Professor ir. Charles J. Hoogendoorn (1930-2012)

摘要

On January 17,2012 Professor Charles J. Hoogendoorn deceased. The heat transfer community loses a distinguished scientist, a de voted teacher, an outstanding manager, an inspiring leader, a wise mentor and a warm person. After a career at Royal Dutch Shell, Charles Hoogendoorn started his academic career in 1970 at Delft University of Technol ogy, where he held the Heat Transfer chair at the faculty of Applied Physics for 25 years. He guided more than 200 MSc students and 34 PhD students to their degrees. Six of his students reached uni versity positions as full professors. Hoogendoorn was dean of the faculty of Applied Physics and the founder of the JM Burgers Centre for Fluid Mechanics.