Edwin N. Lightfoot

Edwin N. Lightfoot
Born(1925-09-25)September 25, 1925
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DiedOctober 2, 2017(2017-10-02) (aged 92)
Madison, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University (BS, PhD)
Known forTransport Phenomena,
Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport
Spouse(s)Lila Smith Lightfoot (nee Ruth Lila Smith)
AwardsE. V. Murphree Award (1994)
National Medal of Science (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsChemical and biological engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Pfizer & Co.
Doctoral advisorFred H. "Dusty" Rhodes
Doctoral studentsBernhard Palsson
James C. Liao

Edwin Niblock Lightfoot, Jr. (September 25, 1925 – October 2, 2017)[1] was an American chemical engineer and Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his research in transport phenomena, including biological mass-transfer processes, mass-transport reaction modeling, and separations processes.[2] He, along with R. Byron Bird and Warren E. Stewart, co-authored the classic textbook Transport Phenomena.[3] In 1974 Lightfoot wrote Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport.[4] He was the recipient of the 2004 National Medal of Science in Engineering Sciences.[5]

Education and career

Lightfoot received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1947 and 1950. After graduation he worked as a junior engineer at General Foods in Hoboken, New Jersey. His Ph.D. thesis (Gasification of Coke) was supported by the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. After graduate school he worked for Pfizer & Co in Brooklyn where he received US Patent US2787578 A for his development of a commercial process for recovering and purifying vitamin B12.

He began his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1953. There he co-authored Transport Phenomena with his colleagues R. Byron Bird and Warren E. Stewart. This first edition of this book was in print for 41 years and was translated into five languages. A second edition followed in 2001. In 1974, Lightfoot wrote Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport.

Lightfoot was the Hilldale Professor of Chemical Engineering, and upon his retirement in 1996, Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, as the department was renamed. His research interests were in the development of improved separation processes and controlling the dynamics of biological systems. In later life, he turned his attention to ways of developing scientifically informed intuition in bioengineers (in particular quantum biology).

Lightfoot was an inventor, holding US patents US2996430A for synthetic ion exchange resin recovery of vitamin b12 (Pfizer), US3094936A for fuel cell for sump pumps (A. O. Smith), US7141171 for membrane cascade-based separation[6] (2006), and an additional patent with Michael Cochrem for membrane cascade-based separation,[7] a counter flow cascade system that features a novel separation technique.

Awards and honors

Lightfoot was a 2004 recipient of the National Medal of Science, awarded by President George W. Bush "for his innovative research and leadership in transport phenomena focusing on biochemical and biomedical engineering with application to blood oxygenation, bioseparation techniques, and diabetic responses."[5]

Lightfoot was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992.[8] He was elected to the membership of both the National Academy of Engineering for "Contributions to mass transfer and separation processes, and research on quantitative design procedures in biochemical and biomedical engineering" in 1979[9] and the National Academy of Sciences in 1995. He was one of three members to be elected to both academies. He was a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (1992).

그는 화학 공학 문학(1985)과 그것의 워렌 K에 대한 공헌으로 AIChE의 윌리엄 워커 상을 받았다. 루이스 화학공학 교육상(1991)

1985년 트론드하임 대학(옛 노르웨이 공과대학교, 현재 노르웨이 과학기술대학)에서 명예박사학위를 수여받아 1962년 풀브라이트 연구 장학금을 연구했다.[10] 2000년에는 덴마크 공과대학(DTU)에서 명예박사학위를 받았다.[11]

2016년 봄 위스콘신대 화학생물공학부는 라이트풋의 90번째 생일을 기념하는 심포지엄인 [12]qbio 2016을 개최했다.[13]

책들

라이트풋은 스페인어, 이탈리아어, 체코어, 러시아어, 중국어를 포함한 많은 언어로 번역된 고전 교과서 '교통 현상'을 포함한 수송 현상에 관한 여러 영향력 있는 책의 공동저자다.

  • 전송 현상(R 포함) 바이런 버드와 W. E. 스튜어트, 와일리(1960, 2002년 2월 2일)
  • 생물체계의 교통현상 : 운동량과 대중 교통의 생물학적 측면, 와일리, (1974년)

참조

  1. ^ 에드워드 N. 라이트풋 부고
  2. ^ "Edwin N. Lightfoot". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  3. ^ "This Week's Citation Classic" (PDF). garfield.library.upenn.edu. September 17, 1979. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  4. ^ Lightfoot, E. N. (February 1974). Transport Phenomena and Living Systems: Biomedical Aspects of Momentum and Mass Transport (1 ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 508. ISBN 978-0471535157.
  5. ^ a b "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details". National Science Foundation. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  6. ^ 멤브레인 계단식 분리의 경우 US7141171
  7. ^ 막 계단식 분리
  8. ^ "Academy Member Connection". www.amacad.org. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  9. ^ "Dr. Edwin N. Lightfoot, Jr". NAE Website. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  10. ^ Fossen, Christian. "Honorary doctors". www.ntnu.edu. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  11. ^ "Honorary Doctorates - DTU". 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". College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.