Professor Simon Ostrach on the occasion of his retirement

摘要

This essay celebrates the extraordinary career of Professor Simon Ostrach, who has been a distinguished member of the worldwide heat transfer community for over six decades. In addition to his innovative research, conveyed via numerous seminal papers, Professor Ostrach has served as an intellectual leader and spokes-person for the entire community. Simon Ostrach was born on December 26, 1923 in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended Rhode State University and received a BS degree in mechanical engineering in 1944. Subsequently, after a brief period as a researcher at the NACA Aircraft Engines Research Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, he pursued graduate studies at Brown University which culminated in a PhD in applied mathematics in 1950.