# Howard Brenner

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{{Short description|American chemical engineering professor}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name              = Howard Brenner
|birth_date        = {{birth date|1929|3|16|df=y}}
|death_date        = {{death date and age|2014|2|17|1929|3|16|df=y}}
|image             = 
|caption           = 
|fields            = [Chemical Engineering](/source/Chemical_Engineering), [Fluid Dynamics](/source/Fluid_Dynamics)
|workplaces        = [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology)
|alma_mater        = [Pratt Institute](/source/Pratt_Institute), [New York University](/source/New_York_University)
}}

'''Howard Brenner''' (16 March 1929 – 17 February 2014) was a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology). His research profoundly influenced the field of [fluid dynamics](/source/fluid_dynamics), and his research contribution to fundamental principles of fluid dynamics has been deeply honored.<ref name="AICHE">{{cite web|title=Memorial Session in Honor of Howard Brenner (Invited Talks)|url=https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2014/webprogram/Session28260.html|website=AICHE|publisher=}}</ref>
His first textbook, Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics (with Happel; Prentice-Hall, 1965), earned him a reputation lasting several decades.<ref name=book>{{cite book|last1=Happel|first1=John|last2=Brenner|first2=Howard|title=Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|series= Mechanics of Fluids and Transport Processes |volume=1|date=1983|doi=10.1007/978-94-009-8352-6 |isbn=978-94-009-8352-6}}</ref>
His profession though fundamental research is on microfluidics, complex liquids, interfacial transport process, emulsion rheology, and multiphase flows.<ref name="Faculty news">{{cite web|title=Howard Brenner, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, passes away at 84|url=https://news.mit.edu/2014/howard-brenner-professor-emeritus-of-chemical-engineering-passes-away-at-84|website=MIT news|date=25 February 2014 |publisher=MIT PRESS|access-date=February 25, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Faculty ChemE news">{{cite web|title=Howard Brenner, professor emeritus of chemical engineering|url=http://web.mit.edu/cheme/news/2014/hbrenner.html|website=MIT ChemE news|publisher=MIT PRESS}}</ref>

==Career==
Brenner earned his bachelor's degree from [Pratt Institute](/source/Pratt_Institute) (1950), and his master's (1954) and DEngSc (1957) from [New York University](/source/New_York_University), both in chemical engineering. He has served on the chemical engineering faculties of New York University (1955–1966), [Carnegie Mellon University](/source/Carnegie_Mellon_University) (1966–1977), [University of Rochester](/source/University_of_Rochester) (1977–1981, department chair), and MIT (1981–2005). Since 1981, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (William Henry Dow Professor). He was a visiting professor at the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota), [Caltech](/source/Caltech) (Fairchild Scholar 1975/76, Chevron Visiting Professor 1988/89), and [Technion](/source/Technion) (Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1996).

==Honors and awards==
He received the 2001 Fluid Dynamics Prize from the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the [American Physical Society](/source/American_Physical_Society),<ref name="Fluid Dynamics Prize-APS">{{cite web|title=Howard Brenner, 2001 Fluid Dynamics Prize Recipient|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Howard&last_nm=Brenner&year=2001|website=APS Physics|publisher=}}</ref> the 1980 [Bingham Medal](/source/Bingham_Medal) of the [Society of Rheology](/source/Society_of_Rheology) and the Warren K. Lewis Award (1999) from the [American Institute of Chemical Engineers](/source/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers). He was a member of the [National Academy of Engineering](/source/National_Academy_of_Engineering) (1980)<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Professor Howard Brenner
 |url=https://www.nae.edu/29651/Professor-Howard-Brenner
 |website=National Academy of Engineering
 |access-date=11 April 2026
}}</ref> and [National Academy of Sciences](/source/National_Academy_of_Sciences) (2000).<ref name="NAE">{{cite web|title=Howard Brenner, National Academy of Sciences |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/57416.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/|website=NAS|publisher=}}</ref> He was elected as the fellow of the [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences) (1999),<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Howard Brenner
 |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/howard-brenner
 |website=American Academy of Arts &amp; Sciences
 |access-date=11 April 2026
}}</ref> the [American Association for the Advancement of Science](/source/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science), and the [American Institute of Chemical Engineers](/source/American_Institute_of_Chemical_Engineers).

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154713/https://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?brennerh AIP|History Center]
* [http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/hbrenner@mit.edu/facultypub.html Howard Brenner-selected publications from MIT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116021939/http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/hbrenner@mit.edu/facultypub.html |date=2014-11-16 }}
* [https://www.nap.edu/read/21785/chapter/7 Memorial Tributes: Volume 19 (2015) Chapter: HOWARD BRENNER]

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