Background
John H. Lienhard was born on August 17, 1930, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. He is a son of John Henry III (in newspaper business) and Catherine Edith (a singer; maiden name, Henderson) Lienhard.
Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
John H. Lienhard attended Oregon State College (now University), where he got a Bachelor of Science in 1951.
Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, United States
In 1953 John H. Lienhard earned a Master of Science degree at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Berkeley, California, United States
John H. Lienhard earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at the University of California, Berkeley, United States.
John Henry Lienhard
John Henry Lienhard
John Henry Lienhard
Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
John H. Lienhard attended Oregon State College (now University), where he got a Bachelor of Science in 1951.
Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, United States
In 1953 John H. Lienhard earned a Master of Science degree at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Berkeley, California, United States
John H. Lienhard earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at the University of California, Berkeley, United States.
John Henry Lienhard
John Henry Lienhard
John Henry Lienhard
(The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard wri...)
The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that the history of technology is a history of us - we are the machines we create. Thus farming dramatically changed the rhythms of human life and redirected history.
https://www.amazon.com/Engines-Our-Ingenuity-Engineer-Technology/dp/0195167317/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=John+H.+Lienhard&qid=1581680605&s=books&sr=1-5
2003
(Modern is a word much used, but hard to pin down. In Inve...)
Modern is a word much used, but hard to pin down. In Inventing Modern, John H. Lienhard uses that word to capture the furious rush of newness in the first half of 20th-century America.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006A2IP9A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3
2003
https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Measurements-Thomas-G-Beckwith/dp/9332518521/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=John+H.+Lienhard&qid=1581680605&s=books&sr=1-4
2013
(Engineers face many challenges in systems design and rese...)
Engineers face many challenges in systems design and research. Modeling and Approximation in Heat Transfer describes the approach to engineering solutions through simplified modeling of the most important physical features and approximating their behavior.
https://www.amazon.com/Modeling-Approximation-Heat-Transfer-Glicksman/dp/1107012171/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=John+H.+Lienhard&qid=1581680605&s=books&sr=1-3
2016
(This introduction to heat transfer offers advanced underg...)
This introduction to heat transfer offers advanced undergraduate and graduate engineering students a solid foundation in the subjects of conduction, convection, radiation, and phase-change, in addition to the related topic of mass transfer.
https://www.amazon.com/Heat-Transfer-Textbook-Fifth-Engineering/dp/0486837351/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=John+H.+Lienhard&qid=1581680605&s=books&sr=1-1
2019
Communicator educator engineer
John H. Lienhard was born on August 17, 1930, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. He is a son of John Henry III (in newspaper business) and Catherine Edith (a singer; maiden name, Henderson) Lienhard.
Lienhard's early school years did not portend well. “I couldn’t read and write, could barely scrape through school,” he said. Finally, his world “opened up,” when he began a drafting course as a high school senior. “I just loved it and realized here is something I can do,” he said. “I didn’t think I was stupid, but I recognized that there was a hurdle to overcome.”
John H. Lienhard attended Oregon State College (now University), where he got a Bachelor of Science in 1951. In 1953 he earned a Master of Science degree at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States. He earned his Ph.D. in 1961 at the University of California, Berkeley, United States.
John H. Lienhard worked on road survey crews, summers, 1949-1950. In 1951 for one year he joined Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Washington, as an engineer. He served in the United States Army, Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and as a mechanical engineer in 1954-1955.
After that, he took the position of instructor in mechanical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle in 1955-1956. in 1965 he worked as a lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1961 to 1971 he was an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Washington State University, Pullman.
He was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky, Lexington in 1967-1980 and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas in 1980-1989, M. D. Anderson Professor of Technology and Culture in 1989-2000, he has been a professor emeritus since 2000. He also was an exchange professor at Institute Boris Kidric and the University of Belgrade in 1974 at the National Academy of Sciences, a visiting professor at the University of Exeter in 1975, Clyde Chair Professor at the University of Utah in 1981.
In 1956 he worked as an engineer at the Pacific Car and Foundry Co. he was a visiting staff member at the Electric Power Research Institute in 1975 and 1976. He also has been a radio broadcaster and public speaker.
John H. Lienhard is known internationally for his work in the thermal sciences and is a member of the National Academy of Engineers. He is also the founder of The Engines of Our Ingenuity which is heard on Public Radio Stations nationally.
This popular radio series tells the story of human invention and creativity in 3,5-minute essays. The stories center on engineering and technology, but also venture freely into mathematics, science, literature, medicine, music, art and other areas. First aired on January 4, 1988, the show has produced upwards of 3,000 episodes.
Dr. Lienhard's show sponsors annual monetary awards for full-time undergraduate students attending the University of Houston.
For his work on Engines, Dr. Lienhard received the ASME Ralph Coates Roe Medal for contributions to the public understanding of technology, the 1991 Portrait Division Award from the American Women in Radio and Television, and the 1998 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Engineer-Historian Award, other ASME honors, and two 2005 Crystal Microphone Awards.
He is a Fellow of National Science Foundation at Smithsonian Institution, 1970, and Catholic University of America, 1972.
Lienhard received a Doctorate in Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Houston in 2002. Sacred Heart University awarded him an honorary doctorate in the same year.
(This introduction to heat transfer offers advanced underg...)
2019(Engineers face many challenges in systems design and rese...)
2016(Modern is a word much used, but hard to pin down. In Inve...)
2003(The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard wri...)
2003
Quotations:
"To learn is to incur surprise-I mean really learning, not just refreshing our memory or adding a new fact. And to invent is to bestow surprise-I mean really inventing, not just innovating what others have done."
"Invention is a matter of catching the fleeting idea as it whips past you, and other people miss it."
John H. Lienhard is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary member), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Engineering Education, Society for the History of Technology, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Pi.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers , United States
American Association for the Advancement of Science , United States
American Society for Engineering Education , United States
Society for the History of Technology , United States
Sigma Xi , United States
Pi Tau Sigma , United States
Phi Kappa Phi , United States
Omicron Delta Pi , United States
Physical Characteristics:
John Lienhard suffered from dyslexia in his younger years. “There was no diagnosis back then except for lazy and stupid,” he said.
In the Army, he found himself spending a lot of time just standing in lines. Again, “carpe diem” came into play. He tucked a paperback book in the breast pocket of his fatigue jacket. “When I was standing in line, I would practice eye tracking,” he said. That was his solution to improve his reading with his dyslexia.
Quotes from others about the person
"John Lienhard brings a relentless optimism to his exposition of 'the complex mirroring processes that define technology-driven evolution'." - American Scientist
“Is anyone’s path built in from the outset, or is it formed by a succession of circumstances? Perhaps the person in question is least qualified of anyone to say.”
John H. Lienhard married Carol Ann Bratton on June 20, 1959. The couple had two children: John Henry V, and Andrew Joseph.
