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- ↑ "Heat Transfer Division | ASME Engineering Network". community.asme.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ↑ Max Jakob Award Nomination Form.
- ↑ Max Jakob Memorial Award - ASME Heat Transfer Division (HTD) Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ AIChE - The Max Jakob Memorial Award.
- ↑ "Worldwide recognition for engineer and entrepreneur with top award".