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Dr. Afshin J. Ghajar published the 2025 RELEASE of his book “Heat and Mass Transfer – Fundamentals and Applications,” McGraw-Hill, 2025 and 2026 RELEASE of his book, “Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences,” McGraw-Hill, 2026.

 

Heat and Mass Transfer – Fundamentals and Applications, 2025 Release, communicates with tomorrow’s engineers in a simple, yet precise manner. It guides students toward a firm grasp on the basic principles and equations of heat and mass transfer, while encouraging creative thinking and the development of a deeper understanding of the subject matter.

 

Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, 2026 Release, is an abbreviated version of standard thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer texts, covering topics that most engineering students will need in their professional lives. The text is well-suited for curriculums that have a common introductory course or a two-course sequence on thermal-fluid sciences. The book addresses tomorrow's engineers in a simple, yet precise manner, and it leads students toward a clear understanding and firm grasp of the basic principles of thermal-fluid sciences. Special effort has been made to appeal to readers' natural curiosity and to help students explore the various facets of the exciting subject area of thermal-fluid sciences.

 

Dr. Ghajar is Emeritus Regents and John Brammer Endowed Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He received his BS, MS and PhD degrees all in mechanical engineering from OSU. He is a renowned expert in the thermal and fluids field, focusing on experimental heat transfer/fluid mechanics and development of practical engineering correlations.

 

He has received countless teaching/service awards, such as the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award and the Halliburton Excellent Teaching Award, the 75^th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, the ASME ICNMM Outstanding Leadership Award, and the Donald Q. Kern Award, among others. Also, Dr. Ghajar, along with co-workers, has published over 250 reviewed research papers, nine book chapters, and delivered numerous keynote speeches at major technical conferences and institutions around the world.

 

Dr. Ghajar is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Heat Transfer Series Editor for CRC Press/Taylor and Francis (he has edited 13 books to date) and Editor-in-Chief of Heat Transfer Engineering, an international journal published 22 times per year by Taylor and Francis. Heat Transfer Engineering is aimed at practicing engineers and specialists in heat transfer.

 

Dr. Ghajar is also the co-author of the 4^th (2011), 5^th (2016), and 6^th (2020) editions of Heat and Mass Transfer – Fundamentals and Applications, published by McGraw-Hill , 6^th (2022) edition of Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, published by McGraw-Hill, Two-Phase Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipes with Different Orientations, published by Springer Briefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, 2020, and Single- and Two-Phase Flow Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer in Tubes, Mechanical Engineering Series, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2022.