas G. Beckwith, Roy D. Marangoni, and John H. Lienhard Mechanical Measurements, 6th edition, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River NJ, 2007.[34]
- John H. Lienhard, IV and John H. Lienhard, V A heat transfer textbook, 4th edition, Dover Publications, Mineola NY, 2011.[35]
- Leon R. Glicksman and John H. Lienhard, V Modeling and approximation in heat transfer, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2016.[36]
- John H. Lienhard, IV and John H. Lienhard, V A heat transfer textbook, 5th edition, Dover Publications, Mineola NY, 2019.[37]
References
edit- ^ Kronzek, Rochelle (21 September 2011). "Author Interview: John Lienhard". www.doverpublications.com. Dover Publications. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Lienhard, John H., 5th (March 1984). Thermal instability and heat transfer in a singly partitioned horiziontal fluid layer (MSc thesis). University of California, Los Angeles. OCLC 12611345.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lienhard, John H., V (January 1988). The decay of turbulence in thermally stratified flow (PhD dissertation). University of California, San Diego. OCLC 17853349.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Liu, Xin; Lienhard, John H., V; Lombara, James S. (August 1991). "Convective Heat Transfer by Impingement of Circular Liquid Jets". Journal of Heat Transfer. 113 (3): 571–582. Bibcode:1991ATJHT.113..571L. doi:10.1115/1.2910604.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Liu, Xin; Lienhard, John H., V (July 1993). "The hydraulic jump in circular jet impingement and in other thin liquid films". Experiments in Fluids. 15 (2): 108–116. Bibcode:1993ExFl...15..108L. doi:10.1007/BF00190950. S2CID 23579826.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bhunia, Sourav K.; Lienhard, John H., V (1 December 1994). "Surface Disturbance Evolution and the Splattering of Turbulent Liquid Jets". Journal of Fluids Engineering. 116 (4): 721–727. doi:10.1115/1.2911841.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Liu, Xin; Lienhard, John H., V (May 1993). "Extremely High Heat Fluxes Beneath Impinging Liquid Jets". Journal of Heat Transfer. 115 (2): 472–476. Bibcode:1993ATJHT.115..472L. doi:10.1115/1.2910703.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Oh, Chang H.; Lienhard, John H., V; Younis, Hesham F.; Dahbura, Rudy S.; Michels, Dirk (April 1998). "Liquid Jet-Array Cooling Modules for High Heat Fluxes". AIChE Journal. 44 (4): 769–779. Bibcode:1998AIChE..44..769O. doi:10.1002/aic.690440402.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mistry, Karan H.; McGovern, Ronan K.; Thiel, Gregory P.; Summers, Edward K.; Zubair, Syed M.; Lienhard, John H., V (September 2011). "Entropy generation analysis of desalination technologies". Entropy. 13 (10): 1829–1864. Bibcode:2011Entrp..13.1829M. doi:10.3390/e13101829. hdl:1721.1/69217.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Plappally, Anand K.; Lienhard, John H., V (September 2012). "Energy Requirements for Water Production, Treatment, End Use, Reclamation, and Discharge". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16 (7): 4818–4848. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.05.022.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Narayan, Prakash Govindan; Sharqawy, Mostafa H.; Summers, Edward K.; Lienhard, John H., V; Zubair, Syed M.; Antar, Mohamed A. (May 2010). "The potential of solar-driven humidification-dehumidification desalination for small-scale decentralized water production". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 14 (4): 1187–1201. Bibcode:2010RSERv..14.1187N. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2009.11.014. hdl:1721.1/52624. S2CID 15976074.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McGovern, Ronan K.; Lienhard, John H., V (1 November 2014). "On the potential of forward osmosis to energetically outperform reverse osmosis desalination". Journal of Membrane Science. 469: 245–250. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.061. hdl:1721.1/102494.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Warsinger, David E. M.; Swaminathan, Jaichander; Guillem, Elena; Arafat, Hassan A.; Lienhard, John H., V (15 January 2015). "Scaling and Fouling In Membrane Distillation for Desalination Applications: A Review". Desalination. 356: 294–313. Bibcode:2015Desal.356..294W. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2014.06.031. hdl:1721.1/102497.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Thiel, Gregory P.; Tow, Emily W.; Banchik, Leonardo D.; Chung, Hyung Won; Lienhard, John H., V (15 June 2015). "Energy consumption in desalinating produced water from shale oil and gas extraction". Desalination. 366: 94–112. Bibcode:2015Desal.366...94T. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2014.12.038. hdl:1721.1/101978.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lienhard, John H., V; Bilton, Amy; Antar, Mohamed A.; Zaragoza, Guillermo; Blanco, Julian (2012). "Chapter 9: Solar Desalination". Annual Review of Heat Transfer. Vol. 15. New York: Begell House. pp. 277–347. doi:10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.2012004659. ISBN 9781567003116. S2CID 243505510.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Sharqawy, Mostafa H.; Lienhard, John H., V; Zubair, Syed M. (April 2010). "The thermophysical properties of seawater: A review of existing correlations and data". Desalination and Water Treatment. 16 (1–3): 354–380. Bibcode:2010DWatT..16..354S. doi:10.5004/dwt.2010.1079. hdl:1721.1/69157. S2CID 93362418.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ahdab, Yvana D.; Thiel, Gregory P.; Böhlke, J. K.; Stanton, Jennifer; Lienhard, John H., V (15 September 2018). "Minimum energy requirements for desalination of brackish groundwater in the United States with comparison to international datasets". Water Research. 141: 387–404. Bibcode:2018WatRe.141..387A. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.015. hdl:1721.1/116025. PMID 29857319. S2CID 44118930.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "MIT, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in collaboration". news.mit.edu. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
Two schools launch program on clean water, clean energy
- ^ "The Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women". ibk.mit.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel gives major gift to solve urgent challenges in world food and water security". news.mit.edu. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "In it together: Faculty mentors and graduate students". news.mit.edu. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Finnie, Ellen (25 February 2008). "Professor Lienhard on his Open Access Textbook". libraries.mit.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Donald Q. Kern Award". www.aiche.org. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "American Society of Thermal and Fluid Engineers Fellowship". www.astfe.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Edward F. Obert Award". www.asme.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "AAAS Current Fellows List". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Lienhard, John H., V (11 April 2016). "Desalination for water supply: Is energy consumption manageable?". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Heat Transfer Memorial Award". www.asme.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Celebrating Engineering 2012 ASME Honors" (PDF). Mechanical Engineering. Vol. 134, no. 11. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. November 2012. pp. 54–55.
- ^ "List of All ASME Fellows" (PDF). www.asme.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "MIT MechE People: John Lienhard". meche.mit.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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Beckwith, Thomas G.; Marangoni, Roy D.; Lienhard, John H., V (1993). Mechanical Measurements (5th ed.). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780201569476. OCLC 26362192.
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Lienhard, John H. IV; Lienhard, John H., V (2001). A Heat Transfer Textbook (3rd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Phlogiston Press. ISBN 0971383502. OCLC 48010715.
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Beckwith, Thomas G.; Marangoni, Roy D.; Lienhard, John H., V (2007). Mechanical Measurements (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780201847659.
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Lienhard, John H. IV; Lienhard, John H., V (2011). A Heat Transfer Textbook (4th ed.). Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486479316. OCLC 819288265.
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Glicksman, Leon R.; Lienhard, John H., V (2016). Modeling and approximation in heat transfer. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511997907. ISBN 9781107012172. OCLC 971422137.
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Lienhard, John H. IV; Lienhard, John H., V (2019). A Heat Transfer Textbook (5th ed.). Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486837352.
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