Howard Brenner
Howard Brenner was a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research profoundly influenced the field of fluid dynamics, and his research contribution to fundamental principles of fluid dynamics has been deeply honored.
His first textbook, Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics, earned him a reputation lasting several decades.
His profession though fundamental research is on microfluidics, complex liquids, interfacial transport process, emulsion rheology, and multiphase flows.Career
Brenner earned his bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute, and his master's and DEngSc from New York University, both in chemical engineering. He has served on the chemical engineering faculties of New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Rochester, and MIT. Since 1981, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Caltech, and Technion.Honors and awards
He received the 2001 Fluid Dynamics Prize from the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, the 1980 Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology and the Warren K. Lewis Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences. He was elected as the fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
