Edwin N. Lightfoot

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Edwin Niblock Lightfoot Jr. (born September 25, 1925 in Milwaukee , † October 2, 2017 in Madison ) was an American chemical engineer and professor in the department of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . He researched transport phenomena, including biological mass transfer processes, reaction models for transport processes and separation processes. He co- authored the book Transport Phenomena with Robert Byron Bird and Warren E. Stewart . In 1974 he wrote Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport . Lightfoot was awarded the National Medal of Science for engineering in 2004.

Life

Lightfoot received his bachelor's degree in 1947 and his Ph.D. in 1950. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University . First he worked as an engineer at General Foods in Hoboken . His PhD thesis Gasification of Coke was supported by the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. He then worked for Pfizer and received US2787578 A patent for the development of a commercial process for the recovery and purification of vitamin B12 . He began his teaching career in 1953 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . There he wrote the book Transport Phenomena together with his colleagues R. Byron Bird and Warren E. Stewart . The first edition was printed for 41 years and translated into five languages, and the second edition followed in 2001. In 1974, Lightfoot wrote the book Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport . Lightfoot was a professor of chemical engineering until he retired in 1996. His scientific interest was initially in the improvement of separation processes and the control of the dynamics of biological systems. Later he also devoted himself to quantum biology .

As the inventor of the United States, Lightfoot has patents US2996430A for the recovery of vitamin B12 by synthetic ion exchange resin (Pfizer), US3094936A for fuel cells for sump pumps ( AO Smith Corporation ), US7141171 for separation based on membrane cascades (2006) and together with Michael Cochrem for registered a counterflow cascade system with a new type of separation technology.

Awards and honors

Lightfoot was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982 . He was also elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995 for his “contributions to mass transfer and separation processes and research on quantitative design methods in biochemical and biomedical engineering” . He was one of only three people who belonged to both academies and was also a founding member of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (1992).

In 1985 he was honored for his contribution to chemical engineering literature with the William Walker Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and he received the 1991 Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering Education.

He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Trondheim (formerly the Norwegian Institute for Technology, today the Technical and Natural Sciences University of Norway ) in 1985 , where he received a research grant in 1962. In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Denmark .

In 2004, Lightfoot received the National Medal of Science from President George W. Bush "for his innovative research and leadership role in transport phenomena with an emphasis on biochemical and biomedical engineering with application to blood oxygenation, bioseparation techniques and diabetic reactions."

In the spring of 2016, the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin hosted qbio 2016, a symposium to mark Edwin Lightfoot's ninetieth birthday.

Works

Lightfoot is the co-author of several books on transportation theory; the book Transport Phenomena has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Czech, Russian and Chinese, among others.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward N. Lightfoot Obituary
  2. ↑ Edwin N. Lightfoot . University of Wisconsin – Madison . Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ This Week's Citation Classic . garfield.library.upenn.edu. September 17, 1979. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ EN Lightfoot: Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport , 1st edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York February 1974, ISBN 978-0-471-53515-7 , p. 508.
  5. ^ A b The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details . National Science Foundation . Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ US7141171 for membrane cascade-based separation
  7. ↑ Membrane cascade-based separation
  8. ^ Academy Member Connection . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  9. ↑ Dr. Edwin N. Lightfoot, Jr. .
  10. ^ Christian Fossen: Honorary doctors ( en ) Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Honorary Doctorates - DTU (en) . In: dtu.dk . Retrieved October 7, 2017. 
  12. ↑ qbio 2016
  13. ^ Renowned biochemical engineer Edwin N. Lightfoot passes away - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison (en-US) . In: College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison , October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017. 
personal data
SURNAME Edwin N. Lightfoot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edwin Niblock Lightfoot Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemical engineer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee
DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 2017
Place of death Madison (Wisconsin)