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Pioneers Of Thermal Conductivity Measurements William Wakeham

Professor Sir William A. Wakeham FREng

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William A. Wakeham is a Britain born chemical engineer, specializing in thermodynamics – particularly the thermophysical properties of fluids and intermolecular forces. Holding undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics from Exeter University, Wakeham served as a research associate at Brown University before returning to the UK to lecture in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, where he later took on the role of Head of Department. In 1996, Dr. William Wakeham was appointed Pro-Rector of research and resources and subsequently Deputy Rector at Imperial College. He later moved to take on the role of Vice Chancellor at the University of Southampton, before retiring in 2009. In addition to his roles within the universities, Professor Wakeham has been Chair of the University & Colleges Employers Association, the Employers Pension Forum, and member of the board of SEEDA. He has also been recognized by the award of several international prizes, including being Knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2009, for services to chemical engineering and higher education, and a Touloukian Medal holder from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1997. In 2014, the Imperial College of London instituted the annual Sir William Wakeham award, to recognize early career researchers who have made a significant contribution to their research field. Until 2016 Wakeham held the post of Vice-President and Honorary International Secretary of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and he is currently Chairman of SEPnet and Exeter Science Park. With a lifelong career devoted to research and leadership, over 400 research items and 10,000 citations to his name, Wakeham is undoubtedly considered a founding father of modern thermal conductivity.

 

Most Cited Works by William A. Wakeham:

The Viscosity of Carbon Dioxide.
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 27(1): 31-44.
Fenghour, A., Wakeham W.A., Vesovic, V. 1997.
Viscosity of liquid water in the range -8 °C to 150 °C.
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 7(3): 941-948.
Kestin, J., Sokolov, M., Wakeham, W.A. 1978.
Standard Reference Data for the Thermal Conductivity of Water.
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 24(3): 1377-1381.
Ramires, M.L.V., Nieto de Castro, C.A., Nagasaka, Y., Nagashima, A., Assael, M.J., Wakeham, W.A. 1994.

 

Selection of Work by William A. Wakeham:

The Viscosity of Liquid R134a.
International Journal of Thermophysics, 14(1): 33-44.
Oliveira, C.M.B.P., Wakeham, W.A. 1993.
New Measurements of the Apparent Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids and Investigation of Their Heat Transfer Capabilities.
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 62(1): 491-507.
Tertsinidou, G.J., Tsolakidou, C.M., Pantzali, M., Assael, M.J., Colla, L., Fedele, L., Bobbo, S., Wakeham, W.A. 2017.
Assael, M.J., Antoniadis, K.D., Wakeham, W.A., Huber, M.L., Fukuyama, H. 2017.
Reference Correlations for the Thermal Conductivity of Liquid Bismuth, Cobalt, Germanium, and Silicon.
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 46(3).
Reference Data for the Thermal Conductivity of Saturated Liquid Toluene Over a Wide Range of Temperatures.
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 29(2): 133-139.
Ramires, M.L.V., Nieto de Castro, C.A., Perkins, R.A., Nagasaka, Y., Nagashima, A., Assael, M.J., Wakeham, W.A. 2000.
The Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Normal Hydrogen in the Limit of Zero Density.
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 15(4): 1315-1322.
Assael, M.J., Mixafendi, S., Wakeham, W.A. 1986.

 

Image Reference:

  1. http://www.sepnet.ac.uk/about-sepnet/the-leadership-team

 

Reference:

  1. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2009/07/professor-sir-william-wakeham-appointed-chair-of-sepnet.page
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