Peter Griffith
Professor EmeritusRoom 3-256
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-2248
Email: pgrif@mit.edu
Research Interests
Heat Transfer; Two-Phase Flow Heat Transfer; Power; Energy
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate Required Subjects, Laboratory Design, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics
Education
B.M.E., New York University, 1950
M.S., University of Michigan, 1952
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956
Positions Held
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1956-1960; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1960-1964; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1964-Present
Honors and Awards
Invited Lecturer, Institution of Mechanical Engineers Meeting on Boiling Heat Transfer, Manchester, England, 1965; Best Paper, 10th Annual ASME/AIChE Heat Transfer Conference, 1968; Principal Lecturer at Spring Heat Transfer Symposium, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1968; Heat Transfer Memorial Award, 1975; Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1975; Best Paper, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division in 1984-1985; Melville Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1986
Society Memberships
American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Nuclear Society
