William Begell Medal
The William Begell Medal, For Excellence in Thermal Science and Engineering was established in 2010 by The Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences, AIHTC, International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, ICHMT and Begell House Inc. to award an individual, from among those selected to deliver Keynote lectures at the IHTC Conferences, who is held in high regard by the heat transfer community for his/her contributions and excellence in thermal science and technology and whose IHTC Keynote paper is judged to make a profound contribution to the thermal science and engineering literature. In 2023, the Award Steering Committee amended the The William Begell Medal to be bestowed upon an internationally recognized, highly-accomplished researcher and leader in fundamentals or applications of thermal sciences and engineering based on the lifetime achievements.
The Awardee will receive a silver cast Medal, a certificate, and a cash check of $5,000 (USD) plus $5,000 (lump sum) against travel costs, including airfare, hotel accommodation, conference registration, visa fee, health and any other insurance as The William Begell Medal Award consists of a silver cast medal, a certificate, and a cash check of $5,000 (USD) plus $5,000 reimbursable against travel costs to attend the conference.
One Medal will be awarded every four years, which will tentatively coincide with the IHTC. The Medal will not be awarded in the years if the Begell House management board so decides.
2010
Nobuhide Kasagi
The 2010 recipient of the William Begell Medal was Nobuhide Kasagi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
His Keynote lecture was titled "CONTROL OF TURBULENT TRANSPORT: LESS FRICTION AND MORE HEAT TRANSFER".
2014
Professor Liu, Jing
The 2014 recipient of the William Begell Medal was Professor Liu, Jing, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
His Keynote lecture was titled WAYS TOWARD TARGETED FREEZING OR HEATING ABLATION OF MALIGNANT TUMOR: PRECISELY MANAGING THE HEAT DELIVERY INSIDE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS.
2018
Dr. Leonid A. Dombrovsky, Dr. Alexander A. Fedorets
The 2018 recipients of the William Begell Medal were Dr. Leonid A. Dombrovsky, Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia and Dr. Alexander A. Fedorets, Laboratory of Micro-Hydrodynamic Technologies at the University of Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia.
Their Keynote lecture was titled SELF-ASSEMBLED STABLE CLUSTERS OF DROPLETS OVER THE LOCALLY HEATED WATER SURFACE: MILESTONES OF THE LABORATORY STUDY.
2023
Professor Chang-Ying Zhao
The 2023 recipient of the William Begell Medal is Professor Chang-Ying Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, for his lifetime achievements in and contributions to the field of thermal sciences and engineering.
Selection
The nominations and selection for the The William Begell Medal organizations:
AIHTC(open in a new tab): Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences
ICHMT(open in a new tab): International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT)
ASTFE(open in a new tab): American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers
AUTSE(open in a new tab): Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering
EUROTHERM(open in a new tab): EUROTHERM Committee
– officially sponsored by Begell House
