George N. Hatsopoulos

George N. Hatsopoulos

George Hatsopoulos is a Greek American mechanical engineer noted for his work in thermodynamics. In 1965, he and Joseph Keenan published their famous textbook "Principles of General Thermodynamics", which restates the second law of thermodynamics in terms of the existence of stable equilibrium states. [cite book | last = Hatsopoulos | first = George, N. | coauthors = Keenan, Joseph, H. | title = Principles of General Thermodynamics | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | year = 1965 | id = CCN 65-12709] Their formulation of the second law of thermodynamics states that:

cquote|When an isolated system performs a process after the removal of a series of internal constraints, it will reach a unique state of equilibrium: this state of equilibrium is independent of the order in which the constraints are removed.

Overview

In 1965, Hatsopoulos was president of the Thermo Electron Engineering Corporation and Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at M.I.T..

In 1996, Hatsopoulos won the John Fritz Medal, which is the highest American award in the engineering profession and presented each year for scientific or industrial achievement in any field of pure or applied science. Mr. Hatsopoulos is also a recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.

ee also

*History of thermodynamics

References

External links

* [http://www3.babson.edu/ESHIP/outreach-events/George-N-Hatsopoulos.cfm George Hatsopoulos] - Biography
* [http://www.nae.edu/nae/naepub.nsf/Members+By+UNID/1151A476933D100A85256FFC004A42F6?opendocument George Hatsopoulos] - National Academy of Engineering, Chairman and CEO


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