James R. Brock (1930-2011)

摘要

James R. Brock passed away December 12, 2011. He was professor emeritus (Kenneth A. Kobe Professor) in chemical engineering at the University of Texas, and active throughout his career as an internationally known aerosol scientist. He was a distinguished member of the American Association for Aerosol Research, including the recipient of the Sinclair Award in 1992. Throughout his faculty appointment at the University of Texas beginning in 1960, his research was heavily focused on the theory of aerosol dynamics as embodied in environmental science, rarified gas dynamics, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics and reaction kinetics. After completing undergraduate studies at Rice University, Dr. Brock's career was stimulated beginning with his graduate work (1954-1960) at the University of Wisconsin's "chemical engineering school of transport phenomena" which led the profession into the formalism of modern fluid dvnamics.