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Share your story! Tell us your mass and energy balance moment.
As part of the lead-up to our 2016 Centennial Celebration of MIT’s School of Chemical Engineering Practice—affectionately known as “The Practice School”—we interviewed alumni from across the decades and produced a series of short videos exploring a range of topics. In this video, [link here], Carl Bozzuto, now with Electric Utility Consultants, shares his thoughts… Continue reading
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The Machinery Underneath – update on my 2nd thermodynamics book
As shared here and here, I’ve begun writing my 2nd thermodynamics book, The Machinery Underneath, in which I will connect the micro-world of moving and interacting atoms to the macro-world of thermodynamic phenomena and the classical equations used to describe them. I will publish each chapter as I complete it. At 66 years of age (and counting),… Continue reading
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Afterword to my book
The following is an excerpt from the final chapter of my book, Block by Block – The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics, in which I took a step back to share a few insights and observations I unexpectedly gathered along the way. Happy the man, who, studying nature’s laws, Thro’ known effects can trace… Continue reading
Block by Block – The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics. “Hanlon has written a masterpiece.” – Mike Pauken, Senior Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and author of Thermodynamics for Dummies
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About Me
Hi! I’m Bob Hanlon. After earning my Sc.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and enjoying a long career in both industry and academia, I’ve returned to school, my own self-guided school, seeking to better understand the world of thermodynamics. Please join me on my journey.
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