John H. Lienhard V has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for about 30 years, working in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid flow and desalination. Lienhard is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a registered professional engineer. His awards include the 1988 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, the 2012 ASME Technical Communities Globalization Medal, the 2015 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, and several teaching awards.
