Background
Boehm, Robert Foty was born on January 16, 1940 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Lufteria (Christie) Boehm.
(Here is the first book to introduce, at the senior-underg...)
Here is the first book to introduce, at the senior-undergraduate and graduate levels, key aspects of the analysis of thermal systems appropriate for computer-aided design. Extensive examples and problems emphasize modelling and computer applications while synthesizing material on thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Features thorough coverage of second law analytical techniques, extensive material on numerical simulation and optimization, and an excellent description of cost analysis for thermal system design. Topics covered include the curvefitting of physical data, applications of the second law of thermodynamics, the concept and process of steady-state flowsheeting, the solving of n algebraic equations in n unknowns in both linear and nonlinear systems, the art of preliminary cost estimation, and techniques of optimization. Appendixes give dozens of project ideas and cover most of the introductory ideas found in an engineering economics text.
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educator researcher mechanical engineer
Boehm, Robert Foty was born on January 16, 1940 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Lufteria (Christie) Boehm.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, 1962. Master of Science, Washington State University, Pullman, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1968.
With General Electric Company, San Jose, California, 1964-1966. Member faculty University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968-1990, professor mechanical engineering, 1976-1990, chairman department, 1981-1984. National Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, 1984-1985.
Professor University Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1990, chairman mechanical engineering department, 1990-1996, university system senior liaison to Department Energy, 1994-1995, director research College Engineering, 1999-2001. Member Utah Solar Advisory Committee, Utah Energy Conservation and Development Council, 1980-1988. Director Energy Research Center, since 1994.
(Here is the first book to introduce, at the senior-underg...)
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, International SolarEnergy Society, Corvair Society American, Vintage Chevrolet Club American, Sigma Xi.
Married Marcia Kay Pettibone, June 10, 1961. Children— Deborah, Robert Christopher.