Thermodynamics and Heat Power, Ninth Edition

Dr. Jorge L. Alvarado is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University (TAMU). He holds a joint-appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TAMU. He teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences, fluid mechanics, and fluid power. Dr. Alvarado also conducts scholarly research activities in the areas of nanotechnology, micro-scale heat transfer, electronic cooling, phase change materials, thermal storage, bio-fuel combustion, and energy conservation and use of renewable energy in buildings. He received his BS degree in mechanical engineering (1991) from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; MS (2000) and PhD (2004) degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Alvarado has worked and collaborated with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Trinity University, among others. His publication record includes scholarly articles in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Renewable Energy, Fuel, Energy and Numerical Heat Transfer, among others. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society of Thermal and Fluid Engineers (ASTFE), American Society for Engineering Education, and the American Physical Society (APS).Maurice Bluestein is a professor emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He taught for 19 years at the undergraduate and graduate levels, following a 25-year career in the biomedical engineering industry. His industrial experience included developing artificial limbs for the Veterans Affairs Department, designing waste management systems for the Apollo space mission, managing the clinical usage of the intra-aortic balloon pump as a cardiac assist device, and using ultrasound imaging to detect carotid artery blockages and to aid in the diagnosis of breast cancer. He received a PhD degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University and MS and BS degrees in mechanical engineering from New York University and the City College of New York, respectively. He has authored numerous scientific papers and is the codeveloper of the Wind Chill Temperature Chart used by the weather services of the United States and Canada.